Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-07-08
DEMPSEY KNOCKS
OUT CARPENTER
Jack Wins Worlds Championship
Belt in Fourth Round at
Jersey City.
10000 PERSONS SEE BOUT
Largest Crowd in History Sees Amer
lean Pugilist Put Frenchman to
Sleep in Fast Time-Carpen-
tier Game to Finish.

Ringside, jersey City, N, J., July
5.-The fight of the century was a
fight. Jack Dempsey of America kept
the worlds heavyweight champion
ship in this country by knocking out
Georges Carpenter of France after
one minute and sixteen seconds of
fighting in the fourth round.
Carpenter fought grand battle
and was dangerous every second of
the first three rounds. He started
to wilt under body punishment early
in that final story-making round.
The Frenchman's showing was as
tonishing and satisfied even those who
came to scott
Dempsey was in danger, serious
danger, in the second round. Carpen-
tier hit him on the chin with that ia
nous right hand that has been SO wide
" advertised. 1t hurt and had Jack
tottering about bit unsteadily.
Georges landed several rights to the
jaw in this round, as well as some left
hooks. He won the round, his only
round of the fight, and scared many
in the gathering of 10000 persons that
witnessed the struggle between. two
nations for boxing supremacy.
Round Carpenter led with his
left. They clinc.led. Carpenter start
ed to fight by carrying it to Dempsey.
He planted a solid left against the
champions chest. They went into
clinch. Carpenter landed light
right. Dempsey broke the clinch with
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 from Dempsey and the
champion followed him and hit him
again with left. Clineh. Exchanged
rights and lefts to body. Carpenter
swung, missed, fell, but was up in a
minute. Dempsey chasing him around
ring. 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 it merely grazed the
challenger's jaw. Carpenters face
was bruised and bleeding.
Carpenter missed a 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 it 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.
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
landed a 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 eight" and then he
ot to his feet, standing up just as
the referee said nine"
Like fury Dempsey was right on
top of him, flashing out with both left
md right. Several of them connected
ind just as Carpenter tottered Demp-
ey shot vicious left hook that hit
Carpenter squarely in the abdomen
nd he went down. Dempsey again
walked away and the referee slowly
ounted off the seconds.
Carpenter rolled over in an effort
to get up and couldn't make it, and as
the referee said ''ten" Dempsey lifted
his two hands in the air in token of
victory and a mighty shout went up
from the crowd.
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