The Mena weekly star., 1919-07-10
JACK DEMPSEY
WORLD'SCHAMP|ON
In Most Gne-Sided of All Big Fistic
Battles. Jess Willard Is Beaten
Almost to Pulp-The Fight
By Rounds.

Ringsiae. Toledo. July 4-Jae.
Dempsey IN three bloody rounds dur
in which the issue was never in doub
attained the worlds tistic honors b.
defeating Jess Willard. In the frs
round Dempsey sent home a bod.
blow from which the big fellow nevei
recovered. The gong alone saved hin
from defeat in this round. for witt
swollen cheeks, right eye closed
Dempsey beat him down and threw
him helpless against the ropes sever
times. Dempsey thought he had wor
when the gong sounded and had to be
brought back into the ring. Willard
who lowered above his antagonist
like a lighthouse over a tug, acted
ike sick man. He was beaten and
he knew it. He swung wildly and
feebly, while his relentless antagonist
pounded home blows like great riv-
citing machine. There were cries Of
'.stop it, Sits murder"
Jess managed to last out the third
round and sank into his corner where
he was given spirits of ammonia He
revived, tried to smile and then his
seconds surrendered the match.
Willard said:
1In the first round when Dempsey
hit me with a left hook, tried to
continue, but / was rapidly losing
my strength. My eye was closed at
the end Of the third round and | real
lied it would be useless to continue as
/ could hardly see. 1t is hard to adj
nit defeat, but Dempsey is the hard
est puncher | ever faced
Jack Kearns. manager Of the new
CHAMPION, said: Jack is real cham
pion. He knocked Willard out twice.
They gave us the fight in the first
round, then brought is back with the
bell and Jack got him again in the
third. Dempsey will be popular
champion
Dempsey said: II told you would
knock him out in the first round, and
to all intents and purposes that is
what / did. He took lot Of punish
ment in the next two rounds, but was
SO feeble that / hated to have to hit
him."
The Rounds.
Round One: Willard doomed up like
a Goliath against his five inch short
er David, and opened the engagement
by pumping his long left twice into
Dempsey's face with force enough to
make the latter blink. The challenger
missed swing and slipped into a
clinch, landed three body blows with
his free left hand, carrying but little
force. Willard held him easily in the
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 a 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 togeth-
err and as Dempsey crowded in again,
shot left to the mouth and repeated
to the eye. The blows did not even
cause his youthful nemesis to hesitate,
and lodging past the outstretehed
left as it snapped up for the third
time, he whipped over right, and
left almost simultaneously, the blows
landing flush on Wizards jaw, end for
the first time in his championship
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 crowd
ed him into a corner and with a right
and left to the face, sent him to the
floor again. As he arose fusillade
of body blows dropped him into a
corner, where he sat when the bell ter
minated the round, and led Dempsey
to believe that Willard had beer
counted out.
Round Two. Dempsey started where
he left off and Willard, with big cir
Gle under his eye, appeared to be in a
bad way. He managed to snap left
20 Dempsey's face and puny upercui
TO the chin. Dempsey replied with
several body drives and Willard fell
thru the ropes When he regained his
feet, he stumbled into a clinch, but
Dempsey easily tore loose and pro
ceeded to batter him almost at will
the champion retaliating with but
three feeble iabs to the face during
the melee When Willard went to his
corner he fell heavily into his chair
and it was seen that his right eye was
completely closed and that sides Of
his face was swollen entirely out Of
shape, while Dempsey was unmarked
Round Three: The final session wa:
simply a series of rapid-fre swings
which fell on Wizards face and body
with pile-driving power and which
left Willard completely helpless, as ht
staggered about the ring and wobbleC
along the ropes, utterly unable to de
fend himself Blood dubbed from
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