The Washington herald., 1921-07-03


straight into the champion and
sent a left to the body and went
into a clinch. The Frenchman then
shot a light right to the head.
There was a furry of close fight
ing in which neither landed and
they went into another clinch.
Carpenter uppercut to the chin
with his left and then jabbed a
straight left to the chin. The
Frenchman was doing the leading
and he feinted the champion into
another clinch. With his right
hand free Dempsey pounded the
back of Carpenters head with
short snappy rights: the crowd yell
ling stop that rabbit punch" Ref
cree Ertle, however. said not a word.
They went into a clinch and Demp-
sey pounded the Frenchman's sides
with short rights that brought a
look of pain to Carpenters face.
They were separated and Carpen-
tier missed a terrific right to the
head. Getting in close. he pounded
Dempsey's body with his left hand
and they clinched again. Dempsey
put over a right to the head, stag
gering the challenger. A second
punch from his right cut the French
mans nose. He retaliated by giving
Dempsey a terrific right smash un-
der his eye. Dempsey hooked his
left to the Frenchman's head and
they clinched. Dempsey hit with
a right uppercut and hooked a left
to Carpenters nose. The French
man missed another right and went
Into a clinch, Dempsey. continuing
his deadly work at short range,
smashed a right to the stomach.
Carpenter stepped back and missed
with his right and slipped through
the ropes. Dempsey stepped back
until the Frenchman was free from
the ropes and in a fighting position.
Carpenter landed a right to the
face that staggered the champion
ten seconds before the bell. The
round ended with the fighters
clinched. It was Dempsey's round.
Round two-Carpentier came out
of his corner apparently advised
by bis seconds to continue mixing
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with his left and went into a clinch.
On the break Carpenter danced
away and then landed lard righ.
to Dempsey's head. The challenger
then started his first real running
of the fight. He stopped suddenly.
however. and caught Dempsey off
guard with a left and right to the
body. They clinched. Carpenter
booked a left to the head and in
clinch Dempsey rocked him with
left uppercut. Carpenter then.
started his only big squirt of the
fight. He rushed into the cham
pion, landing lefts and rights to
the head. Dempsey was staggered
three or four times. AS tho cham
pion came in he was uppercut with
Carpenters right. 1t looked as IL
the champion was gone.
Carpenter was like a tiger. He
lashed out with lefts and rights.
while his corner was a b~oiam of
excitement. Descamps pounded :he
floor and shouted as ne jumped nm
and down in ris excitement. The
crowd sent UP a tremendous roar.
Many of the spectators thought
they were witnessing the passing
OF champion. Dempsey was
against the ropes. apparently open
to everything the Frenchman had.
He covered until the immediate ef
feet of the storm passed and then,
the challenger, tired from
his fusillade, split his cheek with
a short right. The storm had passed.
Carpenter. evidently losing heart
when Dempsey weathered the best
he could send. retreated.
Carpenter tried two left jabs and
a left swing. Dempsey shifted and
missed with his right. Carpenter
tried right to body and left to head,
but missed. They were in a clinch
when the gong souLded Carpen-
tiers round.
Round three-Caroentier' tao
tics we're different in this round.
Appar .ntly he had been told to, dis
card the plan of slugging with the
champ:op and try to wear him down
by sssfooting him. Dempsey bored