Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-05

i, Dempsey and many of the 45.00o
spectators failed to hear the whistle
and thought the winning kayo had
been landed in the first round.
Dempsey started to cav the ring and
his supporters began to climb into
the ring to congratulate him when
Referee Pecord explained that the
gong had saved Willard.
In tn second round the champ was
like q big human punching bag with
which Dempsey could do as he pleas
ed. Blow after blw was landed by the
younger and smaller man upon the
body of Willard. The third round was
a duplicate of the second only more
one-sided in Dempsey's favor. AT the
end of nine minutes of fighting Will
ard was in such a condition that aro-
matte spirits of ammonia were nee
essary to bring him to his senses. Six
of his teeth had been knocked out,
his right eye was completely closed,
blood was flowing from a deep cash
under his right eye and the right /
of his face was swollen to twice its
normal size. He decided to quit in
stead of taking a further beating and
his seconds threw two towels n h
ring, admitting Jess defeat. Demp-
sey was credited with a technical
knockout and did not nave a scratch
on him to indicate he had just fought
the worlds champion.
Much Local Interest.
In spite of the fact that the broil-
ing hot sun caused the mercury TO
hover aboutAt the 100 degree mark here
yesterday afternoon enthusiastic fight
fans-and fanettes, too-braved the
suns rays in order to learn h pro-
gress of the fight, results of which
were given at the EVENING NEWS
by megaphone and bulletin service. As
the fight was more than thirty min
utes late in getting started, and be-
cause of the difference in Toledo and
eastern time, 1t was not until 5 o'clock
tina the first word from the ring-side
was received over the Associated Press
wire by the NEWS
The crowd soon showed itself to be
favoring Dempsey n every n
nouncement in Dempsey's favor was
loudly cheered. The champion was
not without his hackers in the crowd
of several hundred fight fans, but inc
younger man was by far the more
popular.
The sudden victory of Dempsey over
1.-THE bigger man came as a surprise to
many, even those who had chosen
Dempsey to win being of the belief
that the challenger would not be able
to land the haymaker so soon in the
fight. +
WIZARDS ability to take punishment
about which so much had been writ
ten, failed to live Ut to predictions.
the bigger man breaking down under
vicious attack long before
the. first round was over. Height,
weight, and longer reach failed to be
of any advantage to the champ.
Dempsey eyaded Wizards poor de-
Tense at random and wading in landed
body blows and right and left jabs to
the face which soon had h conquer
Tor of Jack Johnson completely at his
mercy.
The fight was generally conceded to
be one of the poorest in history. Cries
of stop it," TITS murder and stop
the slaughter" were hurled at Referee
IPecord by thousands as they saw
Willard being mercilessly knocked
about the ring. The crowd was a dis
appointment, about $4,000 witnessing
the fight when so, 900 or $4,000 were
expected. The fight was unpleasant
to watch, so uneven was 1T. brought
none of the thrills of the usual cham
pionship match and gave no s~atisfac-
ton to any except those who had
money placed on Dempsey.
The phone service of the EVENING
News was in constant use for two.
hours. hundreds Of Interested resi-