Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-15
Fourteen Thousand Persons
Witness the Boxing Bout
Staged in Madison Square
Garden, New York City.
WINNER GUARANTEED
PURSE OF 100000
Crowd Is Representative OF
City's Cosmopolitan and
Professional Life; Many
Women Present.
(By The Associated Press)

Madison Square Gardeh,
N. Y, Dec. 14.-Jack Demp-
sey, the worlds heavyweight
champion, Knocked out Bill
Brennan, of Chicago, tonight
in the twelfth round of the
first heavyweight champion
ship fight staged in New
York since the Walker law
became operative.
A steady stream Of ticket
holders poured in each en-
trance of Madison Square
Garden as soon as the doors
were opened at 7 o'clock,
and one hour later every
seat was filled. 1t was es-
timated that $4,000 persons
were present and that the
receipts would reach $780,
900.
Movie Men On Hand.
While half a dozen photograph
ers got into the ring to be ready to
snap the principals in the big
event when they arrived, the mov-
ing picture men were on both
sides of the garden, busily grind
ing out yards Of film.
Four powerful lights suspended
from the roof high over the ring
made the roped enclosure almost
as bright as daylight.
Brennan entered the ring AZ
| 1928, his green trunks peekinH
out from under a crimson sweater
| Dempsey came through the ropes
| in Brennans corner a moment
later. The champion stopped for
n moment to shake hands with his
challenger and then each of them
examined the bandages on the
others hands.
Dempsey wore white trunks. top
ned with a red, white and blue belt
and only wore towel over his
shoulders.
Announcer Humphreys intro
duced Dempsey as the hardest hit
ting heavyweight champion ever
known. brennan was introduced
as from Chicago and the most
popular heavyweight in the middle
west. The weights We're: Demn-
sey, 1SS; Brennan, 1877
John Haukup, of Brooklyn, was
the referee and the judges were
Thomas Shortell, Brooklyn. and
Joe Ruddy, of the New York A. c.
A telegram was read from jess
Wijlar1 al Kansas City, asking Tex
Rickard to challenge the winner.
The photographers got through
their work quickly and the ring was
cleared at 1885.
The Fight by Rounds.
Round One-The men got into
the center of the ring, Dempsey
landing first Il right chop to the
head. They exchanged lefts and
rights to the body at close quarters
and clinched frequently. brennan
worked left hooks TO the head
while Dempsey sent two rights TO
the head one of which narrowlN
missed Brennan's chin. Botl
worked fast at close quarters, AMI
Dempsey scratched Brennan flgl
eve with a left hook. Dempsey
round by a shade.
Round TwO-Dempsey landed a
light left on the neck, Brennan re-
piying with a similar blow on the
neck. Then they got into a short
arm mix-up. Dempsey missed a
left hook for the head. Brennan
hooked left to stomach. short
lefts and rights were exchanged at
close quarters and Dempsey sent a
haIf-arm left to the body and
brought it up to the face with a
great deal of steam behind it.
Dempsey was short with rights to
the head and Brennan got in two
half-arm uppercuts over the heart.
They were in lively mix-up at the
bell. Brennan had shade in this
round.
Round Thrce--They rushed into
a clinch and then exchanged body
blows. Both landed short right
uppercuts. Dempsey ducked into, a
right hook which was followed ny
a left and right to the head. Demp-
sey then started after his man with
left and right hooks. nut seemingly
did not put much power into tha
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