Imperial Valley press., 1920-09-07
CHAL LENGER IS
DASHED ACROSS
RING BY RIGHT
Game Battle Ends in Defeat by
Dempsey of Only Man WhO
EUer Won a Decision OUer
Him in Ring.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, Sept z.
When Billy Miske drove left hook
to Dempsey's jaw in the BENTON Har-
Dor championship fight yesterday he
gave the champion just the opportun-
ity that Jack longed for. Dempsey,
blocked, stepped back, then darted in
with powerful swing with his right.
which finally located on Miske's chin
bone with such force as to send the
challenger hurtling into his corner, to
lie there until the referee counted him
out.
Miske entered the ring first, wear=
ing dressing gown over his fighting
trunks, and with modish cap set {;
confident angle. Dempsey followed
after about 10 minutes, a long, red
roll collar sweater his only addition to
his fighting trunks, and with a days
growth Of whiskers upon his face. The
two posed separately for the movies.
Miske started things with a jump
Hardly had the gong rung when he
was in the center of the ring. But
Dempsey met him. Their gloves
touched, and Miske hooked left to
the champs head. They spared for
a bit, then Dempsey closed landing
"a follow shot," right and left to the
head. Dempsey hooked again, with
his left, but missed, and swung off
balance. Dempsey was back on his
toes before Miske took up the chance
offered him. and began the first mad
mangling. He rushed the challenger,
defensive almost forgotten, landed
two rights in rapid succession on
Miske's head, and slashed a left
across his mouth. Then Dempsey,
guarding with his right flashed his
left twice, both to Miske's head.
Miske rushed into clinch, jabbing as
he came. Dempsey met him with the
same tactics. When the gong changed
the spectators were on their feet and
the fighters held to the center of the
ring, slashing wickedly at each other.
With the beginning of the second
lround the battIers rushed into clinch,
from which the referee had great
difficulty in breaking them. Dempsey
landed a left hook to the chin, and
followed it up with right cross.
With a terrific right he floored the
challenger, who took the count of
FIVE. Miske crawled shakily to his
feet and clinched to save himself.
Miske seemed dead. Dempsey landed
three rapid left jabs to the jaw on the
breakaway and half dozen sharp
right rat-a-tats to the body. He
missed a right swing to Misk'e head,
but came back, driving Miske to lis
own corner with left to the chin.
The round ended with Miske fighting
against time.
Dempsey started the third round
with worrying campaign, dodglhg'
the exhausted challenger, and lead
ing him on. He hooked hard right
to Mske's body, Miske closed, and
landed solidly on Dempsey's jaw.
Dempsey settled, swung on balance,
hand drove a full right, with all his
power and weight behind it to Miske'a
now almost sagging jaw. The blow
landed solidly, and Miske catapulted
across the ring and into his own
corner, where the referee counted
him out.
Bill Tate of New York, Jack Demp-
sey's sparring gardner, won a Gime
preliminary on decision from Sam
Langford.
Dempsey received $4,000 for batter
ing Miske to defeat, according to a
-ate"' mt Of the receipts given out by
Floyd Fitzsimmons, the promoter. The
cotal attendance was $ll, ,34S, and the
receipts $134,9O4., Miske fought on a
straight guarantee Of $4,000.
Miske had a sore jaw, red spot on
his ribs wheer Dempsey's blows land
ed. Dempsey was unmarked lie spent
the evening dancing.