Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-07
DEMPSEY KNOCKS
M|SkE SILLY IN
THIRD ROUND At
BENTON HARBOR
World S Heavyweight Chan -
pion Boxer Successfully
Defends His Title in Bout
With St. Paul Fighter,
CONTEST WITNESSED
BY 1900 PERSONS
End Comes After Challenger,
Staggering To His Feet,
Receives a Right Handeri
Goes Down For Count,
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Rmgside, Benton Harbor, Mich,
Jack Dempsey, heavyweight cham
pion of the world, demonstrated to-
day that he still retains the ter
| rifle punch that won him the title
! He knocked ou Billy Miske of ST.
! Paul fighter as big and game as
! himself in the third round OF
/ their ten-round match. Three hard
smashes were sufficient TO win him
between $4,000 and 100000, his
! so per cent share of the gate re-
ceipts.
At the start of tho fight, his first
in fourteen months, Dempsey
peeled off the same worn and
/ patched red sweater that he wore
when he knocked out Jess Willard,
His face wore the same fighting
frown, he danced about the ring
with old time ligntness OF foot and
nished up by taking the fight IN
the third round Just as he did NJ
Toledo. The third round went one
minute and thirteen seconds.
Niiske E1oored Three Times.
Miske went down three times ~
the less than two and one-hal y
rounds Of fighting. In the second
he measured his length on the fl0ni
for the count of five, In the iatai
third, driven to his corner undel
The rain of left and rights to the
stomach and chin. the challenger
took the count Of n ne and hat
lust .regained his feet when Demp
sey, carefully measuring his baE
ance, finished the bout Win
right hand punch TO the chin
The fight was watched by one OF
the most orderly crowds on recorC
at championship match. WomeT
in bright clothing were scattered
throughout the audience from the
rings de to the back fence, wherf
) they perched alongside the @icket
barbed wires and outshone some
of the signboards In attracting al
, tention.
Delayed special trains held bacl
the fight, and in the CONFUSION .
, the long watt, Miske, first into IN
ring. slipped through the crowd
{ scarcely being not Ced. a messeh
ger from the champions cam
, presently arrived to inquire wheth
] or the challenger was in the ring
This rormality of the squared cir
i, clio over the messenger hiked hacl
10 Dempseys camp while MisK'
: waited for the champion, VINO uieV
: an ovation as he marched throus'
J the crowd, Miske's fight hg tog
bore his initials elaborately EN-
| broidered in silk on the lett reg
: Dempsey had the regular req
! white and blue costume.
, Challenger Was Pale.
: Miske was pale, his forehca'
wrinkled and his lips pressed ugh
as he sprang to meet Dempsey WIN
the opening gong. He landed TN
\ first blow. Both challenger an
champion measured each othe
with a cautious tattoo of lefts an
rights. none of them seeming I
punish much. The crowd yele
at dempsey to speed it up an
Miske grinned. Dempsey crossed
| left to the jaw and followed with
right to the stomach that fair
boomed with it's solid impace. Misk
backed away. and covered up with
ont showing signs of distress
Dempsey finished the sess on b
feinting with a left to Miske's win
ana following with right to tn
| head.
| The second round opened fa'
| with the champion trying hard
| rock Miskc's head with his lef
| Dempsey found his opponents ja
with terrific blow that snappe
/ M'ske's head back and left hi
dizzy and before he had recovered
L Gtpnrtnd in an
bored inward with a right bio
that landed Just below the heal
| and sent Miske soraWiihg on II
side, half sitting.
Ignores Handlers Shouts.
Despite shouts from his handlel
to take all the rest he could, Mls(
| struggled up at the count of nv
and backed away, COVERING n
stomach. Dempsey rushed an
II Miske slipped in for "a clinch bl
the champion kept one arm IRE
and landed three short arm blow
on the chin. Stepping free, !
| swung with his left in feint, an
Miske recoiled before the bio
which never landed.
Miske came up strong In u
third and fighting desperately VIII
| his teeth gritted, he bored in vii
rapid exchange, landing rigl
TO the body but his speed prove
his eventual undolng, for he failt
TO cover his weakest point, u
body. Dempsey matched speed +
speed and the round was So
young when his swift travelling lie
found Miske's stomach again ar
the challenger went down. At Il
count of three he was on his kne'
but plainly suffering from the Pun
;sbment and he took the full cou
of nine before coming up. t
Right Swing To Chin.
AS Miske struggled to his fe
Dempsey stepped back. careful
| measured his distance and bore
upward with right hand swir
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