Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-07
Dempsey Defeats
Miske in Third of
Ten Round Battle


weight champion of the world, DEM
onstrated Monday that he still re-
tains the terrific punch that won
him the title. He knocked out Billy
Miske, OF st. Paul, a fighter as big
and game as himself, in the third
round of their ten round match.
Three hard smashes were suf-
ficient to win him between $4,000
and 100000, his SO per cent share OF
the gate receipts.
AT the start of the 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. Ills face
wore the same fighting frown, he
danced about the ring with old time
lightness of foot and finished up by
taking tho fight in the third round,
just as he did at Toledo. The third
round went one minute and thirteen
seconds.
Miske went down three times in
the less than two and one half
rounds of fighting. In the second he
| measured his length on the floor flor
the count OF five. In the fatal third,
driven to his corner under a rain of
left and rights to the stomach and
chin, the challenger took the count
of nine, and had just regained his
feet, when Dempsey, carefully mea-
surfing his balance, finished the bout
with right-hand punch to the chin.
Crowd Mas Orderly.
The fight was Watched by one of
the most orderly crowds on record at
"a championship match. Women in
bright clothing Were scattered thru
| the audience from the ringside to the
| back fence. where they perched
alongside the wicked barbed wires
and outshone some of the sign boards
| in attracting attention.
Delayed special trains held back
the fight. and in the confusion Of the
long wait, Miske, first into the ring,
slipped thru the crowd. scarcely be-
| ing noticed. A messenger from the
champions camp presently arrived
to inquire whether the challenger
was in the ring, This formality of
the squared circle over, the mes
senger hiked back to Dempsey's
camp while Miske waited ten min
iutes fdf the champion. who drew an
ovation as he marched thru the
crowd. Miskes fighting toys bore his
| initials deliberately embroidered in
silk on the left leg. Dempsey had
the regular red, white and blue cos
tune.
Miske Was Pale.
i SIy nhao Il
wrinkled and his lips pressed tight
as he sprang to meet Dempsey with
the opening gong. He landed the first
blow. Both challenger and champion
measured each other with a cautious
| tattoo of lefts and rights, none of
them seeming to punish much. The
crowd yelled Dempsey to speed 1t up
and Miske grinned. Dempsey crossed
la left to the jaw and followed with a
right to the stomach that fairly
doomed with It's solid impact. Miske
backed away and covered up, with
out showing signs of distress. Demps
sey, finished the session by feinting
with left to Miske's wind and fol-
lowing with a right to the head.
! The second round opened fast,
with the champion trying hard to
rock Miske's head with his left.
Dempsey found his opponents jaw
with terrific left that snapped
Miske's head back and left him dizzy
and before he had recovered the
champion stepped in and bored up
ward with right blow that landed
just below the heart and sent Miske
sprawling on his side, half sitting.
| Speed Miske's Undoing.
Despite shouts from his handlers
to take all the rest he could, Miske
struggled up at the count Of five and
backed away covering his stomach
Dempsey rushed and Miske slipped
In for a clinch, but the champion
kept one arm free and landed three
short arm blows on the chin. Step
ping free. he swung with his left in
feint. and Miske recoiled before the
blow which never landed.
Miske came up strong In the third,
and fighting desperately, with his
teeth gritted. he bored in with a rap
Id exchange, landing a right to the
body, but his speed proved his event.
ual undoing, for he failed to cover
his weakest spot, the body. Dempsey
matched speed for speed and the
round was still young when his swift
travelling left found Miske's stomach
again and the challenger, went down.
At the count Of three he was on his
knees but plainly suffering from the
| punishment. and he took the full
count Of. nine before coming up.
| AS Miske struggled to his feet,
Dempsey stepped back, carefully
measured his distance and bored up
ward with a right hand swing that
landed square on Miske's chin. The
challenger fell like a log, lying partly
under the ropes, and with Dempsey
standing over him, was counted out
i'm his own corner.
] At the count of ten the victor lifted
the vanquished into the chair his
seconds showed into the ring.
| What They Say.
Miske, sitting, in his corner being
revived after the knockout, made this
statement:
| Dempsey is a better man than I
am. That fellow hits too hard. The
| punch that floored me in the second
round all but caved in my ribs. 1
never was hit so hard in my life. The
4 blow took all Of the steam out of me
and had not recovered from it's eff
fects when the third round opened. I
think Dempsey is unbeatable. There
isn't a heavyweight living that can
stand up under his punches. I fought
the best battle I could, but was
whipped before I really got started %
| Dempsey after a bath at his camp