The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-15
BRENNAN GIVES
JACK TOUGHEST
FIGHT OF LIFE



Omitted Press stan CorrespondcnU
New York, Dec. 1.-THE world'a
heavyweight crown stu rests on
the Sowing brow Of Jack Damp.
sey.
But the face under II was eqmA-
what altered today. IS ~
The left ear Of the champion Wa
smashed and torn. his lips vera
pulled out and cut and his Jaws
were. swollen snd his eyaD were
puffy and red.
He was in bed. tired and worn
from going the longest distance q
his career and from taking Ais
worst beating. -
Hardest figAe u LifA
Bill Brennan. the big. husky Chi.
cago heavyweight. stayed II rounds
with the man killer" last night tn
Madison Square garden, and IN
those IL rounds he made the cham-
pion work the hardest he has evar
worked and take more than he has
ever taken. 80
Two vicious punches In Tie
stomach and . smashing right on
his head in the middle of the 18th
round folded Brenpan mp and he
fell ON his head and elbows b .
neutral corner, knocked out
He tried gamely to rise and stay
out the few remaining rounds. but
the steady pounding ON his heart
and stomach. rights and let's, that
whacked against him Ike blows e
an air riveter, had Slapped every
bit Of his endurance.
Down and Out.
Take the count" his seconds
were screaming from his corner.
He took the count-because hs had
to.
Close to $4,000 spectators gath.
cred with the expectation Of going
home early. Instead, they stayed
late and were given the surprise a
their lives. The gallery gods. way
up in the smoke clouds around the
rim Of the roof, several times were
in violent uproar With the thought
they were seeing . championship
change hands.
The crowd was startled by SEE
ing the supposed easy mark, the
victim Of the public's demand to
see Dempsey in action, rush out Of
his corner in the first round and
smack the champion on the Jaw.
Brennan Leads All Way.
They were more startled to see
Brennan carrying the tight to the
champion and leading all the time.
Brennan rocked the champion
twice with vicious rights in the
second round and brought a black
scowl and barred teeth to the face
of Dempsey.
The third round passed and the
crowd began to wonder. 1t was
wondering more and more up to
the eighth, when the tide began to
turn.
Brennan had won tho first I'VE
rounds and was even up to that
eighth when Dempsey got through
two crushing blows to his stomach.
The Chicago fighter WINGED with
pain and he went to his corner
open-mouthed and tagged.
Beginning Of End.
From then on Dempsey woO. Al
though tired himself. the champion
had more endurance. He had more
steam in his punches and more en-
ergy left to get around.
Dempsey was . bit overturned
and SLOW" Jack Kearns said to-
day.
The champion was dsawn to .
very 1ne point when he entered
the ring. He was pasty In the face
and didn't have a superfuous
ounce. He was cold, too, and It
took him i've rounds to get warm
enough to show anything like his
| form.
Dempsey has had only two fights
in II months. He showed the re-
suits of his inactivity. His missed
frequently, his timing was slow
and his eye was OF.
i Champ Loses ~Color!~
True, he won his fight and re-
tanned the championship. but he
lost q lot Of his color" He had
taught, the fans to expect victory
in q punch or 80, or in q round or
two, and because he took so long
to get a hard. strong fighter, the
| crowd filed out with the thought
that-"somebody's goin' to get I'M"