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HEADQUARTERS U. S. SIGNAL CORPS
COMMUNICATION FACILITIES I N
ALASKA PROPER
FINAL PORT OF GALL FOR THREE
STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
COAST TERMINAL FOR THE
RAILROAD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXII. NUMBER 206.
SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1927.
* - 7
PRICE TEN CENTS
Dempsey Out On
His Feet At End
Of Tenth Round
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TUNNEY WAS DOWN FOR THE COUNT OF 15 IN
THE SEVENTH, ACCORDING TO SOME STOP
WATCHES—THREE WATCHES IN DEMPSEY’S
CORNER GAVE HIM 13 SECONDS—ILLINOIS
BOXING LAW REQUIRES AFTER KNOCK
DOWN OCCURS APPONENT MUST GET BACK
TO CORNER AT WHICH TIME THE COUNT j
STARTS—DEMPSEY WAS SLOW RETIRING
WHEN GENE WAS ON FLOOR—HOWEVER—
TUNNEY WAS CONSCIOUS AND MIGHT HAVE
RISEN AT EARLIER COUNT.
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Tunney finished last three rounds with regained confi
dence and had Dempsey out on his feet when fight
ended—Dempsey had to be led to his corner as he,
was still thrashing about at the bell—Both show what
real sports are made of in first statements after con
test.
SOLDIERS FIELD, CHICAGO, Sept. 23. (By Asso
ciated Press)—Gene Tunney, the man of destiny, is still
heavyweight champion of the world but his crown was
? seriously close to being toppled from his head by the gal
lant thrust of the old warrior, Jjack Dempsey, in the
greatest boxing spectacle of all time.
Tunney’s hand was raised in victory at the end of a
slashing, smashing battle but only because he had the
courage and fighting powrer for a sensational finish after
being knocked down for the count of nine in the seventh
round by the challenger’s vicious two-handed attack. Only
one second in this seventh round separated Dempsey
from the greatest victory in his career and an achieve
ment no other former champion has ever recorded. But
Tunney back on his feet and slipped from range, cleared
his head and weathered the stormiest session as he ever
w experienced. Safely past that crises Tunney finished the
last three rounds like a champion and regained confidence j
taking the aggressive and beating Dempsey into a defeat
with a double fisted, well timed attack, to the head. Tun
ney, with his title in danger, had stuff to put on a victori
ous rally.
TWO PREIIIMIIES
IFTEH MAIN BOUT
SOLDIERS FIELD, Sept. 23. (/P)—
Armand Emmaonuel, San Francisco
heavyweight, won the six round deci
sion over George La Rocco, of New
York.
Martin Burke, of New Orelans, took i
the decision over Benny Krueger, I
round bout. Both of these were stag
ed after the main event.
HAMMERS 56th HOMER
NEW YORK, Sept. 23. (JP)~'‘Babe”
Ruth walloped out his 56th homer
with Gehrig on base. He is now
three from his world’s record of 59.
I LAST CHARGE EXPENDED
Both of Dempsey's eyes were cut
and bleeding badly, he was groggy
and reeling, “out on. his feet” at the
close of the final round. So battered
yras the old champion, with his last
charge expended, that he did notj
seem to know that the battle * was I
over and had to be led to his corner. *
CHAMPION GOT THE BREAK
Tunney’s victory was not without
j dispute, however, for there were ma
j ny in the ringside section who thot
the champion was saved from losing
the crown in the seventh round by at
count that was actually several sec
onds longer than the full toll of nine.
DUE TO ILLINOIS LAW
It was unquestionably a “long
(Continued on Page Fire.)
EXTEND LENGTH JOURNEY
•SEATTLE, Sept. 23. (/p)—Plans for!
an Alaska excursion next year by the;
Young Men’s Business Club has been
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completed and they provide they go
| as far as Fairbanks, via Seward.
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LEVINE, BALKED BY I
BAD WEATHEB, STARTS
ON RECORD FLISHTj
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CRANWELL, England, Sept. 23. (JP)
j—Balked by bad weather in his oft
{expressed desire to fly back to Amer
ica. Charles Levine, took off with
Capt. Walter Sinchclfiffe at 8:06 this
morning in an endeavor to beat the
long distance non-stop record and in
an easterly direction. Their goal is
understood to be Delhi, the capita] of
India, approximtely 4,750 miles from
Cramwell.
COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 23. (jP)
—A plane, believed to be Levine’s
Columbia, was sighted at 10 o’clock
this morning.
FLIGHT FAILS
VIENNA, Sept. 23. (^—Levine’s
attempt to set a new long distance
record ended when his monoplane \
| landed at 5:58 this afternoon in a1
pouring rain.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS HAS
HO SAV IN DISCUSSION
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. (£>)—
State Department asserted the League
of Nations has nothing whatever to do
with United States relations with thej
Panama in discussing Dr. Morales;
statement to the League concerning j
alleged dispute concerning American
Sovereignty of Canal Zone. Secretary;
Kellogg denied there was such a dis
pute.
GENEVA, Sept. 23. (,/P)—Foreign
minister Chapiberlain explaining the
impossibility of Great Britain signing
the security protocol with the League
of Nations for accepting worlds court
compulsory jurisdiction revealed that
England may not speak for her Domin
ions unless specifically authorized to
do so.
BASEBALL SCORES
Hollywood, 10; San Francisco, 8.
Portland, 2; Los Angeles, 14.
Missions, 0; Sacramento, 3.
Oakland, 0; Seattle. 2.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit, 7; New York, 8.
St. Louis, 7; Washington, 10.
Cleveland, 3-2, Philadelphia, 4-5 at
opening of 13th inning.
-Chicago, 1; Boston, 2; 10 ipnings.
NATIONAL league
^Boston, 5; St. Louis, 6.
New York, 2-7; Pittsburgh, 5-1.
Philadelphia, 4; Chicago, 8.
Brooklyn, 1-3; Cincinnati, 2-4; at
opening 12th innings.
FLOOR AT VARIOUS
TIMES LAST ROUND
DEMPSEY UNABLE TO FOLLOW
UP HIS ADVANTAGE OWING
TO WEAKENED CONDITION
CHICAGO, Sept. 23. (Special Ser
vice)—Gene Tunney, tlie fighting mar
ine, is still heavyweight champion of
I the world, he defeated Jack Dempsey
last night after 10 rounds of savage
fighting. While Gene retained his
| championship, due to his masterly
! generalship, h© almost lost his crown
| in the seventh round when Jack
j caught him on the chin with a left
hook sending him to the canvas for
! the count of nine. It was claimed by
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; a number of the people at the ring
| side that Gene was given a count of
i 12. When Tunney regained his feet
in the seventh round it looked like
a new champion would be crowned
but Dempsey himself was in a very i
weakened condition and was unable j
to follow his advantage. Dempsey
coaxed Tunney to stand up and fight •
it out this round but Tunney, with
/his masterly cleverness, kept away
from the “Manassa Mauler” until his
head cleared.
The eight, ninth and tenth rounds
were Tunney’s. In the tenth he ah
most had Jack on the floor several
times.
BLEEDING FROM EVES
Dempsey wa» bleeding badly from
both eyes as the bout ended. Tunney
got the greatest break that a cham
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pion ever got in the seventh lound!
as it was clained he wee given a!
count of 12 seconds by many at the '
ring side. Tunney was still shakey j
as the eight round opened but soon '
regained his strength an ! fully re
covered from the effects o, this bad
round and wrhen Jack faded to follow
up his advantage.
* LAST, SAVAGE ROUND
In the ninth round Tunney had
Jack down for a no count but Jack
covered and protected himself from
Gene’s fierce attack. In the tenth
round Dempsey opened with a right
and a rush but due to his condition
was unable to keep it up and Gene
took the aggressive and had Jack in
a bad way when the round ended.
FIGHT RECEIPTS
CHICAGO, Sept. 23. (JP)—The fight
gate was $2,658,660.
JUDGES NAMED
CHICAGO, Sept. 23. (£>)—’The judg
es for the fight were George Lytton
and Sheldon Clark.
THOUSANDS OF MILES
COAST HOE ISOLATED
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. (£>)—
Reports are slow in coming in regard
ing the tidal wave that hit the west
ern coast of Mexico Thursday. Thous
ands of miles of the Mexican coast
along the Pacific remained isolated
for days -and hundreds of persons are
reported missing. Two passenger
liners, the Napajoa and the Jalis
oo were reported lost at sea.
JOE DUNDEE BEATEN
BOSTON, Sept. 23. (/P)—Joe Dun
j dee, Baltimore world’s welterweight
.champion, lost a 10 round decision to
Johnny Ingrisano, young Boston
fighter. The title was not at stake.
jNON-STOP FLIGHT
ENDED; NO CONTEST;
BOTH PLANES DOWN
GAS SUPPLY OF SCHILLER’S RAN
LOW AND MOTOR ON OTHER
WENT BAD
SPOKANE, Sept. 23. (>P)—The
Spokane-New York non-atop flight
ended in a no contest. Duke Schil
ler, of Windsor, landed at Billings,
Mantana, late in the afternoon when
his gas supply became low. Eddie
Stinson, the other pilot, dropped out
at Missoula, Mont., when his motor
started giving him trouble. He decid
ed to land rather than take a chance
of being forced down in the moun
tans where a safe descent would
have been difficult.
AMERICA IS KILLED
BERLIN, Sept. 23. (^P)—Baron Ago
Von Maltjzen, German Ambassador to
the United States, was one of the
six persons killed when the Lufthan
sa plane, which was travelling from
Berlin to Munich, crashed near
Schleiz, Saxony. There was only one
eye witness to the accident. He said
the wing crumbled and the plane
crashed to the earth.
j CHICAGO, Sept. 23. (JP)— Fanny
(Brice, the noted actress who stood by
j Nicky Arnstein all the years of his
! imprisonment, and who received a di
vorce in Chicago claiming other wo
men owned his life now charged
that he suffered from inferiority com
plex in regard to her since she had
the curve removed from her nose.
Armstein is noted as the convicted
master mind of the $1,000,000 bond
robbery conspiracy in Wall street.
RESCUED AT SEA
MONTREAL, Sept. 23. (#>)—After
having been adrift on the Atlantic
ocean six days, Richard Jackson, a
student and William Sinclair, a school
master, were rescued from their yawl
by a steamship after an uunsuccessful
attempt to emulate Vikings.
HOLD ANOTHER CONFAB
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. (JP)— Sec
retary of Treasury Mellon and Assist
ant Secretary Mills, highly angered by
the action of Assistant Secretary Low
man in bringing prohibition to the fora
in discreditable light again conferred.
PARIS, Sept. 23. (jT>)—Mayor Jimmy
Walker of New York now here at
tended dinner of the Ango-American
Press Association and admitted it felt
like home. “How in hell can one be
dignified in these surroundings” he
asked and cheers went up everywhere.