The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-05
Jack Dempsey Bores Into Champion Like Whir|Wind and Willard Quits at
 End of Third
DEMPSEY HAD EASY ONE.
First Thought That Willard Was Out in First Round and Dempsey Started
 To Leave Ring

l TOLEDO, July o.-JeSSe Wlilaru, 1 the heavyweight champion of the world, quit at the end of the third round, being completely at the mercy of Jack Dempsey. Near the end of the third round, Willard I landed stinging uppercut on Dempsey's jaw, which is the only 1 time he succeeded in reaching" Dempsey.
 During the three bloody rounds the result never was in doubt. In the first round Dempsey sent home smashing body blow, from which Willard never recovered. The gong only saved Willard. Dempsey knocked Willard down and threw him helpless against the ropes sev- eraI times. Willard lowered above Dempsey like a lighthouse over tug.
 ed like a sick man. However, he swung freely at his relentless an- tagonist. Dempsey hammered home his blows with the regularity of riveting machine. The crowd cried "stop 1t; it's murder"
 Willard said Dempsey was the hardest puncher "I ever met" Dempsey said: willard was so feeble I hated to hit him. The temperature was 120 degrees at the ringside. Just before the men stepped into the ring Demp- sey predicted that he would secure a knockout. Willard was the fa- vorite for the betting right up to the time the fight started. The crowd was slow in gather ing. A blind man from California paid $60 for a seat, and was the prize spectator. Many women at tended The bands attempted to play but the brass instruments be- came so hot that the musicians burned their hands. There was no breeze, the area walls keeping what little breeze there was, blowing, out. FIRST ROUND The arena is half full. Willard landed the first blow, light left to the head. Dempsey hooked a left to Willard's stomach. Willard snapped left to jaw. Dempsey knocked Willard down with right to the jaw. Dempsey again knocked his opponent down and twice the champion took the count of six. Dempsey knocked him down the third time.
 SECOND ROUND Dempsey rushed Willard to his corner, pounding Willard's jaw with rights and lefts, closing Willard's right eye. Dempsey walked around Willard, measuring him, with rights and lefts to his face. Willard ap- peared dazed. Dempsey put three fast lefts to Willard's bad eye. Will lard landed feeble uppercut. Will lard staggered to his corner at the end of the round.
 THIRD ROUND Dempsey hit Willard twice with lefts to jaw. Dempsey sent right to jaw and left to body. Dempsey peppered lefts to Willard's jaw,
 without return. Dempsey backed
 Willard to ropes and hammered him
 with lefts and rights to jaw and body. Blood streamed from Will lard's mouth. Willard landed sting ing uppercut to Dempsey's jaw. Dempsey retaliated with left to jaw. Dempsey hit champion with rights and lefts to jaw as bell rang. and
 Willard quit.
 Willard's Wife Is Glad Dempsey will begin vaudeville
 tour next week. Willard's wife wit
 messed the fight and said she was
 glad Jesse lost, as he now can be-
 come private citizen and settle
 down.
 | At the end of the first round
 the referee counted seven over Will
 lard when the gong sounded. The
 gong was weak and none heard it. (Couflnued on Page Two)