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VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 205. SEWARD, ALASKA,
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Gets Decision
Over Ex-Champ
Was Too Clever
SOLDIER FIELD, Sept. 22. (By the Associated Press)—
GENE TUNNEY SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED
THE WORLD’S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
SHIP AGAINST THE SENSATIONAL CHAL
LENGE FROM JACK DEMPSEY WHEN HE CAR
RIED OFF THE JUDGES’ DECISION IN A TEN
ROUND MATCH BEFORE A RECORD BREAK
ING CROWD OF 150,000 THAT PAID $2,800,000 TO
SEE THE SLASHING BATTLE. j
GENE TUNNEY CAME BACK TO WIN WITH A!
BRILLIANT RALLY IN THE LAST TWO ROUNDS
AFTER BEING KNOCKED DOWN FOR THE!
COUNT OF NINE IN THE SEVENTH ROUND BY
A SMASHING RIGHT TO THE JAW FOLLOWED
BY A LEFT.
Dempsey seemed to have had the title in his grasp in
the seventh as his slashing attack had Tunney in retreat
but the champion, backing to the defensive, weathered the ,
storm until his head cleared.
There was much dispute about the ringside over the ]
length of the count on Tunney’s knockdown some claiming
it was slow in starting and that the champion was on the :
floor as long as 12 seconds. Outside of the seventh round ,j
and few briefly sustained drives at other stages Dempsey .
was outboxed and outfought by Tunney who seemed to be i
much faster and stronger. The challenger was a target !
for Tunney’s sharp right crosses. !f
Dempsey was staggered in the fourth round and in,1
the tenth was on the verge of going down. Under a^
heavy barrage the old mauler kept plunging in but he ;i
looked tired. At the last both eyes were bleeding pro- i
fusely from cuts and his resources were almost expended, i
The decision of two of the judges and the referee,
Dave Barry, was unanimous. {
ROUND ONE
Dempsey was the first to lead but
missed a left to the head; clinch.
Dempsey lands two lefts to the head
as they clinch. Tunney was boxing
cooly and backed away from Jack’s
rushes. Jack followed Tunney around
the ring. Jack lands a left to the chin
and they clinch; Jack lands a straight
left to the stomach and Tunney cross
es a hard right to the jaw. Tunney
misses a left and a right to the head;
clinch. Jack is continually following
Tunney around the ring Tunney lands
a left and a right to Jack’s head. Tun
ney took the aggressive and lands two
solid lefts to Jack’s jaw. Dempsey
lands a left to the jaw at the bell.
Gene’s round.
ROUND TWO
Dempsey lands a left to the chin.
They spar in the center of the ring.
Dempsey gets in close and lands sev
eral light lefts to the stomach. Tun
ney lands a hard right hook to the
jaw. They dance in the center of
the ring. Jack land3 a left to the
jaw staggering Tunney. They clinch
land the referee parts them. Tunney
misses a left and a right to the head
clinch. Dempsey continually fights
to the body. Cene lands a right to
the jaw; clinch. They spar round
the ring. Tunney misses a left hook
and they spar in the center of the ring
Tunney ties up Dempsey on the
ropes and lands two lefts to the jaw.
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ALL BARRIERS ARE
CLEARED GREATEST
FIGHT IN HISTORY
FORMER BATTLES PALE IN COM*
PARISON WITH TODAY’S BIG
CONTEST
BOTH IN PRIME SHAPE
MOST SENSATIONAL COMEBACK
DRAMA BOXING GAME HAS
EVER KNOWN
CHICAGO, Sept. 22. (&)—With its
last legal barriers cleared and the
sity swarming with the greatest fight
crowd of all times the Dempsey-Tun
aey battle of dollars, open. frttqrH, and
mixed opinions, moved toward a cli
max.
The actual fistic combat tonight
starts at approximately 6:45 o’clock
Pacific coast time.
In its attraction and world wide in
:ere'st in the fierce bitter character of
preliminary debates, in the size of the
stakes involved which is $1,450,000 for
:he two fighters, as well as the magni
:ude of the promotion enterprise, the
second chapter of the Dempsey-Tun
ley feud far outskirts any sport event
n history. The so-called battles of
he century within the past few years
ire pale by comparison.
The crowd is expected to shatter all
'ecords by numbering close to 150,000.
t will pit Tunney, the soldier and
nasterful boxer champion, against
Dempsey, the plunging, personally
nagnetic slugger, who was badly beat
;n a year ago by his handsome foe
>ut who now is primed for the big
ict of the most sensational comeback
Irama the boxing game has ever
mown.
Tunney’s supporters insist that the
ighting machine that all but crushed
he slugging Dempsey a year ago, in
he rain, is equipped to repeat, in
>robably a more decisive fashion.
Dempsey backers see the old “man
issa mauler” as the once more aggres
sive, battering plunger, and as the
lattler that knocked out Willard, Car
>entier, Firpo and Sharkey. His ag
;ressiveness, is not quite as fast as of
rore, but is far from the floundering
igure of 1926.
LONG ODDS REPORTED
CHICAGO, Sept. 22. (JP)—'The men
* ho back their opinions with money
vidently think Dempsey will break
hrough for a steady draft of senti
lent toward Dempsey was punctured
y wagering odds of either on an
ven money basis or one with Demp
ey a slight favorite. The continua
ion of the switch from champion to
hallenger would make Dempsey a
renounced favorite. The longest
(Ids reported in Dempsey’s favor -
rere six to five.
POWER NOTICE
IF THE WEATHER IS FAIR ELEC
TRIC POWER WILL BE SHUT OFF
TOMORROW (FRIDAY) FROM 9 A.
M. UNTIL 3 P. M., IN ORDER THAT
NECESSARY REPAIRS BE MADE.
S. L. & P. CO.
NUN WlNETEEN
INDIAN CHILDREN ARE
BURNED TO DEATH
| PRIEST SO SERIOUSLY BURNED
NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE;
MISSION DESTROYED
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PRINCE RUPERT, Saskatoon, Sept
I
|22.(yp)—Ninteen Indian children and a
| nun, Sister Lea, were burned to
death when fire c^stroyed the isolat
ed Beauval Catholic Mission on the
La Claplonge Monday night. First
word of the fire was brought by a
launch. Forty-six children were res
cued. The priest was so seriously
burned that he is not expected to
live. Dr. A. Amyot, of Regina, who
had gone to the Isle Lacrosse, 60
mites away, received a fragmentary
report which said the fire broke out
at midnight in the boys’ dormitory
and within a few seconds roared
through the building.
CLEGHORN WINS BOUT
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22. (£>)—
Walter Cleghorn of Seldovia, won a
four round decision over Tony Pas
sich of San Jose, a well known
welterweight.
EH A. SPAFFflflD IS
ELECTED NOTIONAL
COMMANDER OF A. L.
RECEIVED GREATEST OVATION
OF^ CONVENTION; JUNEAU
LADY APPOINTED
PARIS, Sept. 22. (/P)—Nominated
and unanimously elected within five
minutes, Edward A. Spafford, of New
York, became the national commander
of the American Legion. In proced
ure, hitherto unknown, Spafford re
ceived the greatest ovation of the
convention. Spafford was formerly a
naval lieutenant commander and the
first naval officer to become president.
Mrs. Irene Walbridge, of Peterboro,
N. H., was elected Auxiliary president.
JUNEAU LADY HONORED
PARIS, Sept. 22. (£>)—Mrs. Belle
Simpson; of Juneau, was elected
Western Division Vice President of
the Auxiliary.
SEATTLE FUR SALE
i IRKED BY TREND
1 FOR VARIOUS FOX
AVERAGE PRICE BEAVER $25.50;
MUSKRATS DECLINED TO
AVERAGE $1.80
SEATTLE, Sept. 22. {&)—A marked
trend toward white, red and cross fox
was noted in the monthly auction of
the Seattle Fur Exchange. Prices
were announced as follows: Cross
fox sold at an advance of 20 to 50 per
cent over last month’s sale; the aver
age was $53, the best skin bringing
$103.
Three white fox were noticably
scarce this year and were in high
demand at an average price of $51.
Twelve red fox, of an unusually high
grade collection, averaged $35; the
lot brought $47.50, but the offering
was small. Mink, including many
low grade skins, averaged $12.75, for
the best lot. Six of the best 75 skins
brought $27. Muskrats declined to
an average of $1.80. Six of the best
lot fetched $2.20. A small lynx collec
tion averaged $30. The demand for
wolf was fair averaging $28.60. Beav
er declined slightly averaging $25.50.
Four wolverines went rapidly at $23
which was the average price.
HANKOW IS PLACED
DISTURBANCE TAKES PLACE OUT
SIDE OF THE BRITISH CON
CESSION
HANKOW, China, Sept. 22. (JP)—
Hankow is under martial law with the
streets heavily patrolled following a
disturbance outside the British con
cession in which a gang of armed men
rescued a uniformed prisoner believed
to be a communist leader. A Chinese
guard was taking the prisoner, who
was captured on a Japanese steamer,
through the crowded streets when a
gang opened fire. In the prolonged
exchange of shots an undertermined
number of persons were killed and
wounded. Several gangsters were cap
tured. The Japanese disarmed 50
Chinese soldiers aboard a ship and
held them for other troops. When
the latter arrived a Japanese sentry
was bayoneted.
RIDES PLANE’S TAIL
NEW YORK, Sept. 22. (£>)—Vincent
Taylor, 15 years old, alighted at the
city’s airdome from the tail of a mail
plane after having been carried 35
miles in that novel manner. He had
got caught when the plane took-off,
he said, and had nothing to do but go
along.