Show I C HOPE T-T T PV OF A CK K FADES FAUKS F AS A KING WINS WINS' VV uN r I R if Newspaper Men Vote Levinsky J i Victor Victorin in Bout Chicago go Youngster Takes P 1 All Mauler Has to Offer and Hands Back More Ire Morey I. I By y Jf William t Associated Press Correspondent I J CHICAGO Feb Jack 19 Dempsey'S Demp- Demp sey'S promised land In which he had another chance at the ther r heavyweight championship of the td today seemed to have been a mira mirage e. e list Last cast night in jn the Chicago stadium fore a smashing record crowd of or spectators who left at t the te gat gates s De Dempsey in the opinion Jon ion of a big majority of or newspapermen newspaper men and about the same me percentage Of oC customers took a beating from King jug Jg Levinsky the socking Jewish b bol from Chicago's Ghetto IT i The be bout was billed as an and there was no official deci- deci sjon io A poll of writers at the rin ringside ring ring- side ride however gave Levinsky 18 voteS tote two for Dempsey and four tour it a draw The ovation the grinning Winning Kingfish received as he left the ring indicated that the crowd felt the same way about it Giving DIving away six and one half Pounds Bounds and nearly 16 years Dempey Demp- Demp r icy ey Y was WS the same scowling glowering ey who knocked out Jess Willard Wil- Wil lard corge Carpentier and Luis until he went into action Heme He J tame came me out weaving and bobbing bobbin but H and Lc who radiated confidence from the time he climbed 1 t into the ring met him took every every- the former champion had to J offer and it t seemed gave CaVe back OCk just a little bit more I I PUNCHES LACK STEM STEAM DempseY had plenty on his liis vicious idous 1 L belts to the bod body in the first two rounds and the cocky King took a 1 few Cew and arid then held on Starting with the third there was less steam inthe in inthe I the punches that used to lay opponents i t low and Levinsky cut loose I i and sad hammered both hands to Demp- Demp 1 1 sey's head and body and built up 1 the mar margin ln that convinced writers i and spectators Dempsey showed dis- dis linet signs Ins of wear after the first round when he stalked to his corner l After Alter the other three rounds the stalk became a shuffle f 1 i Levinsky springy of leg and in no noI 1 I way ay awed b by the the fo former me ch champion I even en went so far zar in me the fourth as ns u to m w wi t i stop almost contemptuously as Dempsey Dempey Demp- Demp sey ey plodded around him seeking an 10 J opening and beckoned the Manassa nun man to come on and fight just fight just as asI I Dempsey ey had urged Gene Tunney to toon tome come on and fight in that uproarious seventh c round at Soldier Field in 1927 Re Regardless ardless of whether he can everL ever L reach the point of en engaging agin in a real L battle Dempsey demonstrated he is till a champion at the box offices The crowd was the greatest ever to watch atch an indoor fight and the gate was gratifying to the stadium corporation corporation corporation cor cor- and the boxers Dempsey I had the option of 60 per cent of or the II receipts and paying Levinsky or he might take 45 per cent and have leive the Kingfish 15 per cent Dempsey's only comment was Hes a 1 good boy and a n dangerous puncher l linsky insky more cocky than ever Mid laid MAw Aw he aint so hot but he can full punch His left hook is good But Hut the King can take them The sem semifinal inal bout a rounder 10 i t in the National Boxing association light Haht heavyweight elimination tournament tour- tour resulted in a stunning up upset upsel et victory for George Gcorge Nichols a n stilE stiff punching southpaw from Buffalo BuHalo N N. Y V. over Billy Jones Philadelphia ne- ne Sro ITo Jones was a top-heavy top favorite t talt reach the final of or the tournament r He e was knocked down twice for nine t ft counts and although he finished well failed to overcome Nichols Nichols' lead f |