The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-07

chances. The finish came before l could get warmed up.'
 With whoop the crowd who had come to see their Jack, the Giant Killer" knock his man cold 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 hanging under the weight of re- Yolvers and cartridges was there first and cleared path and formed a body guard to escort the victor out of the arena. Only two of the many that sought to reach the champion as he left General John Riddle, commander of Camp Custar. and Colonel F. R. Day, his chief of staff.
 The three-round fight for the worlds heavyweight championship closed a day of sport that included a terrific six round bout between Harry Greb, Pitts burg, and Chuck Wiggins, Indianapolis, ight-heavyweghts and a serio comic six-round mix-up in which Bill Tate, the elongated sparring partner who has be- come a fixture in the Dempsey training camp, employed one of the longest left arms ever seen in a squared circle to
 make Sam Langford, the Boston negro heavyweight, to keep his distance. Tate won by shade, but not because Lang ford was not game, for the chunky visi- tor from the eastern shore displayed an almost inhuman capacity for turning wicked rights by interposing his head as
 an obstacle.
 Langford entering the ring at 19i pounds, reached almost to the armpit of the giant Tate, whose mighty bulk sent the scales sagging under his 2SS pounds of bone and snew. The Greb- Wiggins set-to resulted in draw after a whirlwind battle that kept the spectators on their tiptoes Wiggins employed the Johnny Dundee hop, a kan garoo leap that lifted him over Greb's guard time and again, but the blows he landed lacked the punch needed to do any serious damage.
 The arena was nearly filled, promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons said that 5000 per sons stood outside declining to come in and pay the $13 s22 and $33 demanded for about 1000 seats that he estimated stood empty. From friendly lookouts perched on the high wooden walls they | got their news.
 Dempsey crawled into the ring ten | minutes late The champion wore a red sweater and a days growth of whiskers. Dempsey obligingly backed 1 into a neutral corner and posed for
 
 lures had been taken of Dempsey he and Miske, Chairman Bigger of the state commission. Referee Dougherty of Philadelphia and Promoter Fitzsim-
 mons posed for group picture. Dempsey chose the corner with the sun at his back. Manager Jack Kearns was in charge of the champions cor ner.
 Miske's weight was announced at 1S7 pounds while Dempsey's was announced at 1S8. The ring was cleared at 427 central time.
 FIGHT BY ROUNDS Round 1-Miske hooked left to the head. They danced around the ring. Dempsey landed right and left to the ] head as they came in. Dempsey missed 1 a left hook but landed two rights to the head. Dempsey drove a right to the head. Dempsey Handed light left to the mouth. Dempsey hooked two
 lefts to the head and exchanged punches to the body as they came to- gether in a clinch. The bell sounded with both men fighting in the center of the ring.
 Round 2-They rushed into a olinch Referee Dougherty had difficulty breaking them. Dempsey landed left hook to the chin and followed 1t with a right cross. He floorcd Mske with a right hand punch and the challenger
 took the count of five. Miske fell into
 q clinch to protect himself. Dempsey
 landed three lefts to the jaw--en the
 breakaway and a half dozen hard rights to the body. The champion missed a right swing to the head and drove Miske into his own corner. hook ing him with left to the chin.
 Round 3-Dempsey danced around the ring and hooked hard right to Miske body. Mske landed left to the jaw and Dempsey swung a right to the jaw, knocking Miske out