The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-16
roth WILLARD AND DEMPSEY
HAVE ESCAPED WITHOUT MARKS
CHAMPION AND
CHALLENGES DO NOE SHOW
ANY SCARS PROM THE
RECETT CONTESTS
Dempsey Eas BOT Suffered So Mnch IN
a Nose Bleed IN His xsast Ean

a Nose Bleed IN His xtast Eah
Dozen Fights
NEW YORK April l0-Athough nes-
Their Jess Willard nor bus challenger,
Jack Dempsey. Is a Jim Corbett tor
cleverness, both have come throusA tneH
Dem psey has not suffered so much as
nose-bleed in his last half dozen ooSLS
The challenser's ears are IN as perlect
condition as they Ss6s yes eeiS Sts ne nose IS
Straight, and there is a total absence OF
any mark that would indicate that ne
is q fighting man.
WIZARDS record IN escapdng-or shed
able. The big fellow boasts that ne
never had a black eye. never was
knocked down and never was grogSy
from the effect of blow.
a Strange Fact
That would seem to indicate that
Dempsey is going to have hard time
making any impression on the gam
champion. However. it Is strange
fought punished him the most so far
as cuts and bruises are concerned That
was G,rrboat Smith. who obtained ref-
eree's decision over Willard in 1913.
The battle was held In San frane?oo
At that time the white hope situation
had simmered down so that only WI
lard. Smith and Luther McCarty re-
rnaincd. Willard had eliminated Car
Morris and had put a serious t gent N
earned suite q reputation for himself by
fiattenins a number Of third-raters W1ti,
hts crashing right-hand swings; so that
the meeting between the two was praS-
tically TO decide the question OF which
was to face Jack Johnson for the tale.
In those days willard was a lean,
gawky giant. He had not filled out as
he did after winning the title. and he
scaled only about $50. Smith. for his
part. was a shade under $50 pounds.
Willard had been seen in action on the
far coast on several occasions, and he
had not impressed the native sons veTy
favorably Smith had served bis cary
fornia- and he had failed. to accomplish
anything worth while. yet despite the
weight handicap he was under, Smith
was made favoritc in the betting.
Whether Smith really deserved the de-
ctsion that was handed to him at the end
Of the twenty slow rounds Of indifferent
fighting, there is reason to doubt. MANY
rinssiders declared that the big fellow
had accomplished most Of the damage
done and should have had the verdict:
In explaining his verdict the referee said
that Smith had won because he had
carried the fight to the big fellow during
the majority Of the rounds and had
forced willard to hold on repeatedly TO
save himself.
There were many times during the
bout that Willard spurted for few sec
onds, and always Smith was knocked
groggy. But the big fellow invariably
stopped hitting in few moments and
allowed his opponent to recover
Smith never could land hard enough TO
shake Willard. but he did cut the big
fellows ear badly and Also had him
bleeding from the mouth. At that,
Smith was by far the more badly bat.
tered at the close of the bout: one OF
was bleeding badly from the nos eand
mouth. also was tired and spent from
his exertions, but he had spirit enough
to start a big rally in the final round
He had all the better Of the Eolng IN
hoId until the bell came to hi sreEef