Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-19
SPORTS
DEFEATED BOXER Gives
HIS VIEWS OF BIG FIGHT
Bill brennan Declares lie Lost Bat
tie With Jack Dempsey Because
Luck Was Against Him.
by HILL BRENNAN.
CAS- Told to Damon Itunyon.)


mine: listen TO the loser.
That punch to the belly In the
twelfth round OF my aght with Jack
Dempsey at Madison Square Garden
Tuesday night, didn't bother me.
! hear lot Of talk about II. but
the sock that finished me was a short
let; chop to, my iloating ribs on my
the one that got H..
It was delivered after the punch
|, thu. stomach. /, paralyzed my
about the most damaging smash
mar can get. I've also heard mucn
talk at9u1 the lick De DSmsanw me- nao me
calling IT the rabbit punch.
phase me. My legs had already quit
the ribs did the business. Further
more. the thing that stopped me Was
exactly what Panama Joe Cans. the
one OF my sparring partners. had
warned me against at the last min
ute.
Panama couldn't work In my
corner during the night because he
didn't have "A seconds license. But
he wan at the ringside. and at The
corner. and buzzed in my ear.
aro n%Sk BIZ ill.,! y Mmen sa a. I Hef eop
you with left body punch Watch
brennan Given Warming.
II! bet no man ever heard as many
warnings as did while Vas train
The colored heavy. who. also worked
with me. were saying from mOrn!ng
Till night: Don't do this. BIZ Don't
Do aS,, s"a'' BIN" Look OUT Watch
1 could hear them from the ring
side the other night IL sounded IKE
my training quarters. but OF course ,,
They worked hard with me.
m always believe il gas sor:
when he nnally stabbed me win that
body chop. II you saw the light yuull
bear me out when sag he WAS so
dazed hc didn't know ne had me for
i though, I was UP on my feet a,
the, count Of nine. That's VIVA. !
J! went back 10 my corner hitsr
Hauhop. the referee, pushed me aside;
81 thought was UP At nine. Leo.
said. .,,.
SO guess wasn't.
There may be 10, OF fellows who
since my nght with Dempsey In MIL
waukec that mad gooh chance 10
bea, him. hi, him so hard that
knew no man could ever forget IT..
When we were weighing in the
other afternoon, said 10 him: We'll,
soaked you pretty hard a, Milwau-
kee. and II looks as II I'm going to
finish you up tonight"
lie turned on me like Fellow VINO
suddenly decides TO take punch at
man and then "a suddenly changes
his mind. His mouth popped open,
that ] didn't catch.
That's the only time I spoke 70 him
before or during the fight. except a
hello" when we first came into the
FiuI Pretty we went over TO
a neutral corner 10 pose for the cam
eras. and then | saw that his legs
were shaking. Anybody VINO saw the
light win tell you this.
wcnt back 10 my corner. and
said TO Flynn:
leo. I'm pretty unlucky fellow
trembling like leaf"
don't say l wasn't nervous my
self. but ! certainly wasn't shaking;
There was. getting my hrst real
money after seven years OF hard
work in the ring. and with my first
chance n; the TILE Who wouldn't be
a little worked up"
We'll. just before the bell rang.
Flynn said 10 me:
What are you going to do;"
said: I'm going TO walk on,
with a lief, that's what I'm going
TO do
Ana that's exactly wha, tried
after the FIRST round said 10 Flynn:
Leo, I'm the unlucklcst fellow in the
world |! ! don't win"
brennan Full OF Confidence.
After the second round-and / think
Dempsey VIII remember that second
round long. long time-I said TO
''l've got him. can nail him any
time want TO with my left. and I
think I'll try with my right for his
AN right" E'Ivnn said "1:o ahead
You're Gambling Tor a million and
yom,ye got nothing to lose"
hF\' at all. He's fighting like
Which was true, I'll leave it to any
ono who saw the fight.
After the fourth, Flynn said TO me:
WHY. don't you take your shot with
your right"
said: II cant. He's turning and
running away from me. l don't get
And I'll leave that to anyone who
saw the fight.
After the ninth. remarked to
This fellow is tireder than I am.
He's pretty tired
Almost the instant got that punch
ma Joe Cans said. but 1t was too late.
I'm an unlucky fellow" I said to
Leo afterwards.
drawn too nne and overtrained'
didn't intend to stick to any alibis.
but / want TO tell you that about n
week before the fight fell OFF pref
ty much myself.
1T wasn't boxing with any pep.
and Kid Norfolk was the first to
notice: He told Flynn:
This fellow is all wrong" Nor
folk said. There's something the
matter with him. Ho can't do any
dropped Off In weight and Leo
was pretty much worried Tom
O'Rourke. the old manager, who
handled George Dixon and Joe Wal
colt i'm the days when you had to
know something about weight. was
up at the gymnasium one day, and
Leo talked my conditions over with
You'd better pack on everything
you can" said ORourke. Can YOU
get any Bass alc?"
Well. Leo didn't know. Bass ME
is pretty hard to get these prohibit
ton days. but he said he'd try He
sont somebody down to the docks.
and they got lot of Bass ale off
one or the liners, somehow. and ]
filled up on 1t.
pulled right out again, in fact.
took on so much that they had TO
take some, OF II Off again. SO Won
see; ! had my training troubles. too,
and prohibition came near putting me
out OF business entirely, because IL