Show ill F nr W THE LIFE OF THE J. J 1 l K il NEW NONPAREIL If IfA A W. W NI ill l II CHAPTER EL ELEVEN VEN I HILE Ja Jack Reams Kearns ns might mis have hav W WHILE had It In mind to cause considerable considerable con con- I commotion in the theS S 1 East upon his arrival therewith therewith there therewith with his champion the fact of the matter Is la no one paid pard an any particular attention to him until he happened to take on omer orner Smith Now this Homer was far from be beIng being being be- be ing in the same class as the original Homer the guy who used to write Roman Greco wrestling and kindred sports eons ago But Homer Smith was not a dead one He Jle was mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- In the dispatches as a regular fighter he-fighter fighter he on of the kind that as- as punches like a sponge does water Homer was a fighter who couldn't be knocked out with anything less than a couple of dollars dollars' worth of T. T N. N T T. So they tried Jack Dempsey Dempsey Demp Demp- sey out on Homer lIomer Those Easterners are always doing those kind little things to make our boys feel at home Jack was not greatly disturbed over the outlook To him one Smith was wasas wasas wasas as good as another and having made matte of life miserable for the Gunboat the species It didn't seem teem to him that a contest with Homer should cause anybody to lose his beauty slumber It may be that Hom Homer r was expectIng expecting expecting expect expect- ing to treat Jack harsh harshly I once he got him in the ring If It this was the case then Homer wa was out of luck Dempsay Dempsey Dempsey Demp Demp- sey say spread him all over the ring be between between between be- be tween the time the gong sounded rounded and the arrival of the sh sheriff riff pr or chief of police or whoever it was who vho stepped on the emergency and put a stop to the unequal contest Dempsey knew that Homer had never been knocked off his pins before and tn In order to tomake make up for lost time Um he flo floored red him himas himas himas as fast as he could swing his punches And Homer like the good game guy uy guy he was obligingly came up for more each time Rather than have all the corners knocked off him the aforesaid aforesaid afore afore- said sheriff etc put an end to the battle All this happened before the first round had passed into history After this start in the East It was was not strange that Dempsey Dempse came in for his share of favorable comment Ills His achievement against Homer Smith was regarded by those who didn't know Jack as aa something bordering bordering bordering bor bor- dering on the marvelous To those chosen few who vho saw In Kearns' Kearns boxer something out of the usual the fight with Smith was looked upon as just one one more out of the way To Jack himself who refuses to nam name on one ones fight tight as tougher than the next it wa was Just one more fight And Homer Ho Ho- mer mer well well after that wallo walloping ng he qualified for the place with Homer the Original As far as his nonstop nonstop nonstop non non- stop record was concerned he was i through I In spite of Jacks Jack's cut clean-cut Win over over Smith regarded as all the more remarkable In view of the fact that I Smith had Just completed a torrid engagement with Knockout Bill Brennan Brennan Bren Bren- nan whose record of kayos was as s long as the lane lane- that has no turning Kearns Kearns' champion was not as yet I able to satisfy the Eastern scribes that ho he has the real stuff The round knockout at the I hands of Jim Flinn was brought up as an everlasting blot upon the record record record rec rec- I ord of the youngster If poor old Flynn can stop him he must be le a bum argued d the e critics and f fans I alike alilee r arX And t the only salvation for Jack Was to obtain a match with I Flynn which he did And the record book shows that what Dempsey did to Jim Flynn In irr the fifty seconds seconda the fight tight lasted more than made Up for forthe forthe forthe the business at at Salt Lake months before Dempsey has had several round one-round wins to his record but ItI it itis itis I is highly probable that not one of ot them finished up In such r record cord time as that with Flynn Dempsey at this stage of his c career ca career ca- ca reer was smart e enough g to know o that with I wF Fulton on tn the g horizon o Yz as s tf the t logical challenger for Willards Willard's title ti titie title ti- ti tle tie the more sensational l stuff he ha could cram Int into his own engagements the better it would be for him Thus It was waR that Jack entered every every battIe battle battle bat bat- tle tIe determined to stop his man as coon eoon ao au possible Stalling around became a novelty for him and anti the only time Jack wasn't tearing after his man was while he was sitting in the corner c pr r rafter after the count of te ten had been reeled off The second fight between Jack and Carl Morris was arranged arra j ed because of the fact that Jack Curley Morris Morris' mana manager r felt that the four roUnds moUnds at San Francisco o was far too short for Carl A longer fight and he felt fett sur sure that Carl co could ld wear down th the Kearns entry Morris too felt that he could beat Dempsey and beat him bun decisively and Inasmuch as Dempsey Demps y himself knew that he could beat Carl Morris time he started thore thre wasn't r a. a reat t deal of difficulty ab about 2 arranging I f the match In the dressing room before beCore the bout Dempsey and Morris occupied adjacent rooms and what was said In one room could be heard in the theother other Morris l declared that for tor the theone theone theone one time in his hb life he was wag right There never was one fighter so sure of beating another as Morris was on that occasion got nothing but that hook confided Carl to Curley I 1 know just juat how to fight that sort of a aguy aguy guy and Ill I'll stop him or Im I'm through with boxing Curley was so Impressed by Mor Mor- rim ris' confidence that he sought out Kearns to sympathize with him Reel that way do you ou said Kearns Well Ven old boy Ive I've got Just between me and the t poorhouse and ann its it's all yours at even moey If Jack doesn't stop that big mauler of yours ours jours Save x your money pleaded Cur Cur- f nl Icy ley o peed cl It S Six round o Dempsey was about all that Morris l could stand nd He was beaten from fron the Jump and nd hit with every sort eort of a a. punch in the book Outclassed from the start his showIng showing showing show show- ing was pitiful The exhibition given by Dempsey Dempey ey was a revelation to Ja Jack k Curley Curley had been on the level with his e in in M Morris And the hollow win of Dempsey converted Curley for good He lie visited Kearns after aftel the battle and told old him that Dempsey was there If Spider K Kelly lIy had needed that punch of GUnboat Smiths Smith's to convince him that Dempsey was waa a af coming champion o l the walloping of Morris f ra acted in a similar fashion for f Curley From From that moment on he was a booster for the youngster and some of his boosting has led some to tate state that He ne has an Interest In Dempsey To tiLls this we well we'll have to state I that Just two people have an interest in the boxing affairs of Jack Dempsey Demp Damp I sey One is Jack Kearns and the th j ot other i is Jack Is-Jack Jack Demp y And d di if w ws CI know Kearns that's as aa asfar asfar far as the title In Jack Dempsey will vIll travel r Next Chapter Tuesday |