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now What-He Was DoingHad Dempsey Raised His jQ Hand He May Have Got • , .Decision.: V: By EDDIE MURPHY ,I The boys of tlio United States navy can boast of their branch of the service having the heavy weight “fighting” championship of the world as a result of the benefit show staged at the San Francisco auditorium last evening for the soldiers and sailors’ athletic fpnd. And it is Millie MeclmV the chunky Sail Francisco boy, now a member of Uncle. Sam’s navy that is the hblder of 'that ' title, it being awarded to him by Referee Eddie Graney, and it being an award which means thousands of dollars to Jack Dempsey, the losing maia, and his manager, Jack Xvearns. As a climax to one of the greatest boxing shows staged in' San Francisco, Meehan and.' Dempsey staged a four-round go that ha'd ten thousand or more : fans wild, and when Referee Eddie Graney raised the hand of .gillie Meehan as the conqueror of Jack Dempsey there were cheers and stamping tliat-lasted ■ for minutes. And if ever there iwas one boy liappy over being• awarded a decision in a ring, it •was fat Willie Meehan. He acted like a young kid, dancing and• 'juinpixig and shaking hands with . almost everyone that he bumped i .into. There will be many argu-: xneiits before the memory of lastnight's great battle dies. And Eddie Graney. llie referee, will ‘ he one of the big factors. Hardly tea out of the hundred of fans of ' Oakland who witnessed the bout . could be found lo admit that Median' was entitled to the de-■; cision, and all of them were• criticising ■ the way in which;Grancy gave it. Meehan was ’awarded the long end on his ' showing in the last two rounds if for anything, and a draw -would have been a good one.: But Willie Meehan was a wise Void hoy, ancl no sooner did ^ the final bell ring, when he was fcfrVex to Eddie Graney holding his Fright hand in the air.FUNNY ONE. any glory awayeat doinorrsLrfLtlons that has witnessed In the San Francisco auditorium.It was a Meehan crowd and It wasprobably that fictions of that crowd ua the end o; the fourUi round that caused Hefereo Graney 10 hesitate and glvo M‘c-ehan tho decision- •Meehan vra3 fearless when ho wont Out for the fourth round, and ho kept right after Dempsey all tha time- Meehan rushed liis bur ley weight against Dempsey. but still Jack wag able lo aho\v his ekill as a boxer, and forced1 he San Frauelsco boy to was to manya good Fwirm- In order to gut in a few good onea. It tvaa a case of MeeJin swinging It la arms and letting the blows land wherever they could, wnilo Dempsey vrns fighting cleanly, hardly a blow being' wasted In tho entire ^crap.Both, boys fought desperately, with Meehan acting wildly, while Dempsey took everything cool- Donvpsoy showed that ho is tho wiser man of tho two and if a return match is made Jack Kefinfs boy could not be counted as a short ender. Median landed more blows th;m did Dompscy in the fourth but what Dempsoy did land, they 1111 went for tho place thoy weru directed for.The end of the round saw the crowd yelling Meehan, and Graney agreed with the crowd after several seconds of the time the gong had sounded. Dempsey and Jack Kearns rushed to the dressing uirnrters while Mcoban v.tls being chased about the auditorium by wilder ed fans anxious to get a peek at hlnivDempsey 11 ml Kearns left hi tho weo hours of the morning for Tic no, where Dempsey wiU meet Jack Moran tonight, after which they tun expected to return and 1 lien tell their real opinions.PRELIMINARIES ARE WONDERS. James Coffroth, the. promoter of die shows which netted thousands of dollars for tho soldier* and sailors, deserves all the praise that can he bestowed upon him for the big treat t.mt he gave the. 10,000 fans, Insides thatmain event. The preliminaries wero wonders, and a lew of them set the crowd almost as wild as did tho main event.2n tho semMvltulup. B\Uy Murray kept on Lop of Marty Farrell all through tho four rounds, and earned a draw, thol decision being made by Toby lrsvln arutj LL met with tho approval of tho fans. Farrell tiled hi* boxing nkllikeep• GRANEY .PULLS Not Lrying to lalt : from Willie Meehnn. the fat boy . deserves over-heaping buckets of It. f°r ' .the surprisingly great showing which he made, crainst tho lad heralded ua tile world’s '“fighting” champion. Eddie ;'/ Graney teemed at sea when ibe gcng :Vraug fur the end o! the ^ hon..Meehan stepped over and raised, his rriglu hand, telling Graney that he ■ •: ihould get tho decision, Graney tJiovod :. him aside* and grabbed the hand ^ of •. Dempsey only to let it drop and toon • do a hesitation, took several looks at . each boy Meehan again shoved up his hand-and.Graney grabbed it and held it V hi the. air,r ' Why Graney he slutted so long In -making his decision Is hard to figure, and 1 he veteran ref we* was tho mark for much criticism *Mor tho cheering : crowd had realized what had happened.. 'Some say tlmt the referee did not htuu .: tho boll, bu l thora la no rw.'^n why ' he did not. Lf WUUo MeohiLri was able ? to and also Jack Doznpsey* As soon a* tho bell rang. Mcftlnin had his handlUid tv OIL likewise, him \h*M urrayLsfighting ta-cllcH. buttoagainst titi W“U%clear of thoIn 1he air, crying that liu Rut if Dc-mpsey liad dona Graney might tivc chCwjii winner-BAD HAND AND NO BREAKS.• The jminfl nf Jack Dempsey will not soon be forgotten by Gift ovnoyecl faier who Ba.w him fund Meehan Sn their bout fijifi even those who were not lucky enough to b*j ou hand. Jack Kea.rnu' batUer paid all his fare hero from the east to do a patriotic deed and lose a chance to earn thousand** of dollars for himself by meeting Jess Willard end others, Dempsey put his claim to the world’s heavyweight '•ftghting chit rn pi or* at sUiko for ji good cause. e_nd let's hope* lhat M'et-han and the men behind him wh.l not f-di to givo Dempsey ;unotncr clmr.ce,Huye Epplaii£:C* ivas givw. loth boxer.** when they entered Ll*o ring, and afterpictures ho/] l^rcn taken, t^Lh holt; tooa In the center of the ring to tr-ke odvic.6 from Eddie Graney, while thos^10,000 fans srtt In quiet, wondering what■wc*itd happen to \Vtllie Mevh-ui. TU« gop.g for the first roui.d -•oundvd anabothfuJtybeya wtnt out to thal 1 \vork c^±st-und( although tharo wah i.ol much done ip thJ.s round, Dempsey Imd tho There no ijtifldtlon 10 who wju*cntilk-d to I ho oecorul r?un;!( us Demp-*ey hornmo'c-d Mt-ei.au nil arviiinij tht? rSr-g, and ibo H:m Krancii?w buy voru a very Ic.»ok r-a )Us Muybo.becauso MvCrhan Is a 1'Vauuis/joboy, that no one w-cint to glvo Dcin-^cy credit for knocking him down, but thatis Just what ho did It: tin* i:occ*r.d round, all hough it is taid that M.ex*kan slipped. Meehan came rubbing from his oorner as did Jack I/i-nipeey, aad the Sannot fast enough soldier l03‘-Each boser awardoc] a silver cup and both showed friendship to each ether after tho bout, by each refusing 10 Jrncilco the first selectio^i nf one of the two cup3. Someono tossed a coin, afid Uiq big cup went to Murray.SHADE BEATS JONES,The big surprise of Gie night, outside of Median's win over Dempsey, was the tvey that Billy Slmde fought himself lo a decision over Frankie Jones. The novice stood right up and boxed the former Australian crack, and both were badly covered with blood, -which fccldom that a boxer ia abio to do to Jones.Fred Murphy, amateur welterweight champion of tho IJnUOfi States, a mom-l.*er of the Olympic club and also of tho United States navy, did emnc fino lox-Ing and lighting to beat Stove Dfdiuu. Dai Lon almost put Hurray away In tho first round with a hard right to tho aw, but the Olympic boy was wise to ni-s tntmc, and flnisJied the round out and then rat no back to win all tho way In the next three-Johnny A irons ey stoppelt;l lAirry Jgir.h-er in the Rocoml round, at Ictust Ueforce Irwin fitcpped in and called 11 h«JL It is the second tlsno In a short wldlo that! Arrousey performed the iriekt ho doltuT It lit on* of tho Shlplndldrsrs' sho^,'Che Joe King T^opold mid Stanley Willis go v-as rsllcd o draw, nil hough Jills was a3 far aa from hero to HanFrancisco.Jimmy Fhiffy mot a tonga boy in Young K etc he I! of For; McDowell, but! Jimmy got wise fo him in tho third and ; foiii-th roxrnd and outpointod hlra anoiirm \ to get liim tlio doclaioju Duffy landed a couple of hard rights and lofta In tho third and fourth that slosved up tho soldier boy n whole lot.Danny Kdwards* gave away at least 10 pounds to 7I:irr# Brarner In tho second bout of the evening, and after tho ]om) )xy had n. shade of tho first two rounds ho wvokencd nnd Brainrr fought well enough 10 get the derision.G.-org* Brandon r.nrt Gelt;ixye Halo fought In the curtain raiser nr.d they fUr] romo fit;l:tjntr- In the flr.st. r^:r.d, Prandon hit Nalo hfrlow tho holt, hut 3b-fc-ric Meddler mSssed the chance to 5or II, nnd I-mndun g^inoil a gorKl rhnnre to D^uml JTrite. In tho f-iinfl he hit Mnlo low, u-fih Mc-FiHh'r li'i^sjng If, but hi did not miss when liab' hit I’-r.mdon inv; In tho E(Viir.d. No warned Hnlft. It wzxn a r=lu^r!ng mrtDh all lt;hc way, nnd was called a draw much to t.ho pa I inf nc*Jfrnnf r.vr-rvone.1 1Franci^o boy raii t. right from Dempsey -mat long enough uti-aighi into a hard nnd went to U10 eiiow Lhe vcleniiiflrX.timckef p^'r, Geoigt J larding, to countone zuid get v.'iiy u Uiti ki.»xir.dcount.Dtrr.psey v.'as unp-r?:^ to use Ids left hsrad at oil because of It be-Uig Udly swoJlcn, ami hod blt;i tVio m* or tnat p . Uic cnances ore that he would }nv»,jshed M«oh*ra ^itiieut m-irh troubJ#-. f^ndhod Fcd;^ Gi-arH-y piii.y»*d fair, ho vouhjhave hrxjken Meohrm fro irk elirm.Mrii: wri.h 3'Jfsmps*y. Meohrr, \s-na rJb'vrtii Lo clinch all through r^und, ajL«iI.rernpvey !ja4 r.o cliar.w to meavuro l.l.n 5 Ii*Jt os It suvo the #oj;or |toy a bcathig sn Mils r^iud c.uci jthere were few who figured Mee-' hen w'ouid flnifth lae GOT.ri-^t, Mr^iv.n went to his conitr 1 ur/kin# in «. vtrj- b^l condition.NOW COMES FAT V/JLLIE, i That lic^cond round befuing did not 1worry Mr ft ha n hi tho b*.a*tt and Uim ]•; 'fat'b05r carno out In the third round with : n vengeance. ' Dempsey had tho blt; v,t of the earlier part of the round, using h*;i right for wallops and biiving to be lt;at-lt; tefied with peppering MfieiLOn'H bodywlth hih left. AM or th* last mlnai*- and half had passed Meelirui got going:, anrl he Inndcd nL fefght 2eft• hopkrs to y'n body \riGuut n.return, Dcmj^-cy only once u^.cd h1j left hand to ricllver a hard blow* rzuI that wm- hi thl» third round. Tho blow Dnded «quaroly in Mfifthan'* mld-s^c-Uon and could bo hfcard for oome distance.It was Meehan's round and tho wm-rlerful come buck of tho Ban Franclsr.o
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Oakland, California, US
Sat, Sep 14, 1918
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