Show THE SPORT SPORT- LIGHT By lit RIdS niCE IMS New York Inc Trademark l V U S 5 So PaleD r or Of TIlE THE MONEY Y e GAME eu u LOS A March larch 18 11 The Th business of being belne heavyweight champion has ha It all over the th bust bust- bustness bu nef l-nef nes ness of at a bank president In ina Ina a financial way In a l financIal way It has something on any other business you OU can think of or IncludIng Ice log Ing the motion picture game earn Take lake Tak the lh case ca of ot Jack Dempsey lie He quit fighting almost tour tout year years ago ato CO Ho jo passed up p th he tour four bIg money years year eau ot of o hIs hi life He II hasn't taken a Shot ahot hot at any big b pot since fine 1122 1922 and yet today ho he hoha has baa over oyer n II million dollars as hie hi share of ot the th Kearns DempseY part part- part TIlE THI T I CHANCE CH CE I l Suppose Dempsey had taught fought once a year since sine the th Firpo on- on t cn-t ement lIe He H could have hav had four fights which should have h v collected U- U 2 for the th His HI share hire of ot this Ihl would have hav been 1 Sl 00 0 By practicing his hi profession a trifle oftener and nd without taking any great risk Dempsey could have salted away at least leat 2000 at the th age e of at thirty When a boxer can save av up well weli over a million after four tour years year ot of Idleness In his hll prime the magnitude of the financial side fide becomes become worth noticing The Th heavyweight championshIp ts is no longer loncer much ot ota 1 a sporting proposition When a title can be turned Into or the lh old carefree side aide ld of ot the game must disappear Money has ha a way of at blotting out almost everything else els In the neighborhood THEA THEN THE A ANT AND D rOW NOW It Jt Dempsey Dempey had continued hI trade after aCler meeting Firpo and had fought ht every alx lx months he h could hae ha stopped anyone anone In the field without any great trouble IncludInG InG Harry Wills But from from 26 2 to 30 are ar the th great groat competitive years year of ot any hard game They are ar the th years where the athlete Is I nearer his hi prime Or OrI I In his hie hi prime They are ar the years that combine youth and experience experience experience ence In Dempsey's case they are the tho years ears that found him the th best beat ad- ad ad advertised man nian ill In the world Yet ears agO aeo when Kearns offered for Dempsey to meet Gibbon and Firpo In return matches both of or th them m easy pa y con can tests tesla the tho th champion declined lie He II could have havo stopped Hopped the tIme t tao 0 tn In less than eight rounds without running any risk and drawn down for tor hla hi share but for some reason he decided he h was about through He III could have taken on Gibbons Gibbon Firpo Tunney yand and Wills In order and the tour four fights would have hare drawn In over at mit the gate cate A return Firpo match and a Wills Vilis match alone alon would have drawn elope close do to That's That how much of a financial enterprise the h heavyweight cham cham- championship has hs groan to be Demp- Demp Dempey Boy Y ey it St least I Is the first man In sporting or 01 financial history who wasn't Int Interested rested In makIng an another other million without much muth work And there ther Isn't a soul In hi his home borne city who kno know why lie be h passed up I the golden colden olden flood or 01 what he h In- In intends In Intends tends to do through the th remainder of at his career caner They can all guess IS but no not even his hie closest friends kno know TIn mE urn niG TEAM TE Pirates further up the coast coL are moving ln along to an even ven stronger campaign than they knew a year ago a o The reserve strength of or the team his has 11 been tight tight- tightened tightened ened sned up 20 per cent by youngsters who can ean both hit and field and both bolh McKechnIe and Clarke expect to pet get et even evon better belter pItching tram from Emil do Yd de and Kreiner The pItchIng staff tatt Is rounding to with Morrison Meadows s Yde Yda and I emer leading the th pack and this quintet wont won't have bave h ve to pitch tie lis collective let act ct of at o arms erme rm oft to win with the tho th batting and fielding sup sup- support port ort that thal will ho be b all around This ThI outfit may become one on of the blur bIg teams team of at the game I a team good mourn enough e to win three or tour four year r In a row mv It has haa ha speed and nd anda II a tremendous trl punch from top to bottom and It h has ha brilliant infield and outfield support port There Ther Is much erIous thought among a flock of ot lightweight out here bere about n Benny Leonard Leonarda vacal- vacal vacated vacated ed lightweight title Few Fw take taka Rocky Hocky Kansas Kansa seriously Ace Ac Hum Hud Hudkin kin Hud kin kInS Is one on entry but the th main corner comer Is I young youn Jimmy McLaren noW only 18 1 years year eara old weighing around 17 He H I lii a real fighter I a boxer who can lilt Jilt and within another two years eara he h will 1 be b the best of the lot aroun around or US It Is about time the th lightweight division wu was absorbing some lame som class clau It could stand an Increase ct or 70 per cent and stilt still bo be b under the nUl top order enter ot of other day days when Cans Gns and Nelson were hangIng around |