The Washington times., 1921-06-21

| moorings. O,Brien wanted to see
His kick missed, but OBrien went
on into the ring. and Joined the tab
l6Au present by Pecord, Kearns and
Dempsey. with willard on the noor.
Most persons thought the fight was
S~ef. and the crowd In the seats
hsayed toward the ring.
4 ExCITE5IENr RKIGRs
90 to your corner. and stay
fherer' bawlsd Kearns In Dempsey's
ear, and Jack obeyed. When he
reached his corner, however, Billy
6ibson. manager Of Benny Leonard
the lightweight champion, was up
against the ropes with several
others and they began pulling Jack
outside.
Suddenly. in the confusion, war
rem X. Barbour, the official time
keeper, got Pecord's eye and beck
.cned him over. Barbour Is a rich
young boxing devosse, who was once
the national amateur heavyweight
champion. and q good man with mis-
fists.
Il rang the berr' he bawied at
Focord -rhs round In ovAri The
night hasn't endedf''
Pscord Immediately rushed back
ut KearnA.
/. Get ont Of here. and get your
man back In the ring or I'll dis
qualify you!" he yelled
Ksarns. seeing the situation. Jump
ed over to Dempsey's corner to find
Jack on the edge of the ring lust out
side the ropes, with Gibson and 9TH
ers tugging at him, trying to pull
him down
In his excitement. Kearns kicked
Violently at Gibson and shouted At
Dempsey.
Get back In here, You've got to
night again!-
JESS NO COWARD.
Dempsey, puzzled. duciSed in under
the ropes and sat down on his stool
The crowd settled back In the seats
puzxfng wildly. Some Of the writers
IN the press section had already
fiashed- their papers. Dempsey
wilma and they hastily corrected the
error. In many cases just in time TO
SOP the presses In their Offices all
set to start running on extras.
Dempsey's seconds had no time 10,
Tan him. or take care OF him az usual
curing the brief intermission between
MS return to the ring and the sound
or the gong for the second round.
Rest UP this round" was the oniy
instruction Kearns could give, and out
went the man-mauler from Manassas.
somewhat bewildered, to meet the tot
tering giant
On the Willard Of this round 7 ba
the claim that big Jess is no coward
and that he certainly can hit. He
nailed Dempsey with a right upper |
cut a. Jack trudged In toward him.
and lifted the Coloradan three inches
on the foor.
1t was that smash which caused
Tad" the great cartoonist sitting
beside me at tho rings.de. to turn and
re mark:
WILLARD HIT HIM HARD.
Say. it's no cinch willard doesn't
come back and fatten Dempsey a
couple OF times"
-Did you feel that punchr' 1 asked
Dempsey not long ago.
Feel itr- he said, rubbing hts chin
renectively. Il should say did feel
II! Don't let anyone ever tell you
that Willard can't hit
Dempsey weathered that smash, but
he was stfll dizzy when the round |
closed. II he never received another
punch In his life, that one blow
proved thst the champion can take |
IT.
Toss out that frst round, and VIII |
bard would undoubtedly have made A |
better showing. 1t Is doubtful IL he |
could have beaten Dempsey, but he |
never sufficiently recovered from the
furious pounding he. received In the
nrst round He was literally punch
drunk from the FIRST blow to the nm
ish.
He staggered through the third
round and went back to bis corner
apparently fairly strong, but as the
feeble gong again Changed for fbe
fourth round, big Jess did not re-
spond.
He sat there on his stool stiIl wear
ing that odd, surprised expression.
and one of his handlers tossed q towel
into the center of the ring. 1t was