Arizona republican., 1920-09-07

challenger went down. AT the count
of three he was on his knees but plain
ly suffering from the punishment and
he took the full count of nine before
coming up.
Right to Jaw Does 1t
As Miske struggled to his feet
Dempsey stepped back, carefully
his distance and bored up
ward with right hand swing that
landed squarely on Miskes chin. The
challenger fell like log, lying partly
under the ropes and with Dampsey
standing over him, was counted out IN
his own corner.
At the count of ten the victor lifted
the vanquished into the chair his sec
onds showed into the ring.
Miske, sitting in his corner being re-
vived after the knockout, made this
statement:
Dempsey is a better man than l am.
That fellow hits too hard The punch
that floored me in the second round
all but caved in my ribs. I never was
hit so hard in my life. The blow took
all the steam out of me and had not
recovered from its effects when the
third round opened. l think Dempsey
is unbeatable. There isn't a heavy
weight living that can stand up under
his punches. 1 fought the best battle
I could but was whipped before I really
got started
Dempsey, after a bath at his camp
just outside the arena, made this state
ment:
Il told my friends I would win. 1
never had any doubt of it. Miske is
tough and 1 trained and fought him
with as much caution as L would fight
any heavyweight. He did not hit me
hard enough to seriously hurt. The
punch that started him on his way was
a smash to the stomach in the second
round. 1 felt my fist sink into his ribs
and knew he was hurt. After that [
VISA confident I could end it whenever
wanted to, but 1 fought carefully and
took no chances. The finish came be-
fore 1 could get warmed up"
With a whoop the crowd which had
come to see their Jack the giant
killer knock his man cold and had
their desire satisfied, started to swarm
over benches and heads and anything
else that stood in their path to reach
the ring. But they never arrived. A
squad of Michigan state constabulary
with Sam Brown belts sagging under
the weight of reyolvers and cartridges
was there first and cleared a path and
formed a body guard to escort the
victor out of the arena.
Tate Shades Langford
Only two of the many that sought to
reach the champion as he left the ring
General John Biddle. commander of
Camp Custer, and Colonel T. r. Day,
his chief of staff.
The three round fight for the worlds
heavyweight championship closed a
day of sport included a terrific six
round mill between Harry Greb, Pitts
burg, and Chuck Virgins, Indiana
polls, light heavyweights, and serious
comic six-round mixup in which Bill
Tate, the elongated sparring partner
who has become a fixture in the
Dempsey training camps, employed one
of the longest arms ever seen in a
squared circle, to make Sam Lang
ford, Boston negro heavyweight keer
/ his distance. Tate won by shade
but not because Langford was no
game. for the visitor from the Eas
displayed an almost inhuman capacity
for turning wicked rights by interpos
ing his head as an obstacle.
Langford, entering the ring at 194
reached almost to the arm pit of th'
giant Tate, whose mighty bulk sen
the scales sagging under his 23i
pounds.
Greb and Virgins Draw
The Greb- Virgins setto resulted IL
a draw after a whirlwind battle tina
kept the spectators on their toes Wig
gins employed the Johnny Dundee
| hop, a kangaroo leap that lifted hin
the blows he landed lacked the puncl
needed to do any serious damage.
The arena nearly filled. Promote
| Floyd Fitzsimmons said that 500
persons stood outside, declining t
come in and pay the $13, $22 and So
demanded for about 1000 seats that h
estimated stood empty. From friendl
lookouts perched on the high woode
, walls, they got their fight news.