Bisbee Daily Review

Jack Dempsey played the accompaniment to Jess Willard's swan song on July 4, 1919, at Toledo, Ohio.

It was all over in the third round. Jess got $100,000 for the performance, many times the amount Caruso earns in a whole opera. Dempsey got $27,000.

The champion fell down and got up so many times in the first round that the referee became dizzy from counting, and failed to hear the bell. This was on the fifth liaison between Willard and the floor.

The gong sounded feebly on the seventh count, but Referee Pecod continued chopping the air over Willard. When he had finished he informed Dempsey that there had been a knockout and the champion left the ring, only to have his manager come running after him with the information that there had been a mistake.

That first round was awful. But it prepared everybody for the worst and no one was surprised when Willard lost in the third round.

Dempsey opened the fight by accepting some taps on the face. Then he hauled off and busted Willard in the stomach so hard that a dazed expression overspread the champion's countenance. Dempsey then landed several blows to the jaw and Willard dropped to the floor for six counts, only to fall again with a blow that greeted his nose.

As he got up a second time he turned his head away but the Giant Killer struck him twice and he fell on his hands and knees.

Arising once more, Willard was cornered by Dempsey who pounded him to the mat with rights and lefts to the face. Again he got up and once more he was knocked down.