DEMPSEY, DESPONDENT, HAS NO ALIBI
The report describes him fighting badly in a rainstorm in the elevated ring, his face cut, walking to his corner with bloody head bowed at the end of the tenth round and weeping before the crowd.
(Continued from First Page.) fairly and squarely," Dempsey said slowly and, one thought, patheticaIly. "He met me at my own game— slugging—and he whipped me at it." "I Haven't Any Alibi A pause. Obviously the dethroned champ didn't want to talk. Then: "I haven't any alibi. I just don't know what was the matter with me. I couldn't get going. I fought a terrible fight—a terrible fight." No one who. watched the once great Dempsey battle Tunney, in a lashing rainstorm in that 20-foot elevated ring beneath blazing kleig lights with 130,000 people watching the drama with death-like stillness in the great U-shaped Sesquicentennial stadium, will deny that Dempsey fought a bad fight. No one who witnessed it close up will ever forget the spectacle of the bloody Dempsey walking to his corner when the bell rang at the end of the 10th round. The light of defeat was in Dempsey's eyes. He knew he was beaten and he seemed about to run out of the ring without awaiting the official decision. Instead, however, he checked himself, and slowly walked to his corner, his bloody head bowed, and extending his hands across the ropes and looking out upon the vast, rain-soaked throng, he cried like a schoolboy. Face Cut to Ribbons Yes, cried. Tears coursed down his cheeks and he tried to brush them *away with his blood-stained gloves. His face had been literally cut to
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DEMPSEY, DESPONDENT, HAS NO ALIBI
The report describes him fighting badly in a rainstorm in the elevated ring, his face cut, walking to his corner with bloody head bowed at the end of the tenth round and weeping before the crowd.
(Continued from First Page.) fairly and squarely," Dempsey said slowly and, one thought, patheticaIly. "He met me at my own game— slugging—and he whipped me at it." "I Haven't Any Alibi A pause. Obviously the dethroned champ didn't want to talk. Then: "I haven't any alibi. I just don't know what was the matter with me. I couldn't get going. I fought a terrible fight—a terrible fight." No one who. watched the once great Dempsey battle Tunney, in a lashing rainstorm in that 20-foot elevated ring beneath blazing kleig lights with 130,000 people watching the drama with death-like stillness in the great U-shaped Sesquicentennial stadium, will deny that Dempsey fought a bad fight. No one who witnessed it close up will ever forget the spectacle of the bloody Dempsey walking to his corner when the bell rang at the end of the 10th round. The light of defeat was in Dempsey's eyes. He knew he was beaten and he seemed about to run out of the ring without awaiting the official decision. Instead, however, he checked himself, and slowly walked to his corner, his bloody head bowed, and extending his hands across the ropes and looking out upon the vast, rain-soaked throng, he cried like a schoolboy. Face Cut to Ribbons Yes, cried. Tears coursed down his cheeks and he tried to brush them *away with his blood-stained gloves. His face had been literally cut to
Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, September 24, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, September 24, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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DEMPSEY, DESPONDENT, HAS NO ALIBI
The report describes him fighting badly in a rainstorm in the elevated ring, his face cut, walking to his corner with bloody head bowed at the end of the tenth round and weeping before the crowd.
(Continued from First Page.) fairly and squarely," Dempsey said slowly and, one thought, patheticaIly. "He met me at my own game— slugging—and he whipped me at it." "I Haven't Any Alibi A pause. Obviously the dethroned champ didn't want to talk. Then: "I haven't any alibi. I just don't know what was the matter with me. I couldn't get going. I fought a terrible fight—a terrible fight." No one who. watched the once great Dempsey battle Tunney, in a lashing rainstorm in that 20-foot elevated ring beneath blazing kleig lights with 130,000 people watching the drama with death-like stillness in the great U-shaped Sesquicentennial stadium, will deny that Dempsey fought a bad fight. No one who witnessed it close up will ever forget the spectacle of the bloody Dempsey walking to his corner when the bell rang at the end of the 10th round. The light of defeat was in Dempsey's eyes. He knew he was beaten and he seemed about to run out of the ring without awaiting the official decision. Instead, however, he checked himself, and slowly walked to his corner, his bloody head bowed, and extending his hands across the ropes and looking out upon the vast, rain-soaked throng, he cried like a schoolboy. Face Cut to Ribbons Yes, cried. Tears coursed down his cheeks and he tried to brush them *away with his blood-stained gloves. His face had been literally cut to
Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, September 24, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, September 24, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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DEMPSEY, DESPONDENT, HAS NO ALIBI
The report describes him fighting badly in a rainstorm in the elevated ring, his face cut, walking to his corner with bloody head bowed at the end of the tenth round and weeping before the crowd.
(Continued from First Page.) fairly and squarely," Dempsey said slowly and, one thought, patheticaIly. "He met me at my own game— slugging—and he whipped me at it." "I Haven't Any Alibi A pause. Obviously the dethroned champ didn't want to talk. Then: "I haven't any alibi. I just don't know what was the matter with me. I couldn't get going. I fought a terrible fight—a terrible fight." No one who. watched the once great Dempsey battle Tunney, in a lashing rainstorm in that 20-foot elevated ring beneath blazing kleig lights with 130,000 people watching the drama with death-like stillness in the great U-shaped Sesquicentennial stadium, will deny that Dempsey fought a bad fight. No one who witnessed it close up will ever forget the spectacle of the bloody Dempsey walking to his corner when the bell rang at the end of the 10th round. The light of defeat was in Dempsey's eyes. He knew he was beaten and he seemed about to run out of the ring without awaiting the official decision. Instead, however, he checked himself, and slowly walked to his corner, his bloody head bowed, and extending his hands across the ropes and looking out upon the vast, rain-soaked throng, he cried like a schoolboy. Face Cut to Ribbons Yes, cried. Tears coursed down his cheeks and he tried to brush them *away with his blood-stained gloves. His face had been literally cut to
Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, September 24, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, September 24, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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DEMPSEY, DESPONDENT, HAS NO ALIBI
The report describes him fighting badly in a rainstorm in the elevated ring, his face cut, walking to his corner with bloody head bowed at the end of the tenth round and weeping before the crowd.
(Continued from First Page.) fairly and squarely," Dempsey said slowly and, one thought, patheticaIly. "He met me at my own game— slugging—and he whipped me at it." "I Haven't Any Alibi A pause. Obviously the dethroned champ didn't want to talk. Then: "I haven't any alibi. I just don't know what was the matter with me. I couldn't get going. I fought a terrible fight—a terrible fight." No one who. watched the once great Dempsey battle Tunney, in a lashing rainstorm in that 20-foot elevated ring beneath blazing kleig lights with 130,000 people watching the drama with death-like stillness in the great U-shaped Sesquicentennial stadium, will deny that Dempsey fought a bad fight. No one who witnessed it close up will ever forget the spectacle of the bloody Dempsey walking to his corner when the bell rang at the end of the 10th round. The light of defeat was in Dempsey's eyes. He knew he was beaten and he seemed about to run out of the ring without awaiting the official decision. Instead, however, he checked himself, and slowly walked to his corner, his bloody head bowed, and extending his hands across the ropes and looking out upon the vast, rain-soaked throng, he cried like a schoolboy. Face Cut to Ribbons Yes, cried. Tears coursed down his cheeks and he tried to brush them *away with his blood-stained gloves. His face had been literally cut to
Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, September 24, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from The Washington Times, September 24, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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