Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-05
Former Prize Ring Cham.
piOn Put Out in Shortest
Heavyweight Fight.
BATTLE ENDED IN
THIRD, SAY VETERANS
Much Dispute Between Men Who
Wasered Money as to When Demp-
ssy Won-WiIlard Admits Defeat
Without Leaving His Chair-Several
Other Unusual Features Of Fistic |
Encounter.

Toledo. July Tho a new heavy
weight champion has been crowned in
Jack Dempsey and the exodus OF fight
fans has depopufated Toledo hotels
controversy still RACES over sensa-
tional defeat of Jess Willard here late
yesterday afternoon. So many unusual
angles developed during the nine min
utes of terrific fistic bomba rdment that
scarcely two spectators saw the scene
the same. The uncertainty regarding
the situation at the end of the first
round, when Dempsey left the ring be-
lievIng that he had won with a knock
out, and the payment OF such wages as
hinged on when Willard was stopped
furnished material for argument.
So weak was the sound OF the gong
and so great the uproar about the
ring the Referee Pecord failed to hear
the bell and continued to count over
Willard as he sat on the ring floor
er Barbour ordered the clang when
Pecord's arm was falling for the
seventh time. The referee notified
Dempsey that he had won. and the
Salt Lake City pugilst was we'll on his
way to his dressing room before his
manager overlook him and told him
he was in danger OF being disqualified d
on II technicality for leaving the ring.
The question of which round
Dempsey won his title was placed be-
fore, several veteran ring officials by
men who had wagers at steak and the
concensus was that Dempsey stopped
Willard in the third round, as the lat
ter seconds tossed the towel of defeat
into the center of the ring before the
bell rang for the beginning of the
fourth session. These veterans pointed
out several other interesting features.
They stated that 1t was the first time
that a heavyweight champion had ever
admitted defeat without leaving his
chair. as well as the shortest heavy
weight champion combat OF ring his
tory.
The Fight BY Rounds.
against the five-inch shorter David
and opened the engagement by pump
ing 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. Will
lard held him easily in 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 jarring left to the jaw, fol
lowed by right and left to the body
The almost superhuman power Of the
punches was Immediately apparent. A
partly silly. partly stunned expression
overspread the champions face. and
as he rocked Oh his heels his whole
body quivered. He pulled himself to =
gether and as Dempsey crowded In
again, shot a left to the mouth and re-
peated to the eye. The blows did not
even cause his youthful nemesis to
hesitate, and dodging past the out
stretched left as 1t snapped for the
third time, he whipped over right
and lett ali simultaneously. the blows
landing flush on Wizards Jaw and for
the first time in his championship car
cer 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
crowded him into a corner and with a
right and left to the face sent him to
the floor again. AS he arose a fusilade
of body blows dropped him In a cor
ner where no sat when the bell termi-
mated the round and led Dempsey TO
believe that Willard had been counted
out.
Second Round.
Dempsey started where he left Oft
and Willard with big cut under his
eye appeared to be in bad way. He
managed to snap left to Dempsey's
face and puny right uppcrcut to the
chin. Dempsey replied with several
body drives and Willard fell partly
thru the ropes. When he regained
his feet he stumbled into a clinch. but
Dempsey easily. tore loose and pro-
cceded to batter him almost at will,
the champion rctaliating with but
three feeble stabs to the face during
the melee. When Willard went to his
f,r tn al t,t1,, tptr 10 ,h,t 1.
it was, seen that his right eye was
completely closed and that side of his
face was swollen entirely out OF shape,
while Dempsey was unmarked.
Third Round.
The final session was simply q series
Of rapid fire swings which fell on vii.
lard's. face and body with piledrivrr
power which left Willard completely
helpless q he staggered about the ring
and wobbled along the ropes utterly