The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-15
BY ROUNDS

Round 1.-The men got into the cen ter of the ring, Dempsey landing first, right chop to the head. They ex- changed lefts and rights to the body at close quarters and clinched fre- quently Brennan worked left hooks to the head, while Dempsey sent two rights to the head, one of which mar rowly missed Brennan'S chin. Both worked fast at close quarters and Dempsey scratched Brennan's right eye with left hook. Dempsey's round by shade
 Roud 2-Dempsey landed a light right on the neck, Brennan replying with a similar blow on the neck. They they got into short arm mix-up Dempsey missed a left hook for the head l Brennan hooked left to stomach. Short l lefts and rights were exchanged at close quarters and Dempsey sent a half-arm left to the body and brought it up to the face with a great deal of steam be- 1 hind it. Dempsey was short with right | t., the head and Brennan got in two half arm uppercuts over the heart. They were | in a lively mix-up at the bell Brennan had a shade in this round.
 Round 3-They rushed into a clinch and then exchanged body blows. Both landed short right uppercuts. Demp- i sey tucked into a right hook which was followed by a left and right to the neau. DeinpSey then SldTteu dIler 1 his man with left and right hooks but seemingly did got put much pow 1 CT into the blows. Dempsey showed a slight scratch over his nose. There were few rapid exchanges with hon. 1 ors fairly even Dempsey crossed his right hard to the ear, the hardest blow So far in the fight The cham | pion whether intentionally or not missed couple of right hooks for the head and then brought his left to Brennans mouth, which was bleed /, ing at the close of the round. Demp- 1 seys round.
 1 Round 4-They exchanged body blows with both hands and then land ed light left and right hooks at close quarters. Dempsey blocked a left lead I for the face and sent short right ! over the heart. There was a good deal of ineffective work at close quar- l ters. Brennan sent his right twice to the head. The champion came back | with stiff left to the face and short l right cross to the ear. Then Dempsey
 met Brennan with left hook and shot 1 two vicious rights to the head. Demp- sey was putting more steam into his | blows at this stage and hooked lefts | and rights to the face and head. Bren- l nan was bleeding from the mouth when
 he went to his corner Dempsey's l round.
 Round 5-After some short arm ex- i, changes and a ciinch, Dempsey was /, cautioned for touching his man light l ly on the face in the breakaway. Demp- sey lodged from a right hook and sent three hard rights to stomach and ribs Forcing Bill into a neutral corner he
 hooked his right twice to the stom- ach and when they came to the cen l ter of the ring again drove a hard | right into Brennans midsection. Bren- sent fo
 before the gong rang. but it was Dempsey's round by a good margin. Round 6--They fiddled for half a 1 minute, tapping each other lightly. Then Dempsey hooked his right to
 the head and Brennan retaliated with two right body blows. They exchanged hard body blows with both hands and
 Dempsey hooked stiff left over the heart. In a mix-Ip Dempsey hooked
 ms right to the wind and blocked | many attempts by Brennan with short arm uppercuts. Dempsey's round.
 Round-7-Dempsey jabbed left to the lace and hooked two hard lefts to ] the body. Dempsey kept jabbiag with his left and missed a right hook. Bren-
 nan's returns were very light. After l scme sparring Dempsey drove his right
 hard to the body and hooked a shorn | left to the ear. Brennan sent his
 right to the head but received a stiff
 punch on the nose from Dempseys $ right in return. Dempsey put two
 rights to the head just before the bell. 1 Dempsey's round.
 Round S-After a few exchanges at
 close quarters Dempsey let go his left at full length to the body. Then he trled right cross, which grazed Bren
 nan's chin. Brennan hooked left to
 face and Dempsey hooked left and
 right to head. Dempsey missed an
 other right cross. but came back quick
 iy With right and left to head, shak-
 ing Brennan up. The going became
 a bit rougher at this stage with Demp- sey having the better of the changes.