Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dempsey '23 and A. W. Samborski '25 have been appointed coaches of Freshman hockey and basketball respectively, it was announced recently...
...believe the undergraduates, nor the graduates, nor the general public care a brass button, any more than the Roman populace cared whether the gladiators enjoyed the game of slaying one another, so long as it was given a "Roman Holiday." Nor any more than the spectators care whether Jack Dempsey or Georges Carpentier enjoy being punched and mauled and knocked out. I find that this is the point of view of those I have asked, and I do not claim to be different from the rest. Nobody cares about the players having fun; it would be well for them...
...Manassa, Colo., (birth town of Pugilist Jack Dempsey) members of the school board proposed to name the new high school "The Jack Dempsey School." Came a fierce protest from the American Legion. "A direct affront-yes, an insult-to every World War veteran," said the Chairman of the Denver District Rehabilitation Committee...
Promoter Tex Rickard. "I think Dempsey must be crazy.... I have what I consider an ironclad agreement with him to box Wills for me. I think I can hold him to this contract for an amount equivalent
Manager Jack Kearns. "You can say right now that if Dempsey has not provided for my share of his money from the fight, he'll find himself in a pretty mess. I'll not only seek to prevent his fighting but I'll proceed against him in connection with every source of income...