The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-06

bOHdlu SldftleO the SpoIllIS Wofiu etttN 1t gained for him nationwide fame. Me Donald had been considered of champion ship calibre and the fact that little Dempsey, in his first pugilistic contest, had beaten him decisiyely made Demp- sey a sensation. But, as is usual in such instances, there was a certain element that felt that Dempsey's victory was fluke; that he wasn't such great fighter but that he had caught McDon- aid out of condition.
 Jack Boylan and his admirers belonged to that clique. So they set about chal- lenging Jack. And Jack promptly ac- cepted The bout was put on on Au- gust IA, 1883, in Flushing. l.. l. It was under the London prize ring rules (bare knuckles) to a finish, and for a $50 side bet. It was Dempseys fight from start to finish. Boylan was tough young ster. fairly fast and furiously aggres- sive. But he found in Dempsey war rior different from any he had battled before-one who used his brains as well as his hands and legs. And before that fight had gone five rounds Dempsey's then peculiar style of fighting had baf- fled Boylan.
 Jack fought calmly, carefully. He per naitted Boylan to do all the offensive work in the early rounds. Boylan wore himself out with wild rushes and futile swings Time and again Jack would be tantalizingly close to Boylan and draw a vicious swing. As it came Jack would duck or side-step, and Boylan would get a. left jab on his nose or mouth as ms only reward. That was Dempsey's pro
 granme through the first IF or 10 rounus -jabbing, jabbing, that's all
 But it brought results. Constant tap
 ping on Boylan's nose and face soon hau
 him flustered then weary, then in pain'
 then in a state of grogginess Coo'iy
 Jack continued to jab, jab, Jao-ano
 nothing more. A dozen times 1t seemed
 he had a chance for knockout Waliop'
 hut lack didn't grasp it. He was llSnl-
 ing carefully, taking no chances lie
 was waiting for the time to come when
 he would be certain that the grogglness
 was real beyond a question Of doubt ana
 the opening for the jaw was not trap.
 It came in the twenty-third round.
 Dempsey. using his left almost entirely
 up to that time, had reduced Boylan to
 a state bordering on collapse. Then Jack
 measured Boylan and shot over the right
 handler that sent Boylan down for the
 long count.
 Immediately afterward the boxing world conceded that new satellite was
 blazing in it's sky; that new pugilistic wonder had come And then it was that
 Dempsey, who had entered the ring only as an experiment, decided to adopt it as a permanent profession. From that day Jack Dempsey, wrestler. became Jack
 Dempsey, boxer. At once he was bonn barded with challenges and accepted
 them almost as fast as they came. On September 8, 1883, he whipped Harry
 Force in Coney Island in Il rounds, fol-
 lowed with a six-round no-decision ex- hibition bout with Boylan and con-
 cluded his first year in boxing with an eight-round draw with Bob Turnbull Of
 New York on November 25, 1SS3
 The first of the many battles which
 Dempsey fought in 1884 was with William
 Maloney in January. Dempsey defeated
 him in three rounds. On February 10. he
 fought an eight-round draw with Joe
 Heiser in Williamsburgh, N. Y. Then,
 in period of less than month, he took on Jimmy Fell, Jimmy Barry, Joe Hen nessey, Tom Sullivan and Bill Dacey. Eech and every one fell a victim to Dempsey's skill.
 On April 25, 1884, Dempsey fought Joe Hayes a six-round draw. On July he whipped Tom Henry in three rounds Then came Dempsey's great fight with George Fulljames, which made him the lightweight champion of the United States and Canada.
 Er1,lJ rt,n n a ad but lived in New York at the time, dis.
 puted Dempsey's claims to the light weight championship Dempsey at once challenged him and Fulljames accepted The battlers agreed to fight with gloves for (. 5000 side bet The bout was put on in sequestured spot outside of New York city. Four different battlegrounds had been selected prior to that time. but in each instance the police learned about | It and halted plans. The original ar
 rangement was that only the seconds and intimate friends of the two warriors were to be at the ringsde. But when the men stepped into the arena for the bat tie a crowd of more than 300 was on hand.
 The fight started shortly after o'clock In the morning. The men were ready Tor the battle earlier, but waited until the l bull Hdu moved lHIO d pOSlllCH SO dS tO light the battle-ground. Dempsey went into that contest weighing in the neish- borhood of 1855 pounds. while Fulljames beamed around 1S3 pounds.
 Fulljames was the aggressor at the out l set. He rushed Dempsey continuously l during the first round, but Jack, as was his custom, fought a careful heady bat | tie during the early sessions. Dempsey drew blood in the first round and scored 1 heavily on points in the second. In toe i third round Fulljames, still on the of 1 fensive, Was halted frequently by Demp- seys left jabbing. In the fourth round Dempsey again scored heavily on points and every round from then on until .he l finish was his by a huge margin. At the end of the twenty-second round. Martin Malone, who was acting as Full james second, saw that his man had no chance of winning. and ordered the sponge tossed into the ring. Fulljames, game and plucky, protested.
 T want to fight just few rounds
 more.' he cried. I'm still in good shape.'
 But Fulljames packers and seconds re- fused to let him go on and the referee, | Ed Mallahan, then declared Dempsey | the winner.
 Immediately after the fight was over