Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1919-07-11
WILLARD Y R! Beaten
IN Three ROUNDS
Dempsey Sails Into Champion
= Like Wildcat From First
.> Sound of the Gong.
BADLY BATTERS JESS
Jack Floors His Big Antagonist Five
Times in First Round and the
r., Bell Probably Saved Him
Il From Knockout.

Toledo, July Jack Dempsey IL
the new ring champion of the world.
In the Bayview arena here before
100000 people, Dempsey won the
heavyweight pugilistc title from Jess
Willard in just three rounds of MUIR
derous fighting. 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.
ROUND ONE.
{. Willard Downed Five Times.
Willard doomed up like a Goliath
against his fiye.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 a
swing, and slipping into clinch
landed three body blows with his free
left hand carrying but little force.
Willard held him easily in clinch and
spartly turning him around, used his
lrapier-like left again, once to the
head and once to the body after the
lbreak.
Then Dempsey, as if he had got
1.-THE range, opened his heavy artillery
and swung a Earring left to the jaw,
followed by 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
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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.
! The blows did not even cause his
youthful nemesis to hesitate, and
lodging past the outstretched left as
it 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 Dempsey
crowded him into a 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 to believe that Willard has been
counted out.
ROUND TWO.
Ex.Champion's Face Battered.
Dempsey started where he left of,
and Willard, with big cut under his
eye. appeared to be III a had way. He
managed to snap left to Dempsey's
face and puny right 'ppercut to the
chin. Dempsey replied with several
body drives and Willard fell partly
through the ropes. When ne rega ned
his feet he stumbled into clinch, but
Dempsey easily tore loose and proceed
ed to batter him almost at will, the
champion retaliating with but three
feeble stabs to the face during tho
melee.
=. THIRD ROUND.
Willard Quits.
The final session was simply q
series of rapid fire swings which fell
on Wizards face and body with pile
driving power which left Willard CON-
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 ringside began to yell
to Referee Pecord to stop it. Just as
the bell rang and Willard collapsed
in his chair he spat out q tooth and
IT was seen that he was in bad condi.
tion. 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
confer Of the ring before the new
champion realized that WIZARDS Sec
ond had thrown up the sponge. Al
soon a. he grasped the situation he
started for Wizards corner and tho |
late title holder arose and stepped
weakly to meet him. They shook |