“SLAPS AND GRUNTS.”
HOI USE Y’K V 1 BAY t>F Al A'l CH • XEAV YORK. Sept. 13. .TiiiU Dempsey dees nc;t want to Jitilit llnny AVil's any mure to-day than let 1 over "did. l>ut for different reasons. Today he l.anlly thinks AVills worth while. Tlie AVills-Firfo tight had nut gone five rounds on Thursday night. when .Dempsey. with exaggerated ennui, put on his hat and went home. 'llie next day he raid he was “bunked,” like all the rest of flic 80,000 customers.
“All I saw was a nice wiestling match,” he said. “AVills just handcuffed Firf.o. Firpo landed a few sulcslappers, and one that humped llairj solidly on the chin. That is ahout all he did, except clinch, hold and grunt, and complain to the referee; and AA ills only once, in the second round, got a I,it nasty. AVills won all the two! rounds. Tie is four years older than .Firpo, and therefore has more knowledge of wrestling holds.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 October 1924, Page 3
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