New-York tribune., 1919-07-05

won the championship.
II am overjoyed," she said.
good big man fit as could be made.
against a better little man." Also there
was the matter of fourteen odd years
in the ages. That counts in every
game that is played.~
This is the shortest heavyweight
championship bout under the Marquis
of Queensberry rules. Also, / believe,
it is the only heavyweight champion
ship bout where the champion passed
by failing to appear for the gong. 1t
was 80 fast that the crowd was almost
as bewildered IS was the ex-champion
when he fell.
Willard, in his passing, perhaps will
regain some of the popularity that he
lost, for he certainly displayed a dog
ged courage that made the savage
fight crowd sorry for him, despite his
bulk. 1t seemed so uneven that they
were pitying Willard. He did seem so
like poor old OK being clawed to bits
by clawing young wildcat.
Dempsey was nervous young man
when the fight started, but once hav-
ing dropped the huge Willard, he knew
he had the victory in his hands and he
became terribly cool and deliberate.
Dempsey will be champion for many
years to come.
They have nothing. to say in the
Willard camp, but the ex-champion
will start for New York as soon as he
is able to do any travelling. He was
badly hurt internally, and it will be
some time before his facial wounds
heal.
Dempsey will leave at once for Pitts
burgh, where he has a very profitable
theatrical contract. He will get some
of the easy money of the stage and
then look for more fights. But just
now, who are the logical contcnders?
Outclasses All Rivals
In the ring this afternoon Dempsey
landed enough blows on Wizards biz
head and huge frame to have knocked
out all Of the other heavyweights
Carpenter would be an easy victim,
for the new champion and none of the
American heavyweights is in his class
The reign of W iiilam Harrison Demp-
sey as heavyweight champion promises
to be long one.
When Dempsey saw the towel hurl-
ing toward him at the finish, he tried
to reach Wizards corner to shake
hands with him. The champion tina.
was squatted on his stool and tried to
grin up at the conqueror. but his
mouth was still gushing blood and
the smile that he tried to master was
q ghastly grin.
Some idea Of the sledge- hammel
drive Of the Dempsey blows was giver
TO Willard in the first round when hi
spat ouJ fragments Of teeth that Deulp
sey's gloved fist had broken with blow
to the mouth. One woman, who crowd
ed into the ring, was shrilly camorina
TOR one of these as a souvenir.
"Gimme one>of the big guys teeth, p
she screamed until one of the detec-
tlves hustled her out of the ring. But
to the last she was still demanding the
trophies.
In the, confusion at the end of the
first round Jack Kearns was hustling
Dempsey out of the ring. He had not
heard the bell. Nobody had. He had
seen Willard squatted on the floor
and Referee Ollie Pccord counting ov r
him for the seventh time. lie thought
that Willard had been counted cut
Billy Gibson, who saw what had hap
pened, seized Kearns and tried %
shout into his ear what really had hap
pened, but the din was too loud
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had been saved by the bell, and Demp-
sey was lifted back into the ring.
1t might just as we'll haye ended
there. 1or Willard never had a chance
after that first round. In the second
ne did not drop, but twice he was
hanging helpless across the ropes
while Dempsey drove blow after blow
into his battered and bleeding face.
There vii. be long debate now owe,
the relative. punching powers Of the
iew champion and the late Rober1
Fitzsinlmons. 1t will be said that The
punches of Dempsey are the lighter
because it took 80 many of them te
oatter tie hug Willard into subm;
sion. But Willard was a freak Of the
ing. No human being could have
brought down that huge bulk with one
blow. The Dempsey puach has the
over of 4 hammer. with the snap ant
Vlgpr that 60 with it. Dempsey hur-
Willard vitality every time he hit him
Quits Ring Forever
If the words which Willard tried to
humble when Dempsey went to hin
at the finish could be heard | am sure
they would be the traditional words
that have been mumbed by many ar
cX-cfampion: Il was beaten by 8
younger and better man. What else
could he have said? 1t was one OF
those situations which demand plati.
tudes.
Later Willard made a moro or less
formal statement. lie said:
Il haNe 10 excuses at all to offer anc
no alihis. am sure my training was
wisely carried oft and that | was ir
good condition when entered the ring
| could not have made myself more fit
i am done with the ring and ooxins
forever. l was fairly beaten an(
thoroughly beaten. 1 would not try te
recover the title because I couldn't
I'm through.
Dempsey certainly is great boy
he added, and he tried to smile will
his battered lips. ~ congratulate hin
and wish him luck; he is rrea-
tighter all right | know that now.
My plans won't interest people any
more" he concluded little wistfully
Il am no longer the champion. III
just an ordinary guy"
The gates of the arena were opened
at 8 o'clock in the morning, a few
hundred patient $40 seat fans rushe,
IN and selected vantage points in tn,
rear rows. The first prcliminar,
s'rated at II, with about 1000 peopl
looking on with mild interest.
The day broke scorching hot and tn
white pine boards of the arena radia
ted heat waves. A military obserya
ton. balloon, anchored close by, hov
cred over the structure and two mill
tary aeroplanes made frequent dashe
over the ring.
Many of them had stands outside tn
arena and were offnr;py =; cl o., r., ~;