The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-11
DEMPSEY KNOCKS OUT
WILLARD IN Sd ROUND
Champion Floored Seven Times in
First Round-Slim Crowd
Sees Fight.

event, Jack Dempsey, who now may
wish to be known by his full voting
name of William Harrison Dempsey
today became the worlds champion
heavyweight boxer.
To all %intents and purposes he whip
ped the huge Jess Willard, favorite in
the meager betting, in one round
Dempsey thought the referee had an
nounced him winner and actually lett
the ring. But he was called back and
the butchery continued for two rounds
more when Jess sitting in his corner
with a bewildered look on his swollen
countenance, failed to respond to the
gong for the fourth round.
at was no use to continue" said the
ex-champion. "My strength went from
me in the first round"
He sat there apparently the most
surprised man in the United States
at the moment. His right eye was
closed and his right cheek swollen and
blue with bruises. Blood covered his
body and his arms hung so helplessly
over the ropes that it seemed as if a
child might give him further abuse
without arousing his interest.
Dempsey Almost Unhurt.
Dempsey was breathing hard when
the fight ended, but it was from ex-
ertion and not from punishment. He
escaped almost unhurt, but as he had
been using his arms like trip-hammers
On the anatomy of his opponent for
nine minutes in a sun that sent the
thermometer to 40 degrees, his heart
still was pumping at high pressure
and he appreciated the breathing spell.
In the first few seconds of the CON
test it looked as if the experts who
had been assigned to keep detailed
account of all blows struck might
come measurably close to doing so, but
it was only a fraction of a moment.
After that the experts did we'll to
count Jacks blows, let alone take note
of how each was made. The challeng-
err knocked the big fellow down five
times in the first round and had him
hanging helplesssly on the ropes or
draped over his own shoulders most
of the time when he was not taking
advantage of the count.
Down for Seventh Time.
The crowd thought the fight was
over in that round. Willard was down
for the seventh time and the count APP
parently was about to end when the
gong sounded. 1t was a modest gong
which could not make itself heard be-
fore so many people, and even Demp-
sey did not get it. He crawled
through the ropes and was headed out
on the shoulders Of screaming fans
when the truth was broken to him
and he was hauled back.
Such fighting as the Kansas ranch
man produced was placed on exhibit
ton at the onset. He had stood in
his corner a picture Of confidence.
His smile seemed that of one who had
a brief and not unpleasant task be-
fore him. He certainly was all set to
go, for just before time was called he
was heard to remark:
Lets get this thing over"
He measured the attendance, which
disappointed estimates by about SO per
cent, with an %appraising eye.
Dempsey presented a contrast. None
of the confidence of his training camp
statements appeared in his bearing.
The mar across from him outweighed
him forty pounds and looked as big
and impregnable as a metropolitan
bank building. The mood of the chal-
lenger was plainly thoughtful and
more than one ringside gazer whisper
ed: "He's licked right now"
When they were introduced, Jess
sauntered owe with the cordial man
ner of n desiring to reassure a
youngster and took his hands in the
friendliest way. Jacks handshake was
friendly, too, just then, but it was
the last token of friendship from those
gloves. A minute or so later they were
using Willard for a chopping block,
and some in the crowd were crying
"Stop it," "Stop it." cts plain muir
der"
Dempsey's first effective blows, and
the ones which apparently settled
Willards fate, were a right over Jess
shoulder to the jaw, a left to the body,
and right to the jaw. Jess staggered.
His eye was CLOSING and he reeled
and the challenger, with all the ener-
gy of his pulsing youth, began hit
ting him at will.
When Dempsey was pronounced Win
ner the crowd surged onto the mat in
a wild scramble to shake the hand of
the new champion. At times some of
them toppled over onto the telegraph
ers and reporters just below, who
were struggling in the mad disorder
to report what had happened. Police
eventually dispersed them by hustling
Dempsey away. Willard was taken to
an automobile and disappeared from
view of the crowd which then itself
began the task of covering the four