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Show DEMPSEY PLEASES I OAKLAND FANS OAKLAND, Cal., March 18. tt-Oakland tt-Oakland has awakened to tbo H that a real fighter has blown town The boxer who bears a bl lable is .Tack Dempsey, whom Winsor has brought here from f Lake for the purpose of showlnrw Al Norton at West Oakland JJ Wednesday evening. Dcnipsey hf shown his wares at West Oaklan? yesterday bofore a select as?! blage and Norton looks to bo in it a lacing. Dempsey is no gymnasia performer He can't punch ti bag, shadow box or skip the roJ but when it comes to boxing surely shows all the earmarks'ofi ' man who knows his business u0 oughly and loves it. "They say Pob McAllister's w( hand Is fast." observed Tomo-Simpson Tomo-Simpson "Well, this fellow gluS a mitt that Is faster, and I'll 9ta my reputation on it. liernpe' mJy not possess as accurate a left Bob. but it travels a lot faster and has far more steam. He is fastest big man that has appear here since the negro Harry Yis aci I look for an awful tussle when he and Norton hook up. The fans are in for a big surprise." I |