Show I s f D G S I J r FIGHT DOPE I By Hardy K Downing q IT I T Is great groat to bo be great but being too i I great treat has Its It dral drawbacks backs as Cham Cham 1 Champlon pious pIon Jack Dempsey has learned to t this his sorrow The Th New York boxing commission has placed the ban on practically alof aU all of the men who have havo been mentioned a as opponents for Cor the champion not no t exactly put the th ban on them but just jus naturally prevented them from I at-I at- at at tempting suicide b b stepping in Vie th rIng wIth the th champion and names name such uch conditions for tor or a match bet een bets bet n een eel Dempsey and Harr Harry Wills that It practically eliminated the holding of that match I Now comes the Jersey ey boxing corn corn corn- mission and places th the ban b n on com I th the proposed Dempsey Willard match so It 11 may be that Dempsey will have se to togo ti l go to to work ork let et at to make mak a living llvine tOI About the only contender who has hIlS ha been mentioned who ha has not banned by some sonic boxing commission iJ Ii 1 Joe Beckett and that Is I probably duo cLue duoto to the fact that ho he has not been Ier- Ier sort sort- considered as an all opponent of Dempsey Dempey as ts et It is a joke to tell such men as Gibbons lod llod 1 Johnson mu Bill Bronnan Brennan Jess Willard and other others that they cannot fight Dempsey because they are ar flirting with nith the undertaker when they do and am consider Beckett as a suitable opponent tnt ent nt lo 10 the tho writer s way of or thinking Tommy Gibbons can whip a 0 ring rine full tull 1 or of Becketts In one night nielli There is probably a lot of oC bunk bun t to Ill I'll these thes reports about the boxing commissions barring ever body and andI I when hen the time lime comes to pct get right I down to brass tacks we v o 0 will probablY find they have havo had a change or of o heart hear and er for tor Dempsey will probably got by the tho barrier and get knocked back s-etl s It 11 again as-aln soon oon they crawl i through h the ropes v with th the champion I Should the tha Naw r-ew ew York sod and New Jersey boxing commissions commission stand patIt pat patit It would sure put a crimp crimo In Dempsey for those t two tao 0 states are arc about the tho only places In the country where could hope to draw an thins thing like the Dempsey C bout thel O ln HO S ABILITY Silt Salt Lake boxing fans tans ha hav se I sho shon n I by their patronage at the weekly boxIng shows that thit they thy appreciate th the brand of ot bouts the thc get s-ct but Jut thele is I no den lag Ing the fact that they are slow to appreciate the time real of some of o the tho boys who nho have haie been do- do de developed here her I de-I During the past few fw ears a number of oC ml mighty good bo bos s ha have haie e been brought ht here berc and matched with som ol of o the time local talent and as a rule the I Ical youngsters have havo mOle mor than held their own with th them but the fan fans have ic been Inclined to brand the im- im importations as has beens hen Wh n champion Jack Jacle Dempsey was knocking them all 0 over er ass IlS fast as a they stepped up In front of o him I it didn't create any great creat furore and ande an even eien e en when hen he I here from New NewYork NewYork York after atter stoppIng topping Wild lid Bert Kenny Kenn and Andy Anderson and fIghting John Johl Lester Johnson at that th t time one oth of the toughest negro heavyweights eights lithe in inthe Inthe the countr country a round 10 decision no-decision no bout In New York the tho of othe the tho local fans tans refused to take taho him seriously alo as a heavyweight ht The Th decisive defeat of ot Johnn Butt Buff bantam bantam eJi-bantam and flyweight fly eIght champion by Joe Jo Lynch of Call California torn la last la t Wednesday night also recalls the tho fact tact y J that thIs same boy 1 was as brought here hom something ovir tr a year ago aeo and was held to draws draw In the th local ring ringby b by George Souls and Lou o and wa was given n quite a 1 boxing lesson by Kid lUd Davis Dais i Do-i is r Jac Jack Doyle of Den Denver Denser er who 1 I- rated 4 i as a one of tho toughest boys of hl his weIght anywhere between Denver and andas as far east as a 1 Milwaukee was as a alto aso I brought here to meet Kid Davis Davs and andr r wits vos as given a tint first cla class clasi boxing lesson and still very iery ery few fans tan rose to ac- ac act acclaim t claim that Davis had done dona anything out of o the tho ordinary and It Its s a no cinch t that it if Johnny Buff Dutt could be bc brought Ij here that the tho local veteran t him to a decision Of 0 course coune cour there ther are ar exceptions Lou Leu and Emil both of whom are being touted as real comers comer probably probably I ably due to the fact act that they both possess poses pleasing personalities along with real ability and e g n although Lou never did shoW that he was any biter than Pails Davis or Midget Smith Emil o has delivered dellver d the goods in e ci every cry ery encounter and there Is I no telling how good a a bo boy ho he will do- do develop into and the fans tans have hse been r quick to recognize his while on time the th other hand imand Herman Auerbach has also the goods goodo and lI ho 01 already read stood tood more of ot the th a acid ld test hit t than Pal uso has been called upon to todo todo do ho has not received the time recognition that has and thero there was neveta nevet nevel a more gentlemanly little fellow tollow In or out ot of o the line than this me e am Auer- Auer Auerbach Auerbach bach but he probably lac lackS Ithe boys the pleasing personality of o the th D B VERSUS THORPE J R H Downing who l formerly oper- oper the Wasatch Athletic club In has s moved mO Id I'd to Butte Dutte Mont h lie be has been made matchmaker the th American Legion Leelon club In that Downing took his us prize winner Darren with him and Is I now for tor a a suitable opponent for tor Darren In the feature event of his first card which Is slated for nex next eek Harvey haney lIan e Thorpe o of Kansas City Is h I Ithe the man miln Don Do Downing nine Ia trying to land for Cor Darren and If It he h Is successful It should make mak a wonderful bout for tor lila his opening venture and although Thorpe ha has quite a national reputation u as a a welterweight I think the Logan Loean boy will iii romp homo home a winner or at nt the tho ery worst get a draw WILLIAMS ILLIAMS STARRING Some of the tho local tans fans who just jurt returned returned re- re returned turned from a isit to Los A Angeles last week report that Johnny Williams and Able Abe Abl both boxed on the th same card there thero and Williams earned a 1 draw decision with one of the th best little bos bo s In the south while Mish Mish- kind was wasi treated to a a prett pretty thorough boxing lesson lebbon les s on losing the th decision According to the time latest dope dop from the coast Johnny Williams William Is I thought so Sl well of that he expects to leave California for San Fran- Fran FranCisco Francisco Francsco Cisco where he be has hns ha two bouts booked after acter which he h e expects to return home bome for a a vl visit lt and then hike out for the east ast and try hi his luck luck-By luck By By Special Arrangement With The Th Salt Lake Telegram ram |