The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-07-05
DEMPSEY
WINS FIGHT
IN THE 3RD
Willard Quits Cold But Takes
An Awful Punish
ment.
BY ED E. SMITH

lsrAFF CORRESPONDENT / N sEsyIcEl
TOLEDO, o., July Size man
aged himself and he threw his own
towel into the ring when he was
licked.
That in brief line or two is
the story of the total eclipse of
Jess Willard, until q 80 yesterday
afternoon world champion.
HE GOT SOME GINNING.
Jack Dempsey knocked the crown or
his head in a big hurry in the arena at
Bayview Park, and no man in cham
Pionship battle ever received such a
quick and such completely decisive
licking as this big man from Kansas.
He was forced to thow UP the towel
and he threw 1t up himself.
NO STRENGTH LEFT
They asked him between the third
and the fourth rounds what he wanted
TO do and. as he had lost all power of
speech. he reached over to one of his
helpers. seized a towel out of his hand
and with the one atom of strength left
in that giant frame tossed it in.
Along with the course of the towel
from the Willard corner over toward
Dempsey's went the championship Of
the world and the richest athletic plum
in the universe 4 new champion had
been crowned and undoubtedly with it
the most popular champion since the
old days of John L. Sullivan.
HE KNEW IN a MINUTE.
Willard knew al the end of a minute
that he was whipped.
A terrific right 10 the heart region
that didn't go more than a foot in its
fight. started him on his way.
He shook him to the heels and made
him wobble like a bowl Of jelly.
Game as could be Willard stood the
shock and weaved in only to get left
hook on his long chin that foored him
beautifully. That was the finish. al
though the referee did not so decide.
DOWN SEVEN TnEEs IN FIRST.
Seven times Willard was down in the
first round
At the end of the third round the
champion. blinded and cropping for his
corner. almost fell on his face as he
attempted to gain the chair that his
eager seconds pushed under his with
ering frame.
One of them caught him by the leg
as he was dropping into total collapse
and pushed him back into sitting po-
eition
Willard had reached with two tired
al rms for the ropes in the angle of his
corner He missed both of them and
staggered forward like a man drunk TO
knew it.
The prediction that he never would
stand to be knocked out came true. He
wouldn't leave his corner and didn't
listen to the advice of his seconds TO
have one more while at it.
His face was sight. The entire
right side Of il was sticking out like
case Of humps The eye was complete
" closed and there was a ragged and
bloody cash under it to tell OF the visi-
tations Of that horrible Dempsey left.
His right eye was rapidly closing and
there was a maniacal glare 70 the swol-
len pupil that told of the craziness of
his brain.
JESS DONE TO FINISH.
The big legs that wouldn't stand
roadwork in his training, were CULVER
ing and broken at the knees. His arms.
which did not get the benefit of any bag
punching. were Topping at his sides
just as they had done in the training
work that was done in such a half
hearted manner.
He was through-done 10 a finish. He
had managed himself. trained himself.
and when the end came still stubborn.
and refusing the final touch of pity that
a second might have given him. seized
the towel and tossed it into the ring.
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