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Evening star., 1927-09-23
SIDELICHTS ON BATTLE

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 23.-Found:
place where prohibition agents
couldn't get in. 1t was the stadium
at Soldier Field last night. Tex Rick
ard refused admittance to Is agents
sent by Prohibition Director Z. c..
Yellowley to stop any liquor law vio-
lation there might be.
William b. Leeds, the "tin plate
king" who flew from New York for
the fight, had a little sport of his own
on the last lap of his fight from Cleve-
land to Chicago. Near Bryan. Ohio.
the Leeds plane overlook another
three-motored plane, and the two craft
raced the remainder of the way, Leeds
squirting ahead as their goal came
in sight.
Carolyn Bishop, who came all the
way from Los Angeles to root for
Gene Tunney, was smilingly nen-com.
initial when reporters asked her il
she and the champion were engaged.
Her uncle, Fred Thompson, who is q
close friend Of Tunney's, said, There S
absolutely nothing to it."
On two sides of the brilliantly light.
platforms on stills. From the rim
side" seats they projected, over the
| ring like somber deaths heads. II
was where the official fight pictures
were taken. 80
just like at: the opera, society was
a bit late for the fight. While the
ordinary fight fans began pouring into
the stadium in the late afternoon,
most of the society folk waited until
after the preliminaries before taking
their seats.
Despite all the ringside conversation
over the length of the referees count
over Tunney in the seventh round, the
customers in the far away places Of
the stadium never realized anything
was even disputable until they read it
later. -, IS
50 Jack Sharkey, who was knocked out
by Dempsey two months ago, and who
predicted Dempsey would defeat Tun.
ney last night, said today that he
thinks the former champion is through
for good as a fighter.
Nat Evans, New York plunger, and
former manager Of the Casino at Hav-
ana, Cuba, Is credited with having COW
cred all the late Dempsey bets and
holding the odds at even money at the
last minute. He was said to have
been one Of the largest winners on
the fight, with Billy Gibson, Tunney's
manager, a $25,000 winner. Packey
Mcfarland is said to have made $15,-
600 on Tunney's victory.
Nose Goldblatt, Cincinnati horse.
man, and Col. Matt j. Winn, general
manager Of the Lincoln Fields track,
where Dempsey trained. were said to
be among the Dempsey losers. AL Jol,
son. musical comedy star. was report.
ed $4,000 winner on Tunney. 81
Evening star., 1927-09-23

One Of the ringsiders was Irene
Castle Mclaughlin. She wore a blue
hat, with blue travelling dress, and
fur coat.
Society reporters, whose duty it was
to keep an eye on the socially promi.
nent who turned out in numbers for
the fight, seemed to think that the
absence Of hysteria was one of the
most significant things among the
women. AS one society reporter
phrased it: ''The women OF fashion
who saw the fight took their punish
ment and their excitement like gentle
men,"
The proper fight attire for women,
II last nights assemblage may be
called a criterion, appeared to be
travelling suits. with brightly colored
hats and wrap.
A little woman i'm blue suit climbed
, into the ring just about the time the
| announcer held up Tunney's hand as
the victor. but she was hustled from
the ring soNhastily that her name was
tost in the uproar. 81 just made up
my mind to be the only woman to
greet him in the ring" she said.
Old sports writers recalled that ex.
actly the same claim was made Of a
long count" in 1897 In behalf of Cor
bett in his battle at Carson City, New,
with Fitzsimmons. Corbett's associates
charged that in the sixth round Cor.
bett was allowed a count of IA seconds
| to regain his feet, while the referee
reported g count Of lust
Evening star., 1927-09-23
JACK LOST I'm LAST ROUND
JIMMY DE FOREST THINKS
Challenger's Trainer Declares Gene Held as Often as
Possible and That 1t Was Mostly Dempsey Who
Made Fighi-Count Seemed Long.

| kept away from Dempsey until half
came to himself and began to fight
again. He boxed and stalled until
Dempsey came to him and then he
grabbed Dempsey's hands and held.
Near the middle of this round Tun.
ney glanced a snappy right to the
chin just as Dempsey was off bal.
ance and Jack slipped to the floor. 1t
was not clean knockdown. After
this Tunney got stronger.
In the eighth round Dempsey half
showed Tunney to his launches and
when Tunney got up the referee.
Dave Barry. stood between him and
Dempsey, because it was not a knock
down.
Last Round Decisive.
Tunney held as frequently as possi-
BILE and it was mostly Dempsey who
made the fight. But there were times
that Gene cut loose. Whenever Demp.
sey came to Tunney in-fighting, Gene
held pretty tightly. He held Dempsey's
gloves clamped at his sides under his
arms and Jack had a hard time get
ting away.
I'm not trying to make punch-by-
punch story Of this fight. All I've got
to say is 10 rounds is too short to de.
eide the heavyweight championship of
the world.
l think Dempsey lost the fight in
the last round. He tired after he had
Tunney on the floor, from his own ef-
;orts of chasing Tunney, and he finally
stood and said Come on and fight." ="
He tossed away his advantage in the
ninth round, and the last one told the
tale.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
GENE SHOULD REIGN
FOR A LONG PERIOD
BY FAIR PLAY.

CHICAGO. September %. Gene
Tunney. the fighting Marine, has a
prospective long reign ahead Of him
as the heavyweight boxing champion
of the universe.
It took him 10 rounds to prove his
mastery over that old Manassa maui
er, Jack Dempsey, but he did a con.
vincing job of it.
Those frenzied fight fans, hostile at
first, were on their feet to acclaim the
champions victory in an enthusias site
demonstration. And they had reason
to be-. r.
They saw the champion cut his way
out of q bad fix in the seventh round
to stage a comeback that wiped Demp-
sey. on the map as a fight figure.
r They saw him take 5 out OF 10
rounds, giving one to Dempsey and
leaving one draw. It, was a walk
away, except for that fateful seventh,
with Dempsey, the wonder man, but
a toy in the champions hands.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
LEGl0NNAIRES GLAD
THAT TUNNEY WON

PARIS, September 23 R.-Ameri.
can Legionnaires were proud today
that Gene Tunney, the former Marine,
had proved that his first victory over
Jack Dempsey was not fiuke.
Word of the fight result came at
ABOUT am, as many were vending
their sleepy way home from the gala
ball at the opera, which closed TIA fes-
tlvlties of the Legion convention.
Others had awaited it in all night
cafes or before the newspaper bulletin
boards. They cheered the news Justify
as the crowning joy of a glorious week.
~ Many OF them had bet literally on
Tunney, finding takers among the
French fight fans or the members of
the regular American colony in Paris.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
BY JIMMY DEFOREST.


| trainer OF jack Dempsey.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, September 23.-The
big features of the fight between Gene
| Tunney and Jack Dempsey for the
world championship last night were
the knockdown Of Tunney by Demp.
sey in the seventh round, the terrific
fighting they indulged in at times and
the fact that the heavyweight cham
pion of the world got up off the floor
after being dropped SO hard that he
was forced to take a long count of
like beaten man, but came on to
get the decision.
! Tunney got up and used all the skill
he had at his command to keep bi-
cycling away from Dempsey until the
| bell came to his rescue. It was a
slow sort of battle up to that seventh
round, when Dempsey cut loose with
repetition of that big moment that
| he flashed in Philadelphia against
this man last year. Only this time
he came even nearer to putting it
| over.
They had jockeyed and fooled
| around throughout the fight up to
that time. with Tunney showing a
great first round. He landed hard
rights and pretty stiff lefts, but Demp
so nicely that they did not do any
damage. Dempsey had a cut left eve
and it was beginning to look as if IT
would be one of those limit fights,
after Tunney failed in what seemed n
great opportunity in the first round
Then the big round came to break the
monotony and gave the huge crowd
of some 100000 their real thrill.
Dempsey Comes to Life.
The same old weaving and bobbinc
that marked the other rounds were in
| vogue when all of a sudden Dempsey
cut loose with a fierce wild attack
only he wasn't throwing his punches
wildly. He shot them straight and
| hard to the mark. He clipped Tunney
with a couple of lefts and rights then
rushed him to the ropes and shot over
right to the body and a fierce left to
| the Jaw.
Tunney began to sag, and Dempsey
battered him to the ropes and landed
a terrific right to the jaw. Tunney
slumped to the floor. 1t looked as II
he were out. He finally got himself
into half-sitting, half-reclining posi-.
ton, and with his left arm resting
over the lower rope listened in a dazed
sort of way to the count
The count seemed a bit long. but
Tunney got up and before Dempsey
who had been showed toward a neu.
tral corner. could get back to him
Tunney was on guard and he began
to take it on the run. The round
ended and Tunney was saved.
Now. In my opinion, the count was
longer than 10 seconds when Gene
Tunney was on the floor. My stop
watch showed nearer to IL seconds than
10, but I will say in all fairness that
believe Tunney could and would
have gotten up a second sooner II
he had been called upon to do so. But
In that case there is a question
| whether Tunney could have gotten
away as well as he did if he had
| been forced to drag himself up earlier
Not Satisfied With Count.
The trouble was that the referee
waited bit till he turned and mo-
| toned Dempsey to his corner before
| that count started. I do not say thai
Tunney was down for a count of more
| than 10 seconds. My stop watch
showed IL seconds that. in my opin
ion. Tunney was legally down.
In the next round. Tunney showed
| the effects of the knock down h,,t he
Evening star., 1927-09-23
GENES DECISIVE EFFORT
SPIKES ALL FAKE" GOSSIP
ExMarine Demonstrates in Chicago Bout That Ring
Science Directed by Keen Mind Is Much More
- Potent Than Brute Punching Power.

| ceeded in landing a couple Of solid
shots to the midriff.
Then in the sixth. with Dempsey
still making a play for his body, Genes
accustomed accuracy was faulty and
he missed often with an overland
right he was employing almost exclu-
sively.
When Dempsey discarded his body.
punching program in the seventh and
sent Gene to the floor for the first time
in his career the crowd Sensed a kill.
Where before they had merely bobbed
up and down whenever the proceedings
promised to become really interesting,
now there was none left seated in the
mammoth ampitheatre. Wildly gestic-
ulatlng. the fans were standing on
their seats yelling for knockout.
Crowd Sways to Tunney.
But when Tunney went on the run
to elude the glowering savage who
pursued him for the remainder of the
round. after wisely staying down for all
the time the rules allowed, their en-
thusiasm waned.
When it fiared again it was with
cries of Come on Tunney," for it de-
veloped that Dempsey had shot his bolt
in that seventh. The Manassa mauler,
who ruled the heavyweight roost for
seven years. put all he had into that
assault. 1t was terrific one and for
many another than Tunney would
have ended the debate right there.
But the stamina and courage Gene dis.
played in taking two on the button and
still carrying on must have been fatal
ly disheartening to Dempsey. That
was where he lost the fight.
a,,f1 hn
wear. Tunney came out for the eighth
determined in manner, and after he
landed a right to the face and Demp-
sey went down, although he bounced
up Immediately. the champion started
to pile up points so rapidly that no
doubt of the verdict remained when
the final round was completed.
Jack Well Punished.
Genes sharpshooting with both
hands soon had Dempsey's face re.
sembling raw meat. A straight right
cut Jacks left eye and smeared his
pan with blood. and before the ninth
ended the challenger was unsteady on
his pins.
But the worst punishment was re.
served for the tenth and last round.
Once here was Tunney's relentless as 1
sault interrupted-when he slipped
and went down to one knee. He was
up in a flash, however, and with a
merciless attack against a reeling foe,
both Of whose optics We're swollen al
most closed, he stood at the end &C.
knowledged by the largest throng that
ever witnessed fight as a real cham
pion. worthy of its acclaim.
Evening star., 1927-09-23
TRAPPERS IN WINNIPEG
LISTEN TO FIGHT NEWS

WINNIPEG, September % R.-
Thousands of trappers, prospectors,
and other pioneers of this far west
ern region listened in to the radio
account Of the Tunney- Dempsey
fight.
There was some static in the great
prairie region, but most reports from
outlying points told of good recep-
ton. The most distant point heard
from was The Pas, Manitoba, $50
miles north of Winnepeg. =.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

~HLCAGO. September 23-Gene
Tunney Is a real champion,
the master of Jack Dempsey
~ and Of all present fighters.
So the principal sporting ed.
itors Of the country feel after viewing
Thursday nights battle OF the century.
Gene Is seen as falling heir to Cen
tleman Jim" Corbett's title of master
boxer" and even Corbett would have
had difficulty matching the skillful ex.
hibition Of the present champion.
Gene held his title fairly and de.
cisively, the critics say. His remark
able recuperative powers after that
seventh round knockdown, his re-.
sourcefulness and brilliant ring gen.
eralship impressed the observers par
ticularly.
They agree, too. that Tunney's vic.
tory is a good thing for the future of
boxing.
Following is the comment of these
critics:
Joe Villa. in the New York Sun:
Gene Tunney again proved himself
real world champion by outclassing
Jack Dempsey. / doubt IL any other
heavyweight champion would have ex-
ercised the remarkable Judgment
which saved Tunney after he was
knocked down in the seventh. His
quick thinking and remarkable defen.
sive tactics saved him. Tunney's VIC
tory, in view of recent ugly stories
that the fight would not be square, Is
q boon for professional boxing.
Fred Hayner, in the Chicago Daily
News:
1T was great fight, with Tunney
deserving the decision. Dempsey's one
chance came in the. seventh, when he
had Gene all but out, but Tunney' s
great recuperative powers. quick
thinking and side-stepping stood him
in good stead. Dempsey realized too
late the chance he, had to finish his
job"
William Rather, in the Newark, N.
j., News:
"Tunney. in my opinion, replaces
Jim Corbett as the master boxer. In
what other way could he have proved
his class than in the eighth round
when he outboxed Dempsey. scored a
knockdown. after being floored him.
self in the seventh? Then he pro
ceeded to win by a mile 80.
Edward w. Cochrane, in the Kan
sas City Journal-Post:
"Gene Tunney defeated Jack Demp.
sey because he Is a better boxer and
because he could stand the strain OF
the hardest punch Dempsey ever had
in his right hand. He won seven OF
ten rounds, two were even and the
seventh round, when Tunney was
knocked down, went to Dempsey
Dempsey's only chance was for a
knockout and he failed. Tunney won
fairly and made a splendid battle"
r. A. French, in the Toledo Blade:
''Tunney's coolness, his generalship
and his gameness in the seventh round
saved the day for him. Dempsey was
as game as ever and showed he still
can hit. Jacks body punches didn't
do much harm, but shis, left. to- the
head was a powerful weapon
Fred Digby, in the New Orleans
Item-Tribune:
'Tunney won because he had
the youth, the speed, the skill, the
courage and the punch Of a cham.
pion. He will reign long and add
luster to the crown. Dempsey had his
| chance in the seventh when he had
Tunney on the floor for a count of
nine--within one second Of the cham.
Evening star., 1927-09-23

r. A. French, in the Toledo Blade:
"Tunney's coolness, his generalship
and his gameness in the seventh round
saved the day for him. Dempsey was
as game as ever and showed he still
can hit. Jacks body punches didn't
do much harm, but shis. left to- the
head was powerful weapor.,
Evening star., 1927-09-23
znhe Scores Triumph for Cean Fighting As WeHAs Victory Ouer epe
TUNNEY Us BETTER MAN. psi
+: SPORTS WRITERS AGREE

pionship-but Tunney got I'D and by
a wonderful exhibition of generalshin
weathered the round and then came
on to win" .-.-.ts.
Louis p. McNeely. in the Louisville
Times: -.g.
"Tunney was unquestionably the
champion. He clearly carried seven
rounds. BY keeping away from
Dempsey's supreme effort after the
knockdown. he displayed real gem
eralship. Dempsey was fortunate the
Illinois law does not permit 12-round
exhibitions. Jack is through
Wilbur Wood, in the New York
Sun:
Jack Dempsey had the heavyweight
championship OF the world In his
hands for a few fieeting seconds OF
that thrilling seventh round, but his
failure to make the most Of his
chances caused him to fail. Tunney's
GOODNESS saved the day for him.
L. s. McKenna, in the st. Paul
Dispatch and Pioneer Press
Gene Tunney proved to the fight
| ing world that he is entitled to his
| heavyweight crown, as he defeated
a great Dempsey. The champions
| comeback, after q count in the
seventh round, convinced the skeptics
| that he is as game as they make
them. 1t is our opinion that he would
| have stopped Dempsey within a few
more rounds"
Sid c. Keener, in the st. Louis
| Times:
1.-The boxer completely outclassed
| the knuckle-f1ghter and relegated him
| to the long list of has beens."
| 4dy Baggerly, in the San Francisco
| Bulletin: '''.'-
"You will recall that a certain Ma.
poleon went down with his colors fly
| ing. Our Jack was every bit as de-
termined and pugnacious and stuck by
his guns until the last gong sounded.
The overpowering element in this in
stance was youth. Youth will be
served and it was bloody we'll served
Thursday night"
| II. G.. Salsinger, in the Detroit News:
"Tunney was vastly improved over
| the form of a year ago. He won
8 of the 10 rounds, with the third and
seventh DempSey'S. Tunney had
more poise, more aggressiveness,
punched better and was just as ef-
fective on defense as a year ago.
T. Chester You'll. in the Buffalo Eve
ming News:
Dempsey came back to do or die,
and, though he made mighty, bid for
victory, the speed, skill and resource
| fulness of the world champion tri-
umphed in the end"
Evening star., 1927-09-23
YOUNG FIRPo BEATEN.

TORONTO, Ontario, September %
R.-Doug Lewis, Toronto welter.
weight, won a decision over Young
Firpe, Louisville, KY. welterweight, in
one-sided 10-round feature bout here
last night
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1927-01-14
WHAT IS LAB0R9

In comparing railroad development George stephensons
Rocket in 1929 to the present time the Wall Street JOnFa
says:
what part does labor really play this astonishing Increase
IN the production Of transportation
f courses TIE answer that while labor Is Indispensable IL
part relatively very small Without the other Things which
have modern production the labor IN the world would
be like coal buried IN undiscovered mine.
Gas It is labor certainly America receiving royal share
profits OF production Brains sells itself far cheap
than labor does.
1T machinery that has made the change to large extent
What is abor7 architect the director the
the echnician the panner and scientist labor as Wen as
those who overals during working hours
which group is specifically responsible for the machinery
that wrought these wondros canges The who
the riddle (which first the chicken the egg7
The editors distinction between Tabor and brains has
familiar sound It is the aFore amusement Of those who be
tnaberng gaseous instance building
straight automatic processha merely calls for
brute strength
This separation Of labor and branith the commodity
cept that they sold hangover from the time when labor
considered disgraceful and performed BY slaves
This snobbery has been repacedn Americas at eastby the
belief that every the manager Of the corporation down
to the lowestEad nucke important par0f intricate
industrial and transportation mechanisms.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1927-01-14
! PRosPERous YEAR FoR IocAI. LAnoR

The Aberdeen Central Labor Council and the Gays
Building Trades Council have before them their
according the belief Of delegates
weekly meeting Of the Central Body Friday evening
During the past three unions chartered two
organized and two more viii probably petition for charters in
the near future.
By pursuing strictly conservative policy and BY supporting
only those local movements which promise benefit to the
munfy being at all times willing to back intended
further the best interests Of the city both the Aberdeen Central
Labor Council and the Grays Habor Building Trades Council
for themselves but seek better the conditions Of al who
bor and further lend assistance worthwhile
looking to the upbnidin9 Of the community.
The aagamaon Of the Aberdeen Central Labor Council
the Hoquam Trades and Labor Council wise forward
in the Of The labor the
Of charter from the American Federation Of Labor the Aber
deem Central Labor Council viii be reorganzed into county
wide organization to be known the Grays Harbor County
Central Labor Union.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1927-01-14

with other close friends 81 Iha CO..
eHcz Wsze n Chat Ede d cI
ford be named again he1d the De-
pantmen@ of Labor and Industries. Mr..
Clifford We vs. present. interrupted
Mr. Fitzgerald Is declare that under
ne eIEe9z a|sneea Uoa|4 he consider
tie a1peiN sneaE were & rendered hin.
Officers Of the Federation Joined Nj.
Clifford u declaring Tat our only
concern vas to see that the manage
ment Of the Department. 81 placed II
honest impartial and competent
hands A1. FItzeefald also declared
that BE had informed Colonel Hartley
That officers aE he Federation were
convinced tHsf Marlin Fl<zlk WonId Be-
given HoaisIoa Is Che department ard
th1t such an appointment would Be
'|staztezHI 50 hen, and that Colonel
Hartley had declared thaz such step
would hs g insult to the Federation
and f persona afIrdnt % President
Short and that he would never think
q doing sui s ridiculous thing. AZ
te1 considering every angle a tie sit
uatIeH the Executive Council voted
unanimously noE Is endorse any eandi4
date Tor governor
s'The Governor has un.6nses0uslg
walked into his own trap, and has
placed himself IN = Illuminating hole.
The minutes Is cur Executive COINS
Gil are available; seven Vice Erssi-
dents. bo8etheF with two other 1epul
table citizens win testify to the ruth
Of what is herein set forth. while
the Governor has nothing t. sustain
his fabrication Of untruths, which he
has caused his hifeline to publish, ex-
cept his own questionable, individual
word.
That he later betrayed every prom
Use he authorized Mr.. Fitzgerald to
make came IS no surprise to che labor
forces; that he would s6oop to the
gutter in causing to be published,
through his henehmen, a fabrication Of
utter falsehood, designed to libel the
character Of those whom he has be-
trayed is reprehensible and again TO-
cuses public attention on his utter
unfitness to hold his otherwise exaitl
ed office-W. N Short, president Of |
State Federation Of La
Dor.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1927-01-14
BoRAH.ING FROM WITHIN.

The magnificent work Senator William Borah doing
to block the game of the ell companies Mexico is
fine example q the value # fhs political tactic Of boring from
within.
Senator Borah is Republican according 70 his party f.
filation in Idaho ~ KS
He can't play BAN on because he strong
dvidualst according to the fact
But he has insisted that he Republican has managed to
get himself reelected while the reaconares getting them
selves defeated until he has become the chairman Of the foreign
relations committee of the senate
Now he can speak with authority He win be listened to- He
must be listened TO- for the foreign policy Of this country
additionally subject to the Of the senate And he VIII
speak the mind Of the about any nasty conard
little war with Mexico" to use his words.
there other example, the whole effort build
powerful progressive il these VIII
justified If Senator Borah prevents with Mexico