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Carpenter came into the ring and
two minutes later Dempsey came in.
Carpenter wore a long gray bath
robe over his fighting trunks. Demp-
sey came in to the ring in his white
silk fighting trunks and a maroon
sweater coat. He greeted the French
challenger with a friendly Hello,
Georges" when he shook hands in
the center OF the ring. Benjamin,
Teddy Hayes, Jack Kearns, Mike
Irant and Bernard Dempsey, the
sey's. corner with Manager Kearns
IN charge. Descamps, Journee. and
Eddie Ledoux were in Carpenters
corner.
DescAmps Goes Into Dempsey Corner
Manager Descamps went to Demp-
sey's corner and demanded the right
to examine the hand bandages. He
excitedly pushed Dempsey's seconds
away and watched carefully as the
tape was wound around Dempsey's
fists.
Mayor Hague of Jersey City, and
officials of the New Jersey boxing
commission were introduced from the
center Of the ring. While this was
going on Carpenter kept constantly
looking aloft at two aeroplanes soar
ing overhead.
Governor Edwards Called Into Rina.
Governor Edwards o: New Jersey,
was called into the ring and intro
duced. Bill Brennan was introduced
and he challenged the winner.
: There was a delay Of a few min
utes while Dempsey's hands were
being bandaged in the presence OF
With this over the new pair of
eight ounce gloves were tied on
Dempsey's hands by Manager Kearns.
Descamps laced the gloves on Car
pentier.
The weights were officially an
nounced as follows: Carpenter 172
pounds; Dempsey 1873. This was
two pounds lighter than Dempsey
hoped to be when he got into the
ring.
Promoter Tex Richard crawled into
the ring and warmly shook hands with
Harry Ertle, the referee. was at
tired in white fanne1s. white canvas
shoe and white shirt with a. soft
collar. He nervously paced the center
of the ring. while the gloves were
being tied on.
Descamps patted Carpenter ON the
back as he dug his toes into the
rosin in his corner.
Two Fighters Introduced.
Carpenter was introduced as the
pugilistic idol of the ofc world and a
soldier of France These words drew
a tremendous cheer from the crowd.
Dempsey also was applauded when
he was introduced as the worlds
champion. They We're sent away at
S:1S.
Carpenter landed a light left and
clinched. Carpenter landed q right.
Carpenter missed a right but CON
nected with a left hook. Dempse.
punished him, beating him unmerci-
fully. Carpenter was groggy and
bleeding at the nose. Dempsey miss
ed right swing but beat Carpenter
through the ropes trying to avoid a
punch. He flew into Dempsey when
he crawled back into the ring and
landed several blows on the cham
p1on's body at the bell. Dempsey
had the better Of the round.
The Second Round.
Round Two Carpenter missed with
left and clinched. Carpenter back
ed away and Dempsey hooked him
with a right to the jaw. Dempsey
followed after him, beating him
around the head with a right Car
pentier was short with the left hook,
but he staggered the champion with
six rights and left to jaw, Dempsey
staggered back bit and split the
Frenchman's left eye with a hook.
The cut was under the eye. Carpen-
tier missed a right swing. Dempsey
missed a right swing. They exchang-
ed body punches in the clinch as
the bell rang.
The Third Round.
Round Three. Carpenter ducked a
left hook. Dempsey backed into the
ropes and hit him with a short right.
Carpenter landed two upper cuts to
the body In clinch. AS they clinch-