Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-17
:kEARNS HOOTS IDEA OF
CHAMP AS ONE-ROUNDER
Dempsey Could Have F1attcncd
Willard in Second Round Had
He Not Left Ring.
THOUGHT FIGHT WAS OVER
After Being Told He Had Won by
Referee, Utah Maulcr" Started
for Dressing Room and Strength
Was Slapped When He Returned.
BY JAMES J. CoRuL:1T.


NEW YORK. Sep: Where was
Jack pempSey's honccrushins WALTON
In he sse9mt ard 'h yt,,5 59gnds i" the
The millions "ho did not see the
because Dempsey after t'at;c0,Hc Wa,
lard seven ti,-;eS IN the inaugural
round. Jailed - d-op him IN either the
sued forth wj;h sussses TIA, The new
kins is "oIY--eund a7uS; that he
Blows, sqasatsrs ersa; por;ion Of
his dynam!c energy and hasn't much
left atterward
and down like cork in the mrs, but
failed to duplicate IN the second and
Willard was human wreck.
s,d bG; there IS reason Why Dempsey
third rounds and here il is from Jack
-kearns. his manager, and pilot of
Pecord Declared Jack Won.
for the seventh time. ollie Peco-d lean
seven" declares Kearns
wI, TIhen' srParsmi,y 5 r,l :hn,
,ion tina, he couidn't get % in anoth.-
twenty seconds Record turned around
pushed up Dempsey's arm ir!;'e. and
You win. Jack. YOU win. Jack
,..With that. Dempsey went back TO
ms corner Fearing thai The joy-mad-
sciously by its attempt 20 licnize him.
ordered Dempsey out Of the ring.
told him 10 hustle along TO the dress
ing room. Without resting from his
territc eNertions in pounding willard
in that first round, Jack jumped
through the ropes and started for his
when Dempsey jumped ont Of a =
ring and started for the dressing room.
the crowd circled him and almost tore
r. sh IA;
hand.
49,. Dempsey, figuring that he had won
didn't save himself while going through
That crowd Although many in tho
+ crowd tried 10 make a passageway for
him, it was tough proposition. and
lack had TO elbow and jerk his way
About this time the timckccpers
eucceeded in informing, the referrc,
mat ina, they had runE the bell before he
that the night was not over and, of
course krcw IT was necessary TO GET
dempsey back into tho ring. yelled
(, back. and ieaped over IN. ropes and
smashed my way through tho crowd &c
MAKE MAKE an opening for, him. jack
e couldn't quite understand the real rca.
son Tor his being recalled to the ring
:, but he obeyed like soldier.
!. SncK mao to do more iightine and
USED up more strength in his battle
:, 10 get back into the ring than h.
4, would be called upon normally in a
: dozen rounds Of the most furious ring
y fighting.
Dempsey was q tired boy when he
!, got pack into the ring just as the bell
+. sounded. and who wouldn't be? KNOCK
!. ING down 4 giant Scvon times and ba =
T t.ing a hundred joyous lnaniacS all IN
hve minutes is job that would weary
I. even Hercules
Z "As the second round started. I eau.
:,
that he had willard at his mercy and
that there was no use Of his taking
did Dempsey and everyone in tina,
crowd. that Jack could get Willard
whenever he wanted to.
Saved IIimself In Third
But ! told Jack to save himscl.
and freshen up. ! reiterated those or
ders for the third He was instructed
merely to Keep plugging away at vii
lard so as TO keep him in grosgy
his 1bempseys s:ye n he A sHG'f nsmS o
sey y,i 70 low OILERS 70 The letter;
sey in the second and third round de-
livered no blows OF the slcdEc- hammc =
variety. such as characterized his at
tack in the firs.. He cont.nccd him
self in those two rounds Of fehting
with little more ;han stabb!ng away al
All the while that punching. Mrh,
as il was. was making Willard weak
or and weaker. ON the other hand.
Dempsey was actually resting and
when the third round was nearly over
Jack had come back 10 "a poin. WHERE
felt that il would be O. *. for him
10 go out in the fourth and rap Vii
lard with few Di!edrivers. and drop
him tor The long count
But The fourth never came Tho
Willard handlers. after that third real.
lied the inevitable. that wizard would
not be able 10 YEA thcr another round
of lighting. even of the ;aTnest var ETY.
And SO they tossed in the towel
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