South Bend news-times., 1920-12-16
CHICAGO HEAVY
MADE CHAMPION
GIVE HIS BEST
Brennan Exhibition One OF
Gamest in Ring History,
Experts Say.
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Hr IrirrI Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 15.- The
worlds heavyweight crown suu
rests on the brow OF Jack Dempsey.
But under the face IL was some
what altered wednesday.
The left ear OF the champion was
smashed and torn his lips were
puGed out and cut his jaws were
swollen and his eyes were puffy and
red.
re was in bed. tired and worn
from going the Longest distance Of
his career and from taking his
worst beating.
Bnl Brennan. the big husky Chi
caEo heavyvei ght. stayed Il rounds
with the man killer Monday night
in Madison Square Garden and in
those = rounds he made the cham
pion work the hardest ne has ever
worked and take more thau he has
ever taken
Two vicious punches 10 the St0m-
ach and Il sma shing right 10 the
head In the middle of the 18th
round folded Brennan up and he
feu on his head and elbows in n
neutral corner knocked out.
Game TO the End.
out the few remaining rounds, but
the steady pounding on his heart
and stomach, rights aud lefts that
whnCked against him like blows of
an air riviter. had sapped every bit
of his endurance.
Take the count his seconds
were screaming from his corner lie
took the cOuut-hs had to.
Close 20 $4,000 spectators gather
"a with the expectation of going
nome early Instead they stayed
late and were given the surprise OF
their lives The gallery gods way
up lu the smoke clouds around the
rim Of the roof several times were
In violent uproar with the
thought they were seeing a cham
piOnship change hands. The crowd
was startled by seeing the supposed
easy mark the victim Of the pub
lies demand 10 see Dempsey I'm az
tion. rush out Of his corner in the
first round ard smack the cham
piou on the jaw.
They were more startled 10 see
Brennan carrying the hght 10 the
champion and leading all the time.
brennan rocked the champion
twice with vicious rights I'm the sec
ond round and brought black
scOWl and barred teeth 10 the face
Of Dempsey.
The third round passed and the
crowd began 10 wonder lt was
wondering more and more up 90 the
eighth when the tide began 10 turn.
Turned in Eighth
Brennan had won the Hrst 6ve
rounds and was even up To that
ciEhth when Dempsey got through
ts-o crushing blows 10 his stomach.
Tine CHICAGO fighter WINGED with
pain and he went 10 his corner open
mouthed and tagged.
From then on Dempsey won. Al
though tiring himself. the cham
plcu had more endurance He had
more steam i'm his punches and
more energy left To get around
Dempsey was bit overtrained
and slow" Jack kearns said today.
The champion was drawn to
Zine point when ne entered the rims
Tie was pasty I'm the face and didn't
have a superf1Uous ounce He was
cold. too. ard it took him five
rounds 20 Cet warm enough 90 show
anything like mis- form"
Dempsey has had only two fshts
in seventeen months.
lie showed the results OF his i'm
activity, RE missed frequently, mis-
timing was slow and his eye was
True. he won his fight and re-
tafned the championship but he
lost n lot OF his color Hc haI
lught the fans 20 expect q victory
IN "a punch or 50. or IN round or
$50. and because he took so long to
get a hard. strong fighter. the crowd
uIed out with the thought that
somebody's goin' git im."