The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-08

1H6 -uOSt uSduly COAliiCt oi 0At shs'
 blood-smudged pages of box fight
 history Is being waged by Champion Jack Dempsey of Los Angeles, Cal. U. S. A. and Luis Angel Firpo of Beunos Aires, Argentine, S. A. The ferocious battle has waged inces- sanity since the fourteenth day of September, 1923. Of late the warning
 wires that link the sister continents
 bids fair to burn in twain. At no
 time during the few minutes that Luis Angel stood before the American champion In the arena on Boyles Thirty Acres, New Jersey, was the
 fight hotter. Using reach that spans the ocean and accuracy that never fails to reach it's mark, the two fighters stand wire to wire and ex- change punch for punch. Just as 1t
 was in the ring. so it Is now on the
 cable, and the Bull of the Pampas Is getting the little end of the stick. The conflict started when Ftrpo's
 manager made few mild remarks versus the New York boxing commits sion and the referee in the Dempsey
 Firpo bout. This was merely light
 poke on the nose. however, and the
 !'omish blocked with a left and shot weak right to the body in a reply
 that denied the charges all that had
  and all that might be made in the fu- ture. The origin of the Argentine's
 punch was alleged failure of the ref
 cree to count while Dempsey was out
 of the ring, after the Bull" had
 lifted him through the ropes with a
 right, and failure to make Dempsey stay in his corner while Firpo was on the canvas. The manager of the
 "BulI' said that 16 seconds, or possi bly 1t was Is minutes, elapsed before Jack clambered back into the ring
 after his flight. Also he charged that newspaper men. possibly Grant
 land Rice. should not have caught
 but should have let him hit the floor and stepped into his face to sec that
 he was not able to pull back. o O O
 It was then that the golden char
 acter of Luis Angel Firpo was pol | ished resplendently and shown forth | with the brilliance of the midday sur into the ring and "knew hec ould not | last longer than two rounds" and that he was not in condition for the | fight" and also was dazed several times by sparring partners just be- | fore the bout" due to weakness, etc, | quotation. etc., but who. with all this weighing heavily against him. fought A AS was said before, his golden char
 acter emerged and shone fo Gh- . e | came nobly to the rescue of Dempsuy and refuted all accusations of his | manager.
 | A Hull in the battle followed. Then | light sparring commenced. Luis
 he did not like, probably a statement | by Dempsey belittling his ability. | This light blow enraged him and he l shot a wicked right to the chin in l reviewing all his injuries, his suf- | ferings and prosecutions at the | hands of Tex Richard, the boxing
 commission and the referee and un- refuted all statements heretofore re- | futed and added more. Dempsey let this blow slide off the point of his | chin and used a left hook to the | jaw in denial of Firpo's accusations.
 right swing. the club-blow of th' l caveman. directed at all vulnerable
 points of the champions anatomy
 and at no place in particular. It was his stock blow, the one used over
 and over. time and time again-"It
 will be different next time. I can
 whip Dempsey"
 Jack pooh-poohed as he sidestepped | this one and the challenger came
 again with both right and left fly I ing wildly. He was in poor condition he was sent into the ring against l his will. he was even so weak he 1 could not stand up under his spar | ring partners punches, he had told
 newspapermen that he was In nc | condition to fight but that they
 would not publish this fact, he knew
 he could not last. etc, etc, as his gill
 Spanish jargon poured forth in tor
 rents of unrestrained speech.
 | o o O
 The latest blow, and one that is | is believed to be a near-knockout punch, probably Dempseys short left was delivered by the champion Sun day. T was half asleep when ]
 knocked out Firpo." It would appear
 from the champions statement that
 he was dozing peacefully up against
 one of the ring-posts, after having
 climbed back into the ring following his flight; when the Bull" began prodding him and in stretching while | awakening from his slumber his
 right hand came in contact with the
 challenger's jaw and Jack was car.
 ried into his dressing room to finisf
 his nap while Firpo dropped off into l deep slumber in the ring.
 | o o o
 | Dempsey said he was semi-consci.
 ous following Firpo's terrific righ'
 that drove him through the roper and he was fighting entirely by in | stinct when the battle ended. There fore he could not have resorted te