New-York tribune., 1920-12-26

The title holders in the other classes
remain as listed last year. Jack Demp-
sey retains the heavyweight crown, but
there are few dents in it. Jack Brlt-
ton is still the welterweight champion.
Benny Leonard is en.phatically still the
lightweight champion. Johnny Xii
oane, the eminent The plan. retains the
featherweight championship by the
simple process of not boxing in states
where they have decisions. Jimmy
Wilde, of England, is still the Ayweight
champion and the lone English cham
pion.
Champion Does Poorly
The most startling event OF the year
pugilistically vas the poor showing
made by Jack Dempsey in his bout with
Bill Brennan in Madison Square Gar
den. II took the champion twelve
rounds 10 stop the Hon. Leo ?. Flynn's
glorifed portland beaner, and before
Brennan was stopped he pounded the
champion almost at will. They do say
that Dempsey will carry caulifower
ear as souvenir Of this encounter.
Dempsey fought just two bouts this
year. At Benton Harbor, Mich, with
Billy Miske picked as the victim,
Dempsey seemed the same man killer
that laid Jess Willard low at Toledo.
Miske was beaten the moment that
merely question as to when Dempsey
vas ready TO send in the knockout
punch. There. with the picturesque
background formed by the whiskers Of
she House of David, Dempsey seemed
the fighter that his admirers had made
MIN out to be, boxer with the punch
Of Fitzsimmons and the ferocity OF
jeffries.
Before the bout at Madison Square
Garden Bill Brennan was regarded as
very much Of joke. Dempsey had
stopped him once before, ana it was
believed that he would stop him again.
The champion could name the round
and the punch, they said.
But the pork-and- bcaner started 30
carry the fight to Dempsey, and he car
ried it to h m so empnstically that the
neavywe ght champion looked like a
Yery mediocre performer. Those who
saw Dempsey in action for the first
-ime With Brennan said to thems selves:
s1~ DO the experts get that way :?
~hat 40 they mean that this fellow
ass wallop like Fitzsimmons ?"
Iron Bandages" Story
A. matter Of fact, the poor show
,ng Of Dempsey against Bernnan lends
color TO the story that Dempsey wore
iron bandsges" Toledo when he beat
down Willard. in three punches
Dempsey fractured Willard's cheek
oone, cracked one OF his ribs and dis.
ioca.aa his jaw. Every time he hit
y liiard he crushed something or drew
blood. He hit Brennan often and
earnestly. but he could not beat him
down until Brennan was weakened by
An accumulation OF body punches.
The poor showing Of Dempsey against
Brennan Was just filling the hackers of
Carpenter with optimism when Frank
Moran came along and dropped Joe
Beckett, the Engl sh champion. Joseph
8 the horizontal gent who was knock j
out by Carpenter. Moran did the 90
guite as effectively as Carpenter on
sequently, knocking out Beckett seems
70 mean little or nothing.
BY the way, CARPENTER is the light
neavy eight champion Of the world, if
that means anything. Battling Levin
SKY used to hold this title. The class is
not generally recognized and the title
means little or nothing. Levinsky put
up very bad exhibition with Carpen-
tier, such Z poor one that Carpenter
did not get q fir chance 10 show what
he mad
Dempsey is scheduled to meet Viii
ard IN a return match early next year
If II had not been for the Dempsey
Brennan match here would be very
little intere in this match. Willard
c'rtainiy was beaten to anybody s