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on ne ielo ie ING NEAR “COME ON, GET UP, I'VE GOT YOU," JACK SAID 10 JESS APTER FIRST KNOCKDOWN rwards: When He Kept Getting Up and Taking a Hard Beating __ I Began to Feel Sorry for Him,” +. Declares. Dempsey. ACK DEMPSEY is walking around in circles out here to-day. doesn’t really know what end of him is up. se knows he is the heavy- i Weight champion of the world by reason of his sensational victory | @¥er Jess Willard, but he doesn’t quite realize just yet what the newly | aequired honor means to bim, because, as he says, he felt as if he has ‘Deen chompion ever since he knocked out Fred Fulton last July in Harrison, J. He regarded the meeting with Willard as just a mere formality, the removal of a slight obstacle that clouded his claim to the highest _ honors of the pugilistic profession. He is happy, of course, What, youngster of twenty-four wouldn't be after toppling over the biggest champion that 3 thus proving that size and weight are no match against youth proper application of its power? < ans, He doesn't even know how long he Toledo, Nor does his minager, Jack Kearns, know will be, Both are literally buried under a load of 8 of the fight of $5,000 Cleveland theatrical manager for one week's work there—was ‘ ly laid aside by Manager Kearns. © Dempsey picked another from the piled up bunch and tore it open. we knew instinctively that one must be different. Jack read read it again. Then his eyes lit up, “What do you think of this? #0 quick,” he said, “It's from my mother, Look at it.” We read it like SALT LAKE, Utah, July 4, 1919, 4.15 P. M. dack Dempsey, Champion of the World, Overland, Toledo, O. lations to you, dear son. i'm the proudest mother on arth to-day. With thousands of cheers from the family and bus! ‘feve. Hoping you are feeling fine and that we will see you soon. MOTHER DEM “Gee, ain't it great? And say, so quick, too.” Dempsey took back the carefully folded it and tucked it away in the inside pocket of his He let Kearns read the other telegrams, “What are you going to do, now?” we asked, + "The first thing I want to do,” answered the ‘boyish champion, “is to eee my sick 4, Commander Paine, Come on, Jimmy," this to Jim r. of Laiperaville, Pa., “how is the old man?” Downstairs in the corridors of the Boody House were crowds waiting for @limpse at the new hero. Outside the streets were blocked, é “You'll never get away from that mob, Jack.” somebody said. > *_. “Is there a mob around?” he asked, “I’m afraid of mobs, I don't mind ‘Mgbting in the ring, but I'll run away from a crowd.” my «© Commander Paine Left a Sick Bed to See Dempsey. 4 Dougherty got Dempsey safely through the throng of cheering hero _Worehippers into an automobile and ‘away they whizzed to the old Penn- ‘s¥ivania station, on the side tracks of which was the special train of -M. Vauclain, President of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, filled guests representing most of the wealth of Pennsylvania, Naval Com- Mander Paine was in the party, and Dempsey sought him out quickly to his hand, It developed then that the Commander had left a sick bed ia Phi iphia, accompanied by @ physician, just to see Dempsey fight, “Teiée at the ring side he fainted away under the Atorching aun, Two in. of strychnine brought him around te/porarily, and the doctor that he be rushed back to the train, The Commander wouldn't of this, + “If T am ‘going to dic,” he protested, ““iere is no better place for me to mi46 off than at the ringside watching Jack win the championship.” Dempsey's victory seemed to give thé Command and as he gazed admiringly on Dempsey he recited the story of Jack’ ph over and over again, ‘The Commander was with Dewey. It was he who took the big chance the cables from the Morro Castle to Spain, a great achievement of and the ish war, tried to get Jack's own version of the fight from him, but he wasn't to talk boastingly about it, know 1 had to win, after that left hook to the jaw, down the first time, | knew | had him, | told him so 1¢, floor. ‘Come on, wo nM d ee Nola laa tad lie Tee Me aadias * ‘when ne kept getting up and taking a hard beating, | for $27,500. if and would alm a Yor bim, I felt ashamed \of m: and turn my head so I wouldn't » too, Because I knew I just had to, and was hard to beat, It wasn't easy for me at any po} it lawd. up in | sions to Gnish [nas been * GROGGY IN Pictutes at the Ringside by Evening World Photographer. si omeRMARETADOERMARIEHOTEERERRBATIRSoTTOTIOTTHTGGOS ‘| Sidelights of Big Fight He's a big, strong | spective ba! ‘x a nVayine WOeEs HIRD; KN Coypright, 1919, by The Press Publishing Co, (The Evening World). iD OF . THIRD the job; stil, al the while I never forgot that he was a big, strong, game fellow and the champion. “Did bis punches hurt you” “Why, he never hit me.” “Oh, yea he did,” we said. “He tit you with straight left and upper- ent you with his right more than once. “Well, if he hit me, he didn’t hurt me at all.” “Did you think you bad won the fight in the first round? Willard Took His Defeat Gracefully. “I know I did,” Dempsey quickly replied. “Willard was on the floor Pecord was counting very slowly over him, When Pecord got to seven he stopped Suddenly and gave Willard a once over. ‘Then he waved me to my corner as if I had won. Kéarns pushed me through the ropes and sald, ‘Go on, Jack, get out of thd ring, you win.’ I was started for my dressing room when I was called back. A bell sounded and a whistle blew. I saw Willard being led to his chair. Then somebody said the bell saved him, “Anyhow, Willard got a two and a half minute rest from the time I knocked him down until the second round started. I didn't care. I knew he would need ten minutes to come ind. “I wept after him early in th nd round, picking out my shot. I hit him with a left hook, and he spit out a tooth that hit me right in the eye. His face.Was'a terrible sight to me then, and I began to feel as if I didn’t want to hit him any more, “But it's all over ." and Dempsey laughed. “How have you been, anyway?’ He began fumbling in his trousers pockets. Then finally he , pulled something out. “I knew I had them,§ he said, drawing out rosary beads, “I always carry them.” Just to show that he wasn't swelled up a bit, as they say in sporting circles, Dempsey afterwards made his way round to the Hotel Secor “| meet everybody,” as he expressed it. He went through cheering, crowds to the dining room and got at a big roynd table with some sport notables, waved his hand to’all who shouted to -him, and generally tried to be just the same Jack Dempsey that he was before he met Willard. | Poor Jess, meanwhile, was allowed to find his way to his cottage alone, | unattended, save by his training retinue, He was a sorry sight,*but, took | his defeat gracefully. ° | “1 have no complaint to make,” he said. “I was well traihed and in . 960d condition, and did my best. Dempsey gave me a good beating. He's a wonderful boy. | think he will be champion for a good many are.” | yeThere was no means of knowing to-day how big a success the fight was finanolally. Rickard said it would take a couple of days to figure up. | He estimated the attendance at 60,000, but 80,000 would be nearer, The arena was well crowded by those who paid from $60 to $15 for seats, but, strangely, the $10 seats didn’t go well at all. They were too cheap, Rickard was more concerned to-day over a story sent over the wires to Philadelphiag particularly, that the fight was a frame up, a fake, and that everything was set for Willard to be beaten in the third round. “If I knew the man responsible for such a lie,” sald Tex, “I would break his head. Thousands of dollaars were won on the fight. Jim Dough- erty alone won $10,000, EEL PPI New Champion to Remain in Toledo Till To-Morrow Night — Numefous Other Notes of Interest of Big Championship Battle. TOLEDO, Ohio, June 5. Jive DEMPSEY, the new cham- that Dempsey, at least, bas made as much since he began training as he received from Rickard for his work in the ring. ‘The first preliminary was called at 11 Grelock, @ alx-round gogbetween ‘Tommy O'Boyle of Toledo, 116 Pounds, and Solly Bpatein of Imiianapolis, 114 poundg. Tom Bodkin of Pittsburgh was referte and decided the contest a draw. ‘| ‘The crowd continued to come slowly, only a few thousand spectators being present when the first preliminary started. reliminary, just before to go Tounds, be- pion, will remain here until to- morrow night at least, his man- Jack Kearns, announced last night. “We have a dozen theatrical offers,” Kearns said. “Willard is a game fellow,” Demp- sey declared, “I never handed out more punishment to any one ond have him come right back for more, as Willard did.” ‘The second noon, schedult Wendt, ‘one Toledo, frst round, English winning by a knock- out, At noon the crowd was rapidly gath- ot hehe Mrone eink about one-third filled: ‘Among the thousands of coatless and ‘collariess spectators was @ good sprinkling of women, hy noon the vertical sun wi ing up to the atten, The breeze continu efforts to fluttering the flags on the erimeter of the arena; it did not dip nto the bowl of the amphitheatre, ager, Jack *Kearns, manager of the now champion, said; “Jack is a real champion, He knocked out Willard twice, They gave us the fight in the first round, then brought us back with the bell, and Jack got him again in the third. Dempsey will be a popular vham- pion.” The seats were filling steadily with a crowd which to @ man had discarded conts and largely eollars. A Bedouin effect was produced by the numerous spectators who their heads with handkerchiefs surmounted by their hats, ‘The temperature in the press seats was 112 degrees in the sun under which everybody sat. There was no shade in w servative reading. Tex O'Rourke, who trained Willard for the Johnson fight, kept count of each blow struck, and says that Dempsey landed sixty-two to ‘only eleven for the old champion in nine minutes of actual boxing. A small blaze was started at th: ringside by @ cigarette stub, It wa extinguished with a pail of drinkin, water which happened to be at hand. Liberty bonds amounting to $128,- 500 were turned over to Willard and Dempsey by Rickard last night. Both boxers were paid in full upon the completion of their training, Willard received bonds amounting to $1010", Dempsey was presented with bon: Immediately upon receiv ing the sureties the boxers or their managers deposited them in their re- A member of a big party from Toronto, whose train was parked near another. special from California, reported meeting the last word in tain the Coast party, totally blind, but paid sixty dollars for a seat under a 11 dogree sun for a show Which he could only imagine from what his friends him and from men gh of lente of earlier days bef was im- prisoned In darkness, band made efforts to play Jas, but made sorry work of it The brass Instruments Were ao hot they almost burnt the of their pla: st the TR ay sweated irom ine re drum, envy of all was the aviator who —re brass spasmodic On top of the bonds the rival box- ers have reaped a rich harvest from the training bouts and their contes- e ich to take @ more con- |® th 112 | elt eG ‘WILLARD KNOCKED TO ROPES~EIRST Dempsey’s Complete Record, Consisting Mostly of Knockouts 1915-"16 Knockonts—Kid Han lround; Bily Murphy, 1; Chief Gordon, 6; Johnny Berson, 7; Animus bell, 7; Joe Lyons, Fred Woods, Geoi lin, 7; Andy Malloy, 3; Two-Round Gilligan, Battling Johnson, 1; George Christian, 1; Jack Kbdehn, 1; Joe Bonds, 10;. Dan Ketchell, 5; Bob York, 4. ‘Won—Johnny Sudenburg, 10; Terry Keller, 10; Andy Malloy, 10, Lost—Jack Downey, 4. ‘f Salt Lake City. San Francisco. San Francisco. Jim Flynn... Willie Meehan. lround.....Won rounds. Won (foul) -lround...... Arthur Pelky Kid McCarthy. Bob Devere.. Porky Flynn. 92.9998 9900000) Porky Flynn. Billy Miske. Carl Morris... -Gunboat Smith. 5 3 RRZRRR had 2 Buffalo...... Toledo... +S rounds....K. 0, ROUND ONE. Willard landed the first blow, as the men squared off in the opening round; it was a light left to the head, and did not even jar the challenger. place, but grunted as Dempsey hooked @ vicious left to the stomach. Dempsey then missed a left and ;right to the head, and in return Wil- lard snapped a left to the face. Then came a dramatic moment. Every man in the huge crowd seemed to be on his feet yelling, as Dempsey feinted and crashed cver a right to the jaw that sent Willard toppling to the floor. He took the count of six, and as he crawled to his feet, Dempsey measured the distance and again sent bim sprawling to the canvas wit another crushing right. Five timeS more this was repeated. with the crowd in a mad frenzy. ROUND TWo, segond round, Dempsey rushed in like @ wildcat, and showered rights and Jefts to the champion's face and jaw. Willard acted as if in a daze and, with his right eye partly closed, made @ feeble defense. Dempsey circled about him and carefully measured him with rights and lefts to the’ jaw, while every once in a while he picked out the bad eye for one of his accu- rate blows, Willard landed a mild uppercut or two, but was so much at the mercy looped, swirled and gyrated above. He looked cool in any event. ‘The third preliminary, a scheduled six-round contest. between - Tommy Long Toledo, ended in the with 2 knockout victory for Lew!s. BASEBALL. PHILADELPHIA, July 6—The Giants maintained their hold on first piace by winning two games from the Phillies. Although the Cincinnati Reds also won twice, they failed to gain any eround, and t!> thrilling situation regarding the leadership still continues, The scores of the games were 3 to 1in the morning and 8 to 3 in the afternoon, Brooklyn and Boston celebrated America’s greatest day at Enpets Field by winning a game each. The Robins, coming from behind, defeated the Braves in an in- teresting struggle in the morning game by @ score of 7 to $. Five runs in the eighth gave victory to Robbie's wen, Cincinnati defeated the Cardinal twice, capturing the morning game by a score of 4 to 3, aftor playing twelve innings; and winning the af- ternoon one by a score of 4 to 2. A single by J. Collins, following Jackson's double in the ninth inning, enabled Chicago to defeat Detroit by a@ score of'2 to 1 in the afternoon game, Chicago won the morning game by a score of 8 to 1 by bunch- ing hits, Ty Cobb, who has been ou of the game for two weeks, returned to the line-up as a pinch hitter in the first game and as regular in the second game, The Red Sox won both games from the Philadelphia Athletics 9 to 2 in the morning and 9 to 6 in the after- noon, Cleveland took both games from St. Louis by Scofes of 9 to 4 and 11 to 1, Coveleskie kept St. Louis hits scattered in the afternoon game while Cleveland players fattened their bat- ting averages off four opposing pitcn- ers. The Cubs defeated Pittsburgh twice, taking the morning game by & score of 7 to 8 and the afternoon contest by 4 to 1, Miller was knocked out of the box in the morning game, while Hendrix held the Pirates safe until the latter part of the game, when they bunched six hits in three innings for their three runs, MISCELLANEOUS. “ Major Paul Withington, U. 8. A. was defeated for the Kingswood sculls in the Henley regatta on the Thames, England, by Lieut. T. M- Nussey of the British Army. Lieut, Nussey won easily by three lengths. The time was 9 minutes, 16 seconds. Up in the squared circle, as if on a sacrificial al the performers in the prelimmmaries slugged and alipped. anted pnd died, exposed to the full Piry off the sun. “the sweat poured off them in rivulets as they sought to engage the attention of an almost oblivious crowd. Few even heard their names as they were announced. Only their seconds seemed really in- terested. At the interval the latter crawled’ t er P. M. the band had ap- hive up efforts to entertain” ‘The only thermometer in the pre! stand rose stratght up to 120 degree: which was at the top of the tube, A lace’ was found for it under the lo ‘away from the sun. Here it dropped back to 100.” Again placed hy the side of @ telegraph instrument its fever returned and in ten minutes it was again at 120, leaving to coi Jecture where it would have gone a longer tube, Its owner said it was 4 guaranteed instrument, Johnny Rose of St. Paut and Bat- tling Bellaire of Brooklyn went six rounds in the gourth preliminary, Rose was declared the winner on points by the referee. The exposed part of a ham sandwich became in’ time toast. It was not browned, but it was perfectly good toast A special wrfter from New York averred that @ green peach purchased upon en- tering, ripened in half an hour on the writin, h. Although the process seemed possible, his story was received with reserve. At 1,35 o'clock many seats in the bet- ter sections were still vacant and row upon row in the far bleachers were un- occupied, ‘Two hours before the start of the big bout ticket speculators in the downtown district still had big bunches of Unsold pasteboards, which they were offering at average ‘of 10 per cent. below their face yalue. Sixty dollar tickets were quoted at $60; forties at thirty-three, and teens at twelve. ven these reduc- failed to move the surplus si it was evident that the speculators would have to cut their prices still further if they were to sell out, A number of special complimentary tiekets also made their appearance in the hands of speculators and were easily identified owing to the fact that e corners of the cards had Been ipped. Meanwhile the thérmometer had receded to 118 at 2 P, M., but the an- nouncement created no” enthusias The boxers were dripping with pe: spiration, Malone, with the d Uberation of @ man reaching for a familiar keyhole continued land ugly little jabs. Ralston took them gn ‘the glove if he could, or on the @ r Ereracnsane sane _ Fammenet fe Toe On rae EVENING WORLD'S OWN SPORT HISTORY What Happens Every Day delphia, carried off the lion's share ‘of the honors in the People’s regatta on the Schuylkill. Tie wearers of the maroon and gray placed first in seven of the seventeen races con- tested. The New York Athletic Club representatives won three of the events, as did Undine B, C. of Phila- delphi The Union Boat Club of New York, scored two victories, while th colors of the Don Rowing Club of Canada were carried to the fore by champion Bob Dibble in the quar- ter-m: dash, The Argonaus of Canada won the four oared shell event. Joe Stecher of Dodge, Neb., de- feated Ed “Strangler” Lewis of San Jose, Cal. in two straight falls in & wrestling match at Omaha. Stecher won the first fall in one hour and forty-seven minutes. He took each fall with a body scissors and wrist lock. Homer Baker of New York equalled his own world record in the 660 yard run at Lake Placid in an attempt to better his time of 1 minute 202-5 seconds. ‘The race was held In con- nection with a “welcome home" cel- ebration to 1,200 war veterans and war workers, Mason of New Zealand won the final heat in the 800-metre run at the interallied games in the Pershing Stadium, France. Earl Eby of Chi- cago was second and M. P, Spink, Chicago, third. The time was 1 min- ute 552-5 seconds. Clinton Larsen of American Fork, Utah, won the high jump by clearing the bar at a height of 1.8643 metres, close to 6 feet. Eric Templeton ‘of Downey, Cal, and Labat of France tied for second place. “Rigger’ Evans of Australia earned the decision over Maria Rireati of Italy in the final bout of the bantamweight boxing contest. Elliott H, Binzen demonstrated his mastery of a varied game by win- ning the north side championshi; singles utle in the final of the lawn tennis tournament on the courts of the University Heights Club. The former national indoor junior cham- pion defeated Henry H. Bassford by the score of 6—2, 9—-T, 6—4, Jackson Trounces Moore, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 5.— Willie Jackson, the sensational New York lightweight, dealt a bad beating to Jackie Moore of Columbus, Ohio, here last night before 3,000 enthusiastic fight fans ‘at the Atlantic Clty Sporting Club, Moore took & bad beating throughout, being sent to the floor in the fourth round th a terrific right-hand smash ‘on the jaw, which forced him to hold on for the remainder of the contest, He followed with a right to the same | As the men faced each other for the-| ie [5 00000000 000000000000 0000000000, J000000000000000000 000000000 0000000000000 GEO OOOO 0000000000000 0000000000 DODO OD ODO U0 00000000. How Dempsey Won Title Told Round by Roun of his opponent that he was a beater man. As the round ended, he stags gered to his corner, ° ROUND THREE, Dempsey began where ho left off in the third round. He hit the cham- pion almost at will with either left hand or right, and occasionally varied the monotony by crashing a punch to the body. Willard scarcely made % return, and backing against the ropes tried to shield his head and body with his long arms from the rain of blows which the challenger poured In without let or hindrance. Willard’s right eye was entirely jclosed, while blood was streaming from his mouth and nose. Finally Willard called on his ebbing strength and landed a Ing uppercyt to Dempsey's jaw, |the challenger only smiled and turned the ow with such good measure that Willard was reeling and staggering as the bell rang, the round. HE NEVER pied BACK FOR THE FOURTH (ROUND, \‘T Am Overjoyed” Says Mother of’ New Champior: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jaty 6arg, |Mrs. Celia Dempsey, mother of the new champion, shouted with joy when tie flash reached her that her son had woti'’ the heavyweight championship of the’ world. 4 “T am overjoyed,” she said. Hundreda, called at her home. to offer congratula- tions. = oe or) Wounded Soldiers Given Result by, the K. of ©. we Ticker service direct from the ring;, side in Toledo, gave the soldiers in and ~ jaround New ,York news of the Willard [Dempsey fight round by round. They jservice was installed by the Knights of Columbus. A great crowd of uniformed men reeeived ‘the news from the fights at the Longacre Hut of the Knights @4 Columbus, and at the “Casey” huts iy. Camp Upton, Camp Dix and Camp Mer-, ritt, and at the Aviation Field in Garé den City, L. I, od In the.Greenhut, Gun Hill Road, Warde! 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