Arizona republican., 1920-09-07

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RING SIDE, BENTON HARBOR,
Mich, Sept 6.-Jack Dempsey, heavy
weight champion of the world. demon
strated today that he still retains the
terrific punch that Won him the title.
He knocked out Billy Miske of st
Paul. fighter as big and game as
himself, in the third round of their ten
round match Three hard smashes
We're sufficient to win him between
s5o.oo0 and 100000, his SO per cent
share of the gate receipts.
AT the start of the fight, his first
In IA 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 1ightness of foot
and finished UP by taking the fight in
the third round just as he did at To-
ledo. The third round went one min
ute and IS seconds.
Mis1e went down three times in the
last two and a half rounds of fight
ing. In the second he measured his
length on the floor for the count Of
five. In the fatal third. driven to his
corner under rain of lefts and rights
to the stomach and chin, the challenger
took the count of nine and had just
regained his feet when Dempsey, care
fully measuring his balance, finished
the bout with a right hand punch to
the chin
The fight was watched by one of
the most orderly crowds on record at
championship match. Women in
bright clothing were scattered
throughout the audience from the ring
side to the back fence where they
perched along side the wicked barbed
wires and outshone some of the sign
boards in attracting attention. De-
layed special trains held back the fight,
and in the confusion of the long wait.
Miske, first into the ring, slipped
through the crowd scarcely being no.
ticed. A messenger from the cham
pion's camp presently arrived to in
quire whether the challenger was IN
the ring This formality of the
squared circle over, the messenger
hiked back TO Dempsey's camp while
Miske waited 10 minutes for the cham
plon. who drew an ovation as he
marched threw the crowd. Mlske's s
fighting togs bore his initials elabo-
rateIy embroidered in silk on the left
leg
Miske as pale his forehead 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
1efts and rights, none OF them seeming
70 punish much. The crowd yelled at
Dempsey to speed it up and Miske
grinued. Dempsey crossed a leIL 10 the
jaw and followed with a right to the
stomach that fairly doomed with its
solid impact. Miske backed away and
covered up without showing signs of
distress. Dempsey finished the ses-
sion by feinting with left to Miske's
wind and following 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 a ter
rifle blow that snapped Miske's head
back and left him dizzy and before ht
had recovered. the champion stepped
i'm and bored upward with a right blow
that landed just below the heart anC
sent Mis1e sprawling on his side, hal
sitting.
Despite shouts from his handlers t
take all the rest he could, Miske strug
gIed up at the count Of five and backe'
away. covering his stomach. Dempse,
rushed and Miske slipped in for
clinch but the champion kept one arm
free and landed three short arm blow
on the chin. Stepping free. he swuni
with his left in feint. and Miske re
coiIed before the blow which neve
landed.
Round Three
Miske came up strong in the thir
and fighting desperately with his teet
rritted he bored in with a rapid ex
hut his speed proved his eventual un
doing. for he failed to cover his weak
est noint the body. Dempsey matche
rneed for speed and the round was sti
Young when his swift travelling lei
found Mislxe's stomach again and tn