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Champion Championship ' t t IF IT ISN'T IN % 'HE SCOUT ffffffl ITS BECAUSE WE DION'T ? KNOW IT 'JI I DEMPSEY-FIRPO I | Cterokee £kout The Official Oreain of Murphy and Chei okee County, and the Lc;ad i1' ing Newspaper in t his Section of Western North Carolina *6(.UME XXW. so. 6. MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER i:.. 1 J:i 1.(9 A YEAR IN ADVANCE Deir etains'ntjpI IUV yR IQQITFn . ipse HARDING MEMORIAL STAMPS Firpo Bites The Dust in Champions C)f Two - J f 1£ 11J 1 J ^ - Second Romiu V7i vv uriu wgamm /American Continents ChampionishipStruggle Enter Ring Confident Crowd of 85,000 People: Break Into Wild Yells ^jjl As Dempsey's Hand Is Raised Denoting Both Dempsey and Firpo In Good Condition, With That He 1Is Victor Overwhelming Odds In Favor Of Deinpsey NEW YORK, Sept. I 5 ..The South American contender for the world's NEW YORK, Sept. 1 5..Jack Dempsey and pugilistic championship Luis I" went irito the at the Polo went down in defeat befoi e the heavyweight Angel irpo ring onslaught here las: night, after rhamt grounds last evening with confidence in themselves pion's fifty-seven ind in c to seconds had in tfle second round of what perfect physical ondition, contend for elapsed :he ; belt of the was to be a fift:een-round bout heavyweight pugilisti< world, which scheduled between has held since he battled World Dempsey and Luis Dempsy Willard, the Champion Jack Angel sas giant, to the mat ia I The North l the really promising pugilist the Latin Kan919. irpo, only Champion was the Americanundoubted race I he sent b to has produced. Champion irpo L. & N. OFFICIALS favorite the wai in the first round and 0f two, though Firpo the mat five times twit in TO HELP BEAUTIFY considered a dangerous rival by the In-fore the knockout hi.-a w:i<~ [ followers of the ringside irate receipts were .-aid to RAILWAY YARDS sport. ndmi: :stcred. Dempsey was knocked approach' realized the the million and one quart* r mark, that odds were againstFirpo th:ouiryj the ropes in the first round the-*- figures could not be Superintendent Sargent Here him so far as the sentiment of the n thoug^ The first issue of special two cent !nt»» President's hvnd. The first .Great Increase hy his foreign opponent, wht Frpo verified this ns the in LocalTuesday early morn«ng struck off the Post Office st with the majority of the people worn landed his mighty rijrht to the final results of tickets had not been dumps by amp, together die proof, Freight Shipments [)(p.-irtnu-r.* at as a me- was to Mrs. The1 but he j ut up a bold front. jaw. Ilowrvi-r, he qucklvChainpon'scheeked. seats in Washington, piv-ented Harding. concerned Th,. ranged price "I am I *eti from the anil came monal to President Harding were stamp waa hound in a black case, confident; am not afraid. blow, re« fron\ tn $27..">0. and most of At a conference between officials I led on sale in Marion, Mr. 1*hoto shi-u < As-stant Postmaster don't think .lac k Dempsey can beat with vengeance that >: .1 il were 0., af the Chamber of Commerce and thenf taken before the fight mj and I don't think that he \ before the second round was If.inlinr's home town. The stamp crura! Glover holding a sheet of can r>»ry started. isjfl Superintendent M. Sargent, of the L. stand under finished. hlack and ! ar» the picture of the ihie Harding Memorial stamps. & N\ up my punches." said j The Champion 1? a naif million Railway, Tuesday night, plan* th0 South American contended just The South American ut a dollars as a result ivere worked out for the j up richer of the fight joint prior to enter eg the ring what a .u_. C l. .,J..- g and for k'hii" fight and made f> b!e maintenance of the L., plant:A: N*. is styled "the battle of the to come back aftet1 Pi nipsattemptv added appptximatdy $1-">0.000 to i Railway yards in Murphy. .Mr. by pugilistic writer-. continents" the fatal lit- w i- came to at landed blow, his *tore of thi« world's goods. History Murphy the requestSarient dd ft vat Championship Dempsy not the conten- H U> take the count before he could T \ cami for >ut 'i* the Commerce and forc«d Rickard in ahPromoter Chamber of der w it.|j >!it mpt. He took the over front the Champion's nighty three tors of a million, n ity officials to discuss plans Since thei for match u- y and went into the v. Year 1892 in the anil whi \ the con' the aliop stomach, rable portion of which will be (I railway yards and whileimrovingr in ir wiiii till' i; l omuicnce that ri f no rai.-ed d ot.« »d t« i of thr t was hoped that the road cro-s the 'Dontpsey's y^nnd defray the vpinscs th« Argentine giani was a dangerous g was frcn-» racks at the that he champion, the match. n«mp« y recieved 37 V* p< r Thf 'jilt of principal fights since Sydney, N. S. W., the «tton mig.'r. be navi-d, challenger for th«- puglistict 7 police l'fficultit s «i crowd of 85,000 spectators cut «-f th. uate receipt- Firpo 1892 in which the December 25. pr< -nted themselves that1 of world. heavyweight interfering this the championship broke into wild that the cent and Rickard th oth» r nude project seem unwise to yells pierced 121.perfifty crown was at stake, follows: 1909.Jacl^ Johnson knocked "Firpo is big and strong and cool night breeze for wiles around. cent. » he railway offical. However Su-1 pr 1 AQ7 l>m.. I r.I >ut Stanley Ketchel in 12 rounds Thi y are all dangerous A ool breeze blew the cast n rintendent dangerous. from knocked out John L. Sullivan in it October 16. Sargent expressed entire) you have them on the floor." saiduntil and in Colma, Cdlif., with many spectators appeared top 21 rounds with big gloves at New 1910.JacIt Johnson knocked sympathy th,_. bci.utifi'-at>..n of the champion to a group of >ats. began to fill up the JACK DEMPSEY he grounds around thr and They Orleans September 7. jut James J. Jeffrie* in 15 round* station men at his hotel yesterday.newspaper stand* afternoon and con s**nted to lend the early iij the 1894.James J- Corbett stopped it Reno, Nf*., 4. eadily full! Both fighters were pronounced in was in July ration of practically tvery seat taken Charley Mitchell in three rounds 1912.Jack Johnson beat Jim o-opi the maintenance of perfect condition by officials of the the hip arena on thp Polo Grounds men in lont and care at Jacksonville, Fla., January 25. "lyn in nine rounds at Las vi'y helping j New York State Atheletic when the crawled Vegas, the gn unds. opposng fighters "1897 Bob Fitssimmons *1. M., the or when they were in at police interfering, July It has not weighedcommission though the ropes. James J. Corbett in 14 roundsstopped k yet bc(.n definitely 2 o'clock Wednesday. demonstration was what Mighty at Carton City, Nev., March 17. 1914 Jack Johnsoii beat Frank just the nature of thedeermined"I will have no alibis to offer, if the ' will but Dempsey's appearance accordedin, 1899.James J. Jeffries iloran 20 at rianting be, a iommiUee is beaten," said 1 am the on points in rounds it work Dempsey, "for ring. indicatnp that preat Bob Fitzsimmons in 11 rounds *aris, Juna 27. considering the layout and' in good condition." And the of the of stopped Franca, he sort of fans were suportersmajorty at Coney Island June 9. *1915.Jess Willard knocked plants that would be most contender declared that Argentinehe the American: while the 1899 uitablc for the waste space on the hail never felt more Champion, James 'J. Jeffries »ut Jack Johnson in 26 rounds at like fighting # South contender was tation American Tom Sharkey in 25 roundsdefeatedat Javanah, Cuba, April 5. yard. in his life. « Plans good round of applaud frontgiven Coney Island November 3. 1916 Jess Wiilard defeated for enlarging the yards of In comparing the two fighters, varous °' crowd (he section the hupd 1900.James J. .Jeffries stopped rank Moran by popular verdict railway company were discussed Dempsev was described as thc that the Polo Grounds. >ut on definite concitsion was thronged James J. Corbett in 23 rounds at n Now York (uo decision) March Man".high strung, lithe, quick,"Tiger Jack Kearns was e Manaper Coney Idland May 11. !5. reachd.cruel and skillful; while Frpo was chiif second. | The otherDempsey's 1902 James J. Jeffries- stop 1919.Jack Dempsey knocked "The increase of freight business dubbed the "Gorlla Man,".slow, were a and out Joe Benjamin, Jerry seconds ped Bob Fitxsimmons in 8 rounds »ut Jess Wllard in three rounds of Murphy demands that cumbersome, unemotonal. the a aoro be trainer, and Johnny,Luvadis, at San Francisco July 25. t Toledo, Ohio, July 4. yard space developed in the but intense#and not knowingslow-burningthe younger brother ol| the* Champion. 1903 James J. Jeffrie* 1920.Jack Dempsey knocked "iear future so that oar company can limit of his strength. Some followers Horatio Gartland and * erve thd of Ix'valle, Hugh out James J. Corbett knockedin 10 tut Billy Miske in three rounds at shippers this territory of the ringside sport were wont to Carlos corner Vegas occupied the rounds at San Francisco August Jenton Harbor, Mich., Sept.
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