Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-07-07
DEMPSEY KNOCKS
OUT CARPENTER.
lack Wins Worlds Championship.
Belt in Fourth Round at
Jersey City.
10000 PERSONS SEE BOUT
Largest Crowd in History Sees Amer
lean PugiIist Put Frenchman to
Sleep In Fast Time-Gate
Receipts Total ST SOC, 900.

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Receipts Total $1,5oo,ooo.
Jersey City, July 4.-Jack Dempsey,
heavyweight champion boxer Of the
world. knocked out Georges Carpen-
tier, European champion, in the fourth
round. Over Ninety thousand persons
witnessed the bout.
The Fight by Rounds.
Round Carpenter led with his
left. They clinched. Carpenter start
ed to fight by carrying 1t to Dempsey.
He planted a solid left against the
champions chest. They went into a
clinch. Carpenter landed light
right. Dempsey broke the clinch with
a disguised look on his face. Carpen-
tier landed Highlander to the cham
pions' jaw. Dempsey countered with
left to the stomach.
Dempsey suddenly opened up and
cut Carpenter on chin with left. He
cut Carpenters nose. Carpenter
walked away frfom Dempsey and the
champion followed him and hit him
again with left. Clinch. Exchanged
rights and let's to body. Carpenter
swung, missed, fell, but was up In a
minute. Dempsey chasing him around
rng. Carpenter grazed Dempsey's
chin with left and uppercut him with
left as round ended.
Round Dempsey came out crouch
ing. Clinch. Dempsey chasing Car
pentier around the ring. Carpenter
hit Dempsey flush on the jaw with
right but did not stir up the cham
pion.
Carpenter is backing away from
Dempsey. Clinched again, exchanging
light taps. Dempsey struck three
right handlers into Carpenters stom-
ach. Carpenter staggered in an ex-
change of blows. Dempsey was
knocked back on his heels by Carpen-
tiers blows. Dempsey landed another
Highlander but 1t merely grazed the
challenger's jaw. Carpenters face
was bruised and bleeding.
Carpenter missed q WILD swing.
Dempsey countered with right swing
to head. Carpenter started right but
Jack blocked and they clinched as the
round ended. Carpenters round.
In the third 1t was a new Dempsey
who came out Of his corner. he went
right after Carpenter, viciously.
Dempsey began to hook with his left
and he scored with it repeatedly. He
rocked Carpenters head and in
clinches he shook him to the floor with
powerful body punches.
Carpenter Hangs on Dempsey.
When the bell rang for the end Of
the third round Carpenter was hang
ing onto Dempsey and was weak and
and wobbly. Dempsey was shooting
in body punches and there seemed no
doubt that If the bell hadn't rung the
fight would have been over in another
minute or two.
The fourth round had barely start
ed when Dempsey went right after the
challenger. They were boxing near
Carpenters corner when Dempsey
Handed crashing right hook to the
Jaw and down went Carpenter in
heap. Dempsey walked away and the
referee slowly tolled off the fateful
count Carpenter didn't move until
the referee said "eigght," and then he
got to his feet. standing up just as
the referee said nine"
The Knockout.
Like a fury Dempsey was right on
top of him. flashing out with both left
and right. Several of them connected
and just as Carpenter tottered Demp-
sey shot vicious left hook that hit
Carpenter squarely in the abdomen
and he went down. Dempsey again
walked away and the referee slowly
counted off the seconds.
Carpenter rolled over in an effort
to get up and couldn't make it. and as
the refere" said "ten" Dempsey lifted
his two hands in the air in token of
victory and mighty shout went up
from the crwd. Dempsey was wildly
cheered. Carpenter looked pretty
badly battered as he left the ring. His
nose was cut and bleeding and there
was deep cut under his eye. Demp-
sey was unmarked.
cheered by Crowd.
AS Dempsey made his way out Of
the ring he was given big cheer by
the crowd.
Carpenter put up game fight. The
first round was even. Carpenter sur
prised the great crowd of 10000 by
leaping to the attack with the ringing
of the first bell He shot a left to
Dempsey's jaw. That first round was
even.
The second round saw a lot of hot
fighting and Carpenter made his best
Dempsey once flush on the jaw with n
vicious right swing and Dempsey tot
tered back on his heels. There was no
doubt but what Dempsey was hurt.
But the champion shook his head
and bored him and kept the French
man off for the Dalance e the
round.
Heads New York Navy Yard.
New York, July Capt. G. I. Vo-
gelsang, formerly assistant chief of
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