The sun., 1919-10-05
Nose Trouble Slowed Him Up
in Second Round Of Bout
With Willard.
REFEREES ABROAD STRICT
Suspend Boxer for Three Years
for Fouling Opponent
Other Gossip Of Ring.
ny CROSS COUNTER.

indicated by his sensational victories
over X. o. Bill Brennan, Billy Mlpke,
Battling Levinslty, Fred Fulton and Jess
Willard. The argument has been put
forth that Dempsey was a tired man In
the second and third rounds at Toledo
and that had Willard shown the slight.
est aggressiveness, he might have turned
apparent defeat into victory. 1t cannot
be denied that Dempsey whvered tenn
porarily both in the second and third
rounds, and that willard dimly con-
scious OF the fact, tried to recover his
lost ground. But the challenger re-
cuperated so rapidly and so quickly
assumed the offensive that willard did
not have q chance.
Dempsey was recently asked by the
writer IL he realized that he had momen.
tarily slowed In the second and third
rounds. and to what he ascribed II. He
replied:
ANY one with the slightest knowledge
OF boxing should know that when one
boxer hammers another for complete
round as I did Willard in the first, the
effect on the man doing the punching is
weakening. This was one reason for
my pausing bit in the second and third
rounds. but the chief cause was the con.
dition of my nose. The trouble reached
a point where could breathe only with
difficulty after exertion, and II did not
make itself felt till after had begun
training for my bout with Willard. 1t
was too late then for an operation, and
ipsaa~ -esetAS- -Asst~ ! could. Na>doSpt
IL had asked for q postponement
would have been accused of cowardice.
but 1 will say this Before the sec
ond round ended 1 had recovered my
| wind and was in condition to go any
distance that Willard stayed.
willard is the strongest man that ]
ever met in the ring. He can stand
| more hard punching than any man j
ever fought, and while never had any
doubt OF my ability to beat him, was
astonished by the way in which he
stood UP under the hardest blows l could
hit I now have had my nose operated
Ing for another bout / will be In good
| condition in all respects"
Neither Dempsey nor Kearns see any
match for the champion in the near
future. However. whom Dempsey fin
| ishes q circus engagement he then will
look about for n worthy opponent for q
title match
Severe Discipline.
Whatever may be said or thought
about British referees, IL cannot be
denied that the officials in charge OF the
sport In that country insist on the boxers
conducting themselves properly and
obeying the regulations governing con-
tests. This was emphasized recently
when All Mansfield, an English feath-
erweight, was suspended for three years
for foul work in a bout with a boxer
named Doyle While the offence OF
which Mansfield was guilty is not set
forth In the official report. II Is intimated
7 that the offender bit his opponent
The notification OF suspension Is as
follows:
THE conduct Of All Mansfield in his
contest with Doyle at the Blackfriars
Ring on July FL having been considered
| by the British Boxing Board of Con-
troll, the evidence of both parties and
their witnesses having been taken and
a representative of the management
having been heard, II was decided by
the board that ALI Mansfield be sus-
pended for three years"
| Tender Censured Mt Home.
| Although Lew Tender has some
| apologists in Philadelphia for his atti-
tude regarding a match with Leonard
one Quaker critic is not inclined TO con-
done the sidestepping tactics of the
southpaw, This writer commented as
follows:
Leonard. according to all reports
agrees to meet Tender for q referees
decision as II should be in such an i'm
portant bout. Tender would prefer to
so the six round bout to no decision. AS
! matters now stand the bout Is up to
Tender and Lew and his manager have
not stomach for such a meeting. Tend
Ter announced that he was going west
for several fights, but he didn't go. He
is not doing much Just now and he and
Leonard are willing to take 1t easy
picking up easy money. Leonard Is
fighting occasionally but Tender is
standing still and tending store. That
is not the life OF real fighter. He will
! never become popular at that work"
Fine Card mt Armory A. A.
Al Roberts, the latest sensation among
the heavyweights, who, although he has
been boxing professionally only short
time already is being picked as a COM
ing contender for Jack Dempsey's tite
will be put to another hard test at the
Newark Sportsmen's Club one week
from tomorrow. when Columbus Day
will be celebrated. On that OCCASION
Roberts will clash with Charlie Weinert
the Newark Adonis. in an eight round
bout at the all star boxing show in the
First Regiment Armory In Newark.
Although there will be one worlds
champion. Pete Herman. who meets Har-
old Farese on the same card, besides sew
eral contenders in their respective divi-
sions including Benny Valger, Willie
jackson. Frankie Brown and Tommy
Tuohy. the bout between Roberts and
Weinert Is attracting the greast amount
of interest
This pair met not long ago at Bayonns
and Roberts was returned the winner
In the early part of the bout Weinert
had things all his own way, but as the
battle progressed Roberts showed a mar
vellous ability TO stand the gan. and in
the later rounds he battered his clever
opponent all over the ring. Only Vein
n..AI. rim trc,n az NOD him frorr, lrrnnlr