The Washington times., 1927-09-22
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~ the old circus came to town to
the present moment Of spectacles
And extravaganzss IN the heavy
weight division.
The wine Of keen excitement was
b the air itself. for the day was
cool ana the weaener generally fair,
which was quite the contrary TO
the conditions that prevailed at the
first Dempsey -Tunney neeting last
year. On that occasion, the hitherto
invincible Dempsey was shorn Of
his proud title IN ! deluge Of rain.
His Downfall Pleased
On that occasion. 100000 persons
gloated over the mans downfall be.
cause they liked him not and didn't
care who knew It. But defeat
brought him the popularity that
had been denied him Ii victory and
30 tonight's great crowd and to-
nights great moley and tonight's
gripping drama hAs been made pos
sible only because the country at
large wants to see Jack Dempsey
become the first heavyweight cham
pion to win back title he lost.
Such q performance Of course,
would upset all precedent. But, as
to that, this has been and will be.
m unprecedented fight.
No fight in boxing history, for
example. ever was fought with the
understanding that, IL the decision
Of the referee and two judges Is
not satisfactory to the boxing com.
mission It win not be announced
from the ringside. Neither had any
one ever heard Of provision
whereby q referee may be tossed
out Of the ring In the midst OF the
bout if his work does not please
the commission. In this event an.
other of the six men nominated
would be substituted and the bout
would precede as before.
A Peculiar Situation
Unusual? Yes. But think Of :
crowd Of $50 1000, strainirlg with
open mouth and lifted ear for -
announcement that may never IS
made. Think OF the buzz of won.
der and comment and speculation
that would follow the withholding OF
the decision. the sly winkinR behind
the hand. and the exultant chorus
OF the I-Told-Y ou-So's" that would
make the night hideous.
For, in spite OF the fact that
every disciple pf the gIoved fist
from East, West. North, and South
VIII he there to see 1t. there has
Deen much backstairs gossip about
this fight and the su-called asmart,s
money mas been said to know more
than It should.
# IS for this reason that the
commission took It's eIaborate.
though rather unsIxilled rneaeiIres,
% prevent the wagging tonRue 81
scandal to run wild. Tha hnari5
ct course, comedies that III can,t.
reverse q decision of It's properlv
constituted officials, but II feaIs
that It would be justified "a viii.
holding "an improper decision until
Justice d done.::'
Amateur Judges
10 further strengthen tI,a Il.
tegrity oe its position. tha core.
mission has declared itself for i've
prominent citizens to act ak arnas
Kenr judges and the whisper today
as that they wouId be none Other
than George Lytton and NarshaII
Field himself.
The referee win be selected fron.
among Dave Miller, belIwether ~
local officials; Joe Choyinslxv. the
oid heavyweight: Dave Barry. an
other; Jimmy Gardner, fornner
Welterweight; Emil Thirty. old timer
g the game In this section, and
Tommy ThoYnas
Nest Of those mentioned were
said from time to time to have
little chance to get the nod. vet
50 uncertain Is the referee situa.
ton II this section that one 81 the
SIX cannot miss because they are
al there are there are no more.
However, IN spite of all the
fumblings from under cover.
Dempsey's popularity has carried
him Into the betting as an even
money favorite. where once he.
was d to Z short choice. The
betting has been light IN this town,
where betting on anything usually
IS heavy, but the money that was
going down on the line last night
mostly was laid on the basis of dol.
lar against dollar.
Dempsey blew his title ~ losing
virtually ten rounds out Of ten
to Iunney last year. They will
tight another ten round bout to-
night and 80 well has the ex.
champion intrigued the popular i'm.
aglnation that many people are
expecting him to win the majority
cx rounds, i he doesn't win by q
knockout.