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...heavyweight championship; but they showed him to be one of the most unflinching fighters that ever wore a glove; he will always be somebody's sparring partner. Renault showed considerable skill but no vestige (in either hand) of the crushing cannon ball which alone can dent the Dempsey crown...
...Jack Dempsey, champion pugilist: " Some months ago my brother John went to a dentist. The dentist now claims I promised to pay my brother's bill. The bill ($624.50) has not been paid. The dentist has gone to court...
...reached middle age, but he has still that enthusiastic curiosity about life, that eagerness for romance that made The Broad Highway and The Amateur Gentleman two of the most thoroughly refreshing of "escape" books. I met Mr. Farnol when he was in America two years ago to report the Dempsey- Carpentier fight. He has changed in appearance since then. Today he seemed a quiet, stocky, dark little man in a dark suit, peering through thick glasses, with shoes that were rugged and might have been prescribed for the Boy Scouts. Before, as I recall, he wore splendid shirts and vivid...
...Fredericksburg, Va., a man named Samuel T. Johnson, color not announced, whose collars measure 18½ in., whose frame weighs 230 pounds, stated that he was " anxious to fight Jack Dempsey" and went into training. Johnson is 29 years...
...Denying a report that he had struck Babe Ruth the night that Jack struck Firpo, Johnny Dempsey (brother) said: " Why, Babe and I are good friends! Then again, the Babe is a big fellow. Why, I'd be a sucker...