FIRST PRELIMINARY
The first preliminary was a six
round bout between “Big Boy” Peter
son, 190 pounds, of New Orleans, and
Jimmy Russo, 183 pounds, of New
4 York.
PETERSON WINS
Peterson was declared the winner
on points at the end of the first
• round by the judges. The bout was
featured by continuous clinching. The
referee being the busiest man in the
ring.
SECOND PRELIMINARY
The second preliminary was a six
round bout between' Chuck Wiggins of
the Tunney camp and Jimmy Bryne of
Louisville. Chuck vreighed 1S7 pounds
and Jimmy 1S6 pounds. The first round
was fast and ended even.
The second round was also even and
was very fast, both boys proved to be
very tough in their clownish slugging.
The third round was another slugg
ing first honors being about even.
At the end of the fourth round both
froys were bleeding freely, this round
* was a repetition of the first.
Both boys mixing it furiously from
bell to bell round even. The fifth
round was another slugging fest both
fighters were bleeding* freely and hon
ors about even.
CHUCK WIGGINS WINS
In the sixth round the- boys hammer
ed each other viciously both being
, badly battered up and the crowd was
kept in an uproar. The judges agree
on Chuck Wiggins as the winner pro
bably due to his aggressiness.
THIRD PRELIMINARY
The third preliminary was a six
\ round bout between Yale Okum, of
, New York, and George Manley, of
r Denver. Okum weighed 169 and one
half pounds and Manley 169 and three
quarter pounds.
The first round was rather slow
both boys boxing cautiously apparent
ly feeling their man out.
OKUM’S ROUND
Round two; Okum was they first to
lead with a straight left to the jaw.
Manley backs away from a right cross
and they fall into a clinch. Manley
lands a left hook to the jaw and goes
into a clinch. Okum lands a left and
right to the stopaach. They clinch.
Okum lands a left to the jaw and takes
a right to stomach in return. Manley
misses a left hook to the jaw and
takes a left to the jaw. Manley miss
es another left hook. They clinch.
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Okum lands a hard left to the mouth
bringing blood from Manley’s mouth.
Okum lands a left and a right to the
(jaw and Manley is . bleeding freely
from the mouth as the round ends.
LOTS OF BLOOD
Round three; Manley was the first
to land with a left to the jaw. In a
fierce mixup Ukum lands a left and
right to the head and Okum lands a
left to the stomach and takes a right
and left to the jaw. Okum is now
bleeding from the mouth, clinch. Man
ley lands a left jab to the jaw and
blocks Okum on a counter. Manley
lands a left and a right to 'the head.
Manley staggered Okum with a right
>o the jaw, clinch. Okum lands a left
land a right to the stomach. Manley
;,blocks a right and lands a left to
lOkum’s jaw\ Manley lands a left hook
, to the stomach as the round ends.
| This is by far the best boxing ex
; hibition of the evening both boys prov
i ing to be very clever.
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A VICIOUS ROUND
Round four; Okum lands a left to
the jaw. Okum lands a left and right
to the jaw staggering Manley; they
clinch. Oktum lands a left to the
mouth. Manley misses a vicious
right swing and takes a left hook to
the jaw in return; clinch. Okum
ipiisses an uppercut hut lands a straight
left to the nose; clinch. Manley lands
a right and left to the stomach; clinch.
Okum lands a left and a right to the
head, and Manley lands a left to the
stomach and takes a hard right to the
jaw. Manley misses a hard right to
the head and slips to the floor; clinch.
Okum lands a hard left to the jaw
Jbt the bell.
1 A REAL SCRAP
Round five; Manley was the first to
land with a left hook to the jaw in a
fierce mix in the center of the ring.
Both boys landed rights and lefts to
! the head and body. Manley lands a
left to the jaw again a left and right
to the jaw and blocks Okum’s coun
ter; clinch. Okum lands a left and
! right to the jaw; clinch. Cfn the
ibreak Manley missed a hard right
fcwing; clinch. Manley' lands a left
to the stomach and takes a right to
the jaw; clinch. Okum lands a left
to the jaw but takes a hard right back
iin return; clinch. Both boys are
again bleeding from the mouth.
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BENNY LEONARD APPEARS
At this stage of the bout, Benny
Leonard, lightweight champion of the
world, entered the press stand and
took his seat near Okum’s corner.
MANLEY IN LEAD
! Round five; At the end of-the fifth
round Manley appears to have a slight
lead over Okum on his sharp punching.
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j MANLEY WINS DECISION
r Round six; They fall into a clinch
without landing a blow. Manley lands
a left to the jaw and bucks under a
i^hard right. Okum lands a right and
in left to the stomach; clinch. Okum
lands a left and a right to the stom
ach; clinch. Manley lands a hard
left to the jaw. Manley lands a left
to the stomach; clinch. Okum miss
es a left and takes a right and left to
the head; clinch. Okum lands a left
uppercut to the jaw. Okum is making
Manley miss a lot of left hooks but
Manley continues to land more fre
quently. Manley staggers Okum with
a left and a right to the jaw. Manley
has Okum groggy and the referee has
a hard time pulling them apart. Man
jey wins the decision.
FOURTH PRELIMINARY
This is a six-round bout between
Jack McCann, of St. Paul, weighing
172 and a half pounds and Billy Vi
dabeck, 174 and a half pounds.
Round one: McCann leads with a
left to the jaw which Vidabeck
blocks with another left and lands
a right to the jaw. McCann lands
a left and a right to the stomach;
clinch. Vidabeck lands a right and
a left to the stomach; clinch. Mc
Cann blocks a left and lands a right
hook to the jaw. McCann lands two
straight lefts to the mouth without
a return; clinch. Vidabeck lands a
jleft and a right to the jaw. McCann,
lands a left to the jaw; clinch. Vi
dabeck lands a left and a right to
the jaw at the bell.
The first round was rather slow,
both bey? apparently feeling out
their man.
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Round two: Vidaback lands a
left to the jaw; clinch. McCann
lands a left and a right to the stom
ash and on the break McCann leads
with a left to the jaw. Vidabeck
lands a left to the jaw; clinch. Vi
dabeck lands a left and a right to
the stomach. Vidabeck lands a left
to the chin and McCann lands a
right to the ear and takes a straight
left to the nose. Vidabeck’s nose is
bleeding; clinch. Vidabeck is now
bleeding badly from the nose as the
round ends. Round even. *
Round three: They clinch. Vida
beck misses a left to the jaw; clinch.
McCann lands a left to the nose.
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Vidabeck lands a left and a right
to the stmach and in a fierce mix
up McCann lands a right and a left
to the head; clinch. Vidabeck lands j
two straight lefts to the nose. Me- I
Cann is now bleeding from the nose
and mouth; clinch. Vidabeck miss
es a left and a right; clinch. Vida
beck stagers McCann with a left
hook to the jaw. Vidabeck straigh
tened up McCann with another left.
McCann staggers Vidabeck with a
left to the jaw; clinch. McCann
lands a left to the jaw;clinch. Vida
beck lands a left and a right to the
jaw as the bell rang. Vidabeck’s
round.
Round four: McCann misses a
left hook; clinch. Vidabeck lands a
left to the jaw. McCann lands a left
and a right to the jaw; clinch Vida
beck lands a left and a right to the
stomach taking a right cross to the
ear in return. Vidabeck lands a ;
right and a left to the- jaw. Vida-}
beck lands a left to the nose; clinch.
Vidabeck misses a righjj and a left
to the head; clinch. McCann lands
a straight left to the mouth; clinch
McCann lands a left to the stomach.
The referee calls time to tie a loose
string on McCann’s glove. Vidabeck
misses a left and takes a left to the
mouth. McCann lands a left and a
right to the stojnach. In a mix-up
both land heavy to the stomach. Vi
dabeck misses a left to the jaw and
takes a right to the ear at the bell.
Round five: They both miss left
jabs.and fall into a clinch. McCann
blocks Billy’s left; clinch. McCann
crowds Billy to the ropes landing
heavily to the stomach- Vidabeck
misses a left to the head and ducks
under McCann’s counter; clinch. On
the break both land to the stomach;
cut to the jaw and Vidabeck lands
clinch. McCann lands a left upper
a left aftd a right to the jaw; clinch
Vidabeck misses a vicious left hook
to the jaw; clinch. Vidabeck missed
another left hook and McCann pushes
him away with a straight left. Mc
Cann holds Vidabeck off with a long
straight left. They were in a clinch
as the bell sounded.
VIDABECK GETS DECISION
Round six: They shake hands
and Vidabeck misses a left and they
fall into a clinch. As they fall into
another clinch McCann leads with a
left to the jaw and counter. As tlfey
fall into another clinch, in a fierce
mix—up on the ropes McCann stag
gers Billy with a left to the jaw;
clinch. McCann misses a lefr and
lands a right cross to the jaw Mc
Cann misses a vicious left hook and
takes a straight left to the nose. As
they fall into another clinch, McCann
lands a light left to the jaw; clinch.
McCann lands a left and a right to
the jaw staggering Billy. McCann
staggers Billy with a left to the jaw
at the bell. Billy Vidabeck wins,
this decision was given by the judges
but the crowd let out an awful up
roar as the referee announced the
decision at the end of round six.
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Dempsey tries a left to the wind is
the round ends. Tunney's round.
ROUND THREE
Dempsey came out flatfooted and
tried to get in close. Dempsey now
takes the aggressive and rushes Tun
ney into the ropes but Tunney held
him cleverly. Tunney lands two left
jabs to the jaw without a return.
Tunney lands a left to the jaw and
crowds Jack into the ropes. Jack
lands two right hooks to the stomach.
Tunney now takes the aggressive and
lands a right hook to the ear. Tunney
lands another right to the ear and
Dempsey pounds the back of Tunney’s
head in a clinch. Tunney lands a left
to the chin. Dempsey lands two lefts
and a right to the head as they fall
into a clinch. They were in a clinch
at the bell. This w'as Dempsey’s round
by a slight margin.
ROUND FOUR
Dempsey chases Tunney around the
ring landing a left to the jaw. Tunney
lands two straight lefts to the chin
and as Dempsey comes in Tunney
lands a left and a right to the head.
In a wild exchange Tunney crowds
Dempsey to the ropes and Gene lands
a left and a right to the head. As
they clinch Gene lands a left and a
right to the head. Tunney rushes
Dempsey to the ropes and lands a
left and a right to the head. Tunney
Is all over Jack like a cat. Jack looks
worried as Gene continued to crowd
him and landed at will to the head.
Tunney staggers Jack with left and a
right. Gene almost floored Jack with
a left and right at the bell. The bell
saved Jack. It was Tunney’s round.
ROUND FIVE
Tunney went right after Dempsey
rushing him to the ropes and land
ing a left and a right to the head.
Dempsey is desperate and with set
teeth wades into Tunney. Tunney
lands a hard right to the jaw. Tan
ney is trying for a knockout; has
Dempsey staggering around the ring.
Gene crowds Dempsey to the ropes
landing the one two to his head.
Dempsey is still dangerous and lands
a right upper-cut to the chin, rock
ing Tunney. Gene tries another
hard left hook and Jack wades into
Tunney. Dempsey seems to have
come to life again and is now hold
ing his own as they mix in the cen
ter of the ring. As the bell rang,
er of the ring. As the bell rang,
Tunney landed a left and a right to
Jack’s face. Tunney’s round.
ROUND SIX
The two men were glaring at each
other in the center of thg ring. There
wasn’t a blow struck for 15 seconds
then Dempsey ripped a hard right to
the body as he took a left to the jaw.
Tunney lands a left and a right to the
jaw and crowds Jack to the ropes in
a clinch. Jack ducks a right swing
and falls into? a clinch. Tunney backs
away from Jack and lands a left to the
jaw. Jack lands a left and a right to
the stomach. Gene dances' away as
Jack lands a left and a right to the
stomach. Gene misses another right
to the wind. Jack lands a left and a
right to Tunney’s head. Jack is crowd
ing Tunney around the ring. Tunney
lands a light left to the jaw.
ROUND SEVEN
They meet in the center of ring;
Tunney misses a left and right. Tun
ney misses again with left and right;
Jack knocks Tunney down for the
count of nine with a left to the jaw.
Gene comes up and backs around the
ring as Jack tries to crowd him. Tun
ney began running away from Jack
and the crowd boos him. Jack lands
a hard left and a right to the head at
the bell. It was Dempsey’s round.
WORKING DESPERATELY
They were working on Tunney des
perately in his corner.
ROUND EIGHT
Dempsey chases Tunney arowid the
ring. Jack lands a left to the body
and they clinch. Dempsey set him
self for a hard swing but seems to be
unable to catch up with the champion.
Tunney keeps backing away from Jack.
Tunney lands a left and a right to the
head; clinch. Jack lands a left to
the wind. Jack staggers Tunney again
with a left to the wind. Dempsey lands
a left and a right to the head; clinch.
Dempsey slips to the floor. Tunney
lands a left and a right to the head
and as they fell into the ropes Demp
sey misses a left to the head; clinch.
Tunney now seems to have regained
his strength and is holding his own
with Jack. End of the eight. (No
further report.
ROUND NINE
Jack rushes after Tunney landing
a left and right to the head. Jack
chases Gene around the ring and they
fell into a clinch. Gene complains
to the referee about Jack using the
rabbit punch. Tunney tied Jack up
in the center of the ring. Dempsey
rushes Gene, but missed and Tunney
sent a right to Jack’s body. Jack is
bleeding badly from the right eye.
Tunney lands a. right and a left to
the head. They fell into a clinch as
Tunney landed a right and a left to
the jaw. Tunney staggers Dempsey
with two hard rights to the jaw.
Tunney lands a left and a right to
the head and Dempsey seems to be
very tired. Tunney’s round.
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ROUND TEN
They shake hands. Dempsey knocks
Gene down with a left to the jaw
and Gene jumps up without a count
and backs away from Jack. Jack
lands a left and a right to the jaw
going into a clinch. Jack lands
heavily to the body and chases Tun
ney around the ring. Tunney lands
a hard left hook to the jaw. They
spar and Tunney lands a right and
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a left to the jaw. Jack missed a left
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to the jaw, but follows it right back
landing a left hook to the chin. Gene
ties Jack on the ropes in a clinch.
Jack backs into the ropes as Gene
crowds him. Dempsey lands a hard
left to the jaw, but takes two lefts
to the wind at the bell as Tunney
rushed Jack. Tunney wins by de
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cision.
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URGES HUBBY TO VICTORY
CHICAGO, Sept. 22. (jP)—Isolated
' in a suite at a fashionable Lakeside
(hotel, Estelle Taylor, wife of Jack
' Dempsey, spent the hours before and
during the championship bout silent
ly urging her husband on to victory.
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THEY ENTER THE RING
9:50 p, m.; Tex Rickard announced
jthe gate receipts as being $2,800,000,
the crowd as 150,000. Tex Rickard
! and Mr. Getz, the promotors of this
championship fight, entered the ring
at this stage. Dempsey shouldered
his way into the ring followed by Leo
! Flynn. Dempsey is robed in a white
; bathing robe and a white sweater.
Dempsey looks very grim as he dances
around the ring. Dempsey takes the
southwest corner of the ring; the
“Manassa Mauler” hands are already
taped. Dempsey walks across the ring
and shakes hands with Mayor Thomp
son and Governor Len Small. Jim
Jeffries was helped into the ring and
the old warrior shook hands with
Dempsey. Dempsey was given a tre
mendous reception as he entered the
ring. Jack Sharkey entered the ring
and grasped the hand of the challen
ger. Dempsey was attended by Leo
Flynn and Jerry the Greek.
THOUSANDS OF WOMEN
There were thousands of women,
^smartly dressed, leaders of society,
wives of men prominent in public
life, in the arena but they were far
outnumbered by masculines. In the
front ringside row of the 108 seats,
there were only 15 or 20 women and
included a small boy, not over 10 years
of age. He was a proud front row
seat occupant but could not restrain
a yawn.
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