The Washington times., 1921-07-06
BETTER AND BIGGER
MAN WON, OPINION
OF ''TAD' D0RGAN
Cartoonist Writer Declares
Dempsey Proved Himself
Superior Fighter.
by TAD.

NEW YORK, July SIT was not
the better man but the bigger man
that won" said Jim Corbett after
Saturdays night.
Well. that's his opinion. My opin-
ion is that the better and bigger
man won.
Dempsey proved himself the bet
cations OF champion. He has
build. weight. height, courage and
| a punch and he can take 1t.
Carpenter is a great fighter. He
Is a much better man than most Of
| us thought. He is big enough for
q heavyweight champion. He has
| almost everything heavyweight
champion should want bat he can't
| take IL.
Tho French boxer has enough
! weight. He proved that by his
| wins over Wells, Beckett, Smith and
| others. They outweighed him a
good deal but this was no handicap
| to him at all Carpenter faced
those burly warriors, shot over that
dynamite right OF his to the button
and the numbers commenced to run.
He did the same thing against
Dempsey Saturday but instead OF
kissing the canvas Dempsey stag
gered back a few feet. pulled him
self together. absorbed another and
another and was still on his feet.
Right there is where Mr.. Dempsey
proved himself the better man.
| Carpenters stock in trade was q
right hand uppercut and a right to
the chin. In the second round he
! dealt his favorites TO Dempsey and
failed to stop him. He had his
chance.
WOULD HAVE wILTED.
Had Dempsey been weskiing or
possessed OF chicken heart he would
have wilted like rose out in the sun.
| Dempsey took it, didn't he7 1t was
| the best that Carpenter had To offer.
There was no bad luck about the
| thing. The Frenchman pulled his best
and hit the target clean
The champion of the world was for
the moment groggy. His vision was
| foggy, his hands lost their grip. and
be was set for the killing.
No one was at fault but Carpenter,
as Dempsey reeled from the last righ (
| the French man let GO what he figured
to be the winning punch. 1t graxed
\ Jacks chin 1t was a pip, but IL
didn't land. Did Carpenter prove
himself to be the better man then
He had the championship in his grasp.
He had his man going and he had a
free shot at him.
few moments later Dempsey was
himself again. The bigger man had
come back. Carpenter was to stand
trial in a minute or so.
In the fourth round Dempsey got
his chance. He drove a terrific right.
handler to the heart and then LETT
and right to the chin. and his oppo-
! nent wilted. As Carpenter arose
Jack shot another right to the chin
and the pride of Msnhasset fell to the
foor as limp as a wet rang. He was
| through. He couldn't take it He
lacked that one essential--the ability
| to take IT, There have been many
great fighters who could deal but
couldn't take.
ABLE TO TAKE PUNISHMENT.
Jim Jerfries never would have been
| worlds champion IL il hadn't been
for his ability to take IT,
7 saw Fitzsimmons close both - his
ewes in their second tight at Frisco
yet in the eighth round F'itz went TO
the floor, knocked insensible but un-
marked.
Terry McGovern had a greater rec
ord than that made by Young Cor
bett. yet Terry lost his title because
he couldn't take Young Corbetts
right handlers.
MAHER AN EXAMPLE.
Peter Mahc-. one OF the hardest
hitting heavies that ever trod the
canvas. couldn't take IL. He knock ed
out more men than any other heavy,
vet he would occasionally run NJ
against haymaker with his chin
and flop.
Freddie welch. much cleverer ehar
Benny Leonard. lost his title because
Benny could and he couldn't take IT.
Boxing is a rame of give and take
When the split is ffty-ffty in other
respects, the man who can take ii Is
invariably the winner.
| Jim Corbett can't really meor
that Carpenter is a better man thar
Dempsey. Jim was probably all hop
ped up by the wonderful battle the
Frepch challenger put up, but later
on when he gets to talking turkey
about the fight he'll have to admi,
that Dempsey is not only bigger