New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1919, Page 8

[\ S— JACK DEMPSEY IS NEW HE _ AVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, FORCING JESS AND DELANEY WIN FIRST PLACES IN BRISTOL MEET—SPLENDID ATHLETIC WILLARD TO QUIT AFTER THREE ROUNDS OF TE MEETS FEATURE FOURTH OF JUI e hd DEMPSEY ASCENDS TO THRONE “You Can Find Evervbodv’s Else But Your O | You Can Fmm veryboay s klse but Your Uwn - - - - - - G R l i pl LA it S LTS Man M T IR p | | KNoOW 1T CARE T reee X —_ P 55 . You PICHWED WELL ~WELL HERE S . 0 3 o, . | 2 [ v [ = = Human Tornado Forces Jess Willard to Quit After Three | JUST ABOUT 1IN ‘ UP MY BALL- wWWAT ANOTHER -BUT T T | HERE — IIELLO HERE'S s I'T A ColLoWnEL ¢ len RN E = T ] i 10 Vol | LL ANYWAY — X ERT ey = Rounds in Which Latter Takes an Awful Beat- l A Hel 5 SO TS IS i WONDER WHO'S-! IO STE SIS ED N i r q / s Fioh THE 16TH Tee ing—Mammeoth Crowd Watches Fight. ‘ . e " o B L i Toledo, July 5#.—While more than when he scemed to be going better | 65,000 persons looked on in that im- ‘ than at y other period since his | nmense sun-swept arena on the shorves | first trip to the boarc after about a | of Maumee Bay yesterday afternoon, | minute and a half of fighting. He | Jess Willard made a most ignominious | showed gameness in the first round. exit from pugilism. With that vast ! [n the third round the man from | gathering trom all points of the | Kansas showed signs of recovering | globe waiting for him to answer the | from the onslaught, while Dempsey call for the fourth round, and onee [ appeared fo be tiring from his exer- | more face the relentless attack of i tions and the coustant support of the Jack Dempscy, Willard decided that | hulking frame of the man who still | discretion truly was the better part | was champion. } of valor. The hig Kansan who had i Dempsey Hurt in Third Round. entered the amphitheater only twelve | . A S i : o | Half way through the third round ! minutes before acclaimed as the 9 i B - 3 F 5 it i Willard unleashed a few right hand champion of the world ordered one Sy o ~ he S emedl to of his seconds to throw a towel into HDDCUCULSFanC olics - - i R Ta - 5 i stagger Dempsey slightly. At any the ring in token of abject surrender, | e 7 - 2 | rate, Willard hurt his man. Demp- and to Dempsey went the crown. , - aas The crowds will say that Willard | ¥¢%, had to let up for a while. ! s = o A SR e ”'{“ .| Surcly the champion would AH-= HERE SAY MISTER THAT'S THERE'S ANOTHER e :1‘hr"» s ;‘\:("(.\in; ”l“k,' ‘ right on for a few rounds at Mo TISN'T E(THER CUR BALL-— WE JusT BUT T PRoBABLY Ygt) t S e eSO 2 Why, there was the case of Bob wELL tLL USE T DRoVE 1T OFEN The 1SN'T MINE- Some- ) Hadlwillardfcontinusdshchwonldinayel e =l s e e s il - Ve il = | UG i = i E lost the championship anyway, but g']'m“t”“'t“’("” ’\'”"(,”"i e ‘S_ u\ pad | (AR e \ = w-; Hf' ~A)~ RoDdDY 'Lt CLAWM T > b ars - £ e ) DL ONE there is some doubt whether Demp- | ¢ L o e . i ] T CorLowEL I sey wonld have beentablel tolland the sixth round that Corbett knocked Bob A - YR OLL SR NC I EC IR S D | down, cut his mouth and all but ——— knockout punch. { = 3 : it I 5 e ! knocked him out, but Bob refused to | Seven times had Willard been | : T { N die. He kept plugging, rall knocked down in the first round, | E 4 . g TG / . s g 131 in the fourteenth round had C¢ / which ended in pandemonium, with N endumerie e gh Salon e TR all except a very few at the ringside | Eo el b o e ) T - to the Cornishman. But what did | believing that the fight was over and | + i > i | Willard care about tradition? e that the champion had been counted ) S T rd] e onl o i 5 5 knew at he he e d 1D, out. But in neither the second nor | 1€V B v T S - | his heart and his every bone was ach- the third round was the Kansan | ihe 4.4 why Keoplub thelbattlc? | felled, and the impression existed | & 4n¢ 2 L e { among compectent critics that had he | Willard’s repeated rise from the | chosen to continue he might have | canvas in the opening round may be | weathered the storm and perhaps | advanced by his friends as a demon- { Jasted the limit of twelve rounds. ! stration of his gamenesss Indeed, at | But this King of tinance who went ‘l(m- Fimz‘ it was an exhibition of grit, | into the arena champion of the ring ' but it was too good to last. 1In that | and came out champion of the white | first round _”V‘ Kansan took a more | feather had no stomach for real bat- | severe heating flml‘. NN (eAGREE f'l‘““‘" | tle. His two hundred and fifty pounds j pion had been forced 1.“ accept in any of putty, encasi the heart of a | three minutes of his ring career. Had ‘ chicken, showed a vellow streak that | the bell not come to his rescue, as he would have besmirched the ring and | was down for the sc‘ywnth time (hrg‘; the title but for the fact that the |fight probably would have been 2xex crown went over to so formidable and | then and there. ! = worthy a new champion. ‘ Confident As He Enters Ring. | —— — = ] Willards. Act, Sebs’ Bme History. | 1t was @ vers comndent lowine Wi | BASEBALL IN A NUTSHELL ANNEX BEAT CORINTHIANS Never before in the long history of | fard who took the ring. Ilc already I L S the heavyweight championship had a | had received §101,000 in ey | W e e — 2 holder of the title thrown up the bonds as his share of the day’'s pro- ! e N S i S Tommy Blanchard Toys With Hart- S i S i S B AMERICAT LEAG Foronto in Buffalo. | sponge. Never before had a champion ! ceeds and there w a look of satis- e Balti - f 5 - e | suffered the title to leave him “-\,”(\,1 faction as ‘clad in blue trunks and i T -x; Py teading in Baltimore (2 games). ord Colored Team At St. Mary's he sat smiling in his own corner, | with a red and white sash about his LSS BHE AR BERD —— . : g B ¢ £ > 3 or - TERN TAGUE Playgrounds Yesterday Morning. fully able to continue the battle, un- | pelt he clambered into the ring. | ;. S oo IP;\'IIHIMIH;I" 3 LASTERN LEAGUE. g < ¥ = coodd cven as it looked, but flinching before | Dempsey stamped in his corner. lle | ol Lage ) s 5 . The Annex tcam cncountered little il L e - ; is sl A i it .| New™yRrk 8, Washington 2. Results Yesterday. 2 2 forfei leRnrosnecUor Blurtheipunishoniiive sl tchine ol s BN toSacti ol DL B NS ; : difficulty downing the Corinthians of | celved, and declining the issue. Never be- | haps a lJittle more nervous than the ;!p‘"]‘fl“ . Loui i Morning . v b L3 e g !r-‘\e fere himd the heavywelght king of the | phlegmatic Willard. | Chicago 8, q)g oit 1. i Springfield 10, New Haven 0. Hartford at St. Mary's ]»la)-qr()'ln(ls‘w““f)m world suffered himself to be counted | The wait was irksome, not only to | : fternoon Worcester 3, Providence 2. vesterday morning winning in a walk, | In out of time while he retained his | Dempsey but to the onlookers. The | Chicag DEtroit 1 Bridgeport 7, Wateerbury 3. score 13 to 4. Tommy Blanchard who ‘vu’lns fighting faculties. gong sounded, but it rang too light- New York-6,, Washington 5. Iartford 6, Pittsfield &. was on the mound for the locals let |G a0 ‘yf_n”'('\'.“'\ he left the'ring, Iy and the men were kept waiting for ]3]“ .4,’{,) ry ,“lp”'mf‘ ; i Afternoon ||ho colored team down with seven :'rn .a‘ there was an ovation that never be- another bell, for about a minute and Cleveland 14.8t. Louis 1. New Haven 10, Springfield 6. scattered hits. “Nom" Begley had a | &0 fore had been accorded a new cham- |, palf. Slowly they came to scratch. e Worcester 7, Providence 4 big day with the willow getting four [hoe !"”»" of fisticuffs. ¥ ""' Willard, a8 he Then came the first disappointment Standingyof the Clubs. Pittsfield 15, Hartford 9 hits in as many trips to the plate. Hol- U.hc .-nrakr:kl out of the ring and quickly | of the fight. Dempsey had been ex- "\ Drid g rort 9, Waterbury 2. leran contributed a homie run to the In out of the arena, there was never | pected to bounce right out of his cor New Yotk { o Jist of 15 hits secured by the victors. | 2nd even a look. iner like a tiger and rush at the (h ks B e | threg Not cven a whit of sympathy went | champion with both hands swinging, | ~ 48 Standing of the Clubs. AnneH and to that hulk as with battered face and ' head down and fire in his eye. Demp- | ¢ leveland ; W, | that sickly smile stiil lurking on his 'gey did nothing of the sovt. He start. ; Detroit { Providence ....... 3 | ab. r. h. p.o. a. e. countenance he effaced himself from (¢q like a Jim Corbett, and his first | STRRTEQ LS S Bridgeport ... .... 20 | N. Begley, 2b 4 4 4 4 5 O the scene while cheer after cheer jeaq was a left and right to the ribs, | Boston ......... ¥ Worcester ........ 28 Smith, ss-1f 5 2 3 1 0 0} rang through the air for the new ' f[j¢ hacked away like a hoxer of the | \‘\.Vshmarun ‘ Waterbury: ... s - 26 {iHelleran e S:loias i d s =20 ol TN R0 king—this latest sensation of pugilism ! ;.641, old-fashioned type. Willard w Philadelphia ...... | pittsfield N LS iy Blanchard, procc o4 S0 (0 1 () who had upheld the traditions of the 44 much surprised as anybody. This SN }-‘\'Y\l‘i‘v\S'fi"ld ‘1 | R. Begley, 1b sdaes.b 1 18 1 T () fighting sons of the foud country of 'was not the Dempsey he had been | I e S soovne 2k | Howe, ss-If el ) w D B the T 0 tai | : L | zames ‘Today. | Ha N 18 e bell, vf-3b .4 1 0 1 2 1 e lennessee mountains. told would face him, and the cham- RS N T 4 G. Campbell, rf-3b 2 x l L Philadelphia at’ Boston i ayen 16 Paulson, If-cf b gl e e ) Mob Smothers Dempscy. ! pion smiled. Washington attiNew Yorl AUHORE In : Before Dempsey could hie himself | Big Surprise for Willard. b g el L { H. Campbell, cf 5 T O O M O ) out of the ring a mob descended on | Koo g 3 IDIRIORE B2 (OIS g Games Today. Schmitt, cf 1 2 0 0 O i s o A e | Raising himself to his full height Cleveland at St.'Louis i o : him and almost smothered him. Men o ti 1ool £ confildence l still Wore er at Springfield — hugged him under sheer glce over ! iR atRlooh B0 S ' Eiie | Pittsfield at Waterl 38 13 15 27 14 2 t = = e S WVET | wreathing his countenance Willard of- B L5 . 4 aterbury. a the sensational success he had so i fored a left hander. This was de- NATIONADL LEAGUE New Haven at Bridgeport Corvinthians, brilliantly won. ¥ven a few Women | .jincd with thanks by Dempsey, and — Hartford at Providenc managed to make their way on to | again the champion was puzzled. The Resulis Y¢sterday. —_— '”P; '“ hn P-{:‘ :‘ “fl the canvas and tell the new title- | f ‘or & . ) i . champion then sent over a left, then Morr§ng 2IINS ) 7 { SN = A h‘ifldm’ fowisladitherpner eftoiscoibim } a right, and still he could not find the Brooklyn 7, Bostdn 3 | Pl I\‘ OR T}{PA “ EEK Hickman $ 1y Al 'I' ‘l 1o win AT, ; . : \ ———— e c an, ss - 22 : mark. New York 3, Philadelphia 1. | = 8 el = = | Never had a heavyweight cham- Surprise of surprises—Denpsey was Ghicaeo l'in\'h‘{rg]\l > gl NATIONAL L Glover ahirr . z 2 0 | ; :‘ ‘[ plonship fight developed so many ! picking off the blows like a fin ot 0L o e 5 (B el S A Al A S. Earniaseh R surprises from the start and end in i hacter while Willard's punches lac ey A 2 | Boston X 4D T 3 R ((hm:p)m]_ c .4 1 2 RO 2 | so startling a manner. In all that od judgment of hoth time and ‘],g,{ =4 N |« E ) { 2 3 ) DT ,‘w;v.?r». 1b 7 1 1 g 8 2 L1 Jong history of the titular competi- | {a3nce. Here was a setting for a sr~n-j o ’”‘\f’m'.'. " St. Louis 14 1 4 1 1 5 Robinson, rf SO0 ST 00 tion—all the way back from these ' gqtional bout and the sensations were v “mj ”" “I»‘N‘l\?“ " Sl & I ¢ 2 4 McCray, If ocl I 1.0 01,5 days of Jacob Hyer in 1816—there ot long in developing. | \vh.(':‘ O Inw\;.i'ruh 1 } Brooklyn g 1 6 9 Jones, p .. 0 0 0 0 2! p had been only three chorter battles They fell into a clinch. Willard once New York 8, Philqdelphia 3. & ik e B 8 &l Schacefer, p ..... -2 .0 0 0 2 LT & M | i a S ic > i . ¢ . o = o VW o oree B, for the crown. more prodded forth his left, but there| Cincinnati 4, St. Louis : { Cincinnati 9 6 2 5 4 § | Diggs, P ..........1 0 0 0 0.0 (r Tommy Burns stopped Bill Squires | was no real steam in his punch. and | ! kg | Pittsburgh. 7 4 11 2 4 4 | v | of Australia at Colma, California, just | though it landed on Dempsey's head | standing of yhe Clubs. E _— BN SN2 4 R4 RN = twelve years ago yesterday, in the | with apparent vigor the challenger ! W & 1= ok ! AMERICAN LEAGUE. Annex ... 533020000—13 | first round. Jim Jeffries knocked out | lashed forth with a left of his owni New York Wi i 650 | SN RNV SR R S Corinthians 5 ..000111001— 4 | & Jack Munro in the second round at { that just barely missed, and I G minm iy MR Lo 23 .641 DBoston 5 G B4 (e Two-base hits, N. Begley. Smith ',‘,i San Francisco in 1904, and Jim Cor- | they fell into each other's em- | Pittsbur; . e W34 30 Chicago 3 5 9 617 10 Churchill; three-base hit, R. Beg B bett stopped Charley Mitchell of Eng- | bhrace. Theyv fought at close quarte Chicago R5 31 Detroit 4 6 1 23 2 home run, Holleran; hits, off Jones i B land at Jacksonville in 1894 in the | with Dempsey beating a tattoo on \\’il-' Brooklyn . 32 31 | St. Louis 5 1 H 14 1 b in 1 inning, 11 off Schaefer in 6 in ‘ third round. lard’s body. Dempsey kept smashing | St. Louis 57 3 | Phitadel ORI 7D i O f g nings, off D 2 in 1 inning; stolen {§ But these had been fights. In all { away at the body and Willard at the | Boston 23 { New York 3 11 1 4 o0 14 bases, Glover 2, R. Tegley: double || three theé champions had been vic- | head. | Philadciphia 18 10 ""Ir\w]:m‘] 0 2 14 { 1 20 plays, Schaefer to Scaife to Glover; | b tors, and the beaten challengers were There was a method in Dempsey's | D | Washington 1 3 0 6 1 7 Churchill and S2hife; first base on er- | counted out while they lay uncor | attack. He was beating the champion - o \ e rors, Annex 4 first basc on balls, ; scious on the canvas. Yesterday ¢ down to his own level. Willard landed | Games Today) | INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Rianchard Jones struck out, 000 saw a champion lose his crown | a left that brought the challenger to Boston at Brooklyvn (dow#ible-header) SEEMOR RSV R S Blanchard Schaefe Diggs 1; left | in record time., and if anybody shed | the ropes in his own corner, the first New York at Philadelg:hia Newark 17 TR | R 6 1O on bases, Annex 3, Corinthians 3; | a tear it was not noticeable. real score for the Kansan and it made St. T.ouis at Cincinnati | Reading 4 8 5 6 6 11 time, 1:35: umpire, Botticelli. e i Even those who had Dbeen the | his followers rejoice. Chicago at Pittsbur Buffalo TR O SO G IO O 0 1 stanchest admirers and backers of Willard TTurt By Dempsey's Blows. — | Toronto GRS T 151 S G O | Willard went from the arena with a . R e e T g e INTERNATIO | Binghton 7 2 6 5 5 In the afternoon an athletic pro- fecling of disgust, chagrin over their | poout 1t Wwas only \l"‘“]“]' Akl | Baltimore 6 x 6 16 1 sram was held under the direction of AL 2 S mm e S On empsey storm. As Willard squared | = 3 2rvisor Pilz Ther as a having sponsored the cause of a man | e }?.q smile having glve ; = X, ol Prday. ! Rochester 8§ 1 10 3 13 Supervisor Pilz. There was a good whose business it was to fight. but R e R S LV T e ORe Newark ot | Jersev Citv 5 4 6 1 4 2 sized crowd in attendance at the “'] % - 2 I‘{‘i o e o "} % ; Jonk of worry, Dempsey lashed out \ I\ V2R CA M), 3 0 K e 10 declined 1€ issue when the hea A 5 5 N o Newar - > N { —_— — 8¢ #ia R A ey | with a right and left in the body and e s nd (LA LAEL s | GRS e erTE The results were as follows: SRy LS the face. The champion’s face turned Bufialo (A. M) s TERN LEAGUE ‘ T Sl U e, e e T pland Sunpripe Ronsctacons: { an ashen hue. His huge frame sway- Toronto 1, Buffa 08 (P ML) N NS, | i 1 'P 'i : t O‘I‘iri ’ ’l“i : \Rr e R et 5 g b _ g J 5 S e ArTror N = ney; second, rendergast; third, c, rIn \1[\. of \\)lihu\- having n:]vr.(rl | ca. His arms fell limp to his sides. tochester 6, Bingkhamton 4 (A M.) ;}A“;",“]I'; 0 LORRS AR IR0 15 ton e \ after three rounds, it something | 1o tricd to erook them up into the Rochester 7 iffehamto > Y ittstielc sl 6 9T 20 > ’ as H | tricd t >ches B ghamton 1 (P. M.). , 2 £ Wi ha - race 1 wney of a mystery to the uninitiated that he | somblance of a square off but the | Baltimore 4. Jeading 2 (A. M.) Worcester 14 5 2 5 x 10 it “‘f{"ll"-‘;lr““ A N;“- Muldo 3 had not permitted hi Ifoto be i flesh was not willing. That blow l“i Baltimore 17 ding 8 (P. M.) SNSHa - aven o N LT RED A2 SL0 B Tt : wil counted out: while e was on the floor | {hal hody was thatl same sleep potion] i : Waterbury 2 2 6 1 4 5 _ Barrell race, Hennessey, first; in one of his scven trips to the can- { that had sent Fred Fulton out in 18 Standifhg of the Clubs Sropidence b2 TR I TN G ke RIS B vas in the first round. To have been | geconds, and Willard perhaps knew it. | = - : . Bridgeport 0 6 7 0 7 16 - S ;r'»lu. qa f)u: \'\)ulr‘h I’n prone would ) ["V. this time Dempsey was a fight- | Baltimore b i o5 Springfield 4 2 2 4 6 16 I(‘ A F ave a defeat sureiy cnough, but | ing fury. There was red in h eve. | moronto : = — L ] defeat with some honor. There was power in his every move \'c"v’n‘l‘ 5 ’~ -“ x—Indicates no game played. Sorne were so unfeeling as to sug-| and never an ounce of effort wasted. }F': 'h‘l;n‘on : orf 2 — = R gest that had Willard resigned the | He knew he had his man and he Jash- }3‘ (fgl CoiGgicyt el 99 MILFORD WINS AUTO RACE. Tony Eselum of This City Forfelt; task in the first round the moving | ed out with a berculean right to the bl SET Tl ,"T 34 Speedway, Tacoma, Wash., July 5.— ; picture of the fight would not have | point of the jaw. Again the Kansan R“Cll‘f‘s“"‘ 30 36 SR AT el e LR Second Fall After He Ts Injured b been worth a plugged nickel. Three | swayed like a pendulum in a grand Reading .. K\.... 4 34 - & 2 2z 2 S % SAnAL 4 i £ b el : e e Tacoma Speedway yester- | i, P 1] e A R = Gl 4 3 o | Jersey City 90 2 race on the Tacoma Sp ) Fall from Ring. ;"?l"nd.]"\"‘l“ make fflm film 3 fdx Je=‘<>l» father's clock. But he did not sway - yg oo s 43 day afternoon in 24 minutes 2 2-5 sec- = mr(:.'.’“y;fi);“ rh.::L ‘.»’ (‘I"“]T‘.‘rl". '1)5. on ,\h.l', fm-lenz. He dm'm)';rl to the ra:n'ns. o it onds. The race was a contest between Waino Ketonen, champion middlq T'Vl .“ b cngende rl\r‘ pm(m'}n: m‘_V ledlam let loose. Here, indeed, was . i s Today. | Mulford and Durant. ILouis Chevrolet | weight wrestler of the world, gn‘(rame s being a master o ance. == = | ~ewark inj Jersey City. finished third with Hearne and Resta | his title ; t. Mary' Willard retired just at the time (Continued on Ninth Page.) { Binghamtoty in Rochester. i it Zhursdayinightat St ¥ following. playgrounds when he defeated Tonys