The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-12
First Round

landed three lefts to the body and a
right to the head. Dempsey shot a
straight left to Gibbons face as he
to the jaw, forcing Gibbons to re
treat. Gibbons hooked a light left
to the head and repeated. Dempsey
hammered Gibbons about the body
with short rights and lefts in the
clinches. Gibbons mouth was bleed
ing. Gibbons hooked left to the jaw
and shot over a right. Dempsey's
round.
ROUND TWO-Gibbons was short
with a left and they clinched. On the
breakaway Dempsey tried a left to
the head and Gibbons clinched. The
champion pounded Gibbons back of
the head in the clinch and nailed him
with a right and left on the break
away. Gibbons held Dempsey's arm
in the clinch to protect his body. Glib
bons hooked a left to the chin, cut
ting Dempsey's right eye. Dempsey
brought his right into Toms midsec-
ton in the clinch. Gibbons missed a
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to the head and Dempsey retaliated
with the same punch. Gibbons back
ed away from two lefts and clinched.
They were locked in a clinch pound
ing each other at the bell.
ROUND THREE-Dempsey drove
a right and left to the body and Tom
clinched. Dempsey repeated with
the same punches and then nailed
Gibbons on the jaw with a right hook,
forcing him to clinch. Gibbons feint-
ed and backed away. Dempsey was
short with a left but connected with
a right. He battered Toms body with
a right. Gibbons landed two lefts
and swung a right to the jaw. Demp-
sey was short with a left. He at
tempted to swing Gibbons off his feet
but Gibbons clinched. Dempsey land
ed a right and left to the body. Tom
punched the champions midsection
as they came together. Jack dug a
hard right into Toms stomach. He
landed another right to the same spot
Gibbons swung a right to the jaw at
the bell.
ROUND FOUR-Dempsey hooked
a left to the stomach and Tom clinch-
ed. The champion mauled him on
the head with rights and lefts at
close quarters. Gibbons backed into
a corner to avoid two lefts. When
he came out they clinched and Jack
hurt him with body punches. Demp-
sey kept pounding him on the head
in the clinch.
Dempsey took a left hook back of
the ear. The champion sunk his right
into the body. Gibbons took a hook
on the forehead and clinched. Jack
landed a left hook. Gibbons hooked
a left to the Jaw and a right to the
head. Dempsey was Furnishing Sc
verely with short body punches at the
bell. Dempsey was bleeding from the
old wound over the left eye.
ROUND FIVE-Dempsey missed a
left to the body and they fell into
a clinch. Gibbons poked two lefts
to the head. Dempsey missed a left
and Tom clinched. Gibbons hooked
two lefts to the head and the crowd
cheered. Gibbons landed a third left
without a return. Dempsey rocked
the challenger with a right and left
to the head and nailed him with a
solid right to the jaw. forcing him
to clinch. Gibbons danced away,
forcing Dempsey to follow him. Tom
poked a left in Dempsey's face and
Jack landed a right to the body and
Gibbons a left to the ribs. Dempsey
shot a right to the head and Gibbons /
did the same thing. Gibbons hooked
a left to Dempsey's eye.
ROUND STX-Dempsey's left was [
short in a clinch and Referee Dough
erty was forced to go between them.
Gibbons danced away from Dempsey's
leads. In the clinch Dempsey hit ;
Tom on the chin with rights. Glib
bons ducked a left and his went
through the tor rope of the ring.
Dempsey pulled him back and the
crowd booed. Thew traded lefts to
the head before ~clinchng. Gibbons
missed a left and in the clinch he
pounded his foe on the back of the
head with the rabbit punches. Demp- |
sey hooked a right and left to the
BODY. Jack shot a left to the Jaw
on his Whit and a left to the body.
Gibbons nailed the champion with a
left hook to the chin when the round
ended.
ROUND sEvEN-Dempsev drove
a right to the body and a left to the
jaw. AS Gibbons came in the cham
pion hooked him with a right to the
Jaw, and Gibbons hooked him with a
left.
Gibbons ducked a left to the head.
He backed away from a hard right
swing. In the clinch Dempsey kent
hooking rights and lefts to the chal-
lenger's body and head. Gibbons
backed into the ropes to escape the !
punishment. He appeared to be
weakening under Dempsey's hammer