The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Georges Star of Destiny
Re Fails to Halt Inevitable
Only Once, In the Second Round, Did Carpen-
Tier Have Chance for Victory, and Then
Fate Was Against Him.
BY WILLIAM sLAyINs M,NUTr.
united Nexs staf Corrsspondent.)

RINGSIDE, JERSEY CITY. July
3.-Broken, crushed. bleeding. striv-
ing convulsively to make his hor-
rf6fy punished body obey the COM
mand of his dauntless will, Georges
Carpenter struggled on the canvas
in the middle of the fourth round,
gasping with agony while the ref
cree tolled the fateful ten which
marked the pugilistic passing of
the idol of France Carpenter was
outclassed from start to finish and
he put up a fight against unsur-
mountable odds that will leave his
memory one of bright and gallant
courage in the hearts of the more
than 10000 people who saw him go
to defeat at the hands of Dempsey.
the invincihle champion of all
champions After being horribly
beaten and apparently knocked
helpless in the first round the
courageous fighter came back and
then in the second round staged a
rally which brought the great
crowd to its feet screaming with
excitement. He knocked the cham
pion with rights to the jaw and
had him groggy. There was a
period in the famous second round
when the Frenchman might have
flattened his foe had he had the
stamina to follow up the advan-
tage he had gained. Dempsey's
terrible blows in the first round had
so weakened him that he was un-
able to finish the champion after
stunning him. This was Carpen-
tiers only chance.
When the men stepped in the
ring there was a moment OF silence
and then a gasp from the crowd.
1t was a gasp Of sympathy and
amazement at the apparent fraflity
of the slim Frenchman in such
pitiable contrast with the ferocious
bulk of the champion
When they squared off in the first
round Carpenter got his ,left to the
jaw. They clinched. At the break
Carpenter tried two rights for the
jaw. 1t was apparent that the
Frenchman meant to make a toe-to-
toe fight of it. rather than using his
vaunted speed to run away.
Dempsey punched him terribly in
the clinches, shooting solid rights
and lefts to the body and face. The
French.nan was like a toy in the
champions hands when they came
to close quarters. Dempsey caught
Carpenter with a fierce left hook
to the face and blood spurted from
the challenger's nose. A right to
TIE jaw knocked Carpenter half
through the ropes They were
clinched at the bell, and Dempsey
was furnishing the Frenchman
furiously and only the bell saved
him from a knockout. Carpenter
staggered to his corner. apparently
a beaten man. Descamps. chatter
ing with excitement. worked over
him during the intermission and
poured advice into his ears. The
crowd believed Carpenter would be
unable to last the first minute Of
the second round. 1t seemed i'm
possible that he could rally after
the punishment he had received. At
the beginning of the second round
Carpenter came from his corner
and instead of covering up and try
ing to keep away he electrified the
crowd by tearing into the champion
and rocking him with deadly rights
TO the jaw. Dempsey clinched and
held on. At the break the French
man again reached Dempsey's law
with heavy rights and again Demp-
sey clincEed. Again at the break
Carpenter went after Dempsey, but
he had shot his bolt. He was weary
and reeling from the punishment
nat he had received and from the
fatigue of his own efforts in the
superhuman rally.
Dempsey resumed the Offensive
working in close and punching Car
pentler in the face and body in
the cltnches- The Frenchman was
ike child in the champions grasp.
II was brave and pitiful sight. At
the end of the round the French
man staggered to his corner, bleed
ing from a cut in his left cheek and
from the nose. The end came a
minute and sixteen seconds after
the beginning of the fourth round.
Carpe ntier was gasping for breath,
his legs were shaking. his chest
heaving convulsively and his eyes
wild with agony. A terrific right
hook to the jaw sent him crashing
TO the canvas He was cool in his
agony. He took the count of nine and
forced himself to his feet. They
loose and as the Frenchman fell
fairly away from the clinch. hooke ed
him another fearful right to the
jaw. The champion fell to the mat
on his face. Nothing was left to him
but the will to rise and fight again.
While the referee tolled off the
fateful seconds, the Frenchman,
with his face in the rosin, struggled
to force himself to his feet. The
tortured. beaten body writhed and
Jerked at the direction of the brain
that bade it rise. Further effort
was beyond him.
Tho crowd was quiet. The voice
of the referee was clearly audible as
1T spoke the numerals that marked
the end of the idol of France. Six,
seven. eight" Carpenters slim,
beautiful body writhed on the can
vas like that of a man wounded to
death. At the count OF ten he fought
gallantly to regain his feet and con-
tfnue the hopeless battle, but it was
beyond his power. He was out, un-
conscious. 1t was only instinct that
was moving him. Eight, nine"
Dempsey standing near and watch
ing his fallen foe. with an express
sion of sincere sympathy on his
ordinarily fierce face, turned away.
Ten, that was the end. But the
Frenchman did not hear the word
tndr marked the end of his dreams,
He still writhed and struggled on
the mat attempting to rise Harry
Ertle, the referee. turned to Demp-
sey and touched his arm. The bat
qe Of the century" is history.
Drawn had triumphcd, not over
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