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Show I nney Defends Title In greatest 'Battle of Ages' the middle of' tlio round was a sliaiKht left' Unit eauudit him off balance. lie went l one knee. , KOfXD NINE Dcnipscy allaeked and missed with a left, lie pounded ceno -.u a clinch, dene put left and rinhl to lu-ad amf they wrestled about the rim;, .lack j put two rihls tu body and clubbed his riht lo head in a clinch, (lei.e iabhed two lefl.s tu face. Hempsey missed a rlht to face and CJeue got in right hook to face. Gene stuck iwo lolls lo face. .lack was bleeding badly. Cieue now forced the fighting. Hempsey put right to body. Jack's face was a mass of blood. (Jene play cd for it with both hands. Jack I hooked left to body. Gene shot over a hard right to face. Gene jabbed two It'll s lo face. Gene shot right to jaw and left to body with Dempsey slinky. Dompsey put left and right to body. Gene crossed a staggering right to Jack's bloody face. Tim-ney's Tim-ney's round. KOIM) TEX They shook hands. Jack wrestled Gene lo canvas afler an exchange if left hook.-. Gene crossed two lights to face. Hoth were swinging mildly trying for n knockout. Jack put left lo head. Gene put left and right lo face. Gene jabbed two lefts I" lace and crossed right to head. Jack was groggy. Tuuney crossed two rights to lace. Dcmpscy miss-id miss-id left lo head. Gene jabbed left to face. Tuuney crossed right to face. Gene missed a left. Jack put right Gene put left and right to face. Willi a hard rigid. Jack was very weak. Tuuney puninieled him with li'Wy Gives Crowd Thrill 'th Flash of Old-Time iillop; Tunney Recovers Win Decision Decisively llHWGO, Sept. '-':! (TIM l-tics of (he championship 4; follows: flouted altelidauee. 1 l,(00. 'I lulled receipts. :'J.NO(I,IH)0. 9 ney's purse. iJlKHUNXI. tnlst 's purse. . I."(I,(KI0.. . deral lax: .''NO.iW. ' I taie lux. Sl'oL'.ikki. :ent for stadium, $1110,1100. neidentnl expenses. $100,000. nd'it for Madison Sipuire ,(tt?n corporation and Tex ,C'd, $7lS.ooo. I '1 I I1KXKY L. lAKKKI.I, ::llu;0, s.-tit. ;j:i (If) Gene 1 held his -world's licnvy-ix licnvy-ix flliainpiousliip today by irov- "Mi.i'iiest. lull his second jJl ' Juek Hi'iupsey last night es( important fights of recent . leVt the backers of die loser a tig "if" to salve their 'Is. aney won decisively on the ilf points; he displayed power vi;ina which ninny doubted 1 ossessed. Hut in the 10- : it thole was a torrid sev- id in which l)empsey. i, ;t r a moment that great at-v:m at-v:m d which eann.nl him tv? e Munassa nuin niauler, r u :hts and lefts through the iln' f defense and drove Tun-:cli Tun-:cli tl canvas for longer than i-ena K.ids which normally con- in 1 noekont. ,;;ltli r the rules of boxing ex-trms ex-trms j Chicago, the refi-ree : v cannot begin t ,.unt over a fighter who is down until the op,,ent has withdrawn lo a neutral corner For two or three seconds or more aftiu-lunney aftiu-lunney went down, liempsey failed t" go to a neutral corner iind the referee failed to count. On the other hand Tunnev sccmcl 1,0 'hdiberalely walling' for the count to get the benefit of u mom-ont mom-ont s rest, and had Deuipsev gone Immediately, to the corner, the champion might still have been able to get to his feet before the fatal ten." At liny rate, for one brief moment in that seventh round Dempsev stood nearer the top of the comeback come-back trail than any other dethroned heavyweight champion h, reached. n y Tunney's covering and dancing danc-ing and careful steps backwnrd around the ring for the rest of the round saved him. Hut then, if IJempsey had lioon the Dompsey of Toledo he would have crashed through for another finishing blow. The Dompsey rally in the seventh round came unexpectedly, after the 3.'!-year-old former champion had failed miserably to show his oid-time oid-time form. Hoth played for a knockout in the tenth, swinging wildly. Dempsoy was tired and groggy and grew weaker as the round progressed. Just at the end, Tuuney rocked Jack with two hard rights to the jaw. Another round or two could hardly hard-ly have failed lo end with Dompsey knocked out. Tunney, whose clearly clear-ly excellent condition belied reports of poor training, seemed as strong as he was in the early rounds but Dcmpsey was in bad shape. Tunney had a clear majority of rounds in the opinion of virtually all observers, though Flynn claimed six for Dempsey. ! u. I belli hands. Gene crossed right to face, then lied Jack up in a clinch. Gene put left and right to face. Gene rocked Jack two hard rights to jaw as bell rang. Tunney's round. Tunney wins decision. "cak and Tunney a left at close I,SIT P"t his head on one s chest and pounded the chain-! "s ribs win, r,Kh(, G(.e hooked right and left t Jack's jaw. ! Gene sent Jokshoad back with a light left at the bell. Tunney's round. KOI M) TIIRKK Jiick came out aggressively. He nlssed a left and they clinched. Gene held Jack's hands and the crowd yelled disapproval. Jack walk i'd around looking for an opening "r Us loft. Tunney jabbed a hard leu to jaw. Jack punished him with short blows at close ouarters. Tunney Tun-ney crossed right to face. Jack pounded I he hack of Tunney's head " a clinch. Dempsey hit. Gene three low h ows but Gene didn't complain, ihis hapixuied in a clinch. Dempsev struck Gene low twice and one of the- judges called It a foul, but the tight went on. Tunney came back Willi left and right to the head. Dempsey put left and right to body, ihoy were fair. Dempsey put hard left to heart. Jack stepped away as Gene played for t lie head. They clinched and Tunnev crossed i, right to the ear. Tunuev's round. The Incident in the middle of the round when Jack struck low was not seen by the roioroe. George Ty-fon, Ty-fon, one of the judges, rose in his seat and shouted that the blow was low, but the fighters and referee paid no attention. KOI XU FOL K Dempsey led with left. Tunney crossed left and right to face. Dempsey put hard left to body. Gene put hard right to face. Jack put two rights low to body. Tunney put two lefts to face. Dempsey wns Warned for hutting. Tunney missed a right. Tunney put in a left to body. Jack punched Gene on the knee. Then he stepped away and traded lefts to body. Gene put three light lefts and a right to face as they clinched. Gene crossed right to head and shook Jack with another anoth-er right. Tunney's seconds were shouting at Dempsey's tactics. Two hard rights shook Dempsey. Tunney Tun-ney put three more rights to jaw and Jack was wobbling. Jack put hard left to head. Gene drove Jack to corner. Dempsey was groggy. Gene stepiied in with a left and right and Jack was hanging on at the Ml. Tunney's round. Jack was in had shape toward the end of the round and his seconds were working hard over him. Tunney Tun-ney had him almost out in a neutral corner. : ROCXD FIVE Dempsey stepped away now and Tunney put left to face. 5!ack landed right to body. Gene missed right to head. Jack put low left to body. But Tunney did not complain. com-plain. Gene looped over hand, right to head with Jack on the. ropes. Jack backed away and Gene fought him into a corner. Gene landed left hook to mouth. Jack put left to body and' hung on when Gene went in. Gene hooked him with three to he face anil crossed a right to the body. Dempsey was slow. Tunney crossed a right to ear and another one to face. A right cross followed by a left to head made Jack fall I Into a clinch. Gene shot another right to .liead anil Jack clinched. , Gene missed a right lo head Ihcn brought one home flush to the jaw. Tunney's round. ' UOVXI) SIX They p-parred cautiously at the start. O.'iio crossed a right to head and Jac k ripped home lliree hard body pu iches. Gene missed a right cross li f t followed with a short 1 left to hrnd. Demiisey bore in and Gene tied him up. A right and left to head made Jack clinch, lie was gamb'ing; everything now on getting in close, and Gene was tying him up and punishing him at long range. "Gene got In two lefts to face. .1 ack bounced left tu jaw. Gene In might up a or.e-two punch to the litco. Dempsey put a right to body: which made Gene dance away. Dempsey hooked a right ami left to jaw which shook Gene. Gene put him- on the rojies with left to face. Ji'-nck hooked right to face. He was -strong and dangerous. Gene crossed light right to face. Dempsey Demp-sey nii:(sed with a left and Tunney hooked ; left to stomach. Demixey's round. Jack jlookcd better in this round than ati any time and Gene had every r Bason to Ije cautious at this stage. ' KOIM) SEVEN Tunney missed with left and right to face, lie missed again with a right : when Jack bobbed around. Dempsey floored Tunney with right and le.'A to jaw. (.Jene got up at count of nine and Jack flew in. Tunney fell into a clinch. Jack put light left to body and followed Gene rtbout the ring. Tunney was running away. Dempsey followed him .Gune got in left to jaw. Jack hooked left to jaw. Jack put right to body on ropes. Gene was dancing danc-ing away all around the ring with Jack p nrsuing. Jack waned in. Jack drove right and left to jaw. Gene stepped! in with light right and left. Dempsey followed him around. Jack put leCt and right to body at the hell. Tunney was very weak in his corner and was getting smelling salts. He was saved on the knockdown knock-down liy Jack's failure to get Into a neutral corner. It wns a long left hook flush to the button which dropped Tunney. Tunney sagged down and waited for the count. ROUND EIGHT Dempsey bobbed in pursuit of Tunney. Gene crossed light right and left to head. Jack put low left to body: Jack put left to heod aud (Jene danced away. Dempsey missed miss-ed hard left to jaw. Demiisey missed miss-ed with a left and wns tied up. Dempsey pounded Gene's neck in a clinch. Jack sank a right to the body. Tunney was on the run again. Jack caught him on the ropes and played for the Iwdy with both hands. Tunney dropped Jack with left to jaw. but he bounced up without with-out a count. Gene forced the fighting fight-ing and put Jack on the ropes. Jack had slowed up now. Tunney drove three lefts to jaw. They-swapped-rights to face. Both Jack's eyes were badly cut. Tunney's round. The blow which hit Dempsey Irl ' |
