Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-06
DEMPSEY WEIGHED
ONLY 1877 POUNDS;
WILLARD TIPPED
THE BEAM At 243
Nv Champion Expects to De-
:, fend Title Often, But VIII!
Take Few Months Rest and
Gather In the Coin.
$4,000 WEEK OFFER
IS ALREADY RECEIVED
Willard Badly Battered But No
Teeth Lost Nor Bones
Broken and viii Be Out
Within Very Few Days,

tsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEAsso wei
Toledo, O., July 5.-There was
difference of fifty-sx pounds in the
weight of Jess Willard and Jack
Dempsey when they entered the ring
for their heavyweight championship
contest yesterday. This was revealed
today when all camouflage was
stripped from the Dempsey weight
question, The new champion weighed
1877 pounds while Willard scaled 2i3,
Winning the worlds championship
had no effect on Dempsey today. He
acted as If he knew it was coming to
him. and he exhibited not the slightest
surprise, He was out of bed at b
o'clock, motored to his training camp
for visit with friends. and then re-
turned to his hotel quarters in Toledo.
He expects to remain here until no
leaves to accept some theatrical work.
The new champion has received u
score of offers and expects to accept
one offering the best Inducements.
one offer of $4,000 a week for twelve
weeks was made t. him.
Il am going to try and be- popu-
lar Champion said Jack. 81 believe
the public wants champion who will
defend his title frequently aud | in
tend to be that kind of a champion l.
believe, however, that ! am entitled
to take rest and make some money
out of the title doing theatrical work.
| want to lay off boxing for six or
eight months to do this. But 1 VIII
fight Just as soon as a man considered
contender is found"
Willard Has Retired.
Willard has definitely retired from
I 1. a. B ttg.g
tention to his oil interests. The de-
feated champion said today that ru-
mnrs that he was severely injured and
that he was taken TO a hospital were
gross exaggera ions, The only injury
Ne ttsge4 "a dep cut over tho
eye and a badly cut mouth. He did
not lose any teeth nor was his jaw
fractured as was reported.
Dempsey asserted that he had no
feeling toward willard except that of
admiration.
Boxing is n business with both Of
us and willard proved himself
game, square fellow all through
the fight He took an awful beating
and certainly proved his sameness.
when | shook his hand after the
| fight, | said to him: Well, Jess, it's
| all over. I'm sorry / had to cut you
| up so much "
Experts Differ.
Though new heavyweight cham
| pion has been crowned in Jack
| Dempsey and the exodus of fight fans
| has depopulated Toledo hotels, con-
troversy still RACES over the sensation
al defeat of Jess Willard here yester-
| day afternoon, SO many unusual ans
giles developed during the nine min
utes of terrific fistic bombardmeut
| that scarcely two spectators saw tho
scene the same. The uncertainty re-
| garding the situation at the end of
| the first round when Dempsey left the
! ring, believing he had won with q
| knockout and the payment of such
wagers as hinged on when Willard
was stopped, furnished unlimited ma
| terial for argument.
So weak was the sound of the gong
| and so. great the uproar about the
ring, that Referee Pecord failed to
| hear the bell and continued to count
| over willard as he sat on the ring
floor, near a neutral corner, although
| Timekeeper Barbour ordered tho
clang when Pecord's arm was falling
| for the seventh time. The referee no.
/ titled Dempsey that he had won and
| the Salt Lake City pugilist was well
/ Vll HIS way w lllh VI ltGDllis lbtliA "
! fore his manager overlook him and
| told him he was in danger Of being
| disqualified on technicality for leav-
| ing the ring.
Won in Third.
The question of which round in
which Dempsey won his title was
! placed before several veteran ring Of,
| ficials by men who had wagers at
! stake, and the consensus was that
/ dempsey stopped Willard in the third
! round. as the later's seconds tossed
! the towel of defeat into the center Of
| the ring before the bell rang for the
! beginning of the fourth session These
| same men pointed out several other
| interesting features. They stated that
! it was the first time that a heavy
weight champion had ever admitted
! defeat without leaving his chair as
! well as the shortest heavyweight
| championship in recent history In
! other respects the first few hours af-
| ter the battle We're much the same as
those following the passing of past III
| ties. Dempsey was soon dressed and
much in evidence about the downtown
section, followed by wildly enthusi-
astic and cheering throng of admirers.
! when he appeared for dinner at the
! leading hotel. the corridors We're q
| mass of swirling spectators who
| peeked at Wizards conqueror as he
| broke training and dined in a man
ner entirely different from the simple
/ menu of the past two months.
Packs Head in Ice,
At the same hour his dethroned OPP
ponent was resting in his temporary
! home in @ residential section with his
| battered head packed in ice bags and
! cut off from communication with the
/ outside world by a guard that even
| the telephone could not penetrate. He
was examined by' the boxing commits
| sion physician, however, soon after his
! return from the ring. The latter
| stated officially that Willard was not
seriously injured and would be able
to appear IN public as soon as his
| bruises and other marks of battle had
| yielded to ordinary treatment.
Neither hover hnd made any defi-
| lNoAtinueu "a Faee 1Ho.l