Word: dempsey
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Dempsey. He does not manhandle...
...never be used again. I was reported to have shown deep emotion, to have said: 'I would be willing to undertake a monster benefit performance in New York, giving all the proceeds as a nucleus of a fund to eliminate this pernicious scourge of man-kind.' " Jack Dempsey, pugilistic champion of the world: "One W. O. Mc-Geehan, New York sports writer, described my acting in the cinema. Said he: 'Mr. Dempsey does not make love with the brazenness of a Valentino. His love-making is repressed. Mr. Dempsey merely looks at the "goil." He does...
...Michigan City, Ind., Tom Gibbons, St. Paul heavyweight, won a popular decision from Georges Carpentier, French "orchid man," in a ten-round no-decision boxing bout. Carpentier, at 173 1/2, was 5 1/2 pounds heavier than when he lost to Dempsey three years ago. "I'm ready," said he before the fight. "Ready and confident. You say to me, 'Can I win?' I say to you, 'How can I lose ?'" François Descamps. Carpentier's manager, corroborated this. "After 16 years he looks better than he ever looked before. And I mean that...
...Jack Dempsey, champion pugilist: "From Los Angeles, for the Hearst press, I wrote: 'The story sent out of this town to the effect that I am approaching the border line of physical wreckage is apple sauce-nothing but apple sauce, boys. . . . If any of the challenging kids-Harry Wills, Luis Firpo or Tom Gibbons-have an idea that I am not in shape to knock them dizzy, they are hereby invited to jump out to Los Angeles . . . I need sparring partners...
Georges Carpentier, with his famed manager, null Deschamps, prepared to leave France for Richmond City, Ind. There he will meet Tommy Gibbons, who stayed 15 rounds with Champion Dempsey last July at Shelby, Montana...