The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-15

and marked; Bob swung and Jack
ducktd; Bob landed q terrible right ON
JacA's head and punch, him all over
the ring: Jack clinched tu save him
self: Bob landed terrible left aud
Jack landed right; Jack landed IL terri
bio righs swing; Bob landed heavy
blows on jacks head: Bob led and
c ,nntered with his right; Jack duoked
and caught an upper-cut: both landed:
Bob crowd i Jack and Jack se,m d
groggy Bob reached Jacks nose and
the latter retlliated. This WAS Bob's
round.
hound Bob crowded: Jack tented
him and Jack ran back: Bob land, Il two
lefts on jacks fac Bob landed u ter
rible body blow with his right: Jack
feintt and missed: Jack tr ppcd on
post in the ring; Bob fought for fall
and crowded Jack again: Jack landed
lett on stomach and clinchcd; Bob
landed left on stomach again; Jack
landed left on BoO's shoulder; Jack WAS
fought TO the rope and clirch,d; Jack
teil to the ropes with punch in the
stomach: ho was groggy aud looked
oeaton: Bob landed right and left; This
was Bob's round; Jacks nose was bleed
ing.
Round s-Bob crowded lack and land.
ed his left on his nose; Bob swung left
but missed; Dumpsy swung right and
land, q; Bob swung IL IT and landed on
Jacks tacn; Jack clinchtd. duck, d and
got away: Bob landed Il t"rrible right
upper cut on Jacks no.c and put his
left on his nose Il moment later, drawing
hood again; Jack fell ON the ropes and
bob land' d right on nosr; JACK hugy, Il
Bob around body. landed 4 right body
blow and did so again and again; Rob
landed right swinging and punched
Jack all over tho ring; this was Boh's
round.
Round 0-Boh crowded lack and Jack
clinched; Bob landed light right and
missed the same Il momrns later: Jack
ducked and ran away; Bob hit JACK all
over tho ring: Bob landed IL terrible
right swing and JACK was groggy; Bob
landed terrible left on Jacks right
ear; Bob landed on stomach; Jack WAS
fought into his corner and seemed to
die hard; Bob landed left and right and
L terrible left in jacks stomach, Jack
swung his right on BOb's II elk, clnched
and bo1h hit and missed; Bob hit lack
with right in stvnach; this was Bub's
round.
Round l0-Bob crowded Jack and.
landed u right body blow: Jack feintt d
and Bob ducked; Fob landed II terrible
right; Jack clinchod and pulled Bob
aro"nd the ring; Jack attempted to
upper-cnt but missed. and clinnhed Rub
around legs; Bob landed three let's and
Jack nearly /, II; Bob hit Jack with left
in nose and ran away; Jack fcinted and
Bob landed Il terrible right upper.cut;
Bob landed left and sent Jack down:
Bob punched Jack in the stomach, and
The gong saved Jack. who was down, d
three times and WAS nearly out. Demp-
scy fought hard, but nature Outclasstd
him.
Konnd ll-Bob crowded Jack and
landed two lefts; Jack fell on the ropes:
Bob landt d n terrible left and Dempsey
staggered; Dempsey led for the stomach
and Bob jump d away; Bob landed two
terrible let's and knocked Jack down;
Bob knocked him down again; let him
gain wind and landed terrible right
and left; this was Bobs round.
In the twelfth throw up" was
given from Jacks corner in token OF
defeat, but it did not go. 1t was to FOO
titzsimmons Jack was down and as
he did not expect the gong he threw
up too we'll, but when the gong sounded
he had one more chance and he said,
Throw up" did not go; JACK would
try again.
Round l2-Bob led right and left Oh
Jacks head; Bob punched Jack all over
the ring; Jack uppcr,cut but missed;
Bob fought fair and landed LETT on the
stomach and face and knocked Jack
down; Bob swung right on Jacks elk
and kWckcd him down; Jack rose
Sroggy; this Was Bob's round. and
Dempsey was. bar flukc, the doom, 4
champion of middlew-ignts.
Round l3-Bub went ut Jack in his
corner and punched him right and left:
Jack clinchrd and Bob KIN, cktd him
down; the Nonpar,il lay like u log az
ter one or two ndravors TO rise and
fight on: three gongs sounded the great
est Of middlewcightS' career to slum-
Der; tomorrow sun Will shine on q
new middlrwright champion, and his
nam" i. Robert Fit2simln.ns.
VIII IL referee Alexander brewster
jimmy Carroll jumped ut his protcge
and kissed him time and again. jack
Dempsey was badly punished. a swollen
face. cut lips and nose and bad mark
or two on his body were plainly visible
Fltzsimmons was not scratched The
Australian won in walk
HERO Of A H,LF HUNDRED BATTLES
jack dempsey. the hero of half hun
drcd battles. was born in the county OF
X ldare, Ireland. and celebrated his
twcnty-cight birthday in New York on
ID mb"r Ii last. He came to America
when lad and with his larents loc ,tcd
in brooklyn. where he attended school
until his fifteenth year, when he was
apprenticcd 10 the trade OF cDopcrng
AT which he b, came IN expert. While
still very young he was very fond of
athletic exercises, and earn, q quite a