Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-24
Boxing Commission
Refuses Protest
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they did several seconds later to
escape Denpseys renewed attack.
On the other hand, there is the
vicw that Dempsey cost himself his
big chance of victory by not abiding
promptly by the state boxing rules
that compel a boxer to retire quickly
to the ''farthest corner" after flooring
an antagonist. These rules provide
no count shall be made until the
boxer on his feet has SO retreated.
This was the view of the CON-
mission, in backing up the action of
its officials 1t was the opinion of
Dave Barry, the referee, and Of the
the two judges, George Lytton and
Sheldon Clark, prominent Chicago
business men.
AS to whether Tunney was capable
or noS of getting to his feet and out
of range whenever the count of nine
was reached opinions differ. The
champion himself said he was able
to get up at five and was about to
90 so, only to be restrained by orders
shouted from his corner. Most ring
side experts seemed to share q
similar view. 9e
Lytton, one of the Judges, declared:
ct was sitting right under Mr.. Trln-
ney when he dropped. I know he
could have gotten UP. There is no
question about it,
The pictures show that during the
last four or five seconds Tunney was
intent on watciRng the referees count.
sitting but with his left hand on
the ropes ready to pull himself up.
Why didn't Dempsey rush in when
Tunney did get up and make
quicker effort to complete the joDT
That was another moot question. 1t
may have been Tunney's foot racing
skill, his dizzy back pedalling pace,
that frustrated a fresh Dempsey
charge, but it seemed, as the pictures
were studied, that the eX-champion
let many precious seconds go by be-
fore taunting his foe and then leaping
back to the attack. There was no
doubt that every second was a pre-
cious mind and body restorer to Tun-
ney toward the close of that seventh
round.
Dempsey's aggressiveness through
out the fight is emphasized by the
pictures, but so also is Tunney's re-
markable generalship, the superior ac-
curacy of his attack-outside of the
fateful seventa-and his far greater
stamina Tunney, cleverly handled
by his chief second, Jimmy Bronson
"outsmarted' his opponent, perhaps
when the crisis came but he did not
outgame him. Dempsey was always
going in, stllng and cut as he was
by the rousing finish that clinchec
the decision for the champion.
Dempsey's plan of battle, in re-
Prospect, emerged in bold relief. It
was a carefully conducted body at
tack through the first five rounds,
with we'll timed shift to the head
in the sixth and seventh Either
one of these rounds was picked for
Dempseys big bid-while his re-
souces we're still strong.
How close this strategy came to
being successful is pretty well known.
In spite of the "break" against
Dempsey in that seventh round, how
ever, he might have cashed in on his
advantage had he still possessed the
old physical fire and stamina that
marked his heyday.
| It was the first time in Dempsey's
| career GIldC he IldQ 1dl4Su w 4lII1S1l
an opponent he had knocked down.
1t was because at 80 he round his
legs and endurance unequal to carry
ing on at top speed and Tunney's
youth, speed and boxing craft were
| sufficient to offset the old battlers
punch
Is Dempsey through or will there
be another and third chapter of his
! de luxe feud with Tunney? The
former champions friends believe he
has fought his last fight. Jack him
self isn't committing himself to the
future yet. Tex Rickard, the man
who pulls the strings, may have an
idea of bringing about another match
or at least of promotino 1908
variation of the elimination tourna-
ment" to decide Tunney's next op-
ponent. Both had agreed before the
battle to fight for Rjckard next year
! in defense Of the title, whoever was
the Victor
Rickard fell short OF his goal OF
battle of three millions but the
actual receipts. he announced today
J $2,658,660, eclipsed by more than