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f t "STIFF SNIFF OF SALTS AND ? ' i LITTLE HELL" GENE THE GENTLEMAN (Continued from uage 3.) ' on his face as he chatted with Mayor Willian, Hale Thomp son of Chicago and dozens of notables who held impromptu court In the Tunney suite. The conqueror of . Jack Dempsey twice within a few days over a year had nothing but praise for the former cham pion today when the heat of the "open letter" controversy died and talk of fouls, poor sportsmanship and long counts subsided.' ; ' . ''''.J afra,'d i 'ne's through, now,'" Gene said a bit regret fully.; '"He never. ; will fight again. Me has been a grand i' warrior, one or the greatest in the history of the ring and the gamest foeman I ever faced. : I Wants Another Fight , ' "I'd like another shot at him just to prove that l could go out there and slug with' him, toe to toe and whip him at his own game. I did it in the final rounds. I could do it again." But the man who wielded the smelling salts and doled out the "hell" when necessary shook his head. Apparently memories of the heart wrench that took every member of the Tunney entourage when Gene suddenly hit the floor was too Jeal and recent for comfort. ' t Tunney will spend the next few days with friends in Cleve land before returning to New York. He plans to leave tonight after sleeping most of the day. Within a week or two, Gene will hike for the Maine. woods for; ft vacation i of, indefinite length. He has no ring : plans, sees ' no ! worthy opponent in sight, but would prefer to fight twice in ahe coming year if "y i licep in inc. nest ot con-, dition. THE FIGHT ROUND BY ROUND ROSEBURG NEWS BEV1EW. DEMPSEYMAY RETIRE FROM FiSTIG RING Announcement Expected Soon Earned $800,000 ' in Two Fights v : IS NOT A SQUAWKER Refuses" to Make Any Com ment Which Would De tract From Tunney 's Victory. Spends' Morning ---. Albert Krogel of . nixonville was n business vinlior in Unsetiiug iltn--iiiK llio momliiK. , . t i ' ' . . i n i . PROTEST, DISAVOWED ' I : t : 1 s - , ; (AiuxclatiHl I'rPHi ltufl Wlrt'j ; CHICAGO, Sept. 23. John C. Jteiglielmor.' .chairman of tho ! Illinois :stat'e Aililetlc Commission, late today declln- eil to allow a protest by Loo P. .Flynn, : Jack; : Dempsey's mnnnger,, 'Over.' tlio disputed ImiK count' when Gone. Tunney van: knocked down in the seventh round of their Imltlo lust, night at Soldier" Field. ' ' ; TO FILE PROTEST (Auoelatnl J'reM Lcaird Wirc 4) CHICAGO, Sept. 23. Leo P. .'Flynn, Jack Dempsey's manager, .nnnnimrci! -ihl sin. a cniQtm. that he' would" file n J'ands high. Jack dodged away from protest with the Illinois Atll- ! right. There was little action ns letlc Commissioit against the they simrrcd carefully in the cen - . , Round ; 1)) ' Dempsey . mlsaed a ' left lunge, falling Into a clinch. : Jack piled In nguin with two left hooks to the ribH. In the clinch that followed he clipped Getie four times with a right on the back of the head. They sparred cautiously, Dempsey pre ferring to feint .for. openings while Tunney laid hack. Gene snapped again on tho back of Tunney'B nock. Gene dug two nice lefts In to Donipsoy's body at" the bell. Round 6. They boxed carefully several seconds before coming together for a flurry of body punches: The crowd bellowed us Dempsey's right hand, "old Iron Mike," smashed under Tunney'B ' heurt. But the a left to. Ilenipsey's-chin und fol-1 champion came back ripping both lowed with a solid right smash to hands to the chin. Dempsey, tlr llio chin. Jack fell Into a clinch, ing, fell into a clinch after the tutting anniiicr rigiu 10 ine neau ' blows. as he came In, Jack dropped a left on Tuuuey's body. Jack backed away while the champion followed him across tho' ring -with a,volley of lefts and rights to tho head close to tile ropes. Gene missed an over hand right as the bell sounded. Round 2. . Dempsey was'flghtlng caul4ously, apparently seeking to evade the disastrous : first-round spasm at Philadelphia last fall. They' came out boxing again and Gone shot n left and right to the chin, t They were dancing, boxing high, l Gene dropped an overhead shot on Demp sey's 'chin, after chasing him to n corner. Another right missed, and Dempsey smashed a left to the body nud three lefts to tho cliinbe- roro ttinney eould tie him up. decision of the referee and Judges giving the fight last night to Gene Tunney. . He'suid lie had talked with Dempsey and that the chaU longer was confident lie had knocked out Tunney in t he seventh round. -' The Illinois State Athletic Commission, Chairman John Illghelmer declared, will grant n hearing to any protest from Dempsey or Flynn.. "The door Is always open and we will listen hi anything they have to Bay," Mr. Kolg- heimcr asserted, "hut 1 do not now see any basis for nction 4 that would reverse or alter the decision of last night's fight. "IJempsey understood the knockdown rules. The point about returning to the farthest corner after scoring a knock- down was especially gone over with him before the fight." Ilelghelmer nppenred doubt- fill of any determined effort by Dempsey or Flynn to pur- sue the Issue to any length. Ti tor. Tunney's left was short, but Dempsey merely fell Into u .clinch. Gene mlsseil two more leftsi while Jack clipped two r.hort left' honks to the body. . As Dempsey lunged low, Tunnoy missed again, hut managed to catch himself and fleck two soft lefts to Jack's face as tho round ended. Round 3. Again they boxed carefully, slowly In tho center of tho ling. Dempsey apparently was trying to tantalize Tunney into leading and making an open fight of It. Tun ney sneaked over a pretty left jali but took a half dozen raps on the back of the neck. Gene took the offensive, driving Dempsey into the ropes, where Jack tied him tight. As they bobbed In the center. Tunney led and fell Into Demp sey's straight right smash to the body. Gene hold while Jack clout ed both hands to the mid section, A right smash to tho heart' drove Tunney back. As they fiddled about Dempsey wove In close again to cuff the back of Tunney's head with his right nnd dig his loft twice to tho champion's ribs. Round 4. Dempsey took the offensive, but Tunney's right crncked on his chin. Gene's left found the samo mark. While Dempsey rapped two lefts to 'ho body Gone complained that the blows were foul and fought Jack desperately as they fell against the ropes. Gene missed with a right nnd took nnothcr left to the body. Jack was leading again, now, short lefts to the body, while Tunney countered Just as llghtly tio ine neau. 'l unney trie'i to nail 'Jack coming in. missed with both hands hut saved himself by falling Jack turned tho champion half way around with a right hook to the head. Tunney came back strong bui two more left hooks nnd a straight right stunt the champion. Missing a long left Jack took a right under the heart as they fell again Into a clinch., i , . Round Seven. , , j Dempsoys handlers pleaded with him to keep his chin down. :As' ho camo out bohhlug, weac.ig under Tunnoys right, Jack slapped a soft right to tho ribs. A volley of rights and left hooks to the head floored Tunney for the count ot nine. Dempsey was on hfm as a wild cat as Gene pedaled backwards around the ring. Dempsey in close with a smrishiug body attack. Wobbly nnd flazed Tunney only could jump and flounder backwards. Denipsev cor nered him nt tho ropes, smashing a left nnd right to the body. Gene came back- weakly jabbing . a left to the jiead. Dempsey .laughed and urged 'Gene ,to come in and fight, fi.slng his temper Jack smashed Tunney with left and right swings to the head. ' Geno. hadlv dazed. grubbed Dempsey with both hnndB and still was holding on fiercely at the .bell. Round 8. ' ' DcmpBoy enmb oui In a crouch. Apparently somewhnt recovered Gene stabbed with' his left and clinched. As Tunney back-pedaled furiously Dempsey made no effort to catch him, merely walking after him and taunting him to fight. Tunney did fight, whipping a left and right uppereut to Jack's chin. As they missed rights Dempsey lifted his left to the jaw. In a clinch Jack again .cuffed Tunney's head. A smashing left to the body drove Tunney hack nnd a right to tho heart made him grab Jack. , As Dempsey dodged a right ho slip ped to one knee for no count. Tak ing courage Tunney llew at Demp sey. pumping both hands to tho hend. Again Tunney nulled Jack with both hands to the chin us the former champion hounded out to the ropes. They were boxing cau tiously, both tired, waiting for op enings, as the round ended. Round 9. Tunney's retreatlne tactics ilrew boocs from the crowd. Jack grab bed tho champion and smushed him hnlf a dozen times on the back of tho head. They both had slow ed un from the fierce pace. Tun ney, standing In the center of the ring, held Jack off for a few mo ments with three straight left Jabs. nui jacK bored right to close fAnorltt Prrai lotted Wire) CHICAGO. Sent. 23. Mov- into a clinch. Two right smashes ; quarters. Coming in Gene's right to the chin stung Dempsey. Gene I opened a cut over Dempsev's right Ifled two more left hooks to the I eye. The champion went after the wound fiercely, snapping out both head and nailed Dempsey on the ropes. A right sent Dempsey reel- nearly floored him. As Dempsey lay against the ropes stunned. Tun nands high to the head. Juck tried to boh hut two solid rights bounc ed off his Jaw. Dempsey was wob bly but ns he cocked his right I'o'iures hi ine uempsey-lug lo the cllrnGr. A ft nnok i mint- . imni snnwco mat V Tunnev , was down in the seventh round for 14 seconds. nfrirals of the Chicago Film laboratory company which do- veloped the plctnreq mnde by the Goodart company of New York, announced today. For part of the period, how- ever, the pictures showed Dempsey standing over the i they fel champion, or In his own cor- tier before lie was waved to 8 far corner bv the referee The pictures showed Tunnev - went uown alter a right to tne ! took to Ihe attack. When Jack j again and the water from Jack's T 1 ; ., , . . , i lied him up. they sparred out to! hair splashed over the ringside Slow motion pictures of the the c-nter of the ring. Dempsey I writers. Jack the tiger again S';! -,T t 1 bob,bii out .f ,Sree left 'u He J whaled In with both hands but vealed no low blows hv eith- ,sent Tunney's head hack with a Tunney tied him un in a clinch t sTe7n,a,,ho -T.hf "T'-.r ! i",lff .r"' A riht high They paused and a. fimpsey 3 inSi .i. . the temple shook Dempsey dropped his hands Tunnev whip- day In Chicago theaters. (badly. The champion burked away. i nod a left and right hook into the however, content to Jab and wait. Manassa mauler's face. Gene came In another clinch Jack rapped In to the attack, ripping both ney misseti wltn Doth hands and i Gene ran away. The champion the bell killed his opportunity. I came hark, however, nnd rocked Round 5. Jack again, swinging smashes to Denipsev s handlers worked furl- the head. Dempsey came to his ously on him during the Intermls- corner a bit wobbly as the gong slon while Tunney's handlers yell-, sounded, ed that the stimulants were un- Round 10 fair, runney missed a right and : Thev shook hnnd. in tho Into a clinch. Jack fell ; of the rlnir Jn,.lt In clns. pounding to the body j again with a left and right to the when Tunney. over anxious, miss-1 chin. Gene was up before the ed again. Jack backed awav now. I timer could start counting Jack's inoniK who ine ropes as runney right- smashed Into Gene's head (Anoulatrd VnM Lvawd Wire) I1V CHARLES W. DUNKLEV, (AsBocluted Press Sports Writer.) - CHICAGO, Sept. S3 Juck Demp sey, bumping into a atone wull along the weary old road that lie figured led back to the world's heavyweight championship, prot ubly has fought his last battle. No definite word bad come from Dempsey today concerning his de cision to retire, but his intimate friends expect btm to make known his decjsion very shortly. ,Hls friends believe the lure of the ring no longer has any appeal for him, I uuw iiiul ne nas luneu in ins quest oi regaining ine uue. , Jack Earns $800,000 Dempsey In two rights within the last two months, has earned nearly $800,000 to add to his ring fortune made in his Btlrring bat, ties with Klske, Curpentler, Fi.rpo, Gibbons, IJ ren nun and his buttle With Tunney. Dempsey got ?S17, 000 for knocking out Jack Sharkey in the Yankee Stadium Inst July. He- wnsj enriched .to', the extent of $450,000 for his ten round battle with Tunney lust night, Demp&ey had no further com ment to make today concerning the "long count" given TnnnJ'y when lie floored the champion jln that thrilling seventh round with it left hook to the Juw. He suld Unit was one ot the "breaks" of the game, and Tunney "got ' the breaks that was all." Dompsey never has been a "squawker." Last night was no exception. He accept ed the decision with a smile, refus ing to ad danythlng that' might do tract from Tunney's ylctory. ,' , - Manager Makes HoV1mJ"- Leo P.' Flynn, Dempsey's I mana ger, however, made the uccusutlon that Dempsey was 1 robbed, that Tunney hud been knocked out and that ho intended to appeal to 'the Illinois Stute Athletic commission to huve the decision reversed. Flynu declared that tho timekeep er eave Tunney 15 Heconds in which to get back to his feet, nnd that betides this "iinocKout" ot tunney, Dempsey won six of the ten rounds. Flynn Insists that threo atop watches timed the period of Tun ney's knockdown as 15 seconds. King observers pointed out that Dempsey himself inspired the ring regulation which, had ho remem bered it in time, might have re stored him to tho world's heavy weight championship. Was Dempsey Rule Tho rula requiring a boxer scor ing a knockdown, to retire to tho furthest, corner of the. ring, wns made a ring regulation Hvhen, after his match with Luis Firpo, there was complaint becnuse Dempsey hit the Argentine after Firpo was struggling to his' feet alter a knockdown. :,; In order to eliminate all future posslhlllty ot question on the point, In a similar situation, Dempsey nronosed the very rule which had such an important bearing. on lust night's battle. Instead of going to the farthest corner, Dempsey stood over' the 'fallen Tunney, then sud denly heeded a warning to go Into his own corner. He stood there walling for Tunney to rlBo , when Heforee Dave Barry ordered him to the farthest comer before start ting tho count. , ' Cost Him cnampionsnip Joe Lytoon, one of the Judges, made the surprising statement to day that DempBey's delay of three seconds In getting back to his own coiner after flooring Tunney really cost him tho championship. Two legs, rather than two lists, coupled with a muddled brain, really kept Dempsey from the title. Two months ago he knocked out Jack Sharkey by taking advantage of the Boston Lltliunian's careless ness In dropping his hands while making a protest of foul to the ref eree. Dempsey won that fight by hair trigger thinking. He lot-t last night by becoming muddled In ah emergency. The critics were unani mous today that Dempsey, while an improved fighter over hi'S j match with Sharkey and also over his first contest with Tunney, no I longer Is the amazing fighting ran- chine he was when he fought Fir I po. The old fighting heart Is still here. He still packs dynamite in , either fist, but they say he lacks co-ordination and speed in the legs. He appeared to be too slow to catch the retreating Tunr.ey, af ter the champion had dancej away from the peril of a knockout blow. Dempsey Was Defuddled . Dempsey appeared to be betud died, not knowing exactly what to do. It he had faced a similar situ ation at the height of his career, the critics say he never would have allowed Tunney to escape. Once during that ferocious seventh round, Dempsey's face twisted Into the snarl' of a wild beast, after he had begged Tunney to fight in stead ot run, and he flew ut him like the Dempsey of old. But it was only a ten second spurt. , Old Scars Opened The former world's heaveywelght champion displayed, no marks ot the battle today with the exception of the two wounds over his left eye. The biggest wound, a diamond shaped gash, was just ut the edge of the eyebrow, while the second was a gash an Inch long at, tho end of the eyebrow. Both were old scars caused in previous battles. . Dempsey had them treuted im mediately after tho fight to lessen the possibility of infection. -After leaving the ring Dempsey hurried immediately to the Edgewnter ho tel with Manager Flynn and the latter's1 wife to Join Mrs. Dempsey. He did not seem downhearted as the car sped along the North Shore boulevard, but his anxiety to druw ( his wire into his urnis wus apparent. ! ' AND y i j V P food I 311 WEST ilHJPJ0-' 1 1 ROSEBUROJ ( jjg CASS. ' Sj!q0OO i ''' OREGON j j ii 5 EXPERTS AGREE TUIEY GOT A i . AnooUtcd PrvH Leased Wire) CHICAGO, Sept. 23. Experts at the Dempiwy Tunnev riueH.clQ agreed tlm champion got the bene lit or a "long count, in the seventh round when he wan knocked Utown but a mujority also accepted the view that Ciene would have gotten to his feet whenever "nine wus reached. ' ' 1 ( i Paul Deeler, the, knockdown time keeper," told ;nowHpupermeij that 13 seconds actually elapsed during the count but that the surplus of four; was ritiq to, pie ititeral. or getting Dompsey to tlio ''farthest corner" prescribed' by the nles. . HAre'ire some of the opinions of the experts: Damon Runynn, New .York American "It- seemnd h 1 'I o n g count, tev(ju, to n jieutrnj., t ii my heaving Jim ptrh liij .timej :ulnltted l(ej rounledj UhfrtuL'oi but' I'l'unnoy was able 'to feet tip uhy tfnu, 'nlnu' was reached." Warren Drown, Chicago Herald id Examiner "It is prnctically certain that Tunney would have been Up nt the count of. nine, no matter when It stnrted." , . James J., Corbett, coc-heavywe ght champion Vlf the long count real ly happened It was duo to Demp sey's own failure to go to a neu tral corner as soon us Tunney went. down.. The referee .was in strict accordance with, tho rules." Harvey Woodruff: Chicago .Tri bune "Whother the count was long or correct, Tunney could have stepped to his foot before he did." Walter Kekersall, Chicago Tri bune "Ho was clearly on his feel at the count of I en." -W.i Cv McOeehan, New York Herald-Tribune "Dempsey proved himself a greater fighter,, but he was fnlrly licked." . l'aul In 1 1 leu, New York pally News "Uempsey should haveiheen disqualified for fouling.' Ho hit j low any number of times." Grant hind Itlce. New York . He in nld-Trlbuue "The count wan all right under tho rules. ; It vna a clean cut-victory." ,,-,,. Harry Cross, New York Herald Tribune "According to Uio rulefi, everything was oh the up and up.'t Hype Igod. Tew York World-- "Dempsey was robbed of a knock-1 out victory. Even so tho worst he ! nhould have gotten wua a draw." Our i ; Pleasure It pleases us io please you. In thinking bf Food'Stuffs, think of'Stone's. 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Uavo Berry, who was tho third mini In the rlnK for the Di-numey nnd Tunney bout Inst iiIkIiI. in a statement toilay said that DeinpBey had no cause for complaint or protest over the seventh round. "It Is true;" he said, "that Tunney 4 was down for over 10 see. ond.i, but that was TlenipHey's 4 ffluit, He neglected to K"t 4 away from the man nnd ro to his corner when he realMler- ed the knockout, lie under- stood that ho was to do that. The commissioners had pp in- structed me and Ihe fighters agreed to abide by such a nil- ln when they stood up for Instructions Just before the fight started. "Jack was guilty of striking low several times, not Inten- tionally and not with any 4 bad effect on Tunney. Hut Ihe rule that we have against nnstiortsmanlike conduct counted a hit ncalnst him. It 4 was a great fight and I am sure the decision was correct and will stand." phla last year wlmn Tunney nnd Dempsey fought for the first tlino. Klcknrd'a famous poker fuce was wreathed In smiles today when the checkup revealed tho stagger ing gate receipts. It was Ills great est triumph financially, and com petitively. The receipts lopped the DcmpHcy-Cnrpentler gate by $1, II32.0MO and the Klrpo batllo by l,r,7G,07(l. MAN IS HANGED SAN QCJKNT1N, Calif., Sept. 23. Karl J. ("lark, con- vMed of murdering Charles 4 Kllva, San I'cdru nitilor In 4 April, 1!25, Vius hanged here 4 today. The trap was sprung nt 10:01 nnd Clark was pronounc 4 ud dead 12 minutes later. 4 Divorce Wanted Suit for divorce was filed In the circuit court today by Cora I). Starmer against Wallace H. Star mer. Desertion Is alleged. They were married at Hoseburg, lc. 31. 1911. Tho plnintlfr is repre sented by Attorney J. O. Watson. rOItTI.ANI), Sept. 23. Tho Portland Telegram today prima tho first of a series of articles on an investigation made by Jfaiold M. Sims, onn of its staff, of tho failure of the Tillamook County Hank, which closed last .March 19. The failure, says the Telegram, wa due to a combination of "pol itical intrigue, flagrant disregard of tho banking laws and Incredibly bad management." The Telegram article stntes that negotiations are In progress in which Itnlph R. Williams, who was president until about a year ago, figures, with the object of sal vaging everything possible for tho depositors. i Tho Telegram ays In part: "U'hilo this situation has been ' brewing and this covers a period j of from four to eight ycnrs-jFrnnlc j C. Uraiuwoil, recently retired atata I bank examiner, has been "flaying the game" with Mr. Williams. "Mr. Williams and Mr. ;ilrnm- well, as statn bank examiner anil j a political appointee, stand "jointly accused by tho Tillamook deposit. ors or collusion to keep tho bank ! open long nftor It was known to I both ot them that the Institution was hopelessly Insolvent. , ; . "For Instance. In Jnnuary..nn ev. aminer in Mr. llrnmwell's iloparl ment Investigated the affairs of. this bunk and reported to his su perior, 'this bank Is Insolvent.' Ho put It in capital Intlers nnd 'In red ink. Then ho underscored it: "As Indicated, this was In Janu nry. Tho bank was closed - March. 19, about 60 days later. In tho meantime tho bank accepted de posits from Its customers. . . "Why? "That Is something the deposit i ors would llko to have explained. "But this Is only one instance. There are countless other Indica tions that Mr. Bramwell was fully , cognizant of the situntlon, and had 'been for months, even for years. "As a matter of fact. It Is sail, his department knew that the bank I was Insolvent at least four years ' before H was closed."