The Answer

"I believe that I express the opinion of many of those active in the world of sports when I say that President Roosevelt has established a claim to our support. Now that his splendid courage and remarkable vision have started the country well on its way to better times, these men and women will be only too eager to get out and work for his election. Baseball, tennis, racing, boxing and all other sports are again drawing record crowds and Roosevelt is the answer." Thus last week did onetime fisticuffer William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey, who thinks it is funny to burn unsuspecting friends through their shoes with a lighted cigar (see cut),* justify his appointment by Boss James A. Farley as New York State head of the Sports Division of the Democratic National Committee.

*Among its devotees this form of practical joking is known as "Hot Foot."

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