Show AFTER 4 j THE BIG TILT New Nevi Orleans Promoter Bids for Jack Dempsey and Beckett By Otto Floto Fiola ORLEANS Oct 30 A A lot of NEW fight history was in the making 1 IN here last Saturday Jack Kearns Reams accompanied by Jack Dempsey came to town with the Sells Sells Sells-Floto Floto circus t and the lobby they y no of sooner their g le hotel had t IS stepped when d Dominick foot I into the Crescent City's fight promoter promoter promoter pro pro- moter flashed a certified check In Kearns Kearns' face face and and accompanied it with the statement that he was ready to depoint de- de point it as a forfeit if Kearns Reams would accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac a purse to fight Joe Beckett Beckett Beckett Beck Beck- ett the English champion In New Orleans Orleans Orleans Or Or- leans next February Kearns Reams Just leaped at the offer telling that all aU he had to do was to toI I get Be Beckett kett and Dempsey would fight him on three weeks weeks' notice at any time I But you you'll 11 have to do a little higher bIddIng bidding bidding bid bId- ding than that Dom said Kearns Reams not noton noton on Dempsey Dempsey- e account but t Charles Cochrane Cochrane Coch- Coch J fo arl rane n has offered reJo g for the same bout and It dont don't look book reasonable that Beckett knowing this will come to I America for less Beckett wants the bout to be stated among his own people Just as eagerly as Dempsey prefers It over here Its It's a case of or who can give the most mone money I 1 think In the end the amount of the purse will establish the site of or the battleground assured Kearns Reams he could raise his bid and that he honestly believed New Orleans would draw Just as aa much money as London will for a bout of this kind as ns It would be really the first battie battle bat bat- tle tie or rather the first International battle for the championship of the world since Sayers and Heenan fought at 1 I 1 don dont don't t figure the Sui- Sui Mitchell livan clashes seriously because became they never produced a a. winner and al always always always al- al ways a squabble of some sort en ensued ed after they were put over o went on Tor- Tor but Im I'm going to have the next fight for the title at my club if money tan Oan n get It It Incidentally we also saw a a. letter from Eddie McGoorty who fought Beckett In I London a sf f few weeks ago O One of the paragraphs g tp s reads as follows S I am goIng going go- go Ing to give you the low down on this bird He lies lie's s a L tough cookie will remind you jou ou a great deal of ot Tom Sharkey when the sailor was at h his s best But I look for Jack to o eat beat him Mind ln Dempsey e wont won't have the same thing he had with I h Willard at Toledo lies He's going to meet opposition and more of it It However How I ever after Dempsey clouts him a a. few Beckett will think himself on board boar of one of his majesty's majesty s battleships crossing the English channel By all means make the match for It means a a. lot of dough The British fight fan Is now paying I pounds where he lie formerly paid shillings to witness a bout |