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Show oo Kearns Suggests Dempsey-Wills Go Over Color Line NEW YORK, Jan. 26. Jack Demp-soy Demp-soy is eager and ready to defend KiS world's hoa"yweight title against any recognized rival and is not particular about the scene of combat, declareel Jack Kearns. his manager, when he arrived here Wednesday. Kearns came east for the purpose of meeting with Promoter Te Rickard and arranged for a conference with him today There has been talk of Dempsey engaging en-gaging the smiling tleorge.s Carpen-tier Carpen-tier In another bout, in Europe this time, and there has been gossip, too, of matching the tltleholder with several sev-eral different heavyweights on this Side The big Idea, 1 said Kearns. "is to gt-t a bout Harry Wills. Bill Brennan. Bon Roper, Tommy Gibbons any of them that- seeks it can hae a crack al Jack. A Wills tight haa been most talked of. but the promoters don't seem to warm up to the Idea " Dempsey is now in Los Angeles and vvilj come to New York, Kearns said. I if he is needed Only in case negotiations nego-tiations for a titular bout in the United Unit-ed States fails, will Jack take a fling In Europe. |