Show KEARS CHAR CHARGED t Manager lanager Seeks Receivership Receivership Receiver Receiver- ship or Former Pro Pro- tege Identifies Contract ATLA ATLANTIC TIC CIT N N. N J. J Oct 5 AP Jack AP-Jack Jack Kearns was charged with forgery b by his former prot ge Jack Dempsey Dempse In in chancery cour court today after the former had identified fled fed a contract as having been signed by Dempsey r. r Tile The former Cormer champion appe appeared red before etore Vice Chancellor InSer to show cause why a receiver r. r should not hot be b b ed at on had been made by Kearns previous to o the r recent cent championship ba battle baffle tle I In August 1923 said saie Dempsey Kearns vi him at Saratoga Springs telling him that he Kearns he-Kearns Kearns had lad forged Dempsey's name to a contract and that hp lip had been t caugh-t by the New York state boxIng boxing box- box Ing ng commission and feared criminal prosecution Feeling sorry for Kearns Dempsey testified he affixed affixed affixed af af- af- af fixed his signature to toa a contract though he testified i it it was only in ina ina ina a spirit of friendship and it was understood the contract was worthless worthless worthless worth worth- less and not binding Kearns Kearn introduced a Iett letter r written writ writ- ten len to Dempsey in 1 March h of ot this year rear in which he charged Dempsey with having violated his Contract and told Mm irim that he Kearns wa wag va-s va managing the future heavyweight champion of the w world Napoleon Darval Decision was reserved for Cor three I weeks to to permit counsel to file me brief I I NEW NEWYORK YORK Oct 5 AP API- API The experience of of being heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight for fon seven years Continued on page 7 i KEARNS CHARGED WITH WITH FORGERY Continued from page 1 1 with all the and tribulations It brought him was worth the tho price to Jack Dempsey Dempse that It its s still tIl a pretty s sw et word to 0 me the ie j dethroned 0 king today today Indicated that that Ire may return to the ring to regain his lost laurels Ive lost the tho title but ma maybe be I 1 pan can aa get it back I 1 can try anyway any he explained ApI Apparently fully recovered from his battle with Gene Tunney the former r sad he had b been en happy to find that someone cared for Jack Dempsey and not Just the champion He lie referred to his wife th then tho former Estelle atelle Taylor I made a lot of ot money money money-a a couple of ot million I 1 guess he continued The Tine title was mine for seven even years ears and Im I'm not noc crying now that someone someone some Some- one ono else las has It It was taken from fromme me fairly and squarely b by a lot better fighter than he gets credit for tor being Tunney wasn't Firpo lI lId knows his way around roun in the ring Im I'm not kicking kicking kicking-I've l' l I e got something worth out of It ft And I 1 made some pal pals who are still for me and that's a whole lot |