The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Round by Round Story
Of Fight of the Century
By HENRYL. FARRELL

in. becoming more confident when
Carpenter danced away. The cham
pion landed a hard right to the head.
but it was too high. Carpenter
countered with another right to the
head. but IT seemed to lack force
and failed to have effect. Carpen-
tier missed a terrific right. He
then sent in two uppercuts TO Demp-
sey's face and missed a third. In a
Clinch Dempsey shot in telling
punches with rights and left to
body. Breaking away. Carpenter
missed another right and almost
fell to the floor. Dempsey cut loose
with two rapid left hooks to the
head. missing the .nrst and landing
the second with an awful jolt.
They clinched. exchanging body
blows. Every short punch was hav-
ing its effect on Carpenter. and
the body. They travelled only
few inches. but they Jared the
Frenchman to his heels. Dempsey
became confident almost to the point
of carelessness. Jack pounded left
and right to head. and the French
man staggered across the ring, and
the BTcdt ~ aNS
feet shouting shrilly. Carpenter
leaped into a clinch for safety.
clinging to the champions arms.
Dempsey was irritated. He was
plainly anxious to get a crack at
Carpenters carefully guarded jaw.
Dempsey jahbed the Frenchman's
face. trying TO lift his jaw from its
nesting place on his chest. They
clinched. Dempsey chased the chal-
lenger to the ropes. With fancy
footwork the Frenchmap avoided
him twice, but on the third attempt
DEMPSEY caught him with a heavy
left hook to the jaw and staggered
him. Carpenter ran into a clinch.
On the break. the challenger danced
away and missed two swings from
both hands by a margin of almost a
foot when Dempsey pursued him.
Dempsey at this point came as near
smiling as be did in the entire bout.
He obviously knew that he had the
noted sharpshooter gone. In close
they pummeled each other with
short body blows. Carpenter get
ting the worst of the exchange.
Some one at the ringside houted
ten seconds and Dempsey landed
two jolting lefts and two rights to
the head The gong sounded. 1t
was Dempsey's round by a wloe
margin. Carpenter went slowly to
his corner, stopped over. tired ana
obviously without hope.
Round four-Carpentier lifted
himself from his stool with an ef-
fort. Descamps stood with a towel
in his hand and the ringsiders were
ring should the Frenchman falter
in the first exchange. Carpenter.
however, pulled himself together
and took a deep breath. Dempsey
charged him and he retreated with
fast faltering steps. Dempsey then
showed some of his own speed. He
glided into the challenger. set for
punch Jack kearns shouted
from tn. corner. go get him. you've
got him now" Jack shot right
and a left to the jaw. The French
man was covered. Dempsey, try
ing to get his guard down, crashed
a wicked right to his heart. Like
fash Dempsey then shot lett
to the jaw and rocked Carpenter
back on his heels. Dempsey
reached the face with a stin right.
but on the break Carpenter leaped
in with one of his famous flying
rights. IT did no more, however,
than take some of his own fast
ebbing strength. Dempsey then
caught the challenger with an
awful right to the jaw and the
Frenchman went down. He lay
fat on his stomach. Just as Ref
cree Ertle tolied the count OF nine
he jumped to his feet like a fash
when the crowd thought IL was all
over. When he arose Dempsey tore
after him like a tiger. Before the
challenger was fairly set Dempsey
chopped on the jaw with another
right and he fell to his hands ana
knees. He rolled over on his side
and stretched out while the ref
cree stood over him calling the Sec
>n.s. Carpenter struggled man
fully to arise. lie lifted his right
arm in the air as IL in some sort
of protest against the count but.
he was unable to pull himself to