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MuIdoOn SidetracI<ed.

The first contest of the evening was
not staged in the ring, but in the lobby
of the Garden. William Muldoon. a
famous wrestler of long ago and who
was granted the first judges license by
the Boxing Commission, was notified to
report Mt the Garden early. and nat
urally he was supposed TO act as one
Of the judges. To his astonishment
when he arrived at the Garden and
encountered Tex Richard he was in
formed that the Boxing Commission
had appointed Joe Rudy of the New
York Athletic Club and Tommy Shortell
of the Tennis and Racquet Club to act
as judges. Mr. Muldoon was naturally
wrathy, and expressed his Indignation
in no uncertain language. Charles
Thorley. who also was invited to report
at the Garden early. notified the COM
mission that he had more important
business on hand.
A persistent rumor to the effect that
Joe Stecher had been seriously injured
in his contest with Ed Lewis, one re-
port being to the effect that the de-
feated wrestler had died of his injuries
was refuted by Stecher himself. who
from his seat in the arena declared
that the report Of hts death was greatly
exaggerated. Stecher smiled broadly
when the runner was brought to his at
tention, and said he did not expect to
be fatally injured by head lock or any
other lock.
A telegram from Jess Willard arrived
early at the ringside, in which the VIC
tim of the battler of Maumee Bay in
sisted on challenging the winner OF the
title contest.
Jack kearns, manager of Dempsey,
when asked II his spot had been picked
out for the Dempsey Carpenter contest.
replied he has not given the matter a
thought for the last seven weeks.
Sheriff Knott, who was one of the
early arrivals, said he didn't think Gov
ernor-elect Miller would take any drastic
action against boxing and that while
there might be a change in the personnel
OF the commission that boxing woul I
continue. The Sheriff gave his opinion
that heavyweight bouts were not con-
ducive TO the sport
The opening oout. which was staged
at $3.50 o'clock, brought into the ring
two mddeweIghts. Marty Farrell Of
Harlem. a clever boxer who has been a
member OF the Dempsey Kearns stable
for the last year, was ptted against
Frank Mcguire Of Allentown, Pa. who
made considerable reputation by defeat
ing Jack Duffy, the Chicagoan who
started his career In the Garden by
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FIfth Rnnnd.

Brennan opened with a light right to
the face and tried for a right handler to the
Jaw. but missed At iunghtng there was
no special advantage for either. Demp-
sey directed his attack 10 Brennan's body
and landed several effective punches.
Brennan was now on the defensive. and
Dempsey shot heavy right handler to
the body that seem TO take ali the light
out or Brennan Dempsey pepperod
Brennan on the body and face with his
left just before the round ended Bren-
nan got stir left handler to Dempsey s
face and a right to the body.
IT was Dempsey's round by a shade.
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sixth Round.

Brennan came out fresh and made Sow
eral leads which did no damage Demp-
sey appeared TO be getting warmed up
and fought with more vigor than he had
shown in previous rounds right
handler TO the body and left to the face
sent Brennan back on his heels. but he
returned to the combat and landed a
good left uppercut to the face and right
% the body lie repeated this while
Dempsey was feint.ng for an opening
and when they came TO clinch Dempsey
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scaIpcrs Lower Prices.

Along about : $50 r. NJ. It was re.
ported that the advance sale for the
chow had been very disappointing AMI
that there was danger OF a financial
hzzIe Only fifteen minutes before the
drst conte the supply Of ringside seats,
which had been reported exhausted as
carly as last Friday still was on tan.
The early report threw some OF the
ticket sca'pcrs into a panic and they
began to unload ringside tickets, the fare
value OF which was $3.50, for SIS and
even $40 This panic continued for
lbout fifteen minutes. and then con-
Hdonce WIS restored among the specu-
'ators. The steady flow into the arena
erved 10 encourage the scalpers. and nj
$40 J. VI they were demanding $50 for
eats near the roped square They an
cared 90 DE doing a fairly brisk busl.
ness, particularly in store near the
Garden.
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Too Close to Fifteenth.

As they started the eleventh Demp-
sey's left ear was bleeding. There was
hard CLEAN in his eye. This thlng
was going too far-furthcr than he had
expected. intended or desired it to go.
II was getting too close to the fifteenth
and the decision.
II was evident that the champion was
trying his utmost at this stage, but he
could not get to his man. Toward the
close of the session he landed a terrific
right 10 the Jaw. But Brennan weather.
ed that storm, too At the close Demp-
sey was holding and hitting-Dempsey
the champion.
Then came the twelfth and victory for
Dempsey. Joe Rudy and Thomas
Shortel were ready to give q decision.
as judges. but their services were not
needed.
II was a crowd which was as cosmo-
polltan as this big metropolis. far more
colorful than the average at a boxing
contest Il was q gathering in whicn
men of wealth and position sat cheek by
jowl with clerks who had been saving
for weeks in order to enjoy this one
nights extravaganza. Men who are ma
tona figures were there. Leaders in
Wall Street, in the world Of commerce,
in legal circles judges and their judged,
too. Representatives of the Racquet and
Tennis Club. the Bar Association, the
Union League Club, sat with leading
lights Of the Larry Mulligan Associa-
ton, the Avonia Athletic Club and other
famed organizations Of the East SIDE.
The State Boxing Commission gave a
dinner at the Manhattan CLUB in The
evening and then took its guests TO tn
Garden. Charles L. Murphy OF Tam
many Hall sat with Prof Raycroft o
Princeton. Among others were Newton
y. Allng, Albert II. Ashforth Elon X.
Brown, Edward G. Bruins, William J..
Dcbost. Norman 5. Dixie. Charles II.
DOnohue, Samuel Drummond. Charles w.
Earle Horny Evans. James y. Foley
Raymond W. Fosdick. William a. Gavin,
George Glyun, James II. German. Will
lam r.. Hagserty, william Haskell, Will
lam III. HecOx, James J. Hoey, A. J.
Johnson. G.. Fred Johnson, George +.
Johnson George w Johnson. Percy
Johnson william +. Kelly. Peter y. Kier-
nan. Col. j. Leslie Kincaid, James J.
Lynch, Charles j McDermott, =. r.
Murphy Charles ID. Newton Joseph j..
Ilaycroft, john NJ. Rebb. d G, Reid,
Frederick w. Rice, 6 l.. Richard. John
J. Ryan. Edward SchoeneclS, Thomas L.
Smith, John j. Swayze. L. V. r. Thayer,
Henry 5. Thompson, Robert Il. Wagner.
Lieut-Gov Harry c. Walker. James j.
Walker, James d. Wallace, Joseph J.
Wallace. Henry Walters. Grove Il.
Warner and James A. Wendell
Tho crowd was rather slow in arriv-
Ing. bat when the FIRST bout was PUT
on, at s 80 r. NJ. to the dot, there did
not seem TO be an unoccupied nook or
Granny in tho old amphitheatre. AS one
gazed MP and around him from the ring
side human faces greeted him at every
turn. Most or them. of course, were the
visages Of men, but here and there the
smiling face OF a woman lent no little
color 10 the scene.
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CRESCENT FIVE
BEATS FORDHAM

The Crescent Athletic Clubs basket
ball team defeated the Fordham Uni
versity five last night in the Brooklyn
gymnasium by a score OF 81 to IA The
Brooklyntes outplayed the collegians at
all stages of the contest. The lineup:
Fordham 40. Crescent CD
Stocker Right forward. ...... Nickas
Hector ........ Left forward. ...... Parmale
Mcmahon ......... Centre. .......... McTigue
Fallon Right guard. mum. Griffin
Culloton 49,. Left guard. ....,...... Peck
Fallon, Duff, for Fordham; Nicklas 90,
Parmal CD, McT!gue, Griffin %. Giilen.
for Crescent Fous-Hostor 90, Culloton
90. Vergara ], for Fordham; Parmale (2).
j. Stewart. Substtutions-Key for Stocker,
Stocker for Kelly, Duff for Hector, Healey
for Stocker. Kelly for Falon, Vergara for
Mcmahon. Sim for Griffin. Glen for Mo-
Tigue, j. Stewart for Nicklas
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UNITY COUNCIL FIVE WINS.

Unity Council, X. of c.. of Fordham. de-
feated the st. Peter and st. Paul five last
Saturday night on the formers court by 80
to %. Next Saturday night Unity Council
will play Corrigan Council on Unity's court.
Webster avenue and Fordham road.
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FRANKLINS ,ARE yICTORIOUS.

The Franklin \. c. five added another
game 10 its weekly increasing list of VIC
tories when 1t scored a 80 to 90 over the
Union Separates, Y. NJ. V. A., last Saturday
night.
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COLUMBIA BARELY WINS.

Columbia's basketball team barely
managed to nose out Brooklyn Poly
technic Institute In the Morningside
Heights gymnasium last night by the
score Of 80 to 81
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knocking out his opponent in forty-five
seconds. Farrell weighed 1876 pounds
and MCGUIRE scaled 1874. The referee
was Johnny Haukap of Brooklyn, and
the judges were Joe Rudy and Tommy
Shortell
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5000, 900 House Set
Fight Record Here

w 7 HEN Jack Dempsey and Bill
wv Brennan crawied through
the ropes last night in Mad
ison Square Garden they faced a
house which paid approximately
100000 at the gate. This set new
record for boxing receipts at any one
bout in this city. The receipts at the
biggest events of the past were as
follows
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Ninth Round.

Brennan opened by getting i'm sharp
right handler to Dempseys face and
they clinched as they came together.
DEMPSEY put a terrible right handler
over Brcnnans heart and jabbed him
Ia the nose with the left Brennan
clirched and Dempsey uppercut him
with right and lef5 to .ace. Each
missed left handlers ana Brennan
brought an uppercut to Dcmpsey's chin.
Dempsey responded with n right to the
ibis and an upuercut to the face with
his left Brennan then landed three
efts to Dempsey's face and followed
with right To the same spot Brennan
was Fighting hard ut the bell but tired.
II was Dempscys round
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Fourth Round.

Brennan led Off with left which
missed the mark and followed with
right which Dempsey ducked At close
range Brennan tried an uppercut to the
chin but failed to reach the point.
Brennan held hard at close quarters
and OF the breakaway he landed u light
eft TO Dempseys face. Dempsey poked
his LETT into Brcnnan's mouth and Bren-
nan responded with two left handlers TO
the nose. Brennan then tried with a
right handler 20 the jaw but missed by
an inch Dcmp"ey hooked a left to Bren-
mans jaw, staggering the Chicagoan. He
then put q heavy left into Brennan's
stomach and followed with a right
handler to the same spot Brennan felt
the effect Of these blows and used his
feet in an effort 90 get out OF range
They were clinched at the bell
II was Dempsey's round.
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Harlem Boxer shows Quality.

Farrell showed his superiority over
Mcguire from the opening gong. feinting
the Quaker into knots jabblng his nose
to a crimson flow ana making him look
like novice. Mcclure had the fighting
instinct, and although outboxed stood t.
his guns with grim courage and tooit
everything that Farrell could hand him
in the hope Of getting one solid shot
across TO his opponents jaw. There did
not appear to be much force to Farrell's
blows and the Harlemite seemed content
to prove his superiority as a boxer.
MCGUIRE made desperate effort In the
fifth round to get to close quarters. and
he let go number of savage swings.
which. however. failed to reach the
mark
Farrell continued his irritating tactics
of fenting, jabbing and ducking away
from return blows. and Mcclure was in
weary condition at the close. Mcguire
fought gamely in the sixth and last
round. and struggled to get in an effec-
tive blow. A majority Of mis- swings
missed the mark by inches, and after
one wild effort fell to the floor from his
own momentum. Farrell gave Mcclure
a terrific punching in the last round. and
while the Quaker was weary and con-
fused he was on his feet at the finish.
Joe Humphreys announced that the
judges disagreed. which caused an up
roar as Farrell had won every round Of
the six.
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Eighth Round.

Dempsey opened with his favorite
right hand 10 the body but failed to
land with effect While Brennan was
dancing away Dempsey peppered him in
the nose with a straight left and shot
right to the body. The champion fol-
lowed this with a heavy right to the
jaw and Brennan backed away. At
close quarters Dempsey hammered Bren-
nan to the face with right and left and
also reached him with two right handlers
TO the jaw, which he followed with a
right to the body and a stiff left to the
face which put the challenger on the de-
fensive. Dempsey was now trying for
q knockout and shot terrific right to-
ward Brennan's jaw, but the l7tter's de-
fence precented the blow landing with
effect. Brennan was a very tired man
at the close of the round while the
champion seemed to be just getting into
his stride.
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Dempsey Cuts Loose.

Came the sixth round, too, with a lot
Of weak sparring and only a shade for
Dempsey. The crowd was wondering
still more In the seventh session the
champion cut loose with two hard rights
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Weinert continued his jabbins tactics
In the fourth and had Madden's head
bobbing back at short intervals. Mad
denis face was badly marked at the end
OF this round, but was still full of fight
and let go a savage right hand just be-
fore the gong which failed to reach the
mark.
Weinert jabbed Madden all over the
ring in the fifth. landing at will and
avoiding the wild swings Of his OPP
ponent. Madden landed one stiff left
handler on Weinerts mouth and got half
a dozen jabs in return. Madden roughed
it through the sixth round, failing to do
any damage. He got all the worst of
the exchanges.
The bout became n rather tame af-
fair In the seventh and the gallery
crowd urged the boxers to try and earn
their money. Maddens clinching tao
tics were responsible for the unsatisfac-
sorry character OF the contest.
Weinert put little more force to his
blows in the eighth, but was unable to
checks the rushes and clinches of Mad
den. The latter got the hardest punch
ing of the fight in the ninth round. both
eyes being cut aid his face covered with
blood He was on his feet at the end
of the tenth round. very much disfig-
ured, and the judges agreed on Weinert
as the winner.
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Story of the Battle
Told Round BY Round
By CHARLES F. MATHIsoN.

uppercut to the face with both hands.
Brennan was bleeding from the mouth
from he effects OF Dempsey's blows
and seemed to be tired as he walked to
his corner.
1t was about an even round.
Seventh Round.
Dempsey sent a couple of left handlers
to the face and got a stiff right on the
ear in return. Dempsey began to resort
70 a straight left TO the face and when
Brennan rushed IN Dempsey uppercut
him on the chin with his right Bren-
nan hit Dempsey on the side OF the face
with n right and Dempsey retaliated
with a savage right hand drive to the
short ribs. At close range they ex-
changed right handlers to face While
Brennan was holding, Dempsey pounded
him on the chin and sent right handler
TO the jaw that shook Brennan 10 his
heels. 1t was in this round in their
Milwaukee fight that Dempsey stopped
Brennan. and the fact that the challen-
ger got safely past the sixth and sew
enth rounds was cause of much COM
ment.
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Third Hound.

Brennan rushed savagely at the cham
while Dempsey. with his efforts TO coun-
Ter, fell short. Brennan rushed Demp-
sey against the ropes and landed right
nd LEFT to face At long range Demp-
soy landed a hard left to the body, but
brennan continued aggressively. rushing
Inc champion to the ropes and hammer
nG him with rights and lefts to the
ace Dempsey seemed unable to get
Is left In working order, and Brennan.
IN "a great SHOW of fight, poked the
champion with stir lcrts and rights
which Dempsey seemed unable to get
away from Just before the gong Demp-
sey missed right uppercut and Bren-
nan countered with a heavy left handler
% the face
IL Ern-.1,.. - ro-.,nL
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Judge Changes His Vote.

The referee. Hoakup. was about ready
to give his decision when the judge who
had not voted for Farrell announced
that he had made a mistake, al d
changed his vote to the Harlemite. which
made it unanimous in favor Of Farrell.
1t was evident that one of the Judges
had mistaken Mcguire for Farrell. a
very singular error.
Carley Weinert, the Newark Adonis.
then climbed into the ring for a ten
round encounter with BARLEY Madden,
former sparring partner of Frank Mo-
ran, the conqueror Of Joe Beckett. The
weights were Weinert 1856. Madden
1914. The referee was Dan Hickey,
brother-in-law OF the late Mike Dono-
van. the instructor of the New York
Athletic Club for years.
Madden started off In his usual style
OF running, close quarter clinching and
trying to hit on the breakaway. Wei
merit. one Of the most scientific and
fairest boxers in the game. gave a fine
exhibition Of clever footwork in punch
irg. and completely baffled Madden in
his efforts at foul work. Weinert who
was in superb condition. the best form
he has shown in many years. had no
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Tenth Round.

They exchanged "a number Of inef-
rcctiye blows at long range and then
Dempsey shot two left handlers TO
l'rennan's mouth. Brennan clnched
and Dempsey pounded him in the face
with his left, Brennan shot two loft
handlers TO Dcmpseys face and Dcmp-
sey responded with straight left to
the nose. Dempsey landed straight
right handler 10 Brcnnan's Jaw which
staggered him and then put a left into
his body Brennan fen into a cnnch
and hung on Dempsey pounded Bren-
nan with "a short left handler and
Brennan staggered as he went TO his
corner on the sound Of the gong. The
crowd cheered Brennan for the game
fight he was making
Eleventh Round.
Dempsey hit Brennan on the face with
his left and Brennan responded with the
same kind Of blow Dempsey's eft
ear was cut. Dempsey landed two hard
lefts TO the face and followed with a
pair of right handlers that shook Bren-
nan. Dempsey put q right handler I'M
der Brcnnan's heart and right TO the
jaw Brennan held on and was pun
melled hard IN the face 4 right handler
0td0rr' W. ~ 'L'ilaI "'lQ ne used his feet
10 get out Of range. They were nound-
ing each other at close quarters who,
the ronw sounded Dempsey was blood
ing furiously from the mouth when re
went to his corner and his ear also was
cut.
Twelfth Round.
Brennan landed heavy left handler
90 Dcmpseys mouth ana followed with
right to the car Dempsey shot n
right 70 the jaw and they exchanged
light left handlers to the mouth. At close
range they pummeled each other with
short rights TO the jaw A left handler
TO the body doubled Brennan over and
Dempsey struck him a heavy right hand
punch on the jaw. Brennan toppled TO
The canvas, whore he was counted ONT nv
tho referee. Houkop. Tho round lasted
one minute and fifty seven seconds
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Tate Towers over Norfolk.

Kid Norfolk. sparring partner or Bill
Brennan, who has a complexion like
ton of coal and wore blue skull cap
and band around his right knee, came
out for a ten round combat with Bill
Tate, sparring partner OF Jack Demp-
sey. The weights were Norfolk 1927
and Tate 234%. Tate, who Is one of
the biggest men in the ring. Is n coffee
colored negro, and wore bright green
trunks which cheered up the friends OF
Ireland who were present. Tate tow
cred over his black opponent like Goliath
over David. but the little negro rushed
at his mammoth opponent from the first
clang of the gong and aimed vicious
right handlers at the jaw Of the mann
moth. Tate contcnted himself with
feinting Norfolk into lead and coun-
teging with left hook or right uppercut.
Tate used his tremendously long reach
to hold off the black pigmy, and no spe-
cial damage was done In the first round.
Norfolk took the aggressive in the
second round and landed several body
blows without n return. Tate protested
against n low blow on the part of Nor
folk, but continued fighting, and landed
a couple of lefts to Norfolk's face. The
latter retalated with several to the ribs
and Tate pulled up his belt as warn
ing TO his opponent not to strike low
Norfolk shot in two heavy lefts to the
body just before the gong sounded.
Norfolk hit Tate n low blow in the
early part of the fourth and was warned
by the referee. Tate retaliated with a
heavy right handler to the face. They
were in a clinch at the bell.
Norfolk did the fighting in the fourth
round and landed some hard ones TO the
face and body. Tate didn't seem to like
the situation and Rugged at every OPP
portunity. The little black chap was
having all the better of the encounter.
While Norfolk was feinting for lead
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+Promoted by Tex Richard.
fEstimated.
SNew York record.
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Second Round.

Brennan was first to lead a heavy
right that glazed the champions head.
In clinch they tried for body and face,
but without any effect Brennan ducked
a vicious left hook from Dempsey and
It short range they pummelled each
other merrEy. Dempsey shot a savage
right handler to Brennan's heart and then
jabbed his opponent three times with left
on the nose without Il return. Each
ducked heavy right handlers for the head,
and at close quarters Brennan he'd
Dcmpsey's left glove under his arm.
Dempsey missed right hand swing and
Brennan hit Dempsey an uppercut on
lie chin, sending Dempscys head back
Then they exchanged punches at long
range, but Dempsey, whose judgment at
distance seemed poor. failed to land with
effect.
Brennan was punching hercely at the
yong and had a shade the better Of the
round.
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First Round.


They each crouched Brennan being
the first TO lead with right handler that
landed on Dempsey's left shoulder
Dempsey at once retaliated with heavy
left to the ribs and a right to the face.
They came to a clinch and exchanged
short arm blows at close range. Brennan
seemed to do the leading, but his blows
failed to land squarely. Dempsey shot
q vicious right handler to the side of the
face that rocked Brennan's head. AT
close quarters Brennan uppercut with (.
right and then both men exchanged short
arm jolts. Brennan got into close quar-
tors and tried TO reach the body, but
Dempsey beat him to the punch and
landed frequently with right and left to
The jaw. Both men were fighting vigor-
,usly at the bell, but when Brennan got
70 his corner the smelling salts were APP
pied to his nose, showing he had felt
thc effects Of the champions punches.
1t was Dempsey's round by q shade.