The Washington herald., 1921-06-24

Big Crowd ON Hand.
Carpenter, says that he does not
feel the suitry heat to any dis
tressing extent. but he looks a
little drawn. He wants to hold as
much weight as he can, and train
ing on the north shore of Long
New York, will pull him down very
quickly. His days work undoubt-
edly cost him several pounds, easier
to take off than to put on again in
this weather.
An unusually big crowd saw the
boxing, for every steamer from
overseas brings in a fresh battalion
of Carpenters French and Eng
lish admirers. No other fight in all
the history of the sport ever
brought so many sportsmen from
the other side. To a man. they
think Carpenter will surely whip
Dempsey. But in talking to them
find the notion general that
Dempsey is a big. strong, slow man
who will be a victim of Carpenters
swift. shifting attack and hard hit
ting. When told that Dempsey's
speed is nearly IL not quite equal
to Carpenters they lift their brows
and shrug their shoulders as II to
say: Pardon me, but that Of
course Is quite impossible"
Carpenter walked a little along
shady lanes in the morning. 1t was
too hot to run. after a hot. sultry
night. He loafed then until time
came for the afternoon workout.
The sky was gray with low hang
ing clouds and there was no sun
all day. but the clouds might have
been clouds of steam as far as any
relief from the heat was concerned.
A large crowd gathered in the
road outside the gates long before
boxing time. There were scores OF
newspaper sporting writers from
England. France and all over Amer
lea and a large number of Carpen-
tiers friends. Cars were parked
everywhere and jitneys rolled in
every few seconds from Manhasset
or Great Neck.
Floors New Sparring Mate.
Carpenter punched the bag a few
minutes and then went into the
ring out behind the barn while
several hundred spectators gathered
on the hillside. First to put on the
gloves with the French boy was
Dave Rose, who recently changed
his name to Danny Ross. a middle
weight. Carpenter boxed rather
easily with him for three minutes.
rested a minute and then faced
Dave Rosenberger. who fought Mike
Gibbons a couple of weeks ago
without being put down. Rosen-
berger is fairly fast and clever and
he showed in the Gibbons fight that
he can take a lot of punishment.
They stepped toward each other.
spared a moment, and then Car
pentier leaped in and shot a bullet
like right hand punch to Dawes
chin. Rosenb.rger went down in a
heap. 1t was the first time Car
pentier had shown the public mis-
famous right hand punch, delivered
with the real kick behind IL.
Carpenter Immediately eased up
and slapped softly. clinched. pushed
around and stalled to let Dave re-
cover. When the middleweisht was
all right again Carpenter made a
fierce face, la Dempsey. and
rushed him into a corner, where he
used a rapid fire of lefts below and
above in the body, and instantly
raised in a sharp crack at the chin
with an occasional right thrown in
for good measure. Rosenberger was
in distress, and Manager Descamps,
leaping to the platform outside the
ropes. Carpenter knocked Dave
dizzy with a right counter on the
chin, and Descamps shouted: SLOW.
slow, slow. George" using his best
English so that the crowd would
get it," Carpenter politely smiled
and tried a few fancy inside upper
cuts and short left hooks without
putting the real snap into the blows.
Arnold Also Hits Floor.
The crowd was on tiptoe now.
Next came round with Chris
Arnold, a thick-necked middle