Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1919-07-10
Dempsey Sails Into Champion
Like Wildcat From First
Sound of the Gong.
BADLY BATTERS JESS
Jack Floors His Big Antagonist Five
Times in First Round and the
Bell Probably Saved Him
From Knockout.
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10000, people, Dempsey won the
heavyweight pugilistic title from Jess
Willard in just three rounds of muir.
derous fighting. Willard, spouting
blood, with one eye entirely closed,
sat helpless in his corner as his sec.
onds tossed the sponge into the center
of the ring. He was utterly unable to
respond.
ROUND ONE.
Willard DoWned Five Times.
Willard doomed up like a Goliath
against his five-inch shorter David, and
opened the engagement bv pumping
his long left twice into Dempsey's face
with force enough to make the latter
blink. The challenger missed a
swing, and slipping into a clinch
landed three body blows with his free
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 a Earring left to the jaw,
followed by a right and left to the
body. The almost s~uperhuman power
OF the punches Immediately was ap.
parent. A. partly silly, partly stupid
expression overspread the champions
lace, and as he rocked on his heels
his whole body quivered. He pulled
himself together and, as Dempsey
crowded in again, shot a left to the
mouth and repeated to the eye.
The blows did not ever cause his
youthful nemesis to hesitate, and
lodging past the outstretched left as
it snapped for the third time, he
whipped over a right and left almos,
simultaneously, the blows landing
flush on Wizards jaw, and 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 an.
ether 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 a
right and left to. the face SEN him te
the floor again. AS he arose a fusil
lade of body blows dropped him in g
corner where he sat when the bel
terminated the round, and led Demp
sey to believe that Willard has beer
counted out.
ROUND TWO.
Ex-champion's Face Battered.
Dempsey started where he left off
and Willard, with a big cut under his
eye, appeared to be in a had way. HI
managed to snap a left to Dempsey,
face and a puny right rppercut to thu
chin. Dempsey replied with severa
BODY drives and Willard fell partl,
through the ropes. When ne rega;net
his feet he stumbled into a clinch, bu
Dempsey easily tore loose and proceed
ed to batter him almost at will. tn,
champion retaliating With bat thre,
feeble stabs to the face during til,
melee.
THIRD ROUND.
Willard Quits.
Inc flnal session was simply
series Of rapid fire swings which fel
on Wizards face and body with pil
driving power which left Willard CON
pletely helpless. He staggered abou
the ring and wobbled along the rope
utterly unable to defend himself
Blood dubbed from his mouth witt
every gasp for breath, while tn
crowd about the ringside began to vel
to Referee Pecord to stop it. Just a
!. the bell rang and Willard collapse.
n his chair he spat out a tooth an,
it was seen that he was in bad cond:
tlon. AS he sat lolling from side +
side, his chief second, Walter Mona
. han, talked earnestly to him and whel
Willard nodded his head Monaha
walked over and spoke to Refere
Pecord. The referee threw I'D hi
hands and hurried to Dempsey's co,
ner. He gesticulated in the r
!: and finally pulled Dempsey toward tn
center of the ring before the ne,
> champion realized that Wizards Sc,
= ond had thrown up the sponge. A
= soon as he grasped the situation h
started for Wizards corner and tn
i late title holder arose and steppe
; weakly to meet him. They shoe
hands and Willard muttered som
thing in reply to Dempsey's remark.
and the fight had passed into histor,
Vessel Leaves for Turkey.
. New York, July 1.-THE steame