Two sports heroes captured the imagination of the public in the 1920s: Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. While Ruth could only be seen on newsreels, Dempsey appeared in Joplin as a boxer and referee ...

Let’s put it this way, Jack Dempsey was a huge star, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1919 to 1926. More popular, some said, than Babe Ruth. Consider his biography from encyclopedia.com.

There follows an account of how the three leading proponents of heavyweight boxing spent their week: Dempsey. Stepping off a westbound train at Salt Lake City, the champion was met by his mother ...

Jack Dempsey, center, in Coast Guard uniform, keeps two sparring men separated in this photo from the late 1940s. ... Dempsey was as famous as Babe Ruth and Charles Lindbergh.

“Babe Ruth Bows Out” captures the day in 1948 when the baseball great announced his retirement. ... which features paintings and photos of such legendary athletes as boxer Jack Dempsey, ...