Show 1 P CE various promoters still stilt vv in the dark for are groping a anew anew anew new heavyweight champion with Joe Louis in possible retirement there is a chance that the world soon will be cluttered up with ex- ex heavyweight stars They make an interesting group It was a matter of 49 years ago that Jim Jeffries knocked out Bob Fitzsimmons The r heavyweight champions champions champions cham cham- h followed Inthis in inthis inthis this order Tommy Burns Bums Jack Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son Jess Willard Jack Dempsey Gene Tunney Max Jack JackSha at Sha Sharkey Primo Garners Camera Max Ba Baer r 5 s 's Jim Braddock and finally Louis DEMPSEY From this parade of 12 men only Johnson is missing And he was killed in a motor car accident Jeffries Jef Jet tries fries Is still alive hale alive hale and rather hearty hearty and and so are Burns Willard Dempsey Tunney Sharkey Camera Baer Braddock End nd Louis The span from J Jeffries to Louis covers coven almost half a century century cen cen- tury and to have 11 out of 12 ex-champions ex still Inhabiting this planet Is full proof they are a abardy ahardy ahardy hardy bardy lot tot Big Camera still is wrestling or giving imitations thereof and Dempsey still is refereeing now and then hen J Jeffries has been running a Ii boxing school and holding fight nights Louis says he is through but iut he still hasn't turned In hi any formal ormal or official abdication Still in Good Shape Two men still in fine physical shape hape are Dempsey and Tunney Both are now around pounds which could be a trifle lower but they hey still look like ex champions ought to look At least they look as asIf asif asif if they could handle most of the phony heavyweights Ive I've seen around in the last few years It might also be mentioned that outside of Louis the two old rivals are better fixed financially financially finan finan- than any other heavyweight heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight in history Dempsey basone has bas one of the most beautiful homes in Los Angeles Ancell's for his two daughters while Tunney Tenney and his family never will m have to worry worry worry wor wor- ry a about bout the next beefsteak and caviar I understand Sharkey isn't doing too badly and I know Camera has been mopping up in the weird and incredible wrestling game A Memorable Group Is it possible there could be any group more different than the 11 heavyweight champions still living I doubt it ft Id I'd like to see motion picture shorts made of their lives The big burly headed bald-headed Jeffries Jef Jef- fries fries over 70 the 70 the toughest of them all He was an old man physically physically cally when he fought Johnson who was far below Louis in all moral values values but but a great fighter Burns Bums over 60 hooked 60 hooked in some odd philosophy of life lite Willard pound pound giant giantI giant giant- I the least equipped of them all men men- tally Just a guy who weighed pounds Ask Dempsey Dempsey and and others Dempsey a fire brand In hi his day an ex Babe Ruths Ruth's successor suc suc- cessor Tough and rough in the ring One of the few gentlemen Ive I've known outside of the ring The one ona colorful figure left in sport Dempsey the killer Is also Dempsey who always thinks of the underdog and has given riven away more money to bums and has has-beens than any two men In sports As great a guy as anyone anyone anyone any any- one I ever met I only wish I knew more words to write about him Tunney the man who made himself A man of character and intelligence Not too much inclined towards popularity Dempsey loved people i Tunney never did Smart keen a man of indomitable will power A man you must know to like since he makes no effort tomake to tomake tomake make new friends But one who has written a great chapter in sport i that will be remembered later on Far up the ladder Ins Fill for Tunney Sharkey Camera Carnera Baer Braddock Here are five heavyweights that just happened to fill in after Tunney retired Dempsey Dempsey Dempsey Demp Demp- sey at his peak could have stopped them all in two rounds Tunney could have chopped them into mincemeat Camera Carner was a clown Sharkey was another might have who was never too loo smart in the ring I 1 had Dempsey knocked out In the first round he told me when I 1 stopped to make an address to the crowd that had hooted me Dempsey was wason wason on the ropes J Now Louis A great champion A boxer box and a puncher Especially a puncher Game but no Dempsey at taking a punch They all came along and knocked Louis down I think Dempsey would have knocked him out nut |