The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-05
WILLARD WAS
OUTCLASSED
So Badly Beaten He Threw
Up Sponge in Third
Round
WAS KNOCKED DOWN
TIME AFTER TIME
The Big Fighter Was Like
a Child Before
Dempsey

Toledo, O., July Though a new
heavyweight champion has been crowned
in Jack Dempsey, controversy still RACES
over the sensational defeat of Jess Will
lard here yesterday So many unusual
angles developed during the nine min
utes of fistic bombardment that scarcely
two spectators saw the scene the same.
The uncertainty regarding the situation
at the end Of the first round, when
Dempsey left the ring believing that he
had won with knockout, and the pay
ment Of such wagers as hinged on when
Willard was stopped, furnished unlimited
material 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 neutral
corner, although Timekeeper Barbour or
dered the clang when records arm was
falling for the seventh time. The ref
cree notified Dempsey that he had won,
and the Salt Lake City pugilist was well
on his way to his dressing room before
his manager overlook him and told him
he was in danger of being disqualified on
a technicality for leaving the ring.
The question Of which round Dempsey
won his new title in was placed before
several veteran ring officials by men who
had wagers at stake and the consensus
was that Dempsey stopped Willard in
the third round, as the latter'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 veterans pointed out several other
interesting features. They stated that
it was the first time that a heavyweight
champion had ever admitted defeat with
out leaving his chair, as well as the
shortest heavyweight championship com
hat of modern ring history.
In other respects the first few hours
after the battle were much the same as
those following the past titles. Dempsey
was soon dressed and much in evidence
about the downtown section, followed by
wildly enthusiastic and cheering throng
of admirers. When he appeared for din
ner at the leading hotel the corridors
were mass Of swirling spectators who
peeked at Wizards conqueror as he
broke training and dined in manner en-
tirely different from the Simple menu Of
the past two months.
In the first round Dempsey sent home
a body blow from which the big fellow
never recovered. The gong saved him
from defeat in this round, for, with
swollen cheeks, right eye closed, Demp-
! i'm
helpless against the ropes seven times
Willard, who lowered above his an
tagonist like lighthouse over a tug,
acted like sick man. He was beaten
and knew it.
He swung wildly and feebly, while
his relentless antagonist pounded home
blows like a great riveting machine.
There were cries of stop it, stop it, {"
its murder"
jess managed to last out the third
round and sank into his corner, where
he was given aromatic spirits OF am
monia He revived tried to smile and
then his seconds surrendered the match.
Willard said: "In the first round when
Dempsey hit me with left hook, tried
hard to continue but | was rapidly los
ing my strength. My eye was closed at
the end of the third round and | realized
that it would be useless for me to con-
tinue, as | could hardly see.
1T is hard to admit defeat, but Demp-
sey is the hardest puneher ever faced. .
Jack Kearns, manager for the new
champion, said: Jack is real cham
pion. He knocked Willard out twice.
They gave up the fight in the first round,
then brought us back with the bell and
Jack got him again in the third. Demp-
sey will be popular champion"
Dempsey said: II told you | would
knock him out in the first round and to
all intents and purposes that is what
did He took a lot of punishment in the
next two rounds, but was so injured that
! hated to have to hit him"
Round one: Willard landed the first
blow, light left to the head. The
champion landed right and left to the
head Dempsey hooked a left to Will
lard's stomach Willard snapped left
to the jaw. Dempsey knocked Willard
down with right to the jaw twice. The
champion took a count of six each time
and when he got up Dempsey knocked