Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-09-09
MAKES FORTUNE In DAY
Champion Well Pleased With HIS
Share and Gives Auto Away

Jack Dempsey the heavyweight
world champion and Billy Miske
i fought a three round prize fight a,
Benton Harbor, Mich, last Monday
afternoon. Miske never had a
chance. Nobody has with Demp-
sey. Fifteen thousand people paid
round $4,000 to see the cham
pion put it over and $4,000 of them
believe that Dempsey could have ac-
complished in the first round what
he did in the third.
There was nothing wrong about
the muss, but Dempsey was a little
bit slow in cutting loose. Possibly
he thought the gathering would en-
Joy watching him work a while in
stead of getting just a flash at him.
Miske fought we'll and gamely, but
Dempsey was so fast and was hit.
ting so hard that Bill might as well
have been trying to lick a freight
train.
With $4,000 tucked away in
their pockets, Jack Dempsey and
Manager Jack Kearns left Benton
Harbor for Chicago Tuesday after
noon. They are going to Boston,
where Gunboat Smith will catch for
Dempsey on the night of September
18th. Gunboat will catch because
he can't help himself. The battle
will be on the up and up. NJ,
Promoter FitZsimmons said that
the gate receipts were $133,900y
including state and war tax. MA,
Besides Dempsey getting his $751;
900, Miske got $4,000 for swell
three-round licking. Miske fought
the champion on straight guaran-
tee of $25,000, while the title hold
er had been guaranteed $50. 600
with the privilege Of accepting so
percent of the gate receipts. on
course he took the percentage. az
Dempsey wac as happy and as
funny as a kitten. He woke up the
camp at six O'Clock Tuesday morn
ing playing victrola and pulled ev-
erybody out of bed He didn't bear
mark of the vicious three rounds.
while Miske nursed very sore spot
under his kidney, where Dempsey
clouted him with such terrific
smash in the second round. That
was the pueh that really started
Miske on his way. The challenger
said so himself and he ought TO
know. He said the punch was the
hardest he ever received. 49,
Miske, despite his lacing, has no
idea of giving up the game. Man
ager Jack Reddy plans to leave for
the coast Friday with Johnny Till
man, his welterweight protege, and
allowed that he would take Miske
along for a couple of fights.
Bin said he fought the best he
could, but that wasn't enough. He
was beaten almost before he got
started which is nothing to his dis
credit, as Dempsey will beat them
all before they get fairly warmed
up.
The reports that Miske's ribs were
broken proved alarming for time,
but there was no truth in the yarn.
The big st. Paul fighter was examine
ed by two physicians and they
agreed there was no fracture.
The terrific headache that Miske
complained of haee entirely disap-
peared, but there was huge lump
on his jaw where Dempsey stung
him with the finishing blows. 8S
When Dempsey and his party mo-
tored to the train and piled aboard,
Mrs. Fitzsimmons, wife of the pro-
moter. got the surprise of her life.
"What are you going to do with
your carr" she inquired of the cham
pion.
Drive it home; it's yours, :"
chirped Jack. 4
And Mrs. Fitzsimmons piled into
a $4,000 cara beautiful gift
from the champion.