THE NEW YORK HERALD (EUROPEAN EDITION OF THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1927 GENE TUNNEY vs JACK DEMPSEY

Tunney Retains Fistic Crown on Points

Knocked Down for Count of Eight, Champion Comes Back To Win Seven of Ten Rounds

_ _(By Special cable to the Herald.) _ SOLDIERS FIELD, Thursday. - Before the greatest crowd that ever gathered to see a sporting event in this country, Gene Tunney, former Marine and World's Heavy-weight Champion, tonight threw to the winds the role of boxer which has been his ever since he entered the prize ring, and outfought "Killer Jack" Dempsey through ten furious, slashing rounds, retaining the title won under the leaden skies of Phila- delphia just a year ago. _ The Champion proved superior to Dempsey from the opening bell, winning every round but the seventh by a wide margin. As the bell rang at the end of the tenth round Dempsey, with both eyes cut and bleeding, and almost blind, continued to fight gamely. He was clearly and completely outclassed in all departments. Tunney outfought and outboxed him and the Cham- pion's blows carried far greater sting. The former Champion held off the seemingly inevitable knock- out only by sheer fight. _ In the seventh round, fighting furi- ously in an effort to make good his pre- diction that he would win by knock- out before the end of that round, Demp- sey floored Tunney for the count of eight, the only time during the entire bout he justified the name killer. The Champion, in taking the count of eight, seemed only to be snatching a chance for a short breathing spell, for he came back in the next round to floor Dempsey in turn. _ Several times the Champion had his challenger hanging on desperately and endeavoring to clinch to prevent the knockout that seemed on the verge of crashing over. _ Rain began falling during the first preliminary, causing turmoil in the crowd, at that time estimated at a little more than 110,000. They kept coming, however, in a steady stream and by the time the principals climbed into the ring the vast stadium seemed almost filled. _ Tex Rickard estimated that fully 180,000 persons were in their seats as Dempsey entered the ring at 9:38. The ex-champion received a tremendous ovation as he crawled through the ropes, a white flannel bathrobe with the huge blue letters "J.D." embroidered thereon draped over his sturdy shoulders. _ As he took his position in the South- west corner, Jack Sharkey, the man he defeated in New York in July, stepped into the ring and went over to shake the hand of his conqueror. The defeated heavy-weight contestant received an en- thusiastic greeting from the crowd, now burning with excitement as the minute for the appearance of the champion ap- proached. _ Tunney entered the ring at 10:02. He wore the Marine emblem on his bath- robe and he and Dempsey glared at each other across the ring for a few minutes and the huge crowd, which seemed to be about evenly divided, rose to its feet and sent up a roar that could be heard for miles along the Lake front. George Getz, Rickard's Chicago manager, accompanied by Mayor Thompson and other celebrities, climbed into the ring. _ As Tunney and Dempsey shook hands the noise increased. Jim Jeffries, former champion, entered the ring with Paolino and was loudly cheered as he shook hands with both Jack and Gene. _ The ring was quickly cleared of all but principals and seconds and the up- roar subsided into a tense under current of murmuring as the referee called Dempsey and Tunney to the center of the ring for final instructions. Dempsey stood glaring at Tunney. _ At the clang of the first bell, Demp- sey rushed out of his corner to meet the champion who came toward him rapidly. Gene swung sharply to the head, catching Dempsey a glancing blow which apparently did little damage as Jack kept boring in. The former cham- pion rushed Tunney to a neutral corner and began hammering away with rights and lefts none of which hurt much. Tunney opened up with a counter-attack and shot a hard left to Jack's face just as they went into the first clinch. _ Following the break, Gene again shot both right and left to the head and face and Dempsey went into another clinch. Coming out Tunney carried Dempsey to the ropes with a rush, jolting him with a hard right to the head as the bell rang. The first round was about even. _ Dempsey was apparently not bothered by the blows to the head in the first round and came out to the center of the ring with another rush as the second round opened. He carried the Cham- pion back by the force of his rush and landed a hard left just over the heart. _ Tunney immediately came back at him, countering with lefts to the head, but Dempsey drove him off with three lefts in rapid succession to the body. Dempsey at this stage was carrying the fight to the champion with his old-time aggressiveness, but as they came out of a clinch, Tunney drove several hard rights to the head and followed these up with right and left jolts flush to the jaw. Dempsey landed again just as the round ended. _ The former champion was showing all of the aggressiveness of the Sharkey fight and his blows were carrying far more sting than a year ago at Philadel- phia. The second round went to Tunney by a fair margin, bringing them even on points. _ As the third round opened they fell into a clinch in the center of the ring and it appeared that Dempsey butted the Champion with his head just before un- limbering a series of battering blows to the body. Tunney weathered this rain of rights and lefts successfully and countered with a hard smash to the right side of Dempsey's head as they fell into another clinch. _ The Champion followed with a rush forcing Dempsey to give ground and opened up with three hard smashes to the head when he had him on the ropes. Dempsey broke away shooting a weak left to the stomach, but Tunney kept right on top of him and whipped several hard rights to the head and then buried his left in Dempsey's body. It was a terrific blow and caused the former champion obvious pain. _ Dempsey clinched and shot a right to Tunney's head as they broke. They were standing in the center of the ring swing- ing for each other's head as the bell rang. The round was Tunney's by a wide margin and for the first time Dempsey began to show signs of the terrific pace at which he had elected to force the bout. _ Dempsey was apparently somewhat re- freshed by the one-minute rest period. His seconds worked hard over him and he bounded out of his corner, as at the beginning of the bout, to shoot over a couple of lefts to the body and head. Tunney was not bothered much by these blows and immediately whipped over two lightning-like jabs with his left which forced Dempsey back, and then cracked the former champion on the jaw with a left hook which he had been employing repeatedly since the opening of the bout. _ In breaking out of a clinch Dempsey landed lefts and rights to the head but Tunney took them and began to bore in again. He rocked Dempsey's head with a severe left jolt, and apparently throw- ing his great boxing skill to the winds, began to fight the former killer in his own style. He drove two more hard blows to Dempsey's head and at the bell the former champion was groggy and hanging on to the ropes, with Tunney still boring in. _ Although plainly still in difficulty at the beginning of the fifth round, Dempsey came back to the milling gamely. After Tunney had shot out the inevitable left to catch him on the jaw. Dempsey re- plied with a hard hit to the body. At this point, Tunney opened up one of the most aggressive attacks his ring career can show and unlimbered a barrage of lefts and rights to the head and body. Jack missed a swing to the head and they went into a clinch. As they broke, Dempsey scored with his right and they clinched again. Tunney again rocked jack's head with a hard right to the jaw, following it up with lefts and rights to the body. Dempsey got in two blows to the head as the bell rang. The mar- gin was not so wide this time, but the round was clearly Tunney's. _ The pace was beginning to tell on Dempsey and he came out of his corner for the sixth bell more slowly. Tunney seemed to sense this and reopened his attack immediately, sending over left and right jolts to the head, which he fol- lowed up with a stiff right hook to the jaw, sending Dempsey to the ropes. Tun- net then came in with a rush and jabbed and hooked Jack several times before he could break away. _ Jack came back to the attack, but missed a right to the head after landing a left to the body. The fighting was fast and furious for a few seconds as they stood in the middle of the ring trading punches. Jack forced Gene back to his corner and both began to swing wildly apparently in an effort to put over the knockout punch. The sixth round went to Dempsey by a shade, the first he had won. _ Apparently encouraged by the punish- ment he had inflicted in the sixth, Dempsey came out of his corner for the seventh with more aggressiveness than he had shown since the beginning, and after several seconds of sparring in the middle of the ring, in which Tun- ney missed a right swing, Jack floored the Champion with a murderous left. The referee started to count over the prostrate Champion, the first time in his long ring career he had ever heard even the start of a count, but Tunney was on his feet at eight and fell into a clinch. _ The Champion's head cleared very quickly and at the break he danced away only to fly back to the attack, shooting over several lefts to Dempsey's face. Jack immediately rushed him and scored several times with lefts to the head as Tunney fell back against the ropes. Gene broke away after several seconds of fighting and tried to elude the challenger. Jack kept boring in however, landing solidly with both hands. Tunney countered with right and left just as the bell rang, but the blows had little effect on Jack who was again carrying the fight to Tunney. The round was Dempsey's by a wide margin, and it looked as though the tide had turned in his favor. _ The pace in this round had been ter- rific, however, and although Jack opened the eighth with a exhibition of clever boxing he did little damage before Tunney, renewed by the rest, whipped over a left to the jaw and two stiff rights that sent Dempsey back upon his heels. _ Jack countered with a left to the head, but Gene immediately opened up a cut over his right eye which began to bleed freely. Jack made a feeble effort at re- covery, but Gene caught him coming in and floored him with a mighty right to the jaw which sent him down to a heap. When the blow landed it looked as though Jack was out but the former Champion again displayed his ability to absorb punishment and was up without waiting for the count. Tunney imme- diately backed him to a corner and after Jack had shot a right to the head, the Champion opened up with a barrage of rights and lefts which had Jack groggy at the bell. _ Jack again came dancing out at the ninth bell, but the Champion danced away from his wild rushes and they fell into a clinch. Tunney shot a right to the head and crossed with a left to the bad eye, which began to bleed again. He followed up with another left to the head and Dempsey was forced into a clinch. When the referee had broken them apart, Tunney whipped over an- other right to the jaw, and, as Jack staggered back, opened up the other eye with a left jab. Dempsey was plainly in difficulty, and, as Tunney drove him back to the ropes, he failed to cover and the Champion scored with hard rights to the head. Tunney was again fighting instead of boxing and the tide was rapidly turning against the chal- lenger. _ As they came out to the center of the ring at the final bell to shake hands, the crowd was in an uproar. When Dempsey floored the Champion in the seventh the din was terrific and showed that the majority of the huge gathering was with the former Champion. The Dempsey partisans were now shouting for a comeback and imploring Jack to put over the knockout punch in the final round. _ This seemed possible when Jack drove his left to the Champion's body early in the round, causing Gene to buckle a little. Far back in the stands the crowd thought that Gene had gone down again when, as they were sparring in the center of the ring, he slipped on the wet can- vas and fell. _ He was on his feet in an instant, however, and they went into another clinch. Coming out Gene staggered Jack again with lefts and rights and the end was in sight. He drove the challenger to the ropes with a shower of blows and Dempsey fell into a clinch to save him- self punishment. Tunney ripped loose from the tired Dempsey arms and shot over lefts and rights to the jaw. He danced away as the now nearly blind Dempsey swung wildly for the knockout which would not land. Dempsey clin- ched again as soon as Tunney closed with him for a moment and broke loose. Two seconds before the final bell rang Tun- ney whipped over a hard left to the jaw and Jack was swinging wildly as the bout ended.

RETAINS HIS CROWN Gene Tunney

STORY OF THE FIGHT ROUND BY ROUND (By United Press)

ROUND ONE _ The seconds cleared out of the ring and Dempsey stood glaring at Tunney. As the bell sounded Dempsey rushed out to meet Tunney. Gene caught the former Champion with a right to the head. Dempsey rushed Tunney to a neutral corner and began hammering at his head. The Champion shot a left to Dempsey's face. They went into a clinch. After the break Gene shot a left and a right to the head. They then went into a clinch. Gene carried Dempsey to the ropes landing a stiff right jolt to the head. Round even. ROUND TWO _ As Dempsey came to the center of the ring he scored with a hard left over the Champion's heart. Tunney then countered with a stiff left to the head. Dempsey then drove three stiff lefts to the body. When they came out of the clinch Tunney drove several hard rights to the head and then drove a hard right and left jolt to the jaw. Dempsey landed a right to the head just as the round closed. Tunney's round. ROUND THREE _ They fell into a clinch as they met into the center of the ring. Dempsey butted the Champion with his head, then began hammering Tunney's body. Tunney smashed a right to Jack's head. They went into a clinch. Tunney then forced Dempsey to the ropes, cracking three hard rights to the head. When Dempsey broke away he shot two lefts to the stomach. Tunney whipped several hard rights to the head and then drove a terrific left to the body. Dempsey shot a hard right to the Champion's head. They were standing in the center of the ring with a fast exchange of body blows when the bell rang. Tunney's round. ROUND FOUR _ Dempsey shot lefts to the body and head. Gene whipped two light- ning lefts to Jack's head and then forced Dempsey back with a stiff left to the jaw. They fell into a clinch. After the break Dempsey landed a left and right to the Champion's head. Tunney shot Dempsey's head back with left and right jolts. Tunney was fighting more than he was boxing. He drove two more heavy blows to Dempsey's head. The former Champion was groggy and laying up against the ropes, with Tunney boring in as the bell rang. Tunney's round. ROUND FIVE _ Dempsey came back gamely. Tunney shot a stiff left to the jaw. Dempsey replied with a hard right drive to the body. Tunney drove his challenger to the ropes with a barrage of left and right shots to the head. Jack whipped a left to the Champion's body and then went into a clinch. After the break Dempsey scored with a right to the jaw. They went into a clinch. The Champion shot Jack's head back with a hard right to the jaw and then followed it up with a hard left to the body. Dempsey scored with a left and right to the head as the round ended. Tunney's round. ROUND SIX _ As Dempsey came out of his corner he seemed rather tired. Tunney immediately opened his attack with left and right jolts to the head, and then followed it up with a stiff-right cross, forcing Dempsey to the ropes. Tunney jabbed his left to the jaw. Dempsey missed a right to the head but landed a stiff left to the body. Tunney scored with a hard right and left to the head. Standing in the middle of the ring they traded punches. Dempsey whipped a stiff right to the head and began to drive Tunney back to his corner. Both were missing in their frantic endeavors to score knock-out blows. Dempsey's round. ROUND SEVEN _ Tunney scored with a left to the head but missed a right swing. He then shot three rapid lefts to the head. Dempsey floored the Champion with a hard left. The referee started to count. As he reached eight the Champion got to his feet and went into a clinch. Gene danced away, shooting a volley of lefts to Dempsey's face. Dempsey rushed Tunney to the ropes. He scored with a hard left to the head. The Champion broke away but his challenger followed, landing solidly with both left and right. Tunney whipped a right to the head followed by a left to the jaw just before the bell rang. Dempsey's round. ROUND EIGHT _ Dempsey opened the round with a clever exhibition of boxing. He landed a right to the body and then backed away. Dempsey scored several lefts to thee jaw, followed by lefts to the head and continuing his attack, shot three rights to the body. Tunney whipped a left to the jaw and then with two stiff rights to the head sent Dempsey back on his heels. Jack shot a hard left to the head. Gene cut Dempsey's eye with a left jab. Jack drove Tunney to a corner scoring with left and rights to the body. The champion dropped his challenger with a solid right to the jaw. Jack was up without waiting for the count. The Champion backed Dempsey to the corner where they clinched. Jack landed a right on Gene's head but the Champion shot a barrage of stiff lefts to Jack's head. Tunney's round. ROUND NINE _ Dempsey rushed out at the bell. The Champion began dancing away from Jack's wild rushes. Jack scored with a right to the head. They fell into a clinch. Tunney shot a right to the head and crossed with a left to Jack's bad right eye. He followed up with another left to the head. Dempsey went into a clinch. After Barry had broken them apart Tunney whipped a right to the jaw, and then cut Dempsey's other eye with a left jab. Tunney drove Dempsey to the ropes. The Champion then scored with two hard rights to the head. Tunney's round. ROUND TEN _ They shook hands in the center of the ring. Tunney scored with a left to the jaw. Jack drove his left to the Champion's body. They sparred a few seconds. Then Gene slipped on the wet canvas and fell. He was up almost instantly. They went into a clinch. Tunney shot three wicked lefts to the head and Dempsey went into a clinch. Gene staggered Dempsey with left and right jolts to the head and then drove Jack to the ropes with a shower of lefts and rights to the head. Dempsey fell into a clinch. Tunney ripped himself loose and shot a left and right to the jaw and then danced away as the almost blind Dempsey swung wildly. They fell into another clinch. The Champion wrestled himself away from Dempsey and whipped a left to the jaw. Tunney's round.

HOW FIGHTERS COMPARE

Gene Tunney 29 189 pounds 6ft. 1 1/2in. 76 1/2in 41in 44in 34in 13in 17in 23in 16in 8in 9in

Age Weight Height Reach Chest Normal Chest Expanded Waist Forearm Neck Thigh Calf Wrist Ankle

Jack Dempsey 32 196 pounds 6ft. 1/2in 76in 42in 45in 32in 14in 16 1/2in 22in 15in 8 1/2in 9in

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DATE	WINNER	LOSER	PLACE	RECEIPTS
Sept. 23, 1926 July 2, 1921 Sept. 14, 1923 July 21, 1927 Sept. 11, 1924 July 23, 1923 July 4, 1919 July 16, 1926 July 12, 1923 July 27, 1922 July 4, 1910 July 4, 1923 Dec. 14, 1920	Tunney Dempsey Dempsey Dempsey Wills Leonard Dempsey Delaney Firpo Leonard Johnson Dempsey Dempsey	Dempsey Carpentier Firpo Sharkey Firpo Tendler Willard Berlenbach Willard Tendler Jeffries Gibbons Brennan	Philadelphia Jersey City New York New York Jersey City New York Toledo Brooklyn Jersey City Jersey City Reno, Nev. Shelby, Mont. New York	$2,200,000 $1,626,580 $1,188,822 $1,083,529 $700,000 $452,648 $452,522 $450,000 $390,837 $367,862 $270,755 $201,485 $200,000

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