Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-05

parently confident
At the same time the semi-fin2lS,
leading up to the championship bout
was announced, II was at eight
rounds between Frankie Mason oil
Fort Wayne. and Carl Tremain of De-
trOit, It III pounds Pessimistic pre-
dictions as to the size of the crowd
had not changed and hundreds of
spectators in the far bleachers, OBJ
serving vacant seats near the ring,
moved forward as if by common cen
sent. Guards and ushers made only a
feeble effort to stop them
The bout was close one and there
were many cries of mo- when The
decision was given to Tremain, Many
thought Mason deserved a draw
Fight BY Rounds.
Round Onc-Willard doomed mp
like a Goliath against his five-inch
shorter David, and opened the en-
gagement by pumping his long left
twice into Dempsey's face with force
enough to make the latter blink. The
challenger missed a swing and slip
ping into a clinch landed three body
blows with his left hand, carrying
but little force. Willard held 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 Earring 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-
| sether and as Dempsey crowded IN
| again, shot a left to the mouth which
! he repeated to the eye. The blows
/ did not even cause his youthful nem-
esis to hesitate and lodging past the
Outstrentched left as it snapped for
! the third time, he whipped over Il
right and left almost simultaneously,
, the blows landing flush on Willard :
jaw and for the first time in his cham
piunShip career Willard was dropped
to the floor He was up again at the
count of six only to be sent to the
canvas with another 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 d
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 had been
counted out.
Round Two Dempsey started
where he left off and Willard will
a big cut under his eye appeared (
be in a bad way. He managed to SNAP
a left to Dempsey's face and punJ
right uppercut to the chin. Dempsey
replied with several body drives ant
| Willard fen partly through the ropes
, When he r2gained his feet he stun
bled into ClinCh, but Dempsey easily
+ tore loose and proceeded to bate
him almost at will, the champion re
: taliating with but three feeble stab
to the face during the melee. Whel
e Willard went to his corner he fel
heavily into his chair, and it was seer
that his right eye was completed,
closed and that side of his face wa
swollen almost entirely out of shap
while Dempsey was unmarked.
, InIti IiOUnti--l ne Illal SESSION wa
/, cimply a series Of rapid fire swing
which fell on Wizards face and bod,
with pile driving power which lief
I Willard completely helpless as h
staggered about the ring and Wobble
! along the ropes utterly unable to de
fend himself Blood dubbed from h
, mouth with every gasp for breath
= while the crowd about the ringsid
began to yell to Referee Pecord t
stop it. Just as the bell rang and Wi
< lard collapsed in his chair, he spa
our a tooth and it was seen that h
n was in bad condition. AS he sat Toll
ing from side to side, his chief SECOND
Walter Munahan. talked earnestly
: him and when willard nodded hi
d head Monahan walked over and spok
k to Pecord The referee threw up hi
d hands and hurried to Dempsey
= corner
e He gesticuated in the uproar an
$ finally pulled Dempsey toward tn
confer Of the ring, before the me-
Iei champion realized that Wizards sec
ID onds had thrown up the sponge. a
e soon as he grasped the situation, h
started for WIZARDS corner and til
lie late titleholder arose and steppe
lie weakly to meet him. They shoe
l. hands and Willard muttered som'
" thing in reply to Dempseys remark
% and the fight had passed into histor