Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-07-10
WILLARD RECEIVES
TERRIFIC BEATING
IN THREE ROUNDS
Former Champion Refuses to
Face Dempsey for Fourth.
fLooRED Z TIMES IN FIRST
Never Had a Show as He Was Whipped
From the start-Jack Cut His
Face Into Ribbons and Closed
His Eyes.

Toledo. O., July 5.-Today Jack
Dempsey isstaking bows as the latest
champion of the heavyweight boxing
brigade. He won the championship be-
fore $4,000 spectators.
Jess Willard quit in his corner after
three rounds. during which he was
knocked down seven times and
punched into a bloody mass around
the face He was whipped from the
jump and never had chance with the
tremendous and cyclonic Dempsey. All
of the knockdowns occurred in the
opening round.
Willard actually was counted out
once, the last time he went down. But
he was saved by the gong, Which rang
few seconds before Referee Ollie Pc
cord had finished the count. Pecord in
his excitement stepped over to Demp-
sey and lifted his hand in token of vic
tory.
Dempsey rushed back to his corner.
ducked under the ropes and started to
scamper down one of the long aisles.
Jack Kearns. the Dempsey manager,
had entered the ring during the mixup
and heard the tinlekeeper, Warren
Barbour. shouting that Willard had
not been counted out before the bell
rang. Then there was mad scramble.
Kearns and a couple of seconds rushed
down the aisle and brought Dempsey
back.
Jess Has Silly Smile.
Willard, who had been punched
dizzy, was sitting in his corner with a
silly smile and did not know what it
was all about. He answered the bell
mechanically. Then they went ahead
without much to ruffle the situation.
Dempsey's long, swinging left hooks
did the business. They had boxed eau
tiously for about minute in the first
round when Jack let one of them fly
that meant business He followed it
with Il short right and the two wallops
knocked Willard dizzy. He sank to
his launches for the first Touchdown
he ever had received.
First Round.
Jess was first to lead with light
left to Dempsey's face. The cham
pion followed with short choppy
right to head after taking another
left to face. Dempsey shot left to
body, fierce miXup followed, with
both punching left and rights to head.
Both stood up under the punishment.
Suddenly Dempsey rushed in and
pnsto,I Willard to tho chin M +onlr
the seven count and looked foolish,
and when he got up Dempsey shot an
other right hook to the jaw. Demp-
sey tore after Jess, handing out ter
rife punishment to the champions
chin. Again Willard went down, but
Dempsey never let up in that furious
attack. He simply punched Willard
crazy. Three more times he knocked
Willard to the floor and finally the bell
on the last knockdown found Willard
I sitting on the canvas silly but not un-
conscious. 1t was q terrific round for
the champion to cover. Dempsey
thought he had won and jumped out
of the ring, when De Forest grabbed
him back. Jess right eye was closed
from right-hand hooks and he was in
| sad condition.
| Second Round.
] The minutes rest helped Willard,
but Dempsey came right back with
the gong, but continued to batter big
Jess numerically with left hook to
body and right to jaw, with punches
that carried the force of pile driver.
The champion tried hard to fight
back, but his. efforts vert feeble. He
had been punished too much. Willard
stood up all of the second round and
he took punches that would fell an
OK. Dempsey hooked rights and lefts
for body and then for the head, and
when the gong sounded it was most
welcome news to the champion. His
+, lip was cut and he could not see out
Of his right eye at all.
Third Round.
1t was nothing short of murder in
this round, for the ripping, tearing
Dempsey tore into Willard in the most
| furious fashion that was ever seen in
any ring. He shot lefts to the body.
rights to the body and rights to the
jaw, while Willard did the best he
could do to stave Off the knockout.
but 1t seemed inevitable.
Wizards face was punched to a
! pulp. One side Of his face on which
those left hooks had landed was swol.
len badly and when he wobbled to his
corner after taking all this punish
nent he almost fell to his knees. The
champion was gone. One more punch
of any sort would have finished him.
and with his face almost completely
covered with blood his manager, Arch
err. threw the towel into the ring and
new champion was hailed.