Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-26
DEMPSEY BOXING,
BOUT BY ROUNDS
Round One.

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They went into a clinch coming out
of their corners but broke at the
referees word. Brennan was short
with two lefts and Dempsey scored
with hard left hook to face. Jack
took two light jabs in the mouth, but
missed with his left and went to a
clinch. Jack missed another right
hook and Brennan scored with right,
shaking his man. They stood toe to
toe and slugged with the advantage to
Brennan. Bill rushed Jack to the
ropes, getting in some body blows.
His left was in Dempsey's face They
clinched, Brennan hooked twice with
his left to his opponents face, forcing
him to the ropes and hammering away
with a left to the stomach. Brennan's
round.
Round Two.
Brennan met Dempsey in the CEN
ter Of the ring with straight left to
the nose. Dempsey went in close and
knocked Brennan down with a left
hook back of the ear and followed with
score Of punches to the belly, put
ting Bill down on his knees. Brennan
was in a bad way. Dempsey chased
him all around the ring, hammering
him with bio waiter blow. Brennan
was groggy and he clinched and held.
Another left to the ear sent him to the
mat again and a right and left blow
met him when he got to his feet.
sending him down for the count of
nine.
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referee had to work with all his might
to part them. When they got loose
Dempsey knocked him down again
and the bell sounded just as the
referee counted seven Bill succeeded
in staggering to his corner. blood rush
ing from his nose in streams. It was
all Dempsey.
Roand Three.
Brennan was still weak and Jack
gave him no time to rest, rocking him
with blows to the head and stomach.
Brennan went into clinch and held,
and as the referee parted them Bren-
nan walked into another clinch. Bren-
nan covered after they parted, falling
into clinch, which prevented Demp-
sey from scoring haymaker. Bren-
nan couldn't hit back, but Dempsey was
tlrlng from making punching bag
out Of his rival. Brennan kept stag
gering around, eluding the haymaker,
and never attempted to hit back.
Brennan was still hanging on at the
bell, weak and sick, but showing the
gameness of lion. His seconds work
ed over him like mad, dumping water
on him, but Bill seemed to have lost
all knowledge Of his whereabouts.
Dempsey's round.
Round Four.
Dempsey rushed across the ring and
IN a clinch the referee warned Demp-
sey for using his elbow Brennan was
regaln1ng his strength when he ran
into right hook that would have up
set him had he not grabbed Dempsey
as he was falling Brennan clinched,
and after the break managed to land
a couple, Of light punches to the face.
Jack Knocked him groggy again with
right and left to body, forcing Bren-
nan to clinch again. Another left and
right to the face knocked Brennan into
neutral corner, and he was near an
other Touchdown when the bell rang
and saved him. Dempsey's round.
Round Five.
Brennan staggered into clinch i'm
mediately after Dempsey nailed him
with him left and missed a right.
Brennan appeared to freshen but
when he essayed to box Dempsey
showered him with punches. The Chi
cagoan was showing wonderful game
ness, for he assimilated enough blows
to knock out three ordinary men. Bren-
mans left eye was almost closed when
left book staggered him and he had
to clinch. A right uppercut brought
another shower Of blood from Bren-
mans nose, and he was dazed, almost
out on his feet, as the bell rang. Bill
was in terrible shape and Dempsey
was without mark on him, was
weary from his own efforts. Dempsey's
round.
Round Six.
Bill, dazed when he came out of his
corner, went smack into a right hook
that knocked him across the ring down
on his back. He managed to get up at
the count of nine, when another of
Dempsey's powerful rights knocked
him back across the ring into his own
corner. He was wobhling on the
ropes, dazed and out of his head, when
Referee Houlihan mercifully stopped
the fight.