Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-02-14 | Page 1 | Jack Dempsey to Pay for Home by Taking Socks on Chin in Fights

Jack Dempsey To Pay For Home By Taking Socks on Chin In Fights CHICAGO. Feb. 14 Jack Dempsey, world's champion prlzo fighter, left at noon today for New York in response to what he paid was an urgent urg-ent message from hla manager. Jock Kearns. lha he was about to sign tho ehamnlon for a match In London, or Pai ls, presumably with Goorge -pentler. Demnaey reported here from the Pacific Coast this morning and told of Kearns' message between tra in Dempsey talked freely on uiauy .subjects with the flock of newspaperman newspaper-man who mot him at the train to ask questions concerning reports that ho i Was engaged to Rebe Daniels. "Course Miss Daniels and I aren't going to get married," he said. 'She d pn k some one better than I." Replying to a question he said he expected to K?' married the ir-t ' 'What first '.'" was tho giiery. ' First chance. " replied the chain-piaa. 1 1 "Do you know who killed Taylor?" he was asked next. "Suro. Eveiyoii" knows that Volstead Vol-stead killed Taylor," he answered. Dempsey said he was itching for a fight " ".I've just bought a home and I II tinvo to take a lot of socks on the chin to pay for it." he said. "1 don't care whether Its Wii's or Georues lh:it given me ihoe socks. Anyone the I public wants suits mt,"