The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-08

Dompscy'a rise to tho champion
ship was one OF the most sensational
In all tho long history of the ring.
lie is the only champion we ever
had who developed his fighting
powers in short fights. Most Of the
others fought to finish. or In bat
ties scheduled from As down to 20
rounds, and their fights often went
to decision.
Jeffries fought 20 rounds with
Rubin and Choynski. 20 rounds
with Sharkey, Knocked Corbett out
In 23 rounds, and took II rounds to
win the worlds championship from
| Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons was much like
| Dempsey, az he usually won quickly,
and held fights that ended In the
/ first or second round. HIS longest
| fights were 20 rounds, winning the
decision from George Gardner for
the light heavyweight title, and the
| ~ rounds in which he knocked out
/ Jim Corbett at Carson for the heavy
weight championship.
Others Fought Yong Fights.
Corbett fought 27 rounds with
| Joe Choynski. 6i with Jctcr Jack
son, and took 81 rounds to beat old
John l.. sullivan. sullivan himself,
| TfUultu u liTIlllt tlukkfIt NbI HiDbt
| OF his battles in the third round, but
| fought 80 rounds Uondon prize ring
rules with Charlie Mitchell In
| France, and rs rounds with Jake
Kilrain In Mississippi
Many OF Jack Johnson's fights
went long distances. He fought 90
rounds with KIondike, Pete Everett.
| George Gardner. Hank Griffin Dem
yer Ed Martin, Sam MoVcy Marvin
| Hart and Frank Moran, winning
some Of these and losing others
usually won or lost on the referees
| decision.
Dempsey Whlrlwind.
Tommy Burns won many fights
| quickly, but went 20 rounds with
| Hugo Kelly, Marvin Hart ana JACK
| 'Brien--most OF these twice.
Jess willard went 20 rounds with
| Gunboat Smith, took 26 rounds to
| knock out johnson for the cham
| p!onship, and boxed many i0-round
| no-decision bouts that went the
| limit.
Compared with these the per-
| formances Of Jack Dempsey were
startling. In the first year or so ~
! fighting he boxed one 2O-round bout
with Andy Malloy and won six fights
| In the first round. That was the
| only time Dempsey was ever In the
| ring 20 rounds His second longes;
/ fight In all his cnrocr, was when he
| knocked out Bill Brennan in ~
rounds In Madison Square Garden.
Dempsey has won 25 fights IN the
| first round, six Of these In l915-lG.
two In 1917, ~ In 1918. and 8 In
| 1919.
Among the dangerous heavy
weights he knocked out In n round
\ were Jim FLYNN, Battling johnson,
| Al Norton, Charlie Miller. Arthur
Pelky Porky Flynn and Fred Ful.
ton,
lie knocked Champion jess WI
! lard down seven times I'm the flrHt
round, and really knocked him out
| then, willard being on tho floor at
the end Of tho round, saved by the
calling Of time, dragged to his cor
ner, and saved again by an accident
to the boil which gave him about a
minute of extra tIwc which enabled
him 20 recover ana come up again
From his start I'm the ring In
1915, to last July 2, when he hea,
| Carpenter, Dempsey has heen a
marvel among heavyweight boxers
Is Dempsey Slipping?
In my opinion Dempsey has
! passed thc h'.Bhl OF MS career, ana
from now on will slip back slowly
until he meets the man who vii
eventually beat him and take the
championship, But 1t IN likely TO be
years before that happens,
Dempsey takes better care Of him
self than any other heavyweight
champion In history lie train,
conscieutiously aud never cuts on
training entirely even when there
isn't a match In sight. lie likes tC
do a certain amount OF gymnasium
ana road work, and TO Keep IL
shape. He eats moderately never
drinks any liquor al all, never
smokes thinks more Of his mother
and his family than anything else
IN the world, and prefers work u
idlcness.
In gpite Of an these excellent qual,
tiles Dempsey is slipping back, And
for only one reason. He can't gel