Show ilia A while wolter walter Vin winchell chell is away this month his column will be conducted IV t ed by guest columnists columnist i I 1 looking back bach and ahead by comm JACK DEMPSEY As I 1 take over WW calir I 1 find myself at a disadvantage I 1 have leen so little of broadway in tho last couple ot of years that I 1 really dont know the score my absence from the old street is only temporary like every sailor bailor I 1 am looking forward to wearing a wide brimmed panama again complete with a loud sports jacket and the brightest necktie I 1 can find that should be a matter ot of no more than eight months for or the nips are hanging on the ropes and the bell going to save them in the meantime I 1 am in th the e coast guard for or the duration or as long as uncle sam has a job I 1 can do by the time this reaches you I 1 expect to be somewhere in th the e pacific my assignment is that of military morale officer for the alth and naval districts included in this group Is pearl harbor and my duties may itak taka me farther westward as our fleet hammers at the very doors of litro hitos hovel wants to hold the white horse if I 1 can only have the privilege ot 01 holding the Mi white horse when admiral halsey m mounts him for or his victorious ride through down town tokyo it will be a bigger thrill than I 1 experienced when jess willard failed to answer the bell tor for the ath round on that sunbaked day in toledo 25 years ago speaking from experience I 1 can assure you that a morale officer a tough assignment not with the navy and the coast guard I 1 have trained thousands of seamen and I 1 went ashore on okinawa during that bloody campaign for the sole purpose of observing what benefits if any the men had received from our training program there a sailor out there who 1 dream of coming home but none of them want to return until the shooting stops it if you could talk with them at their battle stations you would be proud of just being with them As for myself the war has been a wonderful though hardly a pleasant experience it has been amusing anu in 9 too I 1 was w as in 9 england the day jack london won the british empire heavyweight championship from tommy mills A british re porter asked me what I 1 thought of jack london and I 1 replied that I 1 had enjoyed reading his books and that I 1 thought he was one of the truly great american writers fers 1 I am so sorry replied the startled and polite englishman 1 I was referring to jack london the british prize fighter and not jack london the american author I 1 had to confess that I 1 had never seen london fight andrad and had no opinion to offer on the subject I 1 have since met london a bald headed veteran of 32 years his defeat by bruce woodcock recently came as no surprise to nw me as I 1 judged from bondoni londoni Lon dons doni appearance that he was well past his prime A NEW FIGHTER you iou may have gathered by now that I 1 am still interested in the fight game I 1 am and I 1 expect to be active in it during the years that will be left to me after the war recently there arrived from the tha argentine abel cesmac a young south american giant sent to me by my old friend and toe foe luls luis angel firpo if you know firpo you will realize that he lay out the money for his passage unless he was convinced abel can fight cesmac been thoroughly tested yet but im willing to take a chance Heso big strong and rough of course I 1 cant bo be active in handling the south american while I 1 am in uniform max is looking after him has managed several champions and ana he has been my personal manager for a great many years I 1 am fortunate to be associated in a business way with max and also with job amron and louis brooks because of them I 1 have not had to make the financial sacrifice so many others had to make when they entered the armed forces I 1 have conducted my broadway restaurant nor the great northern hotel any better than they have were a going concern and we are looking forward to the postwar years together BOXING WAS GOOD TO ME looking back from the exalted age of 50 years I 1 con can truthfully say that boxing has been good to me in the years just ahead I 1 believe it will offer even greater opportunities to some jack dempsey of uie the fu ture naturally I 1 am convinced that the next heavyweight cha champion aplon will come from the ran ianke n of our fighting men it was so after world war I 1 and if I 1 am not mistaken his name was gene tunney a marine I 1 seem to recall meeting him on a rainy night in philadelphia abt |