The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-12
ARGENTINE IFS STOPPED. FROM FIRST Majority Of Newspaper Critics Give Every
 Round To Victor DEMPSEY VIEWS
 ELIMINATION BOUT Fear Of Process Server
 Halts Early Filling
 Of Stands
(By Associated Press )

JERSEY CITY, Sept. H. Harry Wills battered his way to a smashing one-sided vic tory tonight over Luis Angel Firpo in a gruelling 12-round battle before a throng esti- mated at 75,0O0 in Boyle's Thirty Acres.
 Dominating the fight from start to finish, with an exhibi- tion of ring craft that con- pletely spiked Firpo's heaviest gun, his famous right, Wills beat the giant Argentine into decisive defeat with a bruis- ing, relentless attack to the head and body.
 The weather was perfect--clear and cool, with a tang of September that brought out topcoats and furs. H>E
 Has Bond Ready
 There was rumor that another pro. cess server waiting to serve Eirpo with warrant the moment he entered the arena. When it reached Rickard's s ears, the promoter, accompanied by his lawyer hastened underneath the stands, his cane in one hand and a bail bond in the other. The alarm proved un- founded, However, but there were in. dications that special precautions were being taken to prevent any ee1eyenth hour legal blockade. :
 Shortly after o'clock F'irpo reached the arena. He was accompanied by a heavy bodyguard and taken quickly to the dressing rooms by a route which avoided notice of his arrival on the part of the crowd. The big South American declared that he never had felt in better shape. He bore himself with every air of confidence.
 Jack Dempsey, wearing a light tan top coat and cap, slipped unobserved into the ringside seat while the first bout was on. Jack Kearns was with him.
 Fir. U was the first to climb into the ring. He wore his famous checkered bathfobe and limbered up in his cor her during the few minutes intervals before Wills climbed into the ring both were the target of battery of camera. men while their gloves were fastened on.. FirpO was accompanied by Dan Washington, his veteran negro trainer, and Bill Tate, while Paddy Mullins. manager of Wills, headed rroup of Wills handlers.
 The weights were: Fir ,, '2241s, and Wills, 217.
 Wills reached the arena at 8:52
 p. m. He was accompanied by his
 manager, Paddy Mullins, his wife
 and several handlers. He was
 given a rousing cheer as he made
 his way through a crowd before
 the dressing rooms.
 Firpo, knocked Cown for n count of four in the second round, was stag gered in several others by lightning like thrusts to his jaw and subjected to succession of savage, weakening drives to the body. Shorn of his chief and only potent weapon, the Argen- tine fought a losing battle all the way. His gameness carried through the terrific punishment his rival adminis- tered but he had not the boxing skill, speed or versatility of attack to cope with the crafty, resourcefnl and re- lentless campaign of his opponent.
 No Official Decision. No official decision was given. as none is permitted under New Jersey ring laws, but there was no question of the outcome. Firpo, in the opinion of some critics. barely held his own in one round, the third, while the big majority of newspaper critics gave ev- cry round to Wills.
 The crowd which filled the big bowl close to capacity, had come in expecta- tion of knockout, with opinion about evenly divided as to which of the two ring giants would score it. But in. stead they saw Wills, the ring master and willy veteran, batter and wrestle his way to convincing but unexcitins victory.
 The brown panther was at his best, employing all his strategy to completely baffle his opponent, but Firpo was not the wild bull he had been in his other battles. ShOrn of the mighty smash that sent Jack Dempsey flying out of the ring a year ago, the South Amer jeans attack was impotent and his de- fense was too crude to avoid the con- tinual barrage of Wills blow. FirpO Protests:
 Several times during the fight Firpl complained of Wills tactics. His handlers, too, protested to Referee Danny Sullivan that Wills was un'
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