The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-26


ed a heavy blow. which started the claret
flowing from his antagonists nose. A heavy
punch in the jaw caused ing to staSger on
his long legs toward the last. of the round
but at the end he was more self contained
than he had been since the beginning of the
fight of this strangely matched pair.
ROUND FIvE-Ung, the wary, returned
10 the fray with blood in his eye His Jaw
was firmly set and rigidly. His face was
battered and swollen and one eye was closed
and growing blacker every second, but there
was upon him a pantherlike lust for blood
The rage which was boiling within MIN
caused him to move swiftly on his feet. not
as a man would, but as the tiger does when
in pursuit OF his prey. He struck quickly
and viciously. parrying by main strength
and awkwardness rather than by skill or
science, the often repeated blows aimed by
Dempsey at the point of his jaw
He struck his opponent a heavy blow on
The chest. which seemed TO vertically crunch,
but Dempsey showed no sign OF having felt
it, so intent was he on giving to this beast
Of a forgotten world the thrust which would
bring to an end fight which was fast cals-
ing his own strength to ebb. He checked
right uppercut and was bringing his pom
6erous right into. range when, with wild
cry. the savage Troglodyte fell upon him and
cllnched just as the bell sounded the end oil
the round
ROUND SIX-Unable TO match his ring
foe in any of the science of pugilism, ing
now resorted TO all the wiles and tricks
which he had learned in mountain Businesses
and in the forests, in challenging the wild
beasts for his right to survive. He thrust
aside all the appearances Of training which
had served only as a thin veneer. and be-
came creature of the woods and wilds.
With swift movement he tore off his
padded gloves and started after Dempsey
with his bare hands.
In vain did the referee cry Foul and
throw himself forward to interfere. He was
tossed aside as though he were leaf upon
a swollen torrent. The modern fighter, too.
got rid OF the leathern coverings of his
hands and chest to chest and face TO face
the world that is and the world that was
struggled for the mastery. What had been
intended to he a boxing match became
fight stripped TO first principles. The huge
forms Of the men swayed backward and
forward.
ROUND SEVEN twas duel from that
moment. So quickly did the last phase be-
gin that few there were who sensed at first
the vital significance of this struggle, which
shocked and thrilled the most hardened
habitues of the ringsides. Believing, kick
ing. biting and throtting, ING fell upon his
adversary with all the means Within his
power as man or beast. The issue was now
one between two muscled animals rather
than between men of any epoch. Dempsey
threw the giant to the floor and the two
rolled over and over again with the
rapidity OF two giant cats in mortal struggle.
Suddenly the form of the twentieth CEN
fury fighter grew limp. and ing, rising from
the ground. lifted Dempsey well up TO his
shoulders and flung him TO the floor with o
crash which could be heard over the entire
arena.
Timekeepers referee and second aided by
the police succeeded In overpowering the
TrogIodyte and in binding him with ropes
torn from the ringsde. The victory was on
the side Of primeval man. who had disre
garded all the traditions and the conventions
Of the ring on account - - fUul tactics
of Ting. the whole fight was OF course de-
clared TO be unworthy OF a place in fstic
annals
The close OF the contest with what could
hardly be called seventh round sent
Dempsey to the hospital with a broken arm
and three fractured ribs. His rugged con-
stitution. however. permitted his swift re-
covery, and within three or four weeks he
was on his feet ing was so affected by the
nerve shock Of the night that, although he