The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-04
Jack and Georges Arrange for
Another Contest.
But This One VIII Be in
Swimming Tank.
WILL Be NO Big PURSE
Champion Sees Saturdays Big
Fight First Time.
Movies Show How Nearly He
Lostsin Second Round.

New York. July Jack Dempsey,
worlds heavyweight champion. and
Georges Carpenter. his defeated chaI-
lenger, will meet again soon, but not
as fighters.
Both Georges and Jack, it was
learned. consider themselves pretty
fair swimmers and they have accepted
an invitation to race in a large SWIM
ming pool here.
There is no purse and it is not an
nounced whether the contest for
aquatic supremacy would be open to
the public or not
Champ Sees Self in Action.
Jersey City. July 4.-Jack Dempsey.
still the heavyweight champion OF the
world, observed the Fourth of July to-
| day in addition to celebrating his vic
tory over Georges Carpenter, the Eu-
ropean champion Saturday.
/ Dempsey plans to remain in this
vicinity several days when he will GO
to Salt Lake City, his home, for a va
cation and rest from his long training
grind.
The champion yesterday saw him-
self in action. He motored to a mo-
ton picture theater that was showing
pictures of Saturdays battle. Huddled
in back seat, alongside of Jack
kearns, his manager, and Mike Trant,
the Chicago detective sergeant who
has been his body guard. he watched
/ the punch that enabled him to retain
, the championship.
He also saw the punches that in tho
second round caused the mass OF hu-
manity in the great arena to gasp in
the Belief that the blonde French
boxer was to make good his threat to
carry the title across the sea. Demp-
NeCN \ -4,--a.
Frenchman sent those punches to his
jaw.
Perhaps not until he saw the pic
ture did he realize just how near he
had been to dropping to the canvas
floor, for after the fight Dempsey de-
clared the blows had not bothered
Il Gets Good Laugh.
i As Dempsey saw himself on the
4 screen tnf1icting punishment upon his
liBhter--opponen his eyes sparkled
land he leaned forward eagerly, and
uttered an exclamation of admiration
gamely.
The victor laughed long and loudly
as the action of the picture was
stopped down to sixteen times as
slow as the actual action. The pic
ture was of the first round and
showed champion and challenger ap-
parently floating in an ethereal space,
lightly daubing each other as with
powder puffs upon the face and body.
France Not Discouraged.
Paris, July 4.-Despite Georges Cars
pentier's defeat by Jack Dempsey on
Saturday, the belief is current in Paris
today that Carpenter has not yet
given up hope of becoming the heavy
weight champion of the world. The
press suggests that there are a number
of light heavyweights in the United
States whom Carpenter could fight.
and this would prove first class train
ing preparatory to another bid for tho
world title.
The great interest in the fight had
not completely subsided today. Movie
pictures of the fight are eagerly wait
ed to obtain an actual description OF
i the blows, particularly those leading
to Carpenters defeat.
Contradictory descriptions were re-
ccived in France, some saying that an
upper cut to the jaw knocked out the
iFrenchnnan and others say that dou-
Bile blow to the stomach turned the
trick.
Take Carpenters Word.
Referee Ertle's description of the
battle. which was cabIed here, i'm
pressed all sportsmen that the fight
was fair and square and that Carpen-
tier was beaten by superior strength
and weight. Most sporting writer's
agree with Ertle that the best man
won.
Carpenters account. wherein no
said he was completely beaten after
a loyal fight" was received with satis-
faction. Carpenter paid homage to
Dempsey's fighting qualities.
}. Madame Carpenter. wife of the de-
feated pugilist, was thrown into a state
of deep distress by a false rumor that
I Georges had died after the fight. She
had regained her composure today
and is eagerly awaiting the return OF
her husband.
81 shall console him and cheer him
up for future bouts" snid Madame
Carpenter.