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JOHNNY KILBAin
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HAL COCVTRAJf ,
AIJOE HOKE, '
BEHTON DltALKT
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Herald's Special
Fight Service
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JOSH WISE INTERVIEWS JACK DEMPSEY, HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION,
AT ATLANTIC CITY AND TELLS YOU ALL HE LEARNED
I1Y JOHII WIHR
Jack lUprr, AmnnuenaU
ATLANTIC CITY, Juno 28. This
linn lion n ono uv th' hltlcst dnys (or
inn mi' Jnck noinpsoy since Iks opened
his offlro lioro nn'
lii'Kiin trnlnln' (or
liln Imlllo with
Col. Cnrpontlor, ur
Paris nn' th reel
uv Frnnco. Jock'
ri'Kulur program
uv th' Jny In
rludn iiuch things
ua nklppln th' ropo, playln' pen
nueklu, wnshln' hi dog, posln' (or
pictures, wrltln his nutogrnn, ahnk
ln' hiimlM with In mnyor, grootln' o
committer o( i:iks, mootln' nctors,
Itollttclcina, ox-prUoflghtor. ix
wiloonkecpors, cabinet mombors,
conRTcwimm nn' other mombors uv
th' spjorlln' fraternity, punchln' Iho
Imc. runnln' up and down tho pub-
Uc highway (rond work, I hollovo,
In tho technical torm), nn' spnrrln'
with n few men palil (or th' pur
pono o( Imln hit by him. Itcslde
nil that. Jack ha ill' meet no. Un
derstand, when I wy ho met mo I
nm Hpeakln' not In th' puRlllntlc
sense. Wo met In n nodal an' bill
ties way. '
lln'N Imkln Well
Well, first uv nil, I wnnt t' telfTn'
hlmlsphern th't I (ouml Mr. Dcmp-
any lookln' well. Ilo In In prlran
health. Inspiration nn' pulso nor
mill, nppotlto heavy, sloops well nn'
wdIkIih considerably noro th'n n
hundred nn' fifty poundi.
It win th' (Imt tlmo I hnd over
mill Mr. Dompsoy, nn' I took occa
nlon to alio him up carefully. Ill
fliiRornnlls wu well cleaned nn' pol
lulled, hlii whlto flannel pantn win
nicely creaneil, hit canvas shoe un'
linen clean, his necktlo modest In
fact, ho had all th' earmark uv a
gentleman, outsldo uv hli (aclal ex
pression an grammnr, both uv
which hnvo becomo aomirwhat tanned
by th' un an' wind. '
"How d'you do, Mr. Dempnoy," I
hoi, when I'm Introduced t' him.
"Howdy, Josh," sox ho, puttln
out bin hand. "Shako th' hand th't
shook th' hand uv Attornoy Gonornl
Duughorty an' Richard Crokor."
"Ob. that'a all rlRht." I sex. "No
npolORlos."
Then, t' show him I'm iomethln'
uv n sport myiielf, an' can uso sport
In' editor lanRunRO, I sex, "Jack, I
thought I'd (Ind ycu a kind uv seri
ous old sobersides, consldorln'
things, but now th't I c'n seo you, I
find you'ro nothln' moro'n n groat,
big, good-nnychured boy."
"Well, ho sex, "thero'a nothln' In
It In bcln' otherwlsn so long ux you
an' ma ain't mcolln' (or a purso."
"Ily th' way, that romlnds mo,"
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YOU NEED CALLING CARDS TO SEE JACK
Tim only kind of calling cards thnt go around tho Dvmpsoy camp nro tho ones that aro not worth rals
Ing on. Thnt'a If vou want to seo tho chumn during hli rest periods. For playing cards Is ono of his two
chief recreations. Tho other Is listening to canned music. Jack delights In listening to tho records and tho
faster they ro, tho more ho enjoys It. It's a real Jaxx that was on when tho photographer snapped. You
can seo that (rom tho way oven tho plaster cast on the wall la laughing.
sex I, "spoakln of flghtln'., who's
goln' f -win th' flghtf '
Jrk Han llunrh
"Well,' ho sex, "I've got a hunch
I'll win."
"They tell mo (his feller Carp Is
a tough fish, Jack."
"That's what 1 hoar, but I'll hook
cm." I
"I seo by th' papers th't th' Iong
Ilrnnch Klks glvo you a match box.
Do you smoke?"
"No, but tboy thought n match
box was a good thing t' glvo mo bo
causa I'd hnd so many boxln'
matches?"
Kv'ryhody round laughed hearty
at this, nn' I may say In passln' th't
ov'rybody In th' camp Inughs hearty
wjicn Jnck maketi a Joko, all hands
pluyln''anfn an' takln' no chances.'
"How Is yor left oyo?" I nskod
Im.
"Oh, I guess It's all right," ho
sex. "I c'n seo a dollar out uv It
ux well ux my right." .
"What Is thoro In this report th't
you'ro goln' t' bo married soon after
you (Ight Carp!"
"Not a thing. My next (Ight wilt
be with Jess Wlllard."
Jark'a College
"I havo read th' story uv your
life, Jack, but not much wux said
nbout your ccllego life. What col
lego wux you graduated from?"
"I wux graduated from Knox col
lego," Jnck sex, an' th' fellers all
Inughed hearty again.
I nskod Jnck It ho thought th'
fight "would end In n draw.
"No," ho answered, "It won't end
In n draw. I ain't no artist."
Then I sex, "Who's coin' t' bo yor
second on th' second?"
"That'a a thing I ain't glvo no
thought to," Jack sex. "I'll lot th'
timekeeper look after tho seconds."
Slf GORDON
HIS II GLEAN
FIGHT RECORD
Hammy Gordon souma to llko tho
iKIamnth pooplo nnd bnsos his state
Twent on tho fnct Hint ho has boon
Jhoej throo duya nnd tho pooplo nil
jtroat'hlm (Ino nnd dandy, nro (rlond
ly unci try to mako him (ool nt homo
ovon though ho Is not a resldonl
hero,
Kuril treatment. Gordon Barn,
ishowB that tho roBldonts o( tlito city
hollovo In oucouruBlni? nil outsldors
to stny nnd (or this warm Rrcotlng,
,Jio fools that wltou tho contest In
which ho Is matched to moot Haifa
'niuo, July 4, Is pulled off, ho will
endeavor to do his Individual pnrt In
returning tho welcome ho got by giv
ing Hftbo Hluo a stl(( tmttlo nnd tho
'Bpoctntors a run (or tholr monoy.
Gordon Is' 19 yoars of ngo, born
In llnltlmoro, Maryland. Whou ono
' year o( ago, ho camo to tho coast bo-
J'cuuso hlB (olka brought him with
thorn without his consont, comlns to
J Portland. Now, all Inducomonts to
lonvo tho coast would not Induonco
'him to roturn oast (or tho wost Is
"hln- home." Ho rocolvod his educa
tion. In tho Portland schools and
whllo attending schooi, "hustlod"
OregonianB for his spending monoy
'id even today, his stand noar tho
depot paya htm neat sum dally.
While his father had aspirations to
mako "Sammy" Into a real estato
doalor llko hlmsoK, tho llfo of a box
or nppenlod more to him nnd ha
gained his first, oxpcrlouco In tho
ring at tho ngo of 13 when ho np
pcarod boforo tho "Newsboys Athletic
Club" at Portland In 191C, meeting
In turn Nick Pluto and Aloxls Tram
Ills In six round bouts, winning tho
first and getting a draw In tho sec
ond ovont.
In 1918, Los Angolos appealed to
him and ho wont thoro In tho fall,
mooting Danny Kramer In a four
round contest, winning at tho end of
tho third round, Kramer was stop
pod by lilni In nn event which Gor
don Bald was a wild ono nnd nt the
end of throo rounds, tho seconds of
Kramer throw up tho sponges (or
tholr bnttlor. In rapid succession n(t
or this contoat, camo n doclslon over
Joo Itoonoy nnd Danny Kdwnrds, both
fast boys In Jnck Doyloa' Vernon
nronn. Tho spring of 1919, Gordon
wont to San Francisco and fought
aaorgo Rponrer a six round drnw.
At Sacrnmonto, ho mot "Frisco Joo"
Lynch and Joo Klngloopo, both
ovonts drawB at tho ontl of four
rounds.
Tho old homo town, Portland,
called him, back In 1920 and In Do
comber ho was matched to moot
llabo Dltio. This contest went six
rounds to a draw boforo a wildly
shouting crowd for It was nip and
tuck all tho way through. Next camo
Kay Iloso of Donvor, another draw.
Dabo Horman was too fast and Gor-J
don lost nt the end of the sixth round
on a decision.
Tho battle that Gordon srfya meant
much to him was tho next contest
with Mickey Dempsey, who bad 11
straight K. O's. and figured that
Gordon was tho 12th. Ueforn the
Mllwnukco club, Gordon won a de
cision at tho end of C rounds.
Franklo Monroe won a six round
bout In tho samo club (rom him and
then Danny Edwards whom ho mot
In Los Angolos In 1918 was stopped
by him (or a decision in a eight
round go.
Tho American I-eglon staged Hay
Iloso and Gordon at Ilutto, Montuna,
(or a ton round go nnd nt tho end,
tho contest was so closo between tho
two men, a decision fair to both was
given, a draw.
In 8eattlo, Franklo Murphy at tho
ond of four rounds managed to got a
drnw but Hud Rldloy won from Gor
don In four rounds n week later. Not
sntlsflod with tho bouts In Seattle
Gordon mot Dud nidloy In Tncomn
in n six round contest and rocelvcd
a draw,
Gordon states Hint in Portland, ho
Is known as tho "Fighting Jow" nnd
,'ls of Jowlsh parontago. Ho likes
the boxing gamo for thoro Is a shift
of uconory all tho time, tho uncer
tainty of mooting unknown boxers
nnd tho puro Joy of boxing n rival
who Is Just a little fnstor than ho.
Gordon warmly greeted Dabo Dluo
'whon thoy mot hero Monday.
Gordon stated that Dluo hi a mixer
and that bo was glad that his train
ing the last two wo oka In Portland
hnd made him fit to moot tho dusky
boxer, Altltudo does not bother him.
All bo wants now Is tho chance to
have Ideal weather condition on the
Fourth whon ho moots Dluo and to
SB0W:the faa here .what kind of. ma
terlal la In a "Fighting Jew."
A Claatlfled Ad will aeU K.
Jack an' me talked along In that
strain fer an hour er so, an' In th'
course uv our conversation ho ex
plained i' mo th' plan uv battlo ho
Intends t' follow at Jersey City, but
it wux all told mo confidential an
professional ticket prevents me from
repcatln' it.
"Two yoars ago I was a nervous
wreck unable to do, my housowork,
but slnco taking Teniae I am feeling
just fine,' said Mrs. E. C. Emor
Ick, 1484 Doston Ave., Portland, Oro.
"I had suffored with stomach
troublo for four yoars," alio con
tinued, "and couldn't find anything
to help no. I had sour stomach
and nervous sick headaches nearly all
the time, and ofton during the day
I got so dlxxy I could hardly stand
p. I always felt awfully tired and
didn't seom to have a bit of strength
or enargy. My nerves were com
pletely upsot so I couldn't oven stand
tho nolso of tho children playing.
"Tanlac gavo mo back my appe
tite, corrected tho sour stomach,
stopped tho nervous headaches, tho
dlxxy sick spells and gave mo back
Clasiet That
Fit You
Perfectly
Not only tlxt way job see
through them, bat tbo way
you look with them on.
That's Our
Reputation
We devote oar time and
make a special effort In
ectns that yon are
tlflcaUy fitted.
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my strength and I also gained 11
pounds in weight.
"I just foil fine after that until
I had an attack of the 'flu' that left
mo all run down, weak and nervoms.
Tanlao soon brought mo right oat
and I can't pralso It too much. My
appetite la good, I cat anything; I
want and my food makes mo feel
well nourlshod and strong. I am
doing nil my housowork with ease,
tbo weakness and nervousness are
gono and I have gained seven
pounds." Adv.
A boy who had heard Mme, Melba
on tho phonograph was rather
sceptical aa to whether tho prima
donna really nang all tho trills. To
settle tho quoetlon, he wrote to her
for a ticket to her concert, and got
It by return mall.
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A
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Guarantee
The undersigned "Fight Committee" do hereby
personally guarantee to the Boxing Commission of the
City of Klamath Falls, and to the Executive Body of
the Fourth of July Committee, and to the Public gen
erally, that the
BOXING EVENTS
Advertised to be held in the Open Air ,
DREAMLAND PAVILION
July 4th and 5th
Will be CLEAN, SQUARE CONTESTS; free from
the objectional features which have characterized sim
ilar events in Klamath Falls in the past.
GATE MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED
To any patron who witnesses these contests and is not
perfectly satisfied every event on the program has been
CLEAN, SQUARE SPORT
Blackie McDonald,
Rots Nickerson,
' O. ,W. Robertson,
Nelson Rounsevell, '
BOXING COMMITTEE
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