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Show i! Seals take turn'at walloping ball ' And take fifth game of series i Most of Great Bout Was Fought in Misty Haze Cheer of Crowd Made Dempsey Forget Big Money and Go Out for Love' of Winning By Robert Ed grin HERE ia Jaok Hemp jr'i own atory of the jreat fight with Kirpo of the Argentine. It in dramatic, and in spite of the million of worda written about the fight by men who looked on it shown a completely new angle that will aatoniah many other people V bark Blfiwa nvr -fturt In a fight, "Kast, 1 fait tha rtrtff rapaa acroa my bai k. anil my hand wouldn't turn u. rirpo waa awlnglng an mf Jaw, but 1 didn't know It. Aftr that thara'a another blank. T flt iha baak nt my hoad thump ft antnathlna. i itchy I didn't claar tivar lha piaaa km la tba around, nr hit mf j liad an a trpawrltar ar a b-ach. Krary J Ihlng waa pllfh dark I dnn'l knnw how J ln. but It rould not kavt kn mora tha a coup la of aaranda, f Tha aomethina ban ta ahlna a my aya and 1 waa lying top ut pao-pla pao-pla who wra wring Urn around andr nta and I aaw lha rini ropei waving and aha king abatva m. Thay kik4 whtia van In tha aiara tmwi tha lighta "Than l sw a big black blwrraA klM agalnat tlia lighia. moving rloaa to tha rnp4a. That wa Firpo looking dnwg on nt. Tha Bint gwara lit t la, bat atayad right lhara. I bagaa to har a hind nf a dull rar. i Hha Niagara ralia. a mila away. It graw i kiudtr and I rould h.ar volcaa. agd all of a auddan I knaw whara 1 paa, I knaw I'd baan kaorkad out nf lha ring. I thought tha crowd waa railing to ma ft t up and I thought: OEM. I LL HAVI TO GRT BAi'K IV THERM QUICK TO WIN THI riOHTI "T think I aald: Pah taa kark la thara. aomabody.' Whatavar was under ma kind nf havad ma off and I riuiht a ropa ar aomaihing and pullad myaaif Into iha ring. Tha big black blur that " waa rtrpo waa right nvar m and I had to allda out aidawaya aloagr lha ropag to up. "Than I waa up and I thought I waa waylng fBai frm alda fn aida to duk lha bluwa that kapi knocking mo ka k. I waa Juat moving alow, 'punch drunk.' ut 1 didn't know It I couidn't aaa thm coma, but 1 knaw thay war ennuag, and I rouldn t lift my handa to hit. "I want ad to hit him and kfork h(m kack. but I waa fighting In tha dark. ' I ra wnrrlad amatlia ovar whathar aa urn ur not. but now 1 knnw I don t naad tu bothar wvar that. Whan a fallow la aa near out aa I wa and roma back tit win, ha'o gama. Ftrpo la dead gama. too, Thay don't make 'am any gauiar." "M l, rooi Fii A BO IT nmo.- Hara Tampacy atoppad. and kta far a tfuahad aa if had baan caugat In ma luoliah trick. "VV waro all fnnlad about Flrpo." ha I aald. "1 nrvtr draamcd ha rpuld met w II a faat or hit an hard and I navar II draamad ka'd ft up fiabting aftar aavon X II kitrockdowna, tha way ha did. I womlr II how Klrpo fait aTtar iho kaockdowna? t I'robably ha waa aa goory aa I waa." U Pampaay want on with hla atory: I . "I bag an to coma back onaugh to aaa B Flrfo through a ha ia. and 1 began lu M fight again. B "Thao tha nan I ramambar la fn my R corner. 1 didn t know the round wa B ovar or how 1 got thara. Karna had ah tha amalung aatta undar my aoaa and ilm M whiff 1 gut nearly lifted ma out ul (lie Jt J thalr. y Mr head began to clear right away. I Jr could aaa all right and I looked over at Pirpo. I could faai my at rang th conia hark and whan the minute waa up I knaw what had kappaaad and what I had to do. "I want right out aftar rtrpo and thte time I made him nilee ma arm picked my opening a aad knocked him at. "I knaw 1 had him whan 1 hooked that right to hla chin aftar tha left, and aaw htm drop. 1 didn t, have to look bark and that time 1 knew the way to aa much aa It a at omened ma. Iaaipaay'a own alory of hla aan-aiioaa aan-aiioaa and V what hap pan ad ta lha ring haa not baan print ad before and there ar many thing In tt that no on but Itampaay baa known up to thta moment Tha champion told It to ma aa wa at In hla room at tha Bel mo it hotel In Ne w York, Monday morning, morn-ing, tha third dav after tha hat-tie hat-tie II waa looking; tn perfect trim eirept for a allghtly dlai-ol-orad left aye. and aahg talked taa chuckled over hia own deatriptlon of hla axnerlenca. "You didn't know I waa knocked ant In that flshl. did you?" aakod lha champion- "Walt. t waa knocked oul hv th flrat punch Flrpo hit ma. and what kept ma on tr.y feat and fighting I don t know. 1 Juat remember thing In apota. 1 waa nearlv out all through the flrat round and I dldn I know what waa happening half tha time. "I never want Into a fight before with tha gama feeling that 1 had In thta ana. All tha other fight a. even for tha championship at Toledo were juat business. I waa thinking of tha money I could make by winning; win-ning; X thought about tha money In this fight at flrat. whan 1 waa ' up at lha training; ramp. Doc and I had my fight all figured out. I thought 1 knew all about Flrpo. 1 pi.m to TAUT VAST. A funny thing1 happen tn ma when 1 got Into th ring. Xonody raaed me. I wasn't uael tn that. Then Jo Humphrey ajava ma that ftna Introduction, and tha crowd cheard for me. It'a tha first tlma I t hoard a cheer like that since Toledo a cheer that sounded aa If everybody meant It. "All of a sudden all thought of money and success and what It meant to me to win. for myaalf. went right out of my head. It came over ma that hera waa a big, powerful pow-erful fellow who had coma from another an-other country to beat ine and taka tha championship avav from America- I was aji American who had to heat him. "It waa all up to ma. and thoaa people all around aa far aa f could ana war with ma and wanted ma to win. 1 navar thought -whether 1 was f!M1ng for nothing; or for a million dollars, and It wouldn't hav made, any dlffarenca. 1 Juat had to win. f couidn t loss and let tha fellow from tha other country coun-try go back and aay had keaia tha American champion. "My plan was to start faat, hut watch Flrpo a dangerous Tight, Cot an opening aa soon aa I could, and vary tlma I ot a- aura opening-drlva opening-drlva a hard punch through without with-out letting him ranch ma with a counter. "Now 1 aided to that plan. 1 concentrated mr mind on driving the knockout punch through Ihr flrat opening, r would knock him oul wl'h on punch In tha body that's tha aureat knockout punch If you ran get It In rlgnt, "Tha hell rang and I went Mil faat. Klrpo ruin out and I saw an opening for a )ft honk at tha body Juat what I wanted "1 dived In and hit with all mf strength Klrpo circled a llttlg bit to my right and I tnlpaed him. my coraer "Whan the count Was up I Was glad to run out and. lift Kirp.i to hla feet. HH WAS THE OAMKltT PELLOW AM) THK BKHT FIOHTEH 1 EVtvK FOUOHT. "You might say I waa lucky tn beat him, but It waan't luck aa much ss good lege. I trained nearly four momha for this fight, counting In hheiby, and I did a lut of roadwuik MY I.KHH IAVK1) UK WHKV MY HEAD WAS UONK. Whan I couldn't lift in handa, my lege still carried hie through. "It'a gieat to have good lege. tf Fir- K'a bad been so well trained as mine, wouldn't have gens down an nrten, and he might hav won the fight whs he had me going. "g) TO ItR CABRFl'L NEAT TlMkh "I auppose yog aspect a bard fight If you meet riipo as a in nest year, when he's knocked out two or three other fl-lowa fl-lowa and kad mora ei per re ace." 1 eug -geatad "I don't know, aald Da money thoughtfully. thought-fully. "It may noi be sa OOOD a fight. I'll be more careful if fight htm again, and I stioulda't have ao much trouble getting him. "Then 1 don't know If Flrpo will ever fight ae wall again. It didn't think ha. could ba knocked down and ha dldn t 1 think anyone could atand up under h punrhaa. 1 took all he had and came T bark. Ha waa knocked down nine ttmee and avas knocked out. That may shake his confidence neit Urns ke flgbta" A Penipeey grinned. "It waa a eort of a shock to me to know I could be knocked down," he ron-feeeed, ron-feeeed, "I've been knocked goofy and I dliay a tew tlmaa but my lags always held me up. Hut I'm better off than Flrpo. After what 1 got through 1 think I muet be pretty near punchpruof. "Anyway. I'm not going to fight any more for a while." the champ concluded. - I 'I'm going to have a little ftahlng and 'M hunting and taka a rest for a few weeks kf II before I even begin to think about It." Copyright, 1111, by the Bell Syndicate, f if FOl'OHT THHOUiH A H Ay.K. "Just aa T realised T wan missing, hn hit ma with aomethlng! I don t know what It waa. Don't know where tha blow cams from or where It landed. "They say It was a eight upper-cut. upper-cut. 1 navar saw It. My knees hit th floor and In tha aama motion I was up and my rush carried ma on and agalnat htm. Thnt a all 1 knew for s while. I was out on my feet. I don't know what was In ma that ktpt ma fight-In fight-In I was In a has. "Then, through th baaa, 1 aaw rtrpo, and ha waa on the floor, 1 don't know how ha gut there. His yes wera hut. "I saw him open hla eyes and Jump up without waiting for s connt. 'I saw him on hla knees again, and rolling on tha floor, but I don't know how many times ha waa down except what they tell ma. I was gtlll almost out bysslf. "I ran only remember It In Uttl flashes. Tha rest Is a blank. Klrpo Klr-po must hava bean as bad sa I waa or ho d have taken a count. I don t taka any slock in tha storv that h had to get UP because he didn't understand un-derstand tha count In English. (Here's bean here a year and ha lin t a hooh. 1 could learn to count tan In Spanish In a year If I was tn tha Argentina and that's sll he'd need to know. "In fact, I can count ten In gpanlah now. 1 atudlcd soma Bpan-Ish Bpan-Ish whsn 1 thousyt 1 might flKht htm down there, and Klrpo Isn't dumb and mora thay I am. JI ST TltAnHD BLOW ITOM BLOW. 1 Just ra member hearing tha referee ref-eree tell m to go to my comer whan rtrpo waa down, and vry tlm th ring waa all In a haaa and whirling around and It looked to m aa if Lhera war a million Corners, all gliding past! "I'd start for one and get hold of tha ropes ao T rould stay In It, but I didn't know If It waa my corner cor-ner unlsa 1 aaw K earns' whits face through tha ropes "1 want t sea th pictures and they gava ma a great laugh. Once I stepped right over Flrpo to g. to a corner. 1 suppoa It waa tha only corner 1 could aaa. Other times I slipped around bshlad him and want to a corner. "Of course In a fight you always try to get wher tha other fallow can't saa you when ha a down. It pusslaa bint to find you when ha gats up. That's part of the gama "In the plcturea 1 aaw that - I waan't trying to dodge his punches when h aocked me. I waa Just taking; thm and trading blow for blow. I waa too near out myself to know anything exeapt that 1 was in there t fight until something some-thing dropped. "Next thing I do remember was that 1 wondered whan Flrpo waa going to atay downand hs got up and swung an awfu punch. Maybe that waa th one that gave me tnla eye. hut 1 don't know whara It landed, .everything got nearly dark and 1 didn't know where the corners cor-ners ware or anything and I couldn't ae Flrpo, but 1 could feat him aocklng him. "The blows didn't hurt. I Just Ml lhm kind of throwing ma |