Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-02
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man of mystery" on the ,eVc of the
battle as he was the day he landed
ION the Isle Of Manhattan preparatory
To training for the championship clash,
After weeks of the closest applica-
ton and effort on the part of accred-
tied experts. very little is actually
known of the ring ability Of the
krcnch challenger.
His few public training exhibitions
in his camp an Manhasset, Long Is
land have shown little that was not
generally known before. Lightning
fast afoot. possessing powerful right
punch which he can shoot from Narl-
Gus angles and Il well muscled body,
except around the mid-section, he APP
pears to he at best a middleweight
with the legs of "a heavyweight. OF
his ability to take punishment from
terrific hitter of Dempsey's calibre
little is known and much doubt is ex-
pressed
No question arises regarding Car
penter's courage or grit. This he has
demonstrated both in the ring and on
the battlefield. In ring strategy and
skill he also stands high and should
he elect to box a stand off contest,
taking, fun advantage of his speedy
tootwork and clever boxing, Dempsey
will find n far different opponent to
cope with than was the case when he
faced Willard. Fulton and Brennan.
: Dempsey has outstanding ring cap
abilities. He is a terrific hitter with
either hand and from any angle He
does not need to draw back his arm
10 shoot a blow. Instead he starts his
punches from almost any point OF the
arc Of attack and although the fist
| travels but d few inches so great is
the power of co-ordinated muscles
and weight of body that the result is
effeCtual. Willard was changed from
ii towering giant into d helpless piece
of humanity by two blows delivered
within two seconds. The first u right
to the body crumpled him and the
second. a left to the jaw. knocked all
thoughts OF fight afar. Had he been
any other than a super man, phYsi
cally. he mover would have arisen
from the initial Touchdown
! Another Dempsey asset is his pc
/
! its ruzzling weaving in and out OF the
j head and body making a difficult tar
get to hit squarely. He has also
shown ability to take hard blows and
respond within a fraction of a second
/ with a still more crushing counter
without the apparent slightest owl
dcnce of injury or loss Of speed. oc-
casionally he abandons his crouchinC
! form of boxing and stands erect. TN
der these conditions, it has been prov
cd that he is not hard man upon
WhoEl to land blows with full power.
Even under the conditions. however,
/ he has not. within recent years.
shown signs of faltering under such
q bombardment.
| Considered in "A general way, it may
| hc said that Carpenter is the better
and the faster boxer both with gloves
and afoot. while Dempsey reverts to
! some extent to the older type Of
| fighter. always willing to take a blow
| IN order TO give one. II it should
prove that tomorrow's encounter SIS
contested along these lines. Dempsey
will have the advantage of at least
twenty extra pounds of weight be
hind his blows. While the gloves
weigh eight ounces as required under
the New Jersey boxing law. il is not
thought that thsi will take much of
the sting and power out Of the drives
of either pugilist.
A decided feature is that the bout
will be fought in an eighteen foot
area available for Carpenters flash
ing footwork. Apparently the size
of the ring has not in any way al
fected the confidence of the French =
man who has stated that he expects
to win by a knockout. Dempsey also
believes implicitly that he will stand
over Carpenter while the latter is be-
ing counted out before the scheduled
l. rounds are half complete.
1t is only by knockout or a foul
that the heavyweight championship
can change hands. Under the New
Jersey state boxing laws. all bouts
are limited to L. rounds without of
fetal decision. While j. Harry Ertle
will be the third man in the ring, his
sole duties will he to see that the
principals and their seconds observe
all regulations of the boxing code. II
case of knockdown or Knockout, he
will count over the fallen boxer unit
the expiration of approximately tel
seconds. Should either man deliher
ately strike a foul blow or one of hi:
seconds enter the ring during tn
progress of a round. it will be within
Ertle's province to declare the unof
Tending boxer a winner. Beyond that
his authority does not extend ane
should the bout go the Il rounds
there can not be an official winner