And Yet Again
\ DEMPSEY SAYS HE HAS | QUIT RING FOR ALL TIME
h or the umpty-steenth time since his second defeat at the hands of Gene Tunney last September, Jack Dempsey declares he is absolutely, positively, through with the hempen square. “My days as a fighter are over,” said Jack recently at Los Angeles, California. “There is nobody who knows this any better than I do. Beyond keeping in condition for my daily activities, I do not expect ever to don the padded gloves again.” According to the former heavyweight champion, he gave the best that was in him in Chicago, but his best was not good enough to win for him. “In the great crowd that filled Soldiers Field were many who believed that I knocked Tunney out.” (Dempsey had reference to the seventh round, with its “long count”). “I do not know whether I can say I did or did not. At any rate, he was declared the winner, so that’s that.” Dempsey has fallen hard for the horse-racing game. He is part owner of a considerable stable of thoroughbreds, and gets a great “kick” out of seeing his colours come down in front.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 357, 18 May 1928, Page 10
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196And Yet Again Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 357, 18 May 1928, Page 10
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