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THE BEE : OMAHA; SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1919.
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CELEBRATION OF
FOURTH IN CITY
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11 No Accidents Mar Celebration:
. Thousands Visit Public Re
i v sorts and Listen to
.'Addresses.
(Continued From Pf dm.)
beauty and ingenuity. Bombs were
shot into the air. Each burst and
I let loose a little parachute from
'which hung figures of various kinds
, and many colors dogs, camels, ele
phants, appearing like inflated fig
ures. Xhese floated slowly to the
ground and were retrieved by the
"kids." Prizes were given to-those
t ti nararVmt. rarriil flaorc wYitrll.
r looked surpassingly beautiful as
they waved tn the breeze while they
descended." -v
Pershing in Fireworks.
r ., l 7.JU u. III. liic main uicnvifta
' - t t i-r . r m. 11- i
were touenca oil at runiciicue pans.
They were of great variety and, be
seven set pieces as follows: "Gen
eral Pershing," "The Merry Acro
bat," "Old Glory," 'Statue of Lib
erty," "Chief Fontenelle," "Scene in
World War" and "Steamship."
- Congressmen Jefferis, District
( Judge Estelle and Ray J. Abbott
;Vere the speakers of the day,
' " Excellent neighborhood celebra-
i .eirtne- wr Yilrl in TCnnntT f an.
t . ' ,
VI a 11, .i litn aiiu iiiivivi jaiAa
and the Benson playground, espe-
P .cially for the children. There was
Tnusic Dy oanas ana orcnestras inj
Jhese parks. - "
v: Dozens ot games ot DaseDaii were
S '.played. ' . Every diamond in the
narks was encacred for several
games during the day and the sand
"jots had their quotas of competing
teams, sturdily .seeking to wallop
each other at trie great national
sport. '
r " Golf Courses Filled.
The golf courses at the clubs and
in Elmwood and Miller parks drew
their hundreds and there were spe
eial features at some links. The
pmaha Country club opened its
golf season yesterday with a spe
cial match,
' Seymour Lake park was the scene
-of athletic stunts and contests for
children ami grownups. There was
a special dinner from 6 to 8 o'clock
and then dancing.
1 The high temperature brought
thousands to the , various bathing
beaches and pools. ,The waters of
.Carter Lake, municipal beach, Lake
-Manawa, Spring Lake park, Morton
park and the Riverview park pool
were tilled all daywith those who
forgot the ' heat in the refreshing
V-aterv
J The ever-popular movies drew
their thousands, and though it
seemed that all Omaha must be in
vthe parks or at the movies, there
r'were other thousands who r spent
the day in the quiet of home, just
aoafing in easy-clothes.
5 The big wrestling match 'in the
"Auditorium drew a great crowd of
jans. ' ,
- In' front of The Bee building a
large, crowd gathered 'in the after
noon and heard reports from the
Dempsey-Willard fight.
Mrs. Willard Glad
- Husband Lost Fight
(Continued From Fae One.)
1 shall be happy when I can take
Jess back home to our children."
-Although the fight was over be
fore 4:30 o'clock, Willard did not
f jmotor to hii home until an hour
and, a half later. He said he did
not 'recover from the effects of a
left hook that Dempsey landed ear
ly in the first round until perhaps
an hour after he left the ring.
I "That was the blow that started
jne ,on to defeat," Willard said. "I
felt physically able to continue, but
'my head would "not clear and my
ye was closed and I realized it
would have been useless for me to
attempt to box while, half blinded.
"Dempsey is a remarkable hitter.
It was the first time that I had ever
been knocked off my feet. I have
stnt many 'birds' home in the same
bruised condition that I am in and
pow I know how they felt. I sin
cerely wish Dempsey all of the luck
possible and hope that he garners
tof the riches that go with the cham
pionship. t have had my fling at
the title. I was champion for four
years. And I want to assure you
that they'll never have to give a
benefit for me. have invested the
money I have made."
I Women Meet Ex-Champ.
.When the beaten, champion mo
tored to his home wvth Ray Oarcher.
his business manager and his spar
ing partner, the porches adjoining
the Willard house were alive with
women dabbing their eyes with
handkerchiefs.
- "It seems as if there "lias been a
death in the neighborhood," one of
them said. .
i "Well, I tried it once too often,"
was the greeting Willard gave therm
- The champion had a Turkish
towel draped over his head to ob
scure his bruised face. He"does not
expect to leave Toledo for three or
Jour days. x
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But You Must Drive It Out of
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j : : Permanently.
? You have probably been in the
kabit of applying external treat
ments, trying to cure your Ca-
tarrh. 4 You have used sprays,
washes and lotions and possibly
been temporarily relieved. . But
after short time you had another
attack and' wondered why. You
must realize that catarrh is an in
fection of the blood and to get
permanent relief the catarrh in
fection must be driven out of the
; blood. The quicker you come to
anderstand this, the quicker you
ilh get .it out of your system.
6. S. which has been in constant
Dempsey Virtually Wins
World Title in One Round:
Willard Quits in Third
: 1
Issue Never in Doubt From Start; Kansan Knocked to
Mat Five Times Before First Frame Ends, Says AH
His Strength Left Him After Hooks to Jaw and
StomacH Early in Fight: 1 . .
, (By The Associated Press.)
Toledo, O., July 4. By virtue of
one of the speediest and most one
sided battles which ever decided a
big fistic event, Jack Dempsey, who
may now wish to be known by his
full voting name of William Harri-
MOTHER OF CHAMPION
OVERJOYED AT RESULT
' Salt Lake City, July 4. Mrs.
Celia Dempsey, mother of the
champion, shouted with joy when
the flash reached her that her son
had won the cnampionship.
"1 am overjoyed, ' she said.
son Dempsey, Friday became the
world's champion heavy weight
boxer.
To all intenets and purposes he
whipped the huge Jess Willard, fa
vorite in the meager betting in oneJ
round. Dempsey thought the ref
eree had announced him winner and
actually left the ring. But he was
called back and the butchery con
tinued for two rounds more when
less, sitting in h'S corner with a be
wildered look on his swollen "coun
tenance, failed to respond to tiie
tons tor the fourth roi:;iG
It was no use "to continue, said
the ex-champion. "My strength
went from me in the first round."
Appears Much Surprised.
He' sat there, apparently the most
surprised man in the United States
at the moment. His rieht eve was
closed and his 'ight cheek swollen
and blue with bruises. Bleed cov
ered his body and his arms hung
to helplessly over the ropes that it
feemed as if a child might g've him
further abuse without arousing his
interest.
Dempsey was breathin hard
when the fight ended, but it was
from exertion and not from punish
ment. He escaped almost unhurt,
but as he had been using his arms
like trip-hammers on the anatomV
of his opponent for nine crowded
minutes, in a sun that sent ther
mometers to 110 degrees, his heart
was still pumping at high pressure
and he appreciated the breathing
spell.
In the first few seconds of the
contest it looked as if the experts
who had been assigned to keep de
tailed account of all blows struck
might come measurably close to
doing so, but it was only for a frac
tion of a moment. After that the
experts did well to count Jack's
blows, let alone, take note of how
each was made. The challenger
knocked the big fellow down five
timesn the first round and had him
hanging helplessly on the ropes or'
draped over his own shoulders most
of the time when he was not taking
advantage of the count.
Thought FighWas Over.
The crowd thought the fight was
over in that round. Willard was
down for the fifth time and the
count was apparently about given
up when the gong sounded. It was
a modest gong which couJdn't make
itself heard by so many people, and
even Dempsey didn't get it. He
crawled through the ropes and was
headed out onto the shoulders of
screaming fans when the truth was
broken to him and he was- hauled
back. t
Such fighting xas the Kansas
ranchman produced was placed : on
exhibition at the onset. He had
stood in his corner a picture of con
fidence. His smile seemed that of
one who had a brief and not unpleas
ant task before him. He certainly
was all set to go, for just before time
was called he was heatd to have re
marked, "Let's get this thing over."
He measured the attendance,
which disappointed estimates by
about SO per cent, with an apprais
ing eye.
Dempsey Appeared Nervous.
Dempsey 1 presented a contrast.
None of the confidence of his train
ing camp statements appeared in his
bearing. The man across from him
outweighed him 40 pounds and
looked as big and impregnable as a
metropolitan bank building. The
mood of the challenger was plainly
thoughtful and more than one ring
side gazer whispered, "He's licked
right now."
When they were introduced Jess
sauntered over with the cordial man
ner of one desiring to reassure a
youngster arid took his hands in' the
friendliest way. Jack's handshake
was friendly, too, just then, but it
was the last token of friendship
from those gloves. A minute or so
later they were using Willard for a
chopping block and some in the
crowd were crying, "Stop it, 'stop it;
it's plain murder. '
Dempsey's first effective blows,
and tfie ones which "apparently set
tled Willard's fate, were a right over
Jess' shoulder to the jaw, a left to
the body and a right to the jaw. Jess
staggered. His eye was closing and
he reeled, and the challenger, with
all the energy of his pulsing youth,
began hitting him at will.
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tations. Seats were built for 80,000,
and the estimate was that not more
than half of these v were occupied.
Speculators lost heavily. No bet
ting was reported at the ringside,
nor was there much elsewhere so
far as could be ascertained.
The heat of the day was terrific,
intensified as it was by the vast
acreage of green lumber. During
the preliminary bouts, which lasted
from 11 o'clock till 2:30, a thermom
eter jumped to 120-degrees. It
showed 110 degrees when Willard
and Dempsey entered the ring.
WnenDempsey was proclaimed
winner, the crowd surged onto the
mat in a wild scramble to shake the
hand of the .new champion. At
times some of them toppled over
onto the telegraphers and reporters
just below, who were strugglingjn
the mad disorder to report what
had happened. Police eventually
dispersed them by hustling Demp
sey away. Willard was taken to an
automobile and disappeared from
view of the crowd. -Lacking
In Class.
While the passing of the heavy
weight championship was one of the
most dramatic events of modern
ring history, it was lacking entirely
in high class boxing. With the ex
ception of the first three snappy left
jabs with which Willard opened the
contest, the combat was simply a
series of terrific drives and smashes,
virtually all of which were delivered
by Dempsey;
The first of these crashing swings
to land on Willard's jaw and body
appeared to ' completely daze' and
take away from theVtitle-ljolder ali
power to either protect himself or
fight back as had been expected by
his admirers. Whether he could
have stood up better under the bat
tering of Dempsey a few years ago
will always be a mooted question.
It cannot be denied, however, that
Willard was in good physical con
dition and displayed gameness up to
the moment that his seconds per
suaded him to relinquish the cham
pionship to Dempsey.
Took Punishment Well. v
This was demonstrated by, the fact
he received in nine minutes of fighfr
iner far more punishment than did
Jeffries at the hands of Jack John
son in their 15-round bout at Reno,
and yet was able to respond to the
bell had hisseconds been calloused
enough to send him again to tne
slaughter. Even after the disastrous
ending of the first round, Willard
flashed a momentary comeback in
the second, which for a few seconds
led to the belief among his support
ers that he would weather the storm
and carry the battle along on even
terms for a few sessions at least.
It was the last flicker of a spirit
which was stronger than the flesh.
Another sweeping right-arm smash
that flew over Willard's shoulder
and landed flush on his swollen,
bleeding jaw, took the last ourrce of
resistance out of the giant and made
his downfall a matter of but minutes.
Battered Opponent Down.
An analysis of the new champion
shows nothing new in his fighting
methods. He tore into his oppon
ent at top speed, as has always been
his fighting custom, and simply bat
tered his way to the pinnacle of
pugilism by the speed of his blows
and the overwhelming power that
traveled from the huge shoulder
muscles down through the brawny
arms and into the clinched fists ar
mored with fivcounce gloves. He
made little or no attempt at de
fensive work and not more than
five or six times during the nine
minutes of battling did he resort to
foo( work to avoid Wjllard.
Demosev appeared in the ring at
3:55 o'clock and 'Willard a minute
later.' They were stripped ready
for action, Willard wearing short,
tight-fitting blue worsted trunks
with an American flag belt, while
Dempsey wore short, loose trunks
like those of a sprinter. During the
few preliminary details both were
covered with huge umbrellas 'to
keep the sun from their uncovered
heads.
At nine minutes after 4, the weak
gong, wnicn later' caused so mucn
confusion, clanged and the battle
was on.
Round One.
Willard loomed up like a Goliath
against his five-inch shorter David,
and opened the engagement by!
pumping his long left twice into
Dempsey's face with force enough
to make the latter blink. The chal
lenger missed a swing and, slipping
into a clinch, landed three body
blows with his left hand, carrying
but little force. Willard held him
easily in a ennen ana partly turn
ing him around used his rapier like
left again, once to the head and -once
to the body after the break.
Then Dempsey. as if he bad got
the range, opened his heavy artil
lery and swung a jarring left tff the
jaw, followed by a righ and left to
the body. The almost superhuman
power of the punches was immedi
ately apparent, p. partly silly, part
ly stupid, expression overspread
Willard's face and as he rocked on
his-heels his whole body quivvered.
He pulled himself together and as
Dempsey crowded in again, shot a
left to the mouth and repeated to
the eye. , The blows did not even
cause his youthful nemesis to hesi
tate, and, dodging past the out
stretched left as it snapped for the
third time, he-whipped over a right
and left almost simultaneously, the
blows landing flush t on Willard's
jaw. and for the first time in his
championship career Willard was
dropped to the floor. He was up
again at the count of six, only to
be sent to the canvas with ano.ther
right as he rose slowly to his feet,
(he blood began to pour from his
mouth. -
He turned away from his oppo
nent, who struck again twice with
his right, Willard falling on his
hands and knees. When he arose
Dempsey crowded him into a corner
and with a right and left to the face,
sending him to the floor again. As
he arose a fusillade of body blows
dropped him in a corner, where he
at when .the bell terminated the
DEMPSEY WINS
CHAMPIONSHIP
IN QUICK TIME
'
Soundly Whipped and With
Jaw Broken, Willard throws
Up the Sponge in
v Third Round.
(Continued From Pace One.)
was out of his corner like a flash
and met Willard in the. champion's
own corner, showering him with
rights and lefts. Willard clinched
and punthed with him in close. The
scrap was a continual mixup from
that time on, each man punching
blindly at the -other's head, but Wil
lard's blows lacked steart.. x
Dempsey was hitting with all the
brute force that was boasted that
he possessed. He staggered Wil
lard with powerful wallops, but the
game losing champion tried to slug
with him. He staggered to his cor
ner and fell into his chair like a
man half dead.
The third round bell found Demp
sey eager and anxious to get at it
again to complete a job so well be
gun. He sprang at' Jess with a
shower of punches that would have
dropped an ordinary man. Willard
fought back desperately buNwith no
power in his blows. It was only a
question pf minutes till the end
came. His knees sagged as he wab
bled aiound, striking at his oppo
nent blindly.
When the gong rang for the start
of the fourth round, one of Wil
lard's seconds, tossed a towel into
the ring in token of defeat.
Willard Powerless.
Willard had tried to answer the
call of the bell, but could not rise
from his seat. He was utterly pow
erless and was forced to concede the
victory to his younger opponen.
He was assisted from the ring a
broken and disheveled ex-champion
who had lost his title to a younger
man in the shortest time that a
world's heavyweight championship
had ever changed hands.
Losing a bitter fight, but game to
the end, quitting only when his legs
refused -lo support him, he wws a
beaten man from the time that the
first left hook landed on his jaw,
but though dropped four times
more in the same round, he forced
his wavering legs to carry him an
other two rounds. It was the fall
round and led Dempsey to believe
ttidt Willard had been counted out.
Round Two.
Dempsey started where he left off
and Willard, with a big cut under
his eye, appeared to be in a bad way.
He managed to snap a left'to-Demp-sey's
face and a puny right uppercut
to the chin. Defhpsey replied with
several body drives and Willard fell
partly through the ropes. When he
regained his feet he stumbled into a
clinch, but Dempsey easily tore
loose and proceeded to batter him
almost at will, the champion retal
iating with but three- feeble stabs to
the face during the melee. When
Willard went to his corner he fell
heavily into his chair and it was
seen that his right eye was com
pletely closed and that side of his
face was swollen entirely out of
shape, while Dempsey was un
marked. '
Third Round.
The final session was simply a
series of rapid-fire swings which fell(
on Willard's face and body with
pile-driving power, which left Wil
lard completely helpless as he stag
gered about the ring and wobbled
along the ropes utterly unable to
defend himself. Blood, bubbled from
his mouth with every gasp for
breath, while the crowd about the
ringside began to yell to Referee
Pecord to stop if? Just as the bell
rang and Willard collapsed in his
chair he spat out a tooth and it was
seen that he was in bad condition.
As he sat lolline from side to side.
his chief second, Walter Monahan,
talked earnestly to him and when
Willard nodded his head, Monahan
walked over and spoke to Pecord.
The referee threw up his hands and
hurried to Dempsey s corner. He
gesticulated in the uproar and final
ly pulled Dempsey toward the cen
ter of, the rjng before the new cham
pion realised that Wyillard's seconds
had thrown up the sponge. , As
soon as he grasped th4 situation, he
started for Willaid's corner and the
late titleholder arose and stepped
weakly to meet him. They shook
hands and Willard muttered some
thing in reply to Dempsey's remarks
and the hgnt nad passed into nis
tor?. (
EPMira
Ilk aWlj Sllil j
' iffliiiM3 ,
of a really great fighter and the rise
of a greater one. x v
There will be no excuse of lack of
crvndition from; the Willard camp,
tor he was in Excellent shape, trie
was beaten by a terrific puncher
who landed the first good punch.
Dempsty was faster than 1 Willard
and it was his speed that won for
him. Without it he would have
never landed that first left hook
that won his battle for him.
Dempsey and Jack Kearns, his
manager, danced and laughed in the
corner like schoof boy when Wil
lard's towel came sailing across the
ring. Hi friends crowded into the
ring and hoisted him to their shoul
ders. The carried him around the
ring, cheering till it was thought
their throats would crack. A joyful
throng took up the cry. Even those
that had lost heavily on Willard
cheered Dempsey to the echb.y
Upward of 40,000 fans witnessed
the fight and every one of them had
a cheery word for the new cham
pion. Heat Is Blistering.
A blistering heat inside the arena
weakened every one of the boxers
in the preliminaries and spectators
were anything but comfortable. The
press stands were full of newspaper
men who wore faces - as red as
boiled lobsters when thev left the
arena. Dempsey and Willard were
shaded in their corners by huge um
brellas held by their seconds.
Dempsey was the first in the ring
and selected the corner with his
back to the sun. Willard followed
him into the ring a minute later and
walked over to Dempsey an,d shook
hands with him. They posed for
some pictures, received referee Pe
cord's instruction"? and returned to
their corners to await the call of
the first bell.
The men came out of their cor
ners fighting, having shaken hands
at the center when instructed by
fhe-Teferee. and Willard led with a
hffht left. He repeated and followed
with a light one tq right. This con
tinued for some time, Willard jab
bing and Dempsey slamming his
right td the body. Suddenly Demp
sey shifted his attack and hooked a
vicious left to the jaw, landing flush
on the point of the chin and from
this blow his victory resulted.
. Dempsey Unmarked.
Dempsey left the ring practically
unmarked, while Willard was as
sisted from the ring with his jaw
sagging, his right eye completely
closed and his left eye almost
closed. The entire rieht side of his
fiace was badly swollen and was al
ready turning color, being mute
witness of Dempsey's terrible pun
ishing ability.
the rise of the new champion
marks a new epoch in the hi story -of
boxing. Dempsey has risen to the
highest point attainable in this line
because of his great love for fighting,
i j i .. . i i i i.ji.. . , i.
iic iijs aiaicu repeaieuiy mat nc
would be a real fighting champion
if he won the title and every fight
fan in the country hopes that he
will. Should he pursue this course,
he will be the most popular cham
pion America has ever known,
not even barring John L. Sullivan
and Bob Fitzsimons. He is a young
tellow ot pleasing personality and
fights purely for the love of fighting.
Whether the money that comes
with a title will turn him from this
love of battle is still to be learned.
The 40,000 fans who saw the mill
will be enthusiastic supporters of the
new champion if his avowed inten
tions are carried out.
Rise Sensational. ,
The rise of the new champion was
sensational all the way and the moVe
than ordinarily sensational manner
in which he won the title will re
main fresh in the minds of the wit
nesses long after he has retired from
the game.
It stVikes me that a real champion
won the title in a real champion
like form. He won his honors on a
knockout and it is to be hoped
that when he loses them, it will be
the same way. Should he ever be
knocked out and lose his well
earned championship, his conqueror
may well be hailed as the greatest
heavyweight the world has ever
seen.
Today, Jack Dempsey stands in
this position and were there any
way to prove this fact many men,
even those who lost money by Jack's
victory, would back him to the full
extent of their bank account. He is
declared a greater cchampion than
Jefferies was. It is claimed that he
is a harder hitter than Jeff and that
he is more vulnerable to punish
ment than that giant Californian.
, Warning to Wives.
Harkensack. ' N T. Mrs. Georee
KVantigan of Bogota became angry
because her husband kept 15 .cents
out of his wages. Her wrath was so
strenuous that George had her ar
rested on a peace warxarit and she
was put under $100 bond.
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lo Mat in Two Falls
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hiV rapidly changing holds mystified
the Californian.
Throughout the match it was the
old smiling and confident Joe, that
won an army of friends in Omaha
by the rapid trip he made up the
championship ladder. He looked
far better than he did during his
career of placing the shoulders of
all comers on the mat in less than
K30 minutes. ''
Stecher Was FaVorite.
Gate receipts "of the match were
about $20,000. Stecher. the winner,
carried home $12,000, the winner's
share. Lewis received nothing.
Stecher was a strong fayorite
with the crowd. When he entered
the ring Lewis wjas booed, while
Stecher was given a great ovation.
The game fight made by Lewis won
him many admirers before the bout
closed.
Champion Earl Caddock, who re
cently f&turned from a year s army
service overseas, refereed and was
given a rousing reception by his'
many friends. As a refefee his de
cisions met with the approval of
all for fairness and justice to both
men.
Gene Melady, who promoted the
bout, and Carl Marfisi, managers,
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Omaha.
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Sizes, 6 to 16. .
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"I have tried for three years to tie
these men in a knot and show the
people of Nebraska that I was sin
cere when I staged the bout three
years ago. After the fiasco at To
ledo, I feel, greatly pleased in know
ing that Iput on the biggest ath
letic event in the United States yes
terday." !
Omaha followers of the game did
not turn out in large numbers, al
though the women followers df the
game were largely in evidence. The
largest crowd of,vwomen attended
the match that was ever seen at an
athletic exhibition here.
It is doubtful if any other pro
moter in the United "States would
take the risks assumed by Mr. Mel
ady yesterday and give a show in
Omaha. Men in touch with sport
ing affairs in the east say this
match would have drawn a $50,000
house in Madison Square Garden.
Fbllowers of the wresting game in
Omaha must give great credit to
Promoter Gene Melady and Carl
Marfisi for the great Independence
Day bout.
' Tom Ray, Omaha welterweight
wrestler, won the one fall first pre
liminary from Jack Solomon of
Omaha, in 20 minutes with a body
-scissors and wrist lock. The bout
was fast and Snappy from the start.
Solomon's strength several times
saved him.
Joe Smeal. 260rpound training
partner of Joe Stecher, and Bill
Dristy, amateur champion of Ne
braska,, weighing 205 pounds, wrest
led 20 minutes when the bout was
called by Referee Cy Sherman of
Lincoln after the two men had
failed to mix. Sherman refereed
both of the preliminaries.
Returns of the Willard-Dempsey
fight furnished by The Bee were'
a
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Men 's Summer
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Preliminary Results
Rindside. Toledo, July 4. The
first preliminary was called at 11
o'clock, a six-round go ' between
Tommy O'Boyle of Toledo, 116 .
pounds, and Solly Epperstein of In
dianapolis, 114 pounds. Tom Bodkin
of . Pittsburgh, referee, decided the
contest a draw. - -
The crowd continued to gather,
but slowly, only a few thousand
spectators being present when the
first preliminary started, s
Wop English of East Toledo vs.
Whirlwind Wendt of Toledo. Tom- "
my McGinty of Cleveland, refereed.
Six rounds. English wins with
knockout in first round.
Third bout began at 12:22; six
rounds between Johnny Lewis of
Toledo and Tommy Long of De- "
troit; Danny Dunn of Cleveland, v .
reeree; weights, 135 pounds. Lewis
won by knockout in third round.
The fourth preliminary began at'' .
1:05 o'clock between Johnny Rose x
of St. Paul, 133 pounds, and Bat
tling Balliere of Brooklyn, 134 ;
pounds. Rose won decision in six
rounds. Tom Bodkin of Pittsburgh,
referee.
The fifth contest started at 1:40
between Navy Ralston of Joliet and
Jock Malone of St. Paul. Lou Bau- ,
mann of Cincinnati, referee.
Eight rounds. Malone outclassed"""
Ralston and won every round and ,
the decision. -
read by rounds and when the result
was announced the audience was in
an uproar.
Announcer Dave Stevens of 4he
Missouri Athletic club of Kansas
Citv made the announcements.
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