Two sports heroes captured the imagination of the public in the 1920s: Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. While Ruth could only be seen on newsreels, Dempsey appeared in Joplin as a boxer and referee over ...
Dempsey-Gibbons title bout in 1923 nearly took town down for the count St. Paul heavyweight Tommy Gibbons was a game challenger for Jack Dempsey — Gibbons was the first boxer to last 15 rounds with ...
More than 1,000 fans showed up to greet heavyweight boxing champ Jack Dempsey when his train pulled into Spokane. “Then Jack stepped from the train,” The Spokesman-Review said. “The greeting was ...
If you’re looking for the spot where Jack Dempsey defended the world heavyweight title against Tommy Gibbons in a fight that brought financial ruin upon an entire town on July 4, 1923, the directions ...
FARGO — It must have gone through the minds of many in Fargo-Moorhead that July 4, 1923. What better way to celebrate America, they thought, than to cheer on a Minnesota guy — an underdog —hoping to ...
On April 5, 1919, a little known Syracuse fighter with a funny nickname took part in one of the city’s most famous sporting events. In May 1955, legendary Post-Standard sports columnist Bill Reddy ...
Scotland back-rower Jack Dempsey is unfazed by the prospect of trying to tame rampant France and “upset their party” amid ...
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