Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-30 | Page 47 | Tunney to Welcome Return Dempsey Go

Tunney to Welcome Return Dempsey Go Champion However may Ma Oppose Youthful StarIn Star StarIn StarIn In Next Battle Uy lly SPARROW Sl MO tG ANN Corr Con l ot of o Standard Standard- Standard 1 CopyrIght 1927 1921 by Consolidated Con Pre Press a Association mew JEW YORK YORE jan Gene U-Gene 2 a Gem 1 Il 1 Tunney lunney talked like lUte a real roal champion when ho he h said laid ho he would be glad to to give civo Dempsey another chance or to meet the winner of o any elimination tournament add add- adding Ing that ho did not see seo eo why It shoud be he necessary for tor the th former forme champion to fight his hi way woy through the pack ot of contenders contender The tact fact Is that Tunney promIsed Jack a return fight and so 10 far tar as ashe ashe a he Is concerned he Is willing to tomake tomake make good on lilt his hi word Tex Tea Richard Rickard seemingly cannot rid himself of ot the th Idea that the biggest attraction he h could stage lac would be bo a L return bout between the champion and the former title titleholder titleholder holder But it looks look as If ie he had huebetter better dismiss this idea For leor Dempsey has no public tol fol- fol 10 loning Ing Just at present He hoe has ha not done dono a 0 thing thine to show that he h d cou could upon tho the miserable showing ho he mado In Philadelphia last fall run OPPONENTS With such capable men moil as is Jim Maloney Jin-Maloney Maloney Jack JILek Delane Jack Sharkey an and flute Hansen flanse willing willingto to fight It out for the privilege of meeting Gene there Is no good goodrell rell reason on wh why Dempsey provided ho he h really desires desire to fight tight again shoula not come out into the open and knock over over-It over It he these can can these ris- ris risIng nt- nt Ing young youny As A for tor it cannot be do- do de nied that he ho has not done anything I particularly war like since he won I the title Vaudeville lle appearances three and four times a day are ar not conducive to good training Demp Dempey soy sey ey proved this beyond argument Only the other day such a good judge of ot boxIng form torm and such a past master In the th art of training fighters as William Muldoon stat stat- stated od ed that Tunney was wa ruining his Cl ca- career reer and hastening his downfall by b himself to one ono bout a year Muldoon it will be recalled was one ono of ot the th first to come corn out and say ay that would prove a capable opponent for Dempsey Wholly out of ot ring competition aloof from gymnasium work vork there thenis is every reason why Gene another bout with the tho th equally inactive Dempsey He H baa haino no reason to feel that Jack Jick would do any better it If as well wll us na he did at Philadelphia Tunney's position is a difficult one The championship he lie holds hold Implies a certain restraint from activity That title is 15 a million dol- dol doliar dol dollar lar al proposition It has to bo be kept as it were in an Incubator lIe may flay not show how too often in public lest leat he become 0 a familiar story and hence financially unattractive Public curiosity must be preserved at keen edo edge to the end that when he finally emerges a II big bic gate tato w vill bo be assured IDLENESS COSTLY This helps hc a champions champion's draw draw- drawing drawing draw in ing power but hurts hurt him physical physical- physically Iy ly Ring nine Idleness has s been the downfall ot of more moro than one heavy heavy- heavyweight heavy weight monarch Almost nh all heavy heavy- heavyweight weight heavy weight rulers from the tho lime ilmo of John L Sullivan down were de dethroned de- de dethroned when they defended their after absences of o long lone pe- pe periods pe periods nods often two or more inor years front from the ring So far tar as real attitude toward the th fight tl ht game camo is con con- concerned con concerned ho lie would small doubt be willing w to defend his title next June and follow with another fight In September But Dut no wi wise so pro pro- promoter promoter pro promoter moter certainly not Tex Rickard would stand for tor that What Rich lUck lUckard Richard ard wants Is 1 a smashing big biff out tufu-out out ol ot boxing enthusiasts not two comparatively cly small mall outpourings Ills lIis solo sole interest Is tho the gate and what happens to the champion af aft after t er th the turnstile turnstiles have havo stopped clicking does not concern him A condition such uch as os this thit will w cx- cx ex exist itt 1st just ju l s KO MO long lone as a million dollar gates are possible When one talks thus In terms of ot money the human equation Is forgotten The Tho dollar lollar Is 15 the th thing thing- It Is hard on Tunney who assuming some ome ono one beats him next September which 15 Is not unlike unlikely will wilt leave the ring rich In pocket but none the tho lets leta 0 5 victim of the th business end ot of the fighting game cam op 00