DEMPSEY HAS NO ALIBI, LOST TO BETTER MAN
Dempsey said the sickness came after the fight and not before, and that he wanted no sympathy and had no alibi to make. He said the wet ring was no handicap, that the only handicap he had was himself, and that he lost to a better man.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (AP) - Dempsey said "I was sick after the fight and not before. I don't want any sympathy and I have no alibi to make. The wet ring was no handicap. The only handicap I had was myself. I lost to a better man, that's all there is to it."
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Dempsey and Tunney met again on September 22, 1927, in Chicago, and Tunney won a second 10-round decision. Dempsey did not take the title back from Tunney in that rematch.
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DEMPSEY HAS NO ALIBI, LOST TO BETTER MAN
Dempsey said the sickness came after the fight and not before, and that he wanted no sympathy and had no alibi to make. He said the wet ring was no handicap, that the only handicap he had was himself, and that he lost to a better man.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (AP) - Dempsey said "I was sick after the fight and not before. I don't want any sympathy and I have no alibi to make. The wet ring was no handicap. The only handicap I had was myself. I lost to a better man, that's all there is to it."
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, September 29, 1926, page 1.
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 A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.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 Seward Daily Gateway, September 29, 1926, page 1.
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 A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.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.
Dempsey and Tunney met again on September 22, 1927, in Chicago, and Tunney won a second 10-round decision. Dempsey did not take the title back from Tunney in that rematch.
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DEMPSEY HAS NO ALIBI, LOST TO BETTER MAN
Dempsey said the sickness came after the fight and not before, and that he wanted no sympathy and had no alibi to make. He said the wet ring was no handicap, that the only handicap he had was himself, and that he lost to a better man.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (AP) - Dempsey said "I was sick after the fight and not before. I don't want any sympathy and I have no alibi to make. The wet ring was no handicap. The only handicap I had was myself. I lost to a better man, that's all there is to it."
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, September 29, 1926, page 1.
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 Seward Daily Gateway, September 29, 1926, page 1.
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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.
Dempsey and Tunney met again on September 22, 1927, in Chicago, and Tunney won a second 10-round decision. Dempsey did not take the title back from Tunney in that rematch.
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DEMPSEY HAS NO ALIBI, LOST TO BETTER MAN
Dempsey said the sickness came after the fight and not before, and that he wanted no sympathy and had no alibi to make. He said the wet ring was no handicap, that the only handicap he had was himself, and that he lost to a better man.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (AP) - Dempsey said "I was sick after the fight and not before. I don't want any sympathy and I have no alibi to make. The wet ring was no handicap. The only handicap I had was myself. I lost to a better man, that's all there is to it."
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, September 29, 1926, page 1.
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 Seward Daily Gateway, September 29, 1926, page 1.
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.
Dempsey and Tunney met again on September 22, 1927, in Chicago, and Tunney won a second 10-round decision. Dempsey did not take the title back from Tunney in that rematch.
[Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Dempsey, https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/jack-dempsey]
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DEMPSEY HAS NO ALIBI, LOST TO BETTER MAN
Dempsey said the sickness came after the fight and not before, and that he wanted no sympathy and had no alibi to make. He said the wet ring was no handicap, that the only handicap he had was himself, and that he lost to a better man.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (AP) - Dempsey said "I was sick after the fight and not before. I don't want any sympathy and I have no alibi to make. The wet ring was no handicap. The only handicap I had was myself. I lost to a better man, that's all there is to it."
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, September 29, 1926, page 1.
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 Seward Daily Gateway, September 29, 1926, page 1.
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.
Dempsey and Tunney met again on September 22, 1927, in Chicago, and Tunney won a second 10-round decision. Dempsey did not take the title back from Tunney in that rematch.
[Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-Dempsey, https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/jack-dempsey]
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