Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-05
THE FIGHT BY ROUNDS

BY the Assoc. ated Press.
SHELBY. Mont. July 1.-THE de-
tailed story of the fight. round by
round. between Dempsey and Gibbons
yesterday follows:
ROUND ONE.
They shook hands in the center of the ring
and clinched after Dempsey hooked a left to
body and a right to the head. Dempsey shot
a straight left to Gibbons faoc as he backed
left sh,o to the jaw
light left to the head and repeated. Dempsey
hammered Gibbons about the body with short
rights and lefts in thu clinches; Gibbons
the jaw and shot over a right. In a clinch
Dempsey logged him with right uppercut;
The referee broke them and Dempsey missed
a right to the head.
ROUND TWO.
Gibbons was short with a left and they
left to tn, head and Gibbons clinohed.
dempsey pounded Gibbons on the back Of the
head in the ciinch and nailed him with
held D,mpssy's arms in the clinch to protect
his body. Gibbons hooked a left to the chin.
cutting Dempsey's right eye. Dempsey brought
Gibbons missed right. Gibbons hooked
solid left to the head and Dempsey retaliated
with the same punch. Gibbons backed ava, away
in clinch, pounding each other at the bell.
ROUND THREE.
and Tom clinched. Dempsey repeated with
the same punches and than nailed Gibbons on
the jaw 9th With left hook, forcing him to
Dempsey was short with left. but connected
with right. He battered Toms body with
right. Gibbons landed two Iefts and swune
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a left. He attempted to swing. Gibbons off
his feet. but Gibbons cIinched. Dempsey
pounded the champions midsection as they
came together. Jack dug . 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
around tho head with rights and lefts in close
quarters. Gibbons backed into corner to
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the back Of the lead DIN in the clineh. Dempsey e
pion sank his right into the body. Gibbons
took a sock on the forehead and clinched.
Dempsey landed left hook and so. solid left in
a right to the head. Dempsey was Furnishing
severely with short body punches at the bell.
Dempsey was bleeding from the old wound
over the left eye.
ROUND FIVE.
fell into {. eiineh. Gibbons poked two light
Tom oiinohsd. Gibbons hooked two lefts to the
third third Ief. Without 1 return Dempsey rocked
head fse nailed In him e ss s absas dsns s
away. forcing Dempsey to follow him. Tom
poked. left in Dempsey's face, Dempsey
to the ribs. Dempsey shot a left to the head
and Gibbons did the same thing.
ROUND SIX.
Dempsey's left was short in a clinch and
Referee Dausher.y was forced to go between
them. Gibbons danced away from Dempsey's
chin with short rights. Gibbons ducked a left
aid his head went through the top rope of
the ring Dempsey pulled him i'm. back an and the
before clinchins. Gibbons missed a left and
in the clinch pounded hi. foe on the back of
right and left to the body. Jack shot q left
to the jaw on his shift and shot a left to the
body: Gibbors nailed the champion With
ROUND SEVEN.
Dempsey drove right to the body, and
champion hooked him with right to the
chin; Gibbons hung on and backed away after
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left at close quarters. Gibbons ducked left
to the head He backed away from a hard
right swing: In the olinch Dempsey kept
hooking right and left to the challenger's
body and head. Gibbons backed into the ropes
to escape punishment. He appeared to be
weakening under Dempsey's savage body at
tack.
ROUND EIGHT.
Gibbons missed two lefts and Dempsey
hooked q left to the chin. In the clinch they
exchanged punches to the head. Gibbons whip
ped over two lefts to the head. Dempsey
drove right to the body and a left to the
and Gibbons smashed the champion with a left
to the chin. He nailed Jack to the same spot
loft jsb Tom Sacked Into the ' pope. ~ aad
hooked Dempsey high on the head with a
left. Gibbons swung a right to Jacks chin
and lefts to Toms face.
ROUND NINE.
Dempsey Tented and Gibbons backed away.
left. Pom danced away from q left hand
and EXCHANGED lefts with Dempsey. Gibbons
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be a tough target for the champion. jack
hooked left to the nose and Gibbons drove
Dempsey hooked two lsfts to the head. Glib.
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champion with = right and left to the head
and then dug his left into the champion's
ROUND TEN.
Gibbons landed a light left to the head.
Dempsey hooked his left twice to Toms jaw,
forcing him to back away. Jack drove him
into the ropes with jarring punches to the
head. Dempsey was wild with left hook,
but crashed right to the body, making Tom
clineh. Gibbons sunk right into the oham.
pien's body and received two lefts to the
Dempsey missed . right. but landed with q
left to the head. Gibbons was short With q
left and had the champion backed into the
ropes ready for right swing when the bell
stopped them.
ROUND ELEVEN,
Gibbons duoked left to the head. He
swung light ieft 10 Dempsey's head. He