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ohio. >> the reigning heavyweight champion, jeff willard, defending his crown against the underdog contender, jack dempsey. it was a hot independence day at the toledo arena and toledo ohio. 110 degrees. >> we are standing across from bayview park in toledo. bayview is famous for hosting the july 4, 1919 world championship rev -- heavyweight fight between jack dempsey and jess willard. it was difficult to find a place to hold this fight. in 1919 boxing had an awkward reputation for death in the ring recently. also gambling, and organized crime that was involved in it. but toledo made an offer, and it was decided to host the fight here. both fighters came to town a couple months before, they

worked out and trained and built an 80,000 seat wooden stadium made of michigan pine. right next to it as a replica of a stadium of the same design, built for the july 4, 2019 centennial celebration of the fight. the day of the fight was extremely hot. and the pine began to leach. the newspaper boys were making a fortune selling newspapers for people to sit on. if you look at the photographs, a lot of straw hats, people have towels over the back of their next, it was really warm. , hesey was the underdog plummets willard in one of the most violent three rounds of boxing you will ever see. willard did not even answer the bell for the fourth round. he went down multiple times in the first round, a lot of money was gambled for that fight. some of which was bet on a first

round knockout. dempsey was doing his best. atre was a questionable bell the end of the first-round that nobody heard so willard was able to make it to the second round to continue getting a beating. one of the most interesting things is that jimmy breslin wrote that the warring 20's were born in toledo ohio on july 4, 1919. the people who came to the fight, the list is incredible. it's a who's who of the roaring 20's. toledo was centrally located within all of the railroad systems. it was very easy for people to get here. plenty of hotels and an 80,000 seat arena, it was the perfect venue. staff travel tour test toledo, ohio, to learn about its rich history. to learn more about other stops

on our tour visit c-span.org, cities tour. you are watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] next, from the ronald reagan fact -- presidential foundation and institute, six former law clerks recall working with sandra day o'connor. this is part of an all-day conference commemorate the 38th anniversary of justice o'connor's senate confirmation. [applause] >> thank you. it's really an honor and a privilege to be here. few wordsd to say a to introduce the next panel. i would start by saying something that we probably know. the court is a fairly powerful institution. it was not always so, one of the signs of how powerful it is is that you do see, in any presidential election, people say it matters who you vote