THE FRANKLIN EVENING STAR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1927 GENE TUNNEY vs JACK DEMPSEY

GENE STILL WEARS THE CROWN

Hail to the champion! The judges here have decided Gene Tunney outpointed Mr. Dempsey and lifting Tunney's right hand, are giv- ing him their verdict. The decision means the former marine remains on Fistiania's throne. Dempsey made a game fight to come back, but like all other former champions failed in the attempt.

Round seven almost saw the end of the great classic in Soldier's Field. Dempsey with a right and left to the jaw, sent the "fighting marine" down on the boards. The champion took the count of nine before he rose to his feet again.

Tunney (in white trunks) staged a great comeback in the ninth. Gene took the offen- sive as soon as the starting gong rang. With a series of stinging lefts to the face, he soon had Demp- sey wobbly. Jack by now was bleed- ing considerably.

RETAINS HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN JAMES JOSEPH TUNNEY

_ SOLDIER FIELD, CHICAGO, Sept. 23 - James Joseph Tunney, ex-truck driver and ex-marine, scientifically piloted his flashing leather groomed fists through ten slashing laps of speed here last night in defense of his world's heavyweight championship. _ William Harrison Dempsey, his challenging opponent, from whom Gene won his crown a year ago at Philadelphia was a thoroughly beaten contender. The decision of the judges was a mere formality. In the seventh round Jack came near to regaining his prestige. A right swing flush to the jaw caught Tunney and he was sent down for the full count of nine. He was smart enough, however, to stave off defeat as a result of the dexterity of his legs. Try as he would Dempsey could not put the finishing touches to the champ and was himself weary when the session ended. _ The remarkable physical fitness of Tunney stood him in good stead as he came back like a real champion and smashed Dempsey to the floor for a clean knockdown with an overhand right to the chin. Again in the ninth he peppered Jack at will with left and rights to the face which brought streams of blood from Dempsey's nose and both eyes. He appeared to have practically no defense against the lightning lefts of Tunney.

DEMPSEY KNOCKED DOWN IN EIGHTH

There were a few times in the course of the great battle in Chicago Thursday night, when it looked as if the career of Jack Dempsey might end in a knockout. Never did it look more that way than in the eighth round, when Dempsey went down and arose only to run into a hurricane of beating fists that nearly ended the fight then and there. This photo shows him arising with Tunney poised ready to resume the attack and Referee Dave Barry raising his hand for the count.

HE ALMOST RECAPTURED THE CROWN JACK DEMPSEY

Never in the history of the pugilistic world has a former holder of the heavyweight crown come as near to regaining the crown and failed as did Jack Dempsey in the seventh round of the title bout in Chicago, Thursday night. He had floored Tunney but failed to get in a neutral corner immediately according to the rules so the count of ten was delayed for four or five seconds. According to the experts, this period of time gave Tunney the respite that he needed to clear his foggy brain and regain the strength in his almost paralyzed legs. When Gene regained his feet, Dempsey failed to follow up the advantage he had gained and by the start of the eighth round, Tunney had entirely recovered from the blow that had come so close to ending the championship bout.

DEMPSEY DRIVING INTO TUNNEY

The most characteristic scene of the whole fight, Thursday night, is shown in this picture. Time after time it was "Dempsey bores in, driving to Tunney's body - Tunney gives his one, two to Dempsey's head." This remarkable photograph shows just how they fought.

JACK LANDS A LEFT

The Manassa Mauler drove constantly at Tunney's body, coloring it up considerably. This picture shows how he made his offensive. And while Jack was pounding away at the man who had never been floored, Tunney himself was hammering at Dempsey's jaw and his eye.

KELSEY TELLS WHAT MANNER OF MAN GENE TUNNEY REALLY IS Likes to Read and Enjoys High Society - Wiggins a Favorite (By Clack H Kelsey) U..P. Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Sept. 24

_ Gene Tunney, the man who rained 1,000 blows on Jack Dempsey at $1,000 a blow, Thursday night, is just the sort of specimen that writ- ers of yellow-backed thrillers for boys would make a hero of. _ The champion and what a champ- pion he proved to be Thursday night - actually despises crowds and actually likes "kids." He doesn't like to be known as a prize fight- er," but he is proud of being an ef- ficient "boxer." _ He relishes society, but abhors being mentioned as a social climb- er. He is flattered by being called intellectual, but is pained when he is labelled a bookworm. _ Tunney is not "girl shy," he says, but simply "is not interested in the sort of girl who would be interest- ed in a prize fighter." _ While here as well as in New York he has been lionized by many persons whose names rank in high society's blue books. _ His chum, Eddie Eagan, a Yale man and Rhodes scholar, is much the same sort as the champion. __ In Chicago Society _ Introduced in Chicago society, through Eagan and youthful Gor- don Kelly - a millionaire's son who took a liking to him - the champion immediately became a social prod- igy. He played golf with some of the most popular debutantes, and was dined and feted by many per- sons in Lake Forest - Chicago's most fashionable suburb. _ At the same time he maintained his contacts with his not so stylish sparring partners, and many "wise- cracking" contests were held be- tween him and "Chuck" Wiggins, of Indianapolis. Wiggins, whom he called "Charles," was the Tunney training camp comedian, and Tun- ney enjoyed exchanging repartee with him. _ For three weeks before the Demp- sey fight, Tunney tried to read "Hunk Bondage," but each at- tempt was blocked by social or bus- iness obligations. _ The two days before the fight, when he was not busy, he nearly finished the book, and one desire after the fight was to "see how it ended." _ _ Stays With Friends _ Although besought by many of his friends of the "gold coast" - Chicago's inner circle of society - to join them in a party at the Racquet club after the fight, Tun- ney went with his trainers and old friends to the roof bungalow of a Chicago hotel, to hold a jubilee with the men who helped him win and retain his title. _ And late Friday he started for Cleveland, where he again will hob- nob with millionaires, the Hanna brothers, sons of the late U.S. Sen- ator Mark Hanna. _ In the dressing room, Tunney complimented his opponent, saying that Dempsey "fought a typical Dempsey battle, but that this year he was very, very much better than he was a year ago." _ The champion did not bear a mark of the contest.

THE FRANKLIN EVENING STAR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1927 THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH

Measurements! Here they are for the two principals in the biggest show on earth as it will be staged by genial Tex Rickard at Soldiers' Field in Chicago, Thursday night. On this side, says Tex, is Gene Tunney, the champion; on the other side, is Jack Dempsey, the challenger and ex-champion. Here, ladies and gentlemen, are the figures. Compare 'em yourself and see how the fighters stack up!

THE FRANKLIN EVENING STAR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1927 FIGHT RETURNS AT BICE ELECTRIC SHOP Tunney-Dempsey Title Tilt is Carded For Thursday Night

_ Radio returns on the Tunney- Dempsey championship boxing match which will be staged at Sol- dier's Field, Chicago, Thursday night, will be received at the Bice Electric Shop, and a large crowd of fight fans are expected to be on hand. The bout is scheduled to start at 10 o'clock Chicago time, which is 9 o'clock central standard time, because of daylight saving time plan use in Chicago. _ The broadcasting from the scene of the fight will start at 6 o'clock, and several of the preliminaries will be included on the evening's pro- gram before the main bout is call- ed. _ If the weather is suitable, Mr. Bice expects to use the power am- plifier, which he has installed on the roof of his building, but in event the weather is bad, he will use a loud speaker and attempt to accommodate the crowd on the in- side of his building.

AL CORBETT

Al Corbett, a Cleveland feather- weight, is being ballyhooed quite a bit for bigger and better oppo- nents on account of a run of 12 wins in a row in the past few weeks. Corbett included Phil Zwick in his victories a few weeks ago.

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