European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Tunney Ledi comports fit to Dempsey i Jack Dempsey if Chi won heavyweight title in bloody 1919 bout with Jen Willard in Toledo. Ohio. Jack Dempsey a couple of Good fists by John wheel Nan Stoll Willei Jack Dempsey the old Champ a next be thin reporter Tihe Arl Liti ind Wolten annual dinner in new York the other night. Jack at count it neither per Ofelon Arthu nor writer but Hiil in a lot of autograph every Day 10 maybe that Quill Lei him. He uld he i 67, m. Hli next birthday but he Itell move with i mooch col like i Trade end he i Lithe and in Good condition. Hli Bride pretty italian ill Wai with him. Incidentally Gene Tunney we there ind Rocky Marciano came in later,10 there were three former heavyweight chomp ont got to about Hli old log hit and Hli Eye lit up when retold of the hot Day in 1919 he won the Shamplo Nihls at Toledo. You tee he uld Jen Ellurd though the Wai the it Ronget Man in the a orld and nobody could Hurt i the Story True he drank bottle of Gin the night before the fight to asked Aby Tander. I Don t know about that Ani wired theold Champ but he Elway claimed 1 wore Brau Knuckles for jewelry and Tinl is Why Cut him up to badly. All i had in my gloves were a couple of Good i he Itell alive Yei he i living somewhere in California and wound up broke 1 have tried to help him get Jobi a couple of limes but he Don t like Jack got around to the famous Ighel with Sergei Carpen ller the Han Diomi French Man which Wai held at Boyle i thirtyacres in Jersey City and promoted by the colourful Tex Ruckard. Curpen Lier Lef Firpo Center both Loir to Dempsey. It i a fact Laid dem Piry that Ric hard rame to ice me the night before the fight and asked me to let Carpenter go afew round. He had trained lec relly and Wai Muller. " Well have All the Bell people out there tomorrow Laid Tex 10 give them a How and Don t kill thai Guy. It would kill the fight game the Frenchman could punch pretty Good and in the Lerond round he caught me fluid on the Chin with a right. My knee buckled. 10 i made up my mind it Wai Lime to get Down to Buillen. In the next round 1 Tore into him and knocked him out in the fourth he concluded Deilly. My following question Wai about i height with Lull Firpo. The giant South american. Did he hit you when you went Downin the flirt round or Puih you he locked me All admitted dump by. In tact you will recall he knocked me out of the fou bin i do replied thai i prowled on top of Grantland Rice. Bob Edgren and me. I Wai in there Mihov ing trying to Puih you Back. I had j200 on what do you remember about that tint round he wan asked. Nothing he replied frankly. I did know what happened until i got Back to my Corner. I Wai fighting on Init not. The they told me and my head cleared. I knocked Firpo Down even Tolmei in the next round before he went out for Good. It Wai one of my toughest Alio recalled other of Oghli and tighten. I asked him about Max Baer the Doh ing Champion and a blend of Dempsey a he fro and choked up did t he whence fought Joe Lou lit i asked. It looked Ai if he could t Oplt and hit the floor Hli Mouth Wai 10 i Wai in Hli Corner that night an sunday May 5, 1963 the stars and St mks swered Dempsey. He Wai Tenie and draw Nall right. I tried to get him out of it 10 i slapped him on the Mouth Good and hard but it did t bring any re Multi. When the fight started he could t throw a punch. Sejuit did t have there Are Many tighten that Way i us gaited. Take Young str bling who Wai pretty Good. He would Vrlik Hli neck Riding a motorcycle at Terry tic Speed and showed Hli courage Rutilde the ring another Wei according to genl land Rice. Yet when he would get Nilde the rope he would be afraid to throw a right hand agreed. Were you Ever scared i asked , not exactly he answered. Gen Bill Donovan died to Lay even the bravest men get scared i ventured. Sure i would be nervous and tight before the fight a ladled but once that Bell rang my idea Wai to Knock the Down and keep him All thai Remondi me of a Story Abou Grantland Rice the great Riporti writer. Born in Tennesee he Miler he Wai of the South. He Wai at a dinner at the Augusta National Golf club one night attended by Many arli Socrati and apor Timen. They be Gan to Aik him wanted to know who Wai the Greo Teil Pitcher another which Wai the greatest race hone Etc. Bobby Jones the golfer and Many Tolmei a Champion wan among Thoie present. Finally one of Tho Gueli spoke up and sold or. Rice who do you think i the greatest gentleman and port Mun that Ever lived the gathering naturally expected him to name Bobby Jones. Much to the Lump Rise of everybody he replied Jack Dempsey he would kill Hli own Mother in the ring but out of it he lit the greatest gentleman and i Mortiman have Ever Page 11
