New Britain herald., 1920-12-15
BRENNAN IS kAYOED
 BY DEMPSEY IN l2TH
Challenger Puts Up Game Battle Against Heavyweight Champion

world. fulfilled the expectations of the boxing enthusiasts of New York who jammed Madison Square Garden to its capacity last night by knocking out Bill Brennan of Chicago in the twelfth round of a contest in which the title holder received the hardest battle of his career. The general be- lief that Dempsey would dispose of Brennan in three or four rounds was not realized. And the aggressive and courageous fight made by the chal- lenger not only reflected the greatest credit on Brennan but aroused the highest admiration on the part of the thousands who witnessed the combat.
 To the astonishment of the onlook- CTS Brennan carried the fight to the champion from the first round up to the tenth session, and while he was in weakened condition in the two closing rounds. yet he fought with desperate energy. At the beginning or the twelfth round it looked very much as though Brennan would last the limit Had he done so it would have been the first time in many years that any opponent had sur vived Dempsey's punishing blows for the complete schedule of rounds of the contest.
 brennan not only showed the abil. ity to assimilate punishment-as he received terrific punishment in near ly every round--bqt in addition he fn- ficted more damage on the champion than Dempsey has received in any bout since that in which he was stopped in the first round by the vet eran Jim Flynn. Brennan's shots to Dempsey's face not only cut the champion's mouth, bringing blood in profusion. but the challenger also as- sailed Dempsey's left ear with a Tgon that caused that organ to bleed also. Dempsey staggered Brennan sev- eral times during the twelve rounds and the Chicagoan seemed on the verge of a knockout on two or three occasions. but with dogged courage , he weathered the storm of blows and . while wabbly at the close of the sev- eral rounds he managed to respond to the bell for the next session with praiseworthy aggressiveness.
 Dempsey 1sS 1-4, Brennan 1s7. Bill Brennan entered the ring at 1o:2T o'clock. He wore a read sweat CT Jacket and looked of deep con- cern' An army of camera men snap ped him in all positions Demp- sey followed immediately, climbing through the ropes at 10:3o. Bren- mans chief second was Leo P. Flynn, assistant matchmaker of the Garden club. Brennan wore green trunks, while Dempsey's trunks were snow white, with red. white and blue belt. Pete Herman, the bantam champion. was introduced and also his coming opponent. Joe Lynch. Dempsey and Brennan drew on the gloves without any delay and were fully prepared for action before the camera men had finished their oper- alton. Johnny Haukop of Brooklyn was referee.
 Humphreys introduced Dempsey as the hardest hitting champion ever known. AS Dempsey sat in his cor ner listening to the advice of Jack Kearns he wore a scowl on his face, his forehead being wrinkled like cor rugated iron. The weights were 1ss IA for Dempsey and 197 for Brennan. Humphreys then showed the diamond studded belt, presented by Tex Rickard to be the. property on the winner. The boxers ip fight ing pose were then photosrAphed As they gazed at each other s~Brennan looked on Dempseys feet. When the photographers had cleared from the ring the contestants came to the cen- ter for final instructions.
 The Finish
 Brennan landed a heavy left hand CT to Dempsey's mouth and followed with a right to the ear Dempsey shot a right to the jaw and they ex- changed light left handlers to the mouth. At close range they pum- melled each other with short rights to the jaw. A left handler to the body doubled Brennan over and Dempsey struck in a heavy right hand punch on the jaw. Brennan toppled to the the referee. Haukop. The round last ed one minute and fifty-seven sec onds.
 Brcnnan,s Chance.
 Brennan was first to lead a heavy right that glazed the champions
 head. In a clinch they tried for body and face. but without any effect Bren-
 nan tucked q vicious left hook from ' Dempsey and at short range they
 pummelled each other merrily.
 Dempsey shot a savage right handler
 to Brennan's heart and then tabbed
 his opponent three times with left on
 the nose without a return. Each
 ducked heavy right handlers for the
 head, and at close quarters Brennan
 held Dempsey's left glove under his
 arm. Dempsey missed right hand swing and Brennan hit Dempsey an uppercut on the chin. sending Demp-
 sey's head back. Then they exchanged
 punches at long range. but Dempsey,
 r.