The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-07-09
JACK DEMPSEY Wins
HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
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ready for action, Willard wearing
short, tight fitting blue trunks with
an American flag belt, while Demp-
sey wore short, ,"loose trunks like those
OF sprinter. During the few pre-
liminary details both were covered
with huge umbrellas to keep the sun
from their uncovered heads!
The Story in Three Rounds.
AT nine minutes after four the
weak gong, which later caused so
much confusion, changed and the bat
tie was on.
ROUND l.
Willard loomed up like a Goliath
against his fve-inch shorter David
and opened the game by pumping his
long left twice into Dempsey's face
with force enough to make the latter
blink. The challenger missed a swing
and slipped into clinch; landed three
body blows with his free left hand,
carrying but little force. Willard had
him easily, in a 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 jarring left to the jaw, fol-
lowed by right and left to the BODY.
The almost superhuman power of the
punches was Immediately apparent. A
partly silly, partly stupid expression
overspread the champions face and
as he rocked on his heels his whole
body quivered. He pulled himself to-
gether and as Dempsey crowded in
again, shot left to the mouth and
repeated to the eye. The blows did not
even cause this youthful nemesis to
hesitate, and darting past the out
stretched left as it snapped for the
third time he whipped over right
and left almost simultaneously, the
blow standing flush on Wizards Jaw
and for the first time in his champion
ship career Willard was dropped to
the floor. He was UP again at the
count of six only to be sent TO tbe
canvas with another right as he rose
slowly to his feet and the blood be-
gan to pour from his mouth.
The champion 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 corner and with
rigth and left to the face sent
him to the floor again. AS he arose a
fusillade of body blows dropped him
in corner, where he sat when the
DELL terminated the round and led
Dempsey to believe that Willard had
been counted out.
ROUND TWO.
Dempsey started where he left off
and Willard, with big cut under his
eyes, appeared to be in bad way.
lie managed to swap a left to Demp-
seys face and puny right uppercut
to the chin. Dempsey replied with
several body drives and Willard fell
partly through the ropes. When he re-
gained his feet he stumbled into a
clinch Dempsey easily tore loose
and proceeded to batter him almost
at will, the champion retaliating with
but three feeble stabs to the face dur
ing the melee. When Willard wen to
his cornre he fell heavily into his
chair and it was seen that his right
eye was completely closed and that
the side of his face was swollen en-
tlrely out of shape while Dempsey
was unmarked
ROUND THREE.
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
n'ctcly HELPLESS, as he staggered
about the ring and wobbled along the
ropes utterly unable to defend fim-
self. Blood bubbled from his mouth
with every gap 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 a 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 Pecord
The referee threw up his hands and