Show DEMPSEY SIDESTEPS WILLS ILLS g TOURNAMENT TOURNAI S PLANNED II ny By p itAN IGA 1 lal Cm of ot l I L Copyright 1025 1925 by Consolidated Con Press Association NEW r YORK Feb 21 When the full ull story tory of ot persecution ot Harry Wills Is wrItten wrItten-if 1 It ever over it is-it s-It s It will s III make the std fid sad ad tale talo of Uncle Tom sound like a a Poll Poll Poll- anna Polli-anna anna story Just foi fot a starl start tart the tho th a writer rileI riter will set down a part arl of that story In order that the public may know lenow what a II heart rending volume I be written esen en it if things that ha hae hal e l happened are happenIng or arc coins are going to happen were shon show sho n and heir significance made clear In thu of news value It ItI ItIs itis itIs I Is necessary noce ary to start with Ith the last I chapter the tho heading of ot which IsI Is I Dempsey Gibbons battle with 1111 seem seems absurd I for tor Los Loa Angeles Eddie 10 Katie Kan no announces that he has accepted terms term for tor Gibbons for fort forI fora forta tora I a round 12 battle battie with Ith Dempsey at Los Angeles John Dempse e the Iho champions 8 brothel brothe who ho has ha just arrived In San Francisco to train Jon Joe Benjamin for Cor or his bout Lout Jack Silver Hals that Jack will surelY sign to meet To III III 1 In Losi Angeles If If the promoters there I are liro In lii II their offer orter ocr In the meantime the tho th New York I boxing has haa gone through the formality of accepting gonel a challenge and a certifIed chee cheik k torn Hirry s ll ft W ilI Ills with lIh state stale tal ment met that further r action will 1 I ho e faken In the tho connu of the board D I work It Is 1 certain that Wills Ills chal- chal lenc chal-lenc lenso end and a II heck for tor or a fight with Dempsey will Le be b sup supplemented b charges and clucks from Jack lie ne- neI Re Renault I George Godfrey Romero Romero- noja and so to on The Tho logical re r suit ull will Ill be bo an official order from the board lor tor or an elimination tour tour- tourney tourney tour tourney ney This will 1 take Iee alin up III a month or moro more of the outdoor season BIll Bitt BIllIn BitIn In ad Ue-mincy Ue and Gibbon Ill be fighting out on the tho coast conot probably in Ju June ne hem Her Is lii where hore the champion will Ill get out ut of f an situa- situa situation lion I tion e een en If It the th elimination tour tour- tour tour-n noy y In the east cut proves prO no help toi to i him Per r r under the tir Now Nw ork boxing l law w a who she ho de de- de defends tends fends Is his 1 title Is aimed cd six I Months grace graco before he lie Is 1 corn cOm com compelled to f tIght right again Kiln This will willI mice Jack Into the tha winter r months anti thus another ear ear ot Of hop tot fOI I III Ills Illi goes gocs glimmering n JI 0 un Mi-un CIL And next ear er ar Harry ry Wills Ills may h begin ln r to show trw sIgns of 01 oli 1 age s combined ln d with nervouS wear war and Ia tear In such caBes lh Ih the champion and his hi backers baeke will wilt have LVe I nothing to f fear lar front tr m him If Jr however hw vr h be hok keeps kIS ep sIron strong tr n and fit ind nd able then sonic om new lont eol b he devised by the tho lh wily gentlemen 1111 who are keeping from hIe hl chance chanco at lit tb hue till 1 lh he boxing commission would be sincere In ordering a hea hea eIght tOUl nl but It Is doubtful It If 1 Paddy Mullins Wills manager er would agree to match natch ht hl dusky battler battier with lIh Tommy Gib- Gib Gib Gibbons bons or anyone else els for or the th right to ho be b declared tho the lOgical contend contend- or er r 1 feels eels that thaI his Ills man Is al- al alread alread al already read ready cd by the th public and lie he h is correct in this feeling Paddy Is very suspicious an and right right- 4 I or wrongly he has an idea lda certain parties would like nothing better Jetter thin to In Harry Barry Into a match ml with some nome one apt to di discredit credIt his hiB pretensions by making him look bad had or having him die dis- disqualified qualified din qualified for some lorn such technicality 48 8 holding and hitting with lIh ono one arm free tree Wills Willa did lid tiie he tin a chance chanco but It was waH that ho lie did not take taka tak libel tie tio lIa w hi hands and punch the hendIn headIn head hend headIn In Wills Villa bout with with Ith Tut Jackson there Ibero were ero plenty of rumors that harry a ivaa going coins to get the ork works but the lh boxing commission double double- double crossed any plan that may iava hicen heen concocted by sending to Al AI 1 for or Claude Tibbetts to referee tue Iho bout hout It has been said on good rood that Claude Claud did not know 1 thing about the tha lh assign assign- assignment a s n ment until Deputy of Kings told him Just In time limo to catch a train Iraln for forsea torNCH Ioe sea Yore Yori sh rth before the tue bout bOllt I And now to 10 tue testimony of Jimmi Dougherty of C l I who ho Is out In ban I Dougherty has haa hn awais Is been sup supposed supposed posed to 10 bo be e til the manager of Q Godfrey odfrey tho 10 th big bi negro neBro But nul here Is quoted as saling to a plan nali whom whom the tho writer 8 1110 to be b a a man mall of accuracy and the hIghest ter I M Kearns hearne never did plan to put Dempsey In tho the ling line line- with Vilis Will Doughtily ty Is la quoted He lie II went ent SO o I New urk far us as to 10 sign a d contract In New Nework ork hut ht hit was as for tor publicity purposes I 1 heat ii hint him say ono one day ho he h wanted to locate a big biR negro negro ne- ne nero gro ro who could knock off Wills Jack persisted p r l until ho h foun Godfrey He lie has kept him hint cover all alt thIs thia waiting time Urn until the demand for 4 Dempsey llIs I out bout too hot when hen lie he to shoot boot against s ills I 1 mention this tille It I shows how hw shrewd a 11 manger inn Kearns Is s Ito H has han had Godfrey as I rein rain Ins to f be used u d any any time limo within thin the tho th last lant tio t years OJ Now Dougherty Is supposed to 10 ho be belne hoOne I I One lne On of ot best but lie Ho HoI refereed the tho tb Gibbons Dempsey I tight fight at ot ShelbY and has hils boen tn Clo clou f to th h ero Crowd cro tl I I |