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Show Firpo dearly Takes Crown ' By His terrific Fighting Thousand of Fan See Champ and Challenger Fight Like Wild Men for Little . '6; More Than a Round NEW TORE", Sept. 15 (By A. P.) Jack tfempaey and Luis Firpo fought last night for the heavyweight crown of the world as two cave men in prehistoric days might hire battled on the edge of cliff and Firpo lost. r-. . But he lost like a man, fighting to the last agoniung tlaii than the darinir vounfv man from tha Argentina, and hi atrmtaa: aavxj him. Ha fall prompt If into clinch until Ma brain clar.. Had Firpo then bean abla to land ona avf hta taa-trerlna; nirhta. differ A tory mlfht he totd, but ha wn unA abla to follow up hla arivantaea h. for tha ball tollod. Bafora walktna; to hta cornar Iamnaey cuffed tha South American aeveral tlmaa about tha head, but tha refer ea appeared Hot to nor Ire It. Tha rrowd waa lulta unaj to r-cvr r-cvr from tha thrill of tha flrat round yhsn tha ightera wra 'It a""'rf,"" TrpjrittTia; tfk a wtttf man. " if at . d ther thoutrht of puttlna; up a mjf fenatva flaht. Bach waa out to wfn tmmadlalaly, to crowd all their chanrt-a Into tha flrat few rounda. Onca, twice mora Pampaay aent tha Anrantlna era ah In a to the reained floor. Hut when It aeamed Impoael-bla Impoael-bla for tha fallen clan i to rtae b waa on hla feet aaalrt. And then tha knockout. MOW TM riOHT WA WON. A left to the bodv, a tremendoua Ha;ht to tha Jaw and tha treat Argentine Ar-gentine lay flat on hla back under tbe clue tar of are llfhia. Hla face worked n a cony. Blood a (reamed from hla mouth. For a counter or two ha lay quite at III. Then h atrua fled to rlae, but the champion's mae rilflcent attack had ben too much for him. He flunk hla left arm a i roe a hla body, half rolled to hie r-vht aide, at rove valiantly to get hia lee unter him. bvt tha count of ten bounded. Tempay ruahed to his fallen foo and lifted him to hla corner. An ovation worthy of tha flrhtlna man he la awaited him. Frensied fkna craahed down on the preea aDtr-ttoti. aDtr-ttoti. stormed It. captured It. leaped to the rlna; ttaelf. For a moment It aemed aa If tha poll re would loee control of tha crowd, but finally victor vic-tor and conquered were escorted to their dressing- room a The whole evening: had kept tha police on thetr to-a. for outside the arounda waa ffftthered a throne aa s-reat aa that maaaed within th stadium sta-dium walls, and on several orcaaloiia. durlna; whlrh proapectlva spectators rioted around ticket wagona. mounted officers had to be called Into action to club the crowd Into Una. The champion hlmaelf, who arrived t the main irate, had difficulty In entering, and Jeaa W I Hard, who aat t the rinaalde. apent forty-five minutes min-utes fighung hla way through tho throng. imap naara a-lortoua In dafaAt than arar ha kad boon In vtf tory. KnockoS out In thrao mlnutaA and nrty-aowon laeonda of tho moat furl-aua furl-aua nsnttnf avoi; rwcordod In klatory. In which ho waa floorad aavan Umaa, bat nutnAATad to aond th chAmplon craahln elaon tHroua-b tha ropaa After bAttarlns ilm to hla knooa, tho aturdy on of tha Aiwantlno atlll 4-aaaa with d.t.rmlnod ayaa on tho orown which Uompaay barely aovd by A rllht up-pwr up-pwr rut wblck atr.tchod Firpo flat on hla book. ,. . Tn i 4oj rW Ik ba.'k Aajalw.'1 fco daclarod. whan llftad to hla "J tha man who had floorod him. ha had AtAira4 uaeortAlnly to kin draarlnd room. P1HPO WILL ( SACK AOAIN. loaln flfhlaro haro fnaSo that atatamant boforo and hAa on lauarhod At for thrlr palna Rut not ao with Lula. A vaot majority of tha 44.444 who wltnaaaad ballarad him and Tax Rlckard. tha tmut who put on tho fltnt. 4arlArod ho WAA raady to atAca Anothor rtrpo-l"ompar bAt-tlo bAt-tlo naxt aummor. or match tha Ar-4-antln. tomorrow aralnAt Harry WIIIA tho hard hit tins n.rro, who hoa born Itrhlna- for A flht with Dompaoy. "Firpo la not dono for pat' Aaaortad RIekArd. "Ho will ho hoord from again. Ho la blc. alranc rouna fallow fal-low and a torrtfle fla;ht.r. Tho bAttlo waa prrhapa tho moat dramatlr In tha hlatory of puarlllam, avan orHtJalna tho tarrtflo fray In To-lado To-lado In 111. whan Dompaay tora tha laurola from tho bloody haad of Jraa WI1IAJ. Into laaa than four mlnutoa wa. crammod moro action that uaunlly la aproad ovar flftran rounda. Tha crowd rAAllaed thay ward (Aalna; upon no ordlnory Vwora; thy waro wlt-noaalnar wlt-noaalnar An alamanlat. cnpPS. "rY" ahaklnl ba4tlo batwran two raat llon-hoartod llon-hoartod fUjhtlntt mm. to whom tho varb "to quit" waa unknown. Tha chAllanaar mAdo aa Inoonaplru-oua Inoonaplru-oua an antrAnco Aa could ba affoctrd In kla atarlng hAthrobo of purpla. told and block. Ha allppod Into th arona whlla tho laat round of tha laat preliminary waa naarin Ita tlroaoma flnlah and droppad Into a front row aaat aurrandorad to hint by P4C-tAtor. P4C-tAtor. APPLAU4S ORSETS CMACLSNOSR. Ha waa flrat Into th Hn. A hura'. of appkauao (Tootad him. No flicker of amotion allppad acroaa hla fAca. A mlnuta later Dempaey Jumped throuch tha ropao. rlad In whlta trunka. a whit a awaater buttoned over Hla ahouldara. Ha wka a buoyont DampAay: a lAuahln. confident pmp-aay: pmp-aay: A bempoey far different to the champion who two yeara aco. with worried flancea. from Aide to alrte. atappad Into tha rlna In Jaraey City to face tha renowned Oeorwej Carpon-tier Carpon-tier of KTAnca. Ha received A thundering thun-dering welcome. .... Ldla aat In hla corner. 44 WAtehful AA A brant of tho Jungle with the romhat Impending. He growled. 44 Dempaey took hla corner. Not for a moment did ho tAke thoaa keen 4vra from the face of the champion. Hla handlera looped A deAfenlng volume of advlca, but Firpo never hoArd '"jAcV, aquattlng on Ma atorn with an army blAnhAt draped acroao hla kneee, cart aMIalong glancee at the crowd while hla eorondo rubbed hla muecloe. and fondled hla oata aa a trainer might careea a rAce horaa. r . ..mm kto atnnl And danced up and down In hla corner to limber hla g muoclea. Then champion and challenger were called to th center of the ring for a conference, a conference protracted by Firpo a need of n Interpreter. Thay grew reatleee a technic 11 ilea were u pounded to thm. Then th gong. Th fight r flaw at one anothar Ilka aavagea. Dempaav hurled hlmaelf hlm-aelf acroaa the ring, a I Loping to one knee with tha fury of his mah, which carried tha Routh American gainst tha ropes. Then a right to the bodr and a loft to the Jaw and tho challenger crashed to tha ranvae. A short count and Firpo afln was on his feet. His shon with the fir of battle as he lunged at th man who had feMed him. Dempaey etood hla ground. For the second aad third time he knocked his heavier opponent to tho floor. Firpo s mouth guahed blood, but though stunned, an. waa far from out. CHAM 8 NT THROUGH HOP It. He drove hla sledge hammer right Into Dempeey s ribs with a thud that could have been heard a block away. But the champion's Hbs weathered the blow and he returned to th attack at-tack with a fury that sent Firpo to the floor for the fourth time. A few seconds and ha was down again, this time in Dempaey's corner. Thla time It seemed aa if ha could not rise again. The champion stepped over the fallen body oi his adversary, tooklng aa if he thought tha fray had ended. Rut It hadn't. With tha count ef nine th South American waa on hla feat apln and tMhed) hla rival. It was a etupen doue, a ataggerlng ruh that aent rempeey to Ma kneee. Jack roee, sattared but game, But Firpo waa at him In an Instant. Tie In need a tight awing that landed aauareiy aei Dempaey's Jaw. The rrowd. erased by tha drama It was witr.eeeing. g aspect aa It aaw Dempeey dashed through the ropes out of the nag. landing flat oa hla bach on the preea bench eax In an inetant he waa barb, but ha e froggy, stunned. His legs quivered quiv-ered under htm. Ha waa pal. But I dempeey had fought mora bat- |