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the referee said frankie had a dose
of ptomaine poisoning and the crowd
didn't seem to care for the decision.
Lieut.. Lockyear flew over the
arena and done his stunt by jump
ing from one plane to another and,
of couse, that was the only time
when l was looking up.
Dempsey i'm First
The next event was bayonet and
knife battle between Major Biddle
of the Philly Biddies and a squad
of devil dogs. The major knocked
them all cold, but it looked to me
like it was fixed. or as Bonnie Leon
ard remarked, they talked it over
before they put it on.
Regular fight reports is always
supposed to tell which bird entered
the ring first. Well, gents, it was
Dempsey. He sat down in his cor
ner and big Bill Tate held a bump
ershoot over him. tho he already
had as much sunburn on him a.
there was room for.
The Big Fellow came in about a
minute after Jack and went over
and shook the little fellow by the
hand. A guy by the beautiful name
of Hooey Weinstein announced that
the brawl was going to be between
Jack Dempsey and Jess Willard for
the heavyweight championship,
which was big surprise to eveSybodys
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Chevrolet Makes Fast Time
in Auto Classic at Tacoma;
milford Grabs First Event
Thousands Throng Tacoma Speedway to Witness
Big Races; Fast Time Is Made; No Accidents Mar
the Day

Ralph Milford won the first event
of the day in spite of Chevrolets
turning up the fastest time of the
meet Not an accident marred per-
feet sport on a perfect track. The
nearest thing to an accident oc-
CURED when Eddie Hearne struck a
pop bottle thrown onto the track by
IL was gala day for the United
States army, too. Capt. Eddie Rick
enbacker. American ace OF aces, was
given a tremendous ovation when he
rolled past the grandstand in an au-
tomobile with Maj. Gen. William H.
Johnston, commander OF Camp
Lewis, and officials OF the speedway.
More than 10000 automobiles were
parked within the track. 1t required
four hours time to evacuate the last
machine when the races ended.
foolish fan. The pop bottle
crashed into q thousana pieces when
Hearne's machine struck IT. Deputy
sheriffs promptly Appreciated the
offender and threw him out OF the
grandstand
In winning the second and third
races Chevrolet drew down $500 in
prize money Milford enriched
himself to the tune of $1,000: Hearne,
$1,000; Durant, $4,000; Resta. 5000.
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Continued From Page One

one round. and comes back and took
what Jessica took for two more
rounds, you can't exactly call him
yellow.
AFTER HEARING WHAT HE
WENT THRU, I would say Fred
Fulton was lucky. During the sec
ond and third Jess didn't know II he
was in Toledo or Lawrence, Kan,
but wherever he was. he stayed
there and tried to enjoy his visit.
And another thing you can't say,
and that is that the big fellow wasn't
in condition. If he hadn't OF been,
they would now be naming his hon
orary pall-bearers.
Should Stay in France
As for Dempsey, have kind Of
changed my mind about him. Be
fore I seen him fight I didn't know
n he could or couldn't. Now I kind OF
think he can and IL was Georges
Carpenter / would stay in France
till the new champion dies Of old age.
The regular experts will probably
give you a descriptive of the fight
eby rounds. Personally my mind
works kind Of slow and / couldn't
keep up with what Dempsey done.
The first thing that happened was
Jess leading with hts left He didn't
come close. Then he led again with
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didn't lose quite SO much blood as
he didn't have as much TO lose.
They tell me that he found out
along about this tire that his jaw
was broke. I don't know yet II it's
true or not. Dot IL he thought that
he couldn't chew on steak for n
few days it's no wonder he got kind
OF discouraged. Anyway he hadn't
been setting in his chair moro THAI
few seconds after the third gong
when Mr.. Monahan rose up and
Flung the Towel in the general
direction OF mid-ring. The Towel
looked like II might of been raised
In the old pike house at Niles,
Michigan, but oven dirty towel
means defeat.
Well, a bug that had been stand
ing on my back and screaming, now
thought 1t was about time to smash
my hat. and everybody else seemed
to go nuts at once, and for half a
hour what / have nicknamed Pan
demonium reigned. i am sorry 10
say that ! didn't get a chance to
see Major iiiddle or Tex RickarI
after the scrap to find out what
their decision was, but | Will take it
ON myself 10 say Dempsey had the
shade.
Had Lots Of Red Blood
Now, gents. when | said the Big
fellow should ought IN win
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Hector Stops
Soldier Star
in Arena Mix
Knocks Out King in the First
Round; Storey and Wing
Score Sleep Wins

h. o. King. champion heavy.
weight Of the A. Z. f., was knocked
for a goal by Young Hector in the
first round of their mix at the
Worlds War Veterans smoker yes
terday. Hector was too big for the
visitor and won easily. 1t was no
match.
Bobby Revel. navy champion
also kissed the canvas
in the semi-windup. He took the
count in the second canto when
Weldon Wing, the Portland battler
cracked him on the jaw with a
right cross.
Jimmy Storey, local welterweight
stopped Jimmy Randeau, of Brem.
erton. in the first round when he
sunk him with a right on the chin.
Randeau started strong but Storey
swung over a couple of wallops on
the jaw and the fight was over.
In the other bouts on the card
Bud Ridley won the verdict over
Sammy Gordon and Ely CASTOR de.
feated Kid Murray.
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f76Sl;5|)l]()S@

TOLEDO. Ohio, July 5.-The
Jack Dempsey punch is now on
sale. You can get it at any Toledo
drug store-the efficient employees
of which make 1t with some logan
berry Juice. some settler. a bit OF
syrup and some cracked ice. The
drink carries no knockout.
TOLEDO. Ohio. July Jess
WIZARDS wife was with him to-
day. waiting for her big husband
to give the word that will start
them back home TO live as citizens.
She is glad her husband no longer
has the title, but she was shocked
TO watch the work OF Jack Demp-
sey.
ct was the second boxing match
7 ever saw" she said.
SAN FRANCISCO, July S.
They're selling the Willard punch
at ex-bar rooms here today. 1t
carries no knockout.
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Richardson's
10000 Fans
Missed Bout
Lack of Trains Blamed by
Master Promoter

TOLEDO. Ohio. July 5.-Tex
Richard. promoter of the Willard
Dempsey heavyweight battle here.
was bitter today in his criticism
OF the United States railroad ad-
ministration. which, he said, kept
10000 persons from the huge arena
he had built in Bayview park.
Richard declared he received re-
ports all day yesterday from towns
near Toledo. giving him word that
many hundreds were being kept
from the fight because the govern
ment was refusing to place enough
coaches at the disposal of the fight
fans.
1T was told that there was plen-
ty Of available rolling stock" he
said. but that persons in charge
refused to give the orders TO put
II in use for those who wanted to
see the bout
10000 Lost
Il figure l lost 10000 persons in
attendance because of this stupid
occurrence"
Official figures on those present
and receipts. it was expected,
would not be available until late
today. but Richard made a rough
guess at the crowd and placed 1t
between $4,000 and $4,000. He said
he had not lost money. but would
come out with a nice profit.
The blow that fell yesterday from
action OF the railway administra-
ton was the second that struck
the promoter. Early in the prepa-
rations 1t was stated special trains
would not be provided and efforts
4 get this order knocked out oc-
Cured some days ago. i. Several
trains probably were withheld by
prospective lessons because of the
order.
Record books will show that
Dempsey became champion Of the
world thru a knockout of jess
Willard in three rounds. the fourth
round not having started when the
willard sponge hit the ring.
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Forty thousand fans fringed the
track at the Tacoma speedway on
the Fourth OF July TO enjoy the fast
est automobile racing ever seen in
the West Some idea OF the speed
attained may be CLEANED from the
fact that in the ninth lap OF the
first race, a 2o-mile sprint. Louis
Chevrolet tore off two miles in l
minute and 9 seconds. a speed of LOG
miles an hour. In fact, Chevrolet
was very much in evidence yestcr-
day. He won two races. Time and
again he tore past the yelling grand
stand at more than 100 miles an
hour.
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Corpuscies Splash

This must OF been a big relief.
BY this time they was corpuscles
splashing all over the place. Demp-
sey was all buggy. bur II wasn't
his own. As for Wizards face. 1t
looked like they ought 10 of hung
a sign on II Fresh Red Paint"
They wasn't nobody in Mr.. Rick
ards arena that would OF bet
transfer that he could last thru the
round. but he held on some way
mostly by either clinching or turn
ing his back. The spinal punch
must OF been barred because Jack
never made no effort TO smash him
while he was looking the other way.
but Just the minute he kind OF
began to turn around to see where
Dempsey was parked, Jack would
take aim and fire at his jowls. or
tho place where his eyes used to
be. Personally, I think II would
of been pretty good judgment for
the Boys in the Big Fellows cor
ner to OF tossed in the towel around
sooner than they did and IL would
OF been better judgment TO of
throwed II in right after Jess set
down for the first round.
Flung the Towel
We'll, the third round was the
-
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HERMAN DEFENDS HIS
TITLE IN FORT WORTH

FORT WORTH. Texas. July g.
Bantam Champion Pete Herman
successfully defended his title in
an open air l0-round bout with
Little Dick" Griffin here last
night Griffin carried the fight TO
the champion all the way and had
only one bad round. the sixth,
when Herman rocked him with a
succession OF hooks TO the jaw.
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How Dempsey Did 1t


he got one on the chin. The entire
side OF Wizards face was badly
swollen. Dempsey bored in. smash.
ing right and left to the chin as
Willard reeled like ship in a storm.
Willard dripped blood from the face.
Dempsey was holding himself in
good check.
Willard landed right and left up.
percuts as Dempsey came in. The
champion braced himself against the
storm. but Dempsey shot right and
left to the chin. Willard staggered
TO his corner with the right side OF
his face pulp. He had repeatedly
worked his right and left to Demp-
sey's jaw without feazing the chal-
lenger.
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thought he was going to have two
eyes to see with. but something
happened to one OF them about two
seconds after the two guys got to-
gether A whole lot of experts had
told me that Jack was too little
to reach Jess features. But as far
as / could sec, they wasn't none of
them he missed.
II must OF been a great sight
for the ladies'. as they couldn't OF
saw more blood II they had Of
went thru the Union Stock yards.
Nobody can say that the big fell
low didn't have a whole lot of red
blood in his veins before the bat
tie, mother, as he left enough OF
1t on Dempsey and the floor of the
ring to stock whole family of
champions.
Well, when Walter Monahan
tossed the towel In at the end Of
round three. some bugs behind me
that had also bet on him stood up
on their hind legs and hollered
gutter. Well. gents. If I had took
what the big fellow took. why.
even | would of quit.
Cut Up Rope
At the hour of going to press
maniacs of all kinds is up in the
ring cutting off little pieces OF
rope TO take homo for souvenirs.
Personally l wouldn't give A-nickle,
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Dolphin Club Wins
Big Frisco Races

SAN FRANCISCO. July 4.-The
Dolphin club won the junior four
cared championship rowing race in
China Basin here today; the South
End club was second and the San
Diego club four was third. Time,
s:2s. The race was over a mile and
q half course. A broken oarlock
hampered the San Diego crew.
Bill Wilson retained the coast sin
giles championship by defeating Bill
Ringan in 1913. The San Diego con-
tender did not appear.
The crew from the training snip
Boston won tho United states navy
cutter race, in IL minutes "a seconds.
Goat Island took second place with
the Mare Island training station in
third place.
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Star Everett Battler to
Fight on Mother Ryther
Smoker Card Here July II
Travie Davies Offers Services for Star Smoker at the
Arena; Matthews Also to Fight; Tacoma Boys May
Enter Event

Travie Davies. Everett weller.
weight, who fought n fast four
round draw with Billy Wright.
local boy, In Everett yesterday.
will box on Tho Stars benefit
smoker for Mother Ryther. TO be
staged mt tho Arena July IL.
Davies Is one Of the best battlcrs
Mt his weight In the country.
He has not fought hero for =
long time. and Il Is . real treat to
see him in action"
Matty Matthews. y Los An.
geles lightweight, who has just
arrived in Seattle. also has con-
scented to battle on The Stars
card.
Let's Go
Tacoma and Camp Lewis are
planning on sending some box
err over 10 seattle next Friday
night TO battle on Tho Stars
smoker to be staged NJ the
Arena for Neither Ryther. An
effort Is being made to line up
Jake Abel. coast weIterweight
king, 10 meet some local boy In
the main event. Earl Conners,
Morgan Jones and q couple Of
other Tacoma fellows arc expect
ed to be landed by Chef Mc1n-
tyde within the ncxt few days.
A good bunch Of local fighters
have lined up for the event. but
there arc still . Eoodly number
Of the best boxers In this section
who have had = good season and
who look forward 10 another
good year here who have not
been heard from. Some Of our
local boxers who have been win
ming setups around this section
for some time and getting paid
for II are about due 10 offer
their services for the Ryther
event.
Two matches have been propose
so far. with Joe Harrahan meetin
Bob Harper and Billy Wright tacl
ling Lloyd Madden. The othe
fighters who have expressed thei
TO box are Frankie Mu
ply. Ely CASTOR, Nick and Da
Sugar and Bernie Dillon.
Let's hear from some Of the res
Of the leading boxers Of our littl
A list OF some of the othe
boys who are due to be heard fror
will be published Monday.
The referee question has been Sc
tied. Ted Whitman, Ad Schach
Chef Mcintyre and Jerry McCarth
will be asked to handle the bouts.
Joe Wilcox, local usher king, wi
handle the ushering with his stat
OF experts.
Tickets Printed
The tickets are being printed a
the expense OF the fund. It seer
as II all of our best printers hav
taken TO the woods since the al
nouncement was made that ticket
had to be printed and the none
saved the finance committee woul
be turned over to the Ryther fun'
II isn't against the rules for SON
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printers TO donate the tickets.
Tickets will be on sale some time
this afternoon or early Monday
morning at all OF the local cigar
stands and billiard halls.
Fighters who wish TO offer their
services for the event should get in
touch with Austin & Salt, Nate Drux.
imam. Clay Hite or Leo II. Lassen.
sporting editor OF The star.
Save the date-July il--for the
Star smoker at the Arena.
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Boxers to Fight
for Ryther Fund

Travie Davies, welterweight.
Matty Matthews. lightweight:
frankie Murphy. flyweight.
Bob Harper, lightweight.
Billy Wright. welterweight.
Lloyd Madden, weller.
weight.
Joe Harrahan, light weight.
Dan Sugar, lightweight.
Nick Sugar. light weight.
Bernie Dillon. bantam
weight.
Ely CASTOR, fcatherweight.
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Poet Cooke
Tells How
Jack Wins
Writes Jacks War Song;
Here's Story for High
brow Fans
BY EDMUND VANCE COOK
Especial to The Starr


As Interpreted by Edmund Vance Cook
Countersigned by Jack Dempsey
won. as knew should.
IN, mna t ,ns t' s ., ,riumpn Is sooo.
slammed in hard
Past every guard
osr arr s me ,isnt 70 the other mar
For YOU ana me. for sire nd non
In good red blood there can be no yellow.
30 pore rlsht N;
And carry the fight 70 The o,ber ,o,,ov
TOLEDO, o., July 5.-Tho in
tellectual event of the season oc-
CURED at the open forum Of the
Toledo chautauqua in recoRnj-
ton of our well remembered ma
tiOnaI independence. IL has be-
come a pleasing custom of Amer
lean cities to celebrate this event
i'm varying ways, the first cello
bratiOn occurring at PHILADELPHIA
under the tuteIage of the late
Thomas jefferson and the most
recent one at Toledo. as afore-
said, Mr.. Texiano Rickardo fur
nishing the auspices.
senior i'ickaroo had arranged Tor z
Joiiit oepate between Two OF our most
eminent phy sicists. the wen known
uoc.or' 'essicus WIZARD ana the n
must equany ceieorateo' Ut. "iiham
ison Denipsey' known 10 q rev
irieiiuiy inumates under the almost
uiuis niiieo pseuuonym OF JACK.
me SUBJECT seiec.eo Ior oeDate was
stated as Resolved, Inat Cnam-
pioh Is iiiinortal' Ut. wizard sus-
uhiiiihs ene aiiirhatiVe ana IL
dempsey tne negative. Dr. Onver
recoru was chairman OF the meeting
anu presumed WIN ms usuai grace ana
SAVIOR ralre' wieiding the gavel ana
enuiiera.ng one t"o' three' etc.
Win uhruineo nonchaiance-
Inc cooihess whicn is SAID 10 nave
eAiseeu between Ut. wizard ana Ut
dempsey was somewhat aiieviateo by
.he prisnt july sunshine which
oeanheo enuigentiy upon the occauon-
ing MN inomene ~ was uetpeo 70
the sersauity OF the oepate ~ allow
ing the use OF appropriate gestures
Both DecOllettc
For fear that the schola site dis
putants might be carrie,f avav Nv
their emotions and attemnt -
scratch each other. their hands wars
supplied with covering Calculated ~
soften any emotional excitement and
at the same time to lend a n,ea.ure
to the auditors and snectatorr ~.
ing to the mercurial altitude. Mr.
Willard was becominrlv arraved IN =
pair of blue swimming trunks cut
down from 1O.vear.old s;ze uo
stood out of these at both ends lille
a totem pole surrounded bv an old.
garter Mr. Demnsav w..
equally decollette AT both ends with
a white strip encirclinr his equator
An unique arranrement ~ the a.
fair was that which allowed both the
disputants to occupv the platform =
the same time. or. as one might saw
simultaneously. This. however led fo
an unfortunate Unforeseen contre.
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of pine board our stack OF dollars
bought.
Women Sheltered
Now we sit In the great yellow
saucer. scoopcd fun of humanity.
Seven acres OF seats stretched above.
Below. cupping the swarming thou
sands. a billowing field OF white
shirts. straw hats. grinning red.faced
men. intent upon the struggling pair
in the center. Men everywhere.
The hundred or two women who
dare the sun. the price and the ques.
tionable responsibility of the fight
were relegated to canvas-roofed
box. back of the $40 top row. safe
from danger and from a view OF the
ring. Half naked boys pummeled
each other in the ring amid half.
hearted cheers from the audience. pa.
tent but uninterested during the pre-.
liminaries.
The head was deadly. From under
every straw hat streamed a white
handkerchief veil to shelter head and
neck.
BE a Gentleman
The vendor OF hot dogs and cold
beer sweated streams In their efforts
to serve their trade, but nobody got
drunk or had sunstroke.
Ambulances waited peacefully at
C h entrance for possible casual
ties. but IL was a perfectly healthy
tttr al
eras on the stands. The men. utter
strangers to vanity. arose in a body
to get in the picture" We sat down.
sweltering patiently.
A man in front gets up. A big
voice behind bays mildly. "Sit down.
What the hell's the matter with you7
Be a gentleman. can't you? You
-"
The ring Is empty. and the crowd
gets a little cross.
Where are the nghters7" Star,
the show.' They're in!' Sit down.
There's Dempsey under a yellow
umbrella
There's willard. huge, calm. re
splendent. bowling like a prima
donna.
What did they wear? Sure. ladies'
Mr.. Dempsey wore lovely white satir
trunks. Mr.. Willard looked very
handsome in a beautiful shade OF
blue. Both wore large expanses Of
brown bare skin.
The Crowd Yells
The fight begins.
Then IL happened. The little brown
boy punches the giant in the jaw and
stomach. The giant goes against thu
ropes. Dempsey hit him again
again. again, again. He reeled, fel
thru the ropes. Dempsey after him
He arose blindly. Again they met
Again the rain Of blows descended
from the brown thunderbolt.
The champion staggered, hit ou
freely, fell. The crowd was on IL,
feet yelling wildly. Hes up again
Hit him Jack, Hit him again. the
big cheese. Hit him! Oh, Jack. hi
HIM"
Jack did. The giant fell, defeated
Everybody shouted. Jack. old boy
oh, boyV'
The crowd streamed out yelling
drunk with surprise. with Joy. yelling
again and again. Some turned bacl
when they learned it wasn't ;
knockout. But the next two rounds
merely confirmed what would have
happened in the first but for a few
seconds delay in the ring Of the gong
A thrill well worth the price, lady
II ever you are invited to a priz'
fight don't stop TO worry about its re
speciality. Go! Just go.
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Big Arena Backs Circus
Off Map, Writes Betty;
Tells How Jack Did 1t
Brown Boy Hit Big Champion Again and Again
While the Crowd Yelled, Lick the Big Cheese,
Says Lady
BY BETTY BROWN
Especial to The Star)

TOLEDO, Ohio, July Sit beat the circus for smell,
noise heat, crowds and thris-doubed, tripled thrills
This onering show at Toledo had three-ring Barnum
backed to the ropes.
Over the hot traed by innumerabe hucksters of
pillows, smoked glasses peanuts fight programs
beer FANS paper umbrellas, sandwiches and
beer we trpped to the gigantic circus ring.
blndly
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MARSHFIELD. Ore, July g.
Charlie Conrad OF Marshfield threw
up the sponge at the end OF the
ninth round OF the scheduled ten
round bout with Jack Wargner OF
Portland her. yesterday afternoon.
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ROUND ONE-Willard led left for
the jaw. Dempsey went with right
to the stomach. Willard stood con.
fidently. Willard landed left and
right to the head. Dempsey took a
left on the nose. He countered with
right to stomach. Dempsey hooked
left TO the head. Willard fought
back with both hands as Dempsey
went In. The challenger seemed to
gain confidence. Willard went down
from n left TO the jaw. took a count
OF seven and went down again
Willard went down from left to
the jaw, took the count OF seven and
went down again from a fierce blow
to the jaw. Dempsey scored Willard
again with right and left. He was
up again in second. Willard went
down the fourth time. He went down
the fifth time from a volley of rights
and lefts. Dempsey was smashing
him TO all parts OF the ring. Demp
sey put him thru the ropes with left
and right. Willard went to the floor
in a neutral corner. The round end
ed with willard on his launches in A
.utral corner.
He was being counted out when
the bell rang.
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ROUND TWO-Dempsey ran to
Wizards corner, smashing rights
and lefts to the jaw. The champion
fought back but was unable to
stand the terrific bombardment.
Dempsey deliberately measured vii.
lard and then crossed right TO the
point Of the chin but Willard did
not fall Dempsey missed smash.
ing left hook. Wizards left eye
was closing and he bled from the
cheek. Dempsey hooked the left TO
the chin and Willard reeled to ropes.
ROUND THREE-They met in
midring. Dempsey uppercut a right
twice to the chin. Willard fought
back with two well placed uppercuts.
Dempsey was hooking his left TO
Wizards chin with great force. Will
lard was taking advantage OF every
clinch and beginning to counter, al.
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We'll, the third round was the
lsecond rounds twin sister, only less