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d Advance Sale For Monday Night’s Boxing ShowDEMPSEY ACCUSED OF HITTING LOWReferee Boosts Jack And TommyLato i Resultsrs lGLACIER PARK, MONT.. July 0. —Jack Dempsey, world's heavy, weight champion lias improved wonderfully in bis boxing, declared James Dougherty, referee of the Dempsey-Gibbons bout at Shelby la a statement last night.Dougherty came here today for a tour through Glacier National Park and gave c-ut ft statement.‘•Dempsey was in the best physicalcondition I ever saw an athlete, Dougherty said. He carried the fifteen rounds like a panther and the reason he did not stop Gibbons wasnot the lack of him being a gTeat fighter. It was because Gibbons put up the most wonderful defense I have ever witnessed.‘ Jt was the cleanest and fairest fighting contest that I ever witnessed. I do not think there is any other heavy-weight In the wC-rld that had the defense to ward off the attack of Dempsey as Gibbons has. He was fast as a bantam-weight. Gibbons • was fortunate enough to let slip the punches that would have beer, knockout blows. I want to say that Gibbons is ibe games! man that I lmve hud the pleasure of refereeing a contest for. He was In such distress in one of the rounds from the terrific body punches that I actually heard the sound of his l*art beating when I was parting them. TVhicli goes toshow that the wonderful game ness ofthe man to keep on fighting under those conditions.I think this will go down Sn history as one of tfce best beary-weight contest tn all pugilistic history. Dempsey has proved that he is the fastest and hardest hitting and most scientific boxer that ever held the championship.LATON1A. El'.. July ©—The card at Latonfa Thursday was an ordinary one, but a big crowd was in attendance and average good prices were paid in several races. The Clifton Handicap, carrying a purse of §1,700, was the main event of the day. It was won by Fair Phantom, with In Memorism, the 'Weldeman entry, in second place. Belle ot Elizabethtown accounted for the fourth race, a §3,500 claiming event The place was captured by Suave Prince. FIRST RACE-—Widgeon, 50.30. 5,30, §3.10.Tsosrelp.s. S13.SO, $5.60,Wake i:n. 52.SO.GLACIER PARK, MONT-, July 6 Richard T. Burke, ot New Orleans.who acted as official time-keeper tor tke Dempsev-Gibbons fight louay. -made the statement that as the result of Dempsey’s low body blows Tom Gibbons bears on Ins groins black and blue marks as large as a mansBurke said, bowerer, he clla no* believe That Dempsey intentionallyfouled Gibbons,The only words spoken by the combatants {lurid* the fight were uttered bv Gibbon?, time-keeper, Burke said* li was in one of the early rounds andGibbons, while exchanging^ blows With Dempsey, addled• -bis opponent, wring Jark, S« *■ un. He was referring to the th -or'four body blows that struck him in the groins. Burke explained-3 saw Gibbons lliis morning before I left Shelby for Glacier Park Burke went on -find ™my .hove -me the black and blue mar^s on Ins croios. 1 immediately said,Tom, the press ou^ht to knnvr obout thi* whereupon Gibbous foosecched me *not to leli the ne^.p.per meu I don't have to have any «,1-UsUli:fight.** Gibbon? *uiflWillard And Firpo In Fine TrimNEW YORK, July 6—Jess Wlliard and Luis Angel Firpo. ^vho will battle in a 12 round match at Loyies ilnrtv acres uevt Thursday nisau,of fast rin£ wnrk yesterday. Hh nrMPnr v.'dcht 5s eisbt pounds hrlo\
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Fri, Jul 06, 1923
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