The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-02

penter landed a riJht. They fcuglt
i close range in 4 cIinch. Dempsey
was short with 4 left to The head.
Carpenter missed Il right but con
nected with left hook Dempsey
! punished him. beating him unmcraj-
fully. Carpenter was eroQgy ard
bleeding al the nose. Dempsey missed
right swing but beat Carpenter as
they clinchcd. Carpenter fell through
the ropes trying to avoid punch. He
flew into Dempsey when he craWlcd
back into the ring and landed several
, blows on the champions body at the
bell. Dempsey had the better OF the
round.
Round Two
Carpentic" mi; sed with left and
clinched. Dempsey hooked him with
beating him around head with rights.
Carpenter staggered Dempsey with
six rights and let's TO jaw. Dempsey
staggered back and split ,lho French
mans left eye with hook. The cut
was under the eye. They exchanged
body blows in tic clinch and the bell
rang.
Round Three
Carpenter ducked LEFT. He backed
Dempsey into the ropes and hit him
with short right. Carpenter landed
two upper cuts to body in 4 clinch.
AS they cIinched Dempsey punished
invader in the body. They missed
leftS to the head and Dempsey pun
ished Carpenter Viciously in fighting
( Dempsey landed left and right to head
without return. They exchanged lett
hooks to the chin. Dempsey dubbed
him on the jaw with left hooks in
cIinch. Dempsey battered Carpenter
into corner with right and lefts at the
! bell. The bell saved Carpenter from
a knockout. Dempsey's round.
Round Four
Dempsey rushed Carpenter to the
ropes and left to the body made him
vince. Carpenter landed right to
the head and tried to hang on Jack
floored Carpenter for the count.
Jersey City. Iuy > Carpenter fin
ishcd fiat on his face. his legs and
arms outstretched in the fourth round
Dempsey knocked him out with II
short right hook to the chin one min
ute and sixteen seconds after the
round was started Previous to the
knockout Carpenter was floored with
Il left to the body and Il right to the
chin. He took the count OF nise then
Dempsey stretched him out. He stood
by until the count was finished and
then Dempsey tcnderly picked up
the bleeding and daZed Frenchman,
and dragged him to his corner. Demp-
Sey gave Carpenter an unmerCitul
beating. He opened up cut under
the Frcnchmans eye and battered him
so viciously that Carpenter 5 face was
swollen and bleeding. The French
man fought back gamely but was out
clasSed. Carpenter was out only il
few seconds.
| Despite the Favorable weather con
ditions of the early morning. clouus
gathered about noon, and there was
/ light sprinkle at 10. Only the rail
birds, with nothing but the wide world
| behind them. dared to raise their UNI
6rellas But the rain soon passed,
and the crowd waited with inn
patience, but with little noise for the
appearance of something exciting
The first enthusiasm was shown
| when Governor Edwards OF New Ier-
sey. always a great fayorite with the
| porting fraternity, entered the arena.
| At 1:30 it was announced that every
| seat in the vast arena had been sold,
! meaning that 81 600 persons would be
attendance. This is by far the
| argest crowd that ever attended such
I spectacle in America, and riyalled
n size the gatherings which in an
lent times assembled at the Circus
MaXimus to witness the gladtorial
spectacles of Ancient Rome.
Carpenter. who had come up from
Port Washington, l.. L., whore he
spent the night. on the Lone Star
yacht early in the morning. entered
at o'clock and Immediately went to
his dressing room. He was as dapper
as ever in Il gray suit and cap to
match. 1t was learned that several
members of Carpenters training
camp had been so impressed with the
!, exhibition of his powers that they
had placed nearly five thousand dol
lars that he would WIN the fight by
a knockout.