The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-06
TOLEDO FANS STILL
IN SORT OF DAZE
JESS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT


TOLEDO. ohio. July ThourN
q new hrlyyvalrNi cham pion h1.
been .rowuri'rr 1uch b,wpe'y and
the exodus OF Nrat fuuH hnH u'
populated Toledo hotels controversy
nIlI RACES yvcr mo a,uFliIuu3I dufHH
OF Jess willard hero yesterday ..
many unusual angles developed duI
ing tho uina mlruieH 81 ''rr'Ic i'H
a., bombaIim'u' urt traircy tw0
spoctAtoTa saw the a.'uo mo FlIun
Ihe uncertainty regarding mo f.'uu
ZION a. tho tu, ~ 'Nr frat round
when DampsrH IsfI tUo i.rg urII'E
ing that hr bad won with knock
out. and ihe payment or go b wager
as hinged uu whom willard wHs
stopped Furnished unlimited Wai"Iiu
for Arguu'uL
80 weak was the sound Of ~,
gong ana so great tho upronr about
tho ring. t'1' Referee IcCOrd failed
to hear th boil and con .nuod q,
count over Willard aS ht sat - iht
ring floor D. Or neutral corner, t.
though Tin .ccpor Barbour ordered
the cllnE hon pcoorda arm waS
falling Tor the seventh timO
The rcf"rco notified Dempsey tho
no had won, and the salt Lake Ciy
puEilirt was well ON hl8 way 10 his
dressing room before his lnRuhg,rr
overlook him aHd told him ihnr hs
was In danger or being disqualified
on n technically for leaving tht
r1ng.
Knockout in Third.
Tho question Of which round
Dempsey won hts titlo was placed bo.
foro several veteran ring Officials
by men VINO had waGerH at stake
and tho consensus Yas that Demp.
sey stopped willard IN tho third
round. as tho lhttcr'n second tossed
tho towel OF dafoRt into tho ocntof
OF the ring before tho bell rang bc,
fore tho beginning OF the fourth ~os
sion. II will 90 into the record sa Il
hreo-round knockout
Those same veterans pointed ont
several other interesting features
They stated that Il was tho flrs
that a heavyweight champion had
ever admitted defeat without lca,.
ing his chair. as well as tho shortosi
heavyweight cham piousIIp combat
OF recent ring history
In other respects tho first fou
hours after the battle wore much the
same hs those following tho pnssin I
of past titles. Dempsey wnA soon
dressed anidmuch In evidence about
the downtown section. followed 10y =
wildly suthuRiastic and cheering
throng OF admirerA When he mp
pehrod for dinner at tho leading
hotel tho corridors were a maAA oi
swlrlinE spectators who. poekcd al
Willard'H conquorOr aAh he broke
training and dined IN ms y.
ner entirely different from the
simple menus OF tho past tive
montha Al tho sams hour
his dothroned opponent wa'
resting IN his temporary home IN a
residential section, with his battered
head packed In leo bags, and cut OF
from communication win tho out
aide world by n guard that even th'
telephone could not penetrate. H'
wAa examined by the boxing com.
miguion physician, however, sooi
after his Eeturn from the ring.
Na Seriously Injured.
The later stated officially that VII
lard was not seriously injured Ans
would be able TO appear In publi'
as coon aA his bruises and otho
marks OF battle had ylf lded to or
dinary treatment These bruisea
most superficial. were impressive
during the fight and caused con
Sternation I'm the ladies' box at th'
far edge OF tho arena whore NOR
than a hundred OF tho feminine SCI
wore the opeclal guests Of the pro
motors and principals
Neither boxer had made any DEF
inite plans for leaving The city earl
today but n is expected that pcmp
sey would depart within tho next q
hours In order TO fulNl vaudc
VILE engagement. offered him n
case he was tho winner willard ha'
originally planned 20 60 To New
York 10 dbcuSs certain husincs
plans Immediately Rftor tho bout. bu
what effect the upset will have upoi
this arrangement could not III
learned early today. In this con
neotion Il can DO said go coutiuen
was willard mat no would doteA
Dempsey that he had completed pre-
uminary plans To- organize a moN
tne picture company ana star IN
series Of dramas In which hts rinl
prowcsa would DO or great value. Tn
blows OF the more youthful oppo
nont are believed To have shRttore,
this scheme ~ they ala the cham
pionHhip claims OF the conqueror %
Jack johnson.
Dempsey has no imuediate idci
or re-euterinF the ring for thore b
no worthy opponent iD sight at TN
time II is likely that he viii en-
doavor 90 turn Data r'N'v gained RIM
lalrels into commercial Tue As ma
been the custom OF O., modcri
holders OF tho uGe.