THIRD EDITION. TUNNEY WINS!

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17147, 24 September 1926, Page 11

THIRD EDITION. TUNNEY WINS!

NEW WORLD’S CHAMPION A GREAT CONTEST DEMPSEY BEATEN ON POINTS FOUGHT LIKE A TIGER (Elec. Tel. Copyright—TTuilod Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Sept. I*l, p.m.) NEW YORK. Sept. i>::. The odds were rodeoed to two lo mm as the nioti on'to rod llio ring. Rain foil in i lie lirst roiiim. Dempsey siartod in ligerishly at Tunnoy, ad tliei'o was a quick exchange of blows, Tmmey being oontimßilly forced on lo the ropes, Tunney then managed in laud two heavy blows on Dempsey 's head, when Die chaiitpioii's attempt to land a right uppercut failoil. liu the second round the ehainpion again rushed in savagely, and drew blood from Tunney's mouth with a glancing left hook. Then belli men furiously exchanged blows, Dempsey continually forcing' Tunnoy to the ropes. The champion fought in a frenzy, rocking Tumicy with two hooks to the jaw, but the latter retaliated with a right in the same place. Deiftpsev continued to force the lighting, but Tunney whipped blows to the body and head, ami the champion leaned back on the ropes as a round ended. Jn the third round the champion came from his' corner slowly, Tunnoy meeting' him midway. The challenger with swift- precision landed a right uppercut and left to the head. Dempsey bled at the nose and mouth, Tunne.v jabbing him apparently at will, and otie.e lie nearly dropped him with a left hood when they came out of a clinch. Dempsey was sparring for time when the round ended. NEARLY OVER THE ROPES In round /our, Dempsey nearly knocked Tuimey over the ropes with a I i wild left swing. The champion literal- ! ! lv swarmed over the challenger, light- ] ! ing like a madman and landing a ter- i ! rilie right to the head and'a left to the i j stomach. : i Tunnoy opened a wound in his op- | ( poiicnt’s right eye, and Dempsey apS poured to be tiring, ami was hurt by a I straight right lo the ear. which drew ' blood. I The referee had to warn Dempsey, 1 when the latter started hitting the 1 bach of the neck, that the rabbit'punch, was not allowable. In the fifth round the men boxed more cautiously. Tunnoy blocked a terrific left for the body, and countered with an uppercut, hacking Dempsey on to the ropes. Tunnoy was now doing bis first- forcing in eight hot -rights and lefts to the body. Dempsey appeared to lie much on the defensive, and was driven on only by his lighting heart. Tunnoy backed up Dempsey with two hard rights to the body as the bell sounded. LIKE A RAGING I JON There was opportunity for Tunnoy of vidorv in the sixth round, but it appeared* doubtful whether the challenger had enough strength left. Dempsey’s resources were not ended. ; j]o launched from his corner like a I raging lion, and smothered his op- : poueut’s blows. Tunnoy protested to ■ dm referee, about Dempsey's rough j work in the clinches. They were spar- | Dug when the round ended, and the i punches of both seemed 1.0. lack power. In the seventh round it was still : raining dismally. Dempsey opened the | round with a left to the jaw that put i Tunney back oil his heels. Dempsey ! opened Tunney’s right eye with a Jett j hook. The challenger staggered Dentp--1 sev with rights and lefts to the head, i blit later on there was a furious exj change of blows in mid-ring. ’lhey | clinched as the bell rang. ! La the eighth round Dempsey came I out elowlv, circling about the eager i challenger. The former seemed weak I 01 , io<vs. Donipsev clmdied to H'* cover from two heavy body punches but Tunnev forced him off, and hurt him so badly with a left to the body ; that the champion grunted painlulh. ! Dempsey was missing with near > a | his leads. Tunney landed a light hit 1 to the face. BLOWS LIKE MACHINE GLN In Hie'ninth rmiad Dempsey appealed in a very bad shape, his seconds lnvinI’' 1 ’' frantically to g" "ver him. Tummy seemed eoiilident. but J’ 0 champion’s fury was not \<t ; aio Raped from his corner swnigm n ! iciously but ineffectiveiy. Dempsey landed a hard right lo the but Tunney staggered him with ■' ’hs 1 to the head, and a <‘li t" i • ’ Dempsey’s eye was almost cW,d ■> bard left. winner in j 'litnney seemed a 1 , the ninth round bv a decision at hast. It c rain was now a downpour. A Iffy shook hands /or tlm final rmuid they slipped and slid m the wO L H"w Dempsey comd hardly stand. 3 Tunnev won the judge’s decision ami became ihe new elmmpion. EXCITEMENT IN LONDON SPECIAL NEWS SERVICE (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received September 24, 3 p.m.) LONDON. September 24. Greatest interest is being manifestcil m tiie Dempsey Tmincy fight. beading newspapers have sent foremost dos.riptlV(, u liters lo Philadelphia, and they have been cabling columns duly. News that Dm light has begun will lie received here at .3 o'clock this morning. London is in practically direct communication with the ringside, and will retcivo ilu* dCGOiuil round by round. -Ad | lie morning papers have arranged lot , special editions. THE WINNER’S RECORD • ‘ CLEAN-LIVING FIGHTER ’ ’ The clifdli'iigei' in yesterday’s match ; s a different' type- from Dempsey. In the first place,'his reputation has never suffered from reference to Army drafts, for right at the start of America’s entry into the war, lie served as a marine. He does not smoke or ill ink, and his biographers say tlmt he prefers good literature, and is something of a student. He is the beau ideal’ of the dean-living prize-fighter, and lias always been a popular fellow, even before tiie days when bis develop-

mg aggressiveness brought him success in the ling. When Tunnoy heat Carpentier a little while ago, lie was spoken of generally as a championship possibility for the first time. Carpentier was attempting a come-back, and Gibbons had failed to stop him, whereas Tunney made a hack of ihe Frenchman. It, was his first big jump into the limelight, though actually the Frenchman was past the zenith of his powers. Tunney went ahead from victory to victory, and at last he met and defeated the wily Gibbons, at the Polo Grounds, New' York. The general opinion was that Gibbons was too good a boxer and too good a hitter to finish second in this meeting. But when they met lielore a big crowd at the Polo Grounds in New York, ringsidcr opinions began to change quite early when it was noticed that- Tunney was making brilliant use of a good left hand and then cutting through with Die right at every chance. Gibbons was meeting a Tunney who had improved ICO per cent, within a year. He was meeting a bigger, taster Tunney with a much better punch. Tunney took his time, through hard steady battering, until the weakened Gibbons was ready for , tiie killing punch. The new Tunney had arrived. DEMPSEY “THE KILLER’’ AN ANNIHILATING FIGHTER When Jack Dempsey met Jess Willard, the giant cowboy, and handed him one of the most terrible thrashings ever suffered by a world’s champion, the' American sporting writers christened him “The Killer.” His ferocity in the ring was likened to that of a tiger, stalking his prey in the jungle, and the leaps with which lie reached the jaw of his big opponent strengthened theparallel. Dempsey at that time was a real tiger in the ring, and as lie demonstrated in the series of lights with Joe Brennan, he could not only give punishment, hut was built by nature to absorb it without taking any serious harm. The high lights in Dempsey's career shine on 'he, victories obtained over Willard, Carpentier, and I’ii‘po. The Carpentier match was the most notable in a sense, for it marked the arrival tin the sphere of championship matches of the new style of showmanship, called promotion. Its main principles was tiie prolongation of the preliminary no gdtiations for the light, and the circulation of a liciiiendous amount of proagaiida about the respective fighters. The. DempScy-Carpentier fight attracted more attention than any other light in history, and when the Frenchman went out in Jour rounds, it established Dempsey in an unassailable position. FlGllT with gibbons. Later came bis light with tommy Gibbons, allowing that he might Ini beaten by a boxer, and there were hopes that somewhet'b a leal artist of the gloves, with enough weight to stand up to Dempsey’s onslaughts, would lie found. After Gibbon's, there was no one who could obtain backing for a. challenge, however, and when the champion fell disposed to tight again, Firpo’s quickwon popularity made him the logical choice fqr the match. Firpo, the ‘‘Wild Jlull of the l’ampas,” was a pure slogger, and in the first round of their historic battle lie knocked Dempsey clean out of the ring. The champion later stated that lie did not know anything whatever about the rest of that fight, for though he was pushed hack through the ropes, and i'ougld Firpo blow for blow, it was not until the Argentine was disposed of that he really recovered from that first sweeping blow. Firpo was felled a half-a-dozen times in less than two rounds, while the champion was on the verge of dropping. Seven years of success have been Dempseys, and in Dud period lie has fought only 39 rounds for the championship. Wind yesterday's fight might produce in (he way of evidence of his falling-off was one of Die chief points of interest in collection with the match. DEMPSEY’S LONGEST FIGHT The longest fight for the championship in which Dempsey had previously taken part was the fifteen round contest with Tom Gibbons, when Gibbons went the whole, route with (he champion. Against Oarpentier, Dempsey found four rounds sufficient in which to dispose of his opponent, and Firpo was knocked nut in two fiery sessions. Bill Brennan went twaive rounds with the “.Menassus man-killer.”