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Show I WHAT THEY SAY JAC K ll MPS Since his return to :nc east Jack Dempsey Is full of new lilt Hlld ... U talk. His : i . : imp is a mecua I for sport gatherings doily He is ul great f ru numaku. Now Jack would liko to fight someone bare knuckles. He says "There is much complaint that the modern fighter is not in it with tnul old-tinieis. because tney used to right I bare-knuL'kb lasnion. 1 would not mind lighting barc-rtsi with soiiIC-body, soiiIC-body, who is Willing to take a chance, lo proe lh.it a properly gloved hanu delivers a hardci blow than trip bate, fist, and the knockout is more to be; expected with less injury sua punlsn-l merit." GEORGE I B NT. I The report inut the Bo&top Braves were about to trade Maranvilio and Holke lo the Giants for Kelly and Barnes is emphatically denied by George Washington Grant, He says. Ol cuurw I'll sell my ball club lor the right price, but I'll never scrap it out piecemeal. Why, it would kiti my ciuu to let liaranville go. He is my biggest drawing card. it would bo the worst thing in a business wav that 1 coula possibly do lo dispose of the Rabbit. 1 have never thought of it. no; have i been approached by any oificial member of the New Fork ci.ib regarding sucn a deal It is an impossibility." i I( H IRLEY GK Ml SM. Is there such a Jung as having too good a batting eye? .vlavbe so Charley Char-ley Graham. Seal skipper, suys this tor Jimmy O'Connell: "Jim has BUCk a good eu that eon umpires often cull strikes on hlrn il ui pre Just B little bit outside or hign 1 believe -'Council light now Is a good deal like Hal Chaso was when he broke in He never could hit until they made hitn hit-and-run every time In had ; chance, thereby forcing him t0 hit all kinds of p.ti hing. 1 believe O'Connel could be developed iiHo a great hitter by the same method." TED MEREDITH. The comeback of Ted Meredith Is cne of I ho biggest features ul the L. s. lv rnplc team. Hgw he did it Is I little short of a miracle, for he has taken on weight since he used to slip p. long the chalk lines of the yesterdays Ted says. "1 atirlbuto my comoback principally princi-pally to my rubber. Years ago I did not put much stock in rubbing, but when a fellow begins lo get a little (.;d he has to rely on more rubbing I believe that I nave the best rubber In the country today and I will miss ' him in Antwerp If 1 cannot find a wa lo get him over there with the team." |