The Washington herald., 1919-06-25
BLOW ON JAW
BREAKS ANKLE
Dempsey Hits Brennan
Powerful Blow During
Their Battle.
By JACK MONROE.
empsey,s and Brennan's fighting

By JACK MONROE.
| Dempsey,s and Brennan's fighting
styles were very similar. Neither
believed in wasting time or blows.
Jack floored Brennan four times in
the second round after furious fur
ries of fighting in which Bill asked
for no quarter and always traded
\ his best in stock with the new
phenomenon. But Jacks clouts were
a bit more effective. Brennan was
a beaten man after the second
Nround. but he gamely battled along.
Dempsey ended the fray in the sixth
when Bill went down and out from
| a right-hand, clip on the chin.
Breaks nm Ankle.
When they dragged Brennan TO
his corner 1t was discovered that
one of the defeated boxers ankles
| was broken. Leo Flynn had been
greatly impressed by Dempsey's ex-
traordinary hitting power. Massaging
the bad ankle with some ointment
Brennan's chief second remarked.
bill must have turned il when lie.
went down that last time. eh. Leo:-
| Flynn examined a large welt that
had arisen alongside his PROSTATE
charges chin and then answered:
Turned it nothing. That last belt
on the chin broke his ankle. that's
: what 1t did"
Out Joplin way thee was a bruiser
doing biting business under the
J name OF Tom Riley and he was
/ considered a blue ribbon in that
neck OF the woods. In fact he was
so well appraised that he had been
a. Irs,
Fred Fulton. the giant plastereI
from Rochester. who had set the
sport world agog with a Elittering
array of quick knockouts. But big
Fred lodged out of the match for
something more appetizing ana
Dempsey volunteered to All the
plasterer's place. Dempsey cleaned
up Riley in slightly more than a
minute This feat added to his
Igrowing fame which by this time
had reached the ears and pocket.
books of theatrical magnates. For
the first time in his life Dempsey
was offered job on the stage just
to show himself and say few
lines"
Fight with b. shirt.
One Of the toughest encounters OF
his whole career occurred at this
juncture of his upward 'toiling. Demp-
sey was carded to appear in glad
rags" for the Rrst part of his pro-
gram which was with. a burlesque
show.
i Gee, / had the time of my life
getting into that rig" explained Jack
to n friend afterward Il didn't know
which end of the shirt went on first.
Al that il almost sent me down Tor
the full count Jack nearns just
managed to scoop me going out of
the wings all dolled up in a pair OF
row tan shoes. too! I'd rather fight
FIVE Carl Morrises than go through the
|, gruelling il takes to sneak into one
| of those boiled fronts"
Z Niske Blocks Dempsey.
After Dempsey had put in a few
weeks forgetting lines but not punches
on his spafring partner Jack relin'
Quished the idea of elevating the
drama Instead he signed up for 8
: bout with Billy Miske. the St Louit
light t-heavy- weight, whoi is still thought
| by many to be a logical candidate fol
! the highest honors of pugilism.
! Miske had proven his worth by
tanning such ring worthless as JACK
Dillon. Charley Weinert and others
The bout was scheduled for ten round.
and it went the limit. with Dempsey
| receiving most of the newspaper YER
! diets. This to me is one Of the thingl
that I cannot understau in Dempsey.
ring exploits. While l regard MisK,
, as great fighter in his class l thini
, that he is far from being a woric
beater. To my mind il Jack Dempse!
Is the sterling performer that l an
inclined to think he is, he should nav,
scored a Knockout over Miske. Bu
he didn't nor did he when they me
later in a six-round bout.
, Dempsey has explained that Misk,
would not fight and that he held on
, etc. Later he came out flatly ant
, admitted that Miske was a tougf
! one.
Matched with Fulton.
, Now comes the bout which more
than any one achievement stamped
Dempsey as the next man to chal.
lenge Willard's sovereignty oveI
the knights of the knuckle. This
is the match with Fred Fulton.
Fulton. whose record was quite
as brilliant as Jacks. met the Colo.
RADIO sensation in the Federal
League ball park in Harrison, New
Jersey. Opinion was divided pretty
evenly as to probable winner
Fulton lowered over Dempsey by
several inches and was his physi-
cal superior in every way. He had
demonstrated that he was pos
scssed of the knockout knack and
in a comparatively short time had
picked up no little cleverness as
boxer. He had stopped such good
performers as Andre Anderson, A
Reich, Charley Weinert and Frank
Moran. Fred had experienced the
humiliation of but one Knockout VI
to the time. AL Palzer had man
aged to bring down the lanky plas'
terer shortly after Fred had laid
away the hod for the mitts. But
there were just two things that the
public had misgivings about In
Fred. One was his ability to take
hard knocks. The other was his