Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-07-11
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IN | TIRE ! ! /: /: ROUNDS
Dempsey Sails Into Champion
Like Wildcat From First
=.... Sound q Of Ii the Gong. . !,
BADLY BAL TIERS Jess.

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Boil Probably Saved Him s.s...!
49,. From Knockout. ii. S5sts-
Toledo, July 5.-Jack Dempsey Is
the new ring champion Of the world.
| In the BayvieW arena here before
10000 people, Dempsey won the
heavyweight pugilistic title from Jess
| Willard In just three rounds Of muir
! derous fighting r Willard, spouting
! blood, with one eye entirely closed,
sat helpless in his corner as his Sec
onds tossed the sponge into the center.
of the ring. He was utterly unable to
! respond. E..z5s -
'.~ ROUND ONE. 49,. st4=3. III. r. i
Willard Downed Five Times. =,
Willard doomed up like Goliath
against his five-inch shorter David, and
| opened the engagement bv pumping
his long left twice into Dempsey's face
with force enough to make the latter
blink. The challenger missed q
swing, and slipping into a clinch
landed three body blows with his free
left hand carrying but little force.
Willard held him easily in clinch and
partly turning him around, used his
rapier-like left again, once to the
head and once to the body after the
break. = ~ -.
Then Dempsey, as If he had got
the range, opened his heavy artillery
and swung Earring left to the jaw,
followed by a right and left to the
body. The almost superhuman power
OF the punches Immediately was ap~
parent A partly silly, partly stupid
expression overspread the champions
| face, and as he rocked on his heels
his whole body quivered. He pulled
himself together and, as Dempsey
crowded in again, shot a left to the
mouth and repeated to the eye. -...l
The blows did not even cause his
youthful nemesis to hesitate, and
| lodging past the outstretched left az
1t snapped for the third time, he
! whipped over a right and left almost
simultaneously, the blows landing
flush on Wizards jaw, and for the
first time in his championship career
| Willard was dropped to the floor. He
was up again at the count of six, only
to be sent to the canvas with an
; other right as he rose slowly to his
| feet. The blood began to pour from
his mouth. He turned away from his
opponent, who struck again twice with
his right, Willard falling on his hands
and knees. When he arose DemDsev
crowded him into corner, and with a
right and left to the face sent him to
the floor again. AS he arose a fusil-
; lade of body blows dropped him in a
corner where he sat when the bell
terminated the round, and led Demp-
sey tt believe that Willard has been
| counted out
ROUND TWO. =.
Ex-champion's Face Battered,
Dempsey started where he left off.
and Willard, with a big cut under his
eye appeared to be in a had way. He
managed to snap a left to Dempsey's
face and puny right uppercut to the
chin. Dempsey replied with several
! body drives and Willard fell partly
through the ropes. When be regained
MS feet he stumbled into clinch, but
Dempsey easily tore loose and proceed
ca to batter him almost at will. the
champion retaliatins with but three
feeble stabs to the face during the
melee. -. ..
THIRD ROUND. ~ g..
..4 Willard Quits.
The final session was simply a
series of rapid fire swings which fell
on Wizards face and body with pile
driving power which left Willard com.
pletely helpless. He staggered about
the ring and wobbled along the ropes
utterly unable to defend himself.
Blood dubbed from his mouth with
every gasp for breath, while the
crowd about the ringstde began to yell
to Referee Pecord to stop it. Just as
the bell rang and Willard collapsed
In his chair he spat out tooth and
it was seen that he was in bad condi-
ton. AS he sat lolling from side to
side, his chief second, Walter Mona
han, talked earnestly to him and when
Willard nodded his head Monahan
walked over and spoke to Referee
Pecord. The referee threw up his
hands and hurried to Dempsey's cor
ner. He gesticulated IN. the uproar,
and finally pulled Dempsey toward the
center Of the ring before the new
champion realized that Wizards sec.
ond had thrown up the sponge. AS
soon as he gragped the situation he
started for Willard's corner and the
late title holder arose and stepped
weakly to meet him. They shook
hands and Willard 'rout+orad -. -