New Britain herald., 1919-07-05
DEMPSEY ASCENDS TO THRONE
 OF HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Human Tornado Forces Jess Willard to Quit After Three Rounds in Which Latter Takes Awful Beat
 ing-Manmoth owd Watches Fight

; when he seemed to be going better 1 than at any other period since his first trip to the boards after about minute and half of fighting. He showed gamcness in the first round. In the third round the man from Kansas showed signs of recovering from the onslaught, while Dempsey appeared to be tiring from his cNer- tons and the constant support of the hulking frame of the man who still was champion.
 Dempsey Hurt in Third Round
 Half way through the third round ! Willard unleashed a few right hand uppercuts and once he seemed to ! stagger Dempsey slightly. At any
 rate, Willard hurt his man. Demp- scy had to let up for a while.
 Surely the champion would go , right on for a, few rounds at least. Why, there was the case of Bob Fitz- simmons in his fight with Jim Cor
 bett at Carson City. It was in the sixth round that Corbett knocked Bob down, cut his mouth and all but knocked him out, but Bob refused to
 say die He kept plugging, rallied and in the fourteenth round had Cor
 bett so weary that he fell a victim
 to the Co1nishman. But what did
 Willard care about tradition? He
 knew that he had been cut up, that
 his heart and his every bone was ach- ing, and why keep up the battle?
 Willard's repeated rise from the canvas in the opening round may be advanced by his friends as a demon- stration of his gameneSs Indeed, at the time it was an exhibition of grit, but it was too good to last In that first round the Kansan took a more severe boating than any other cham pion had been forced to accept in any three minutes of his ring career. Had the bell not come to his rescue, as he was down for the seventh time the fight probably would have been over then and there.
 Confident As He Enters Ring.
 Ii was a very confident looking Will lard who took tho ring. He already had received $101,00O in Liberty bonds as his share of the days pro- ceeds and there was a look of satls- faction as clad in blue trunks and with a red and white sash about his belt he clambered into the ring. Dempsey stamped in his corner. He was itching to get into action, per haps little moro nervous than the phlcgmatic Willard.
 The wait was irkSome, not only to Dempsey but to the OnlookCrS. The gong sounded, but it rang too light ly and the men were kept waiting for another bell for about a minute and d half. Slowly they came to scratch.
 Then came the first disappointment of the fight. Dempsey had been eX- pected to bounce right out of his cor ner like a tiger and rush at the champion with both hands swinging, l head down and fire in his eye. Demp- scy did nothing of the sort. He start 1 ed like a Jim Corbett, and his first lead was a left and right to the ribs. He backed away like d boxer of the l real, old fashioned type. Willard was as much surprised as anybody. This was not the Dempsey he had been told would face him, and the cham pion smiled.
 Big Surprise for Willard.
 Raising himself to his full height with that look of confidence still wreathing his countenance Willard of ! fcred a left handler This was de- l clined with thanks by Dempsey, and again the champion was puzzled. The 1 champion then sent over left, then a right, and still he could not find the mark.
 Surprise of urprises-Dempsey was ! picking off the blows like a finished 1 master while Willard's punches lack l ed judgment of both time and dis | tance. Here was setting for sen sational bout and the sensations were not long in developing.
 They fell into a clinch. Willard once more prodded forth his left but there l was no real steam in his punch. and though it landed on Dempsey's head ! with apparent vigor the challenger lashed forth with a left of his own that just barely missed, and again l they fell into each others en- brace. They fought at close quarters, with Dempsey beating a tattoo on Will lard's body. Dempsey kept smashing away at the body and Willard at tho head.
 There was a method in Dempsey's attack. He was beating the champion down to his own level. Willard landed a left that brought the challenger to the ropes in his own corner, the first real score for the kansan and it ma3c his followers rejoice.
 Willard Hurt By Dempsey's Blows.
 But it was only the lull before tho Dempsey storm. As Willard squared off, his smile having given way to a look of worry, Dempsey lashed out with @ right and left in the body and the face. The champions face turned an ashen hue. His huge frame sway cd His arms fell limp to his sides. He tried to crook them up into the semblance of a square off but the flesh was not willing. That blow to the body was that same sleep potion that had sent Fred Fulton out in i 8 seconds, and Willard perhaps knew it.
 By this time Dempsey was a. fight ing fury There was red in his eye. There was power in his every move