Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-13
Firpo The Victor

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NEW YORK, July 13 (By The As
ISOLATED Press).-Lui Firpo from
Argentina last night knocked out
Jess Willard of Kansas before the
greatest crowd ever massed around a
ringside, and today was shaking his
fist in the face of Champion Jack
| Dempsey and challenging his right
to the heavyweight crown of the
world.
The knockout came in the eighth
round, one minute and fifty-five Sec
onds before the gong. The South
American rushed his heavier oppo-
nent to the ropes with an attack as
furious as ever has been seen in the
ring, a right cross to the jaw sent
the giant Kansan to his knees In his
own corner, and before he had risen,
the fatal count of ten had been given.
"One," counted the referee.
Jess, his eyes bleared, gazed
straight downward at the resined
canvas
"Two-three-four-five."
Jess shook the sweat from his
eyes as a Great Dane coming out of
water.
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former champion, attempting the
greatest comeback in pugilistic his
tory, might yet rise. The gameness
the ambitious youngster had done
their deadly work. Again the fallen
giant shook the sweat from his eyes.
Observation-Disclosures"
Jess raised a trembling hand for
the tnn roma in a final atfananf RI
pull himself to his feet. The hand
wavered and missed its mark.
Ten"
Jess was through-his comeback
had failed-He left the ring for
good. Not a word did he utter
when, revived in his corner, he
turned climbed down the steps and
disappeared in the darkness toward
his dressing room.
And so, today, the sporting world
focused its attention or the dark
browed young Giant with black, yell
low and purple bathrobe who COM
ing north from the Pampas about
fifteen months ago, battered his
way to the fore ranks of heavy
weights with the tremendous sledge-
hammer blows of his right fist.
Firpo this morning looked fondly
at the contract which he had sign
ed with Promoter Tex Richard,
agreeing to fight the champion.
Last night he had fought before
an estimated crowd of 100, 900 and
today he was looking forward to
the throng he would face when he
stepped into the ring in an attempt
to tear the laurels from the head of
Dempsey.
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passed into prize ring history today
and with it a new record for fight
crowds anywhere in the world. More
than 10O,0 900 according to promoters
estimates, thronged to overlooking
the great bowl at Boyle's Thirty
Acres and around $4,000 more were
turned away in the last hours rush
tor the gates.
Standing out in striking contrast
to hat vast spectacle of promotion
to ring followers was the financial
debacle of the Dempsey-G Gibbons title
match at Shelby, Montana, a failure
IN the minds of hundreds who were
at the ring side last night. In that
contrast they saw the lesson of the
tutllity of selecting boom towns for
the staging of important fights, Near
~ all of the 100000 who paid. il
was estimated, around $400, 900 to
see the Willard-Firpo battle, were
within comparatively easy reach of
the arena. With a following of such
proportions from which to draw. the
risk OF financial loss, such as that
at shelby, is reduced to a minimum.
Willard and Firpo will draw down
slightly more than half of the gate
-oO per cent for the former cham
plon and ~ per cent for the South
American-but even so Tex Rickard
reaped a tidy profit and paved the
way Tor a still larger attraction
JACK D~empsey-Luis Firpo encoun-
ter for the worlds title.
Celebration in Peru
LIMA, PERU, July 13-The
victory of Luis Angel F..po over
Jess Willard last night was batIed
IN PERUVIAN sporting circles as
~torerunner of the coming of The
worlds championship to South
america News of the Knockout
was received here 18th intense exs
citement' and a general celebra-
ton followed. oia-