Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-03
Dempsey Wins
Early in Fourth:
CarpSprains Wrist
Frenchman SmotIhered by
Rushes of Champion
Floored Twice in Fatal
Round.

the battle. With a menacing scowl
on his dark features, he followed
Carpenter about the ring as the lat
ter side-stepped and ducked the
lunges in an endeavor to corner the
challenger. Croching low and with
body and fists swinging from side
to side he crept after Carpenter until
he caught him on the ropes near
neutral cornor and began the bat
tering which presaged the end.
There was little question in the
minds OF the more expert among
the spectators as to the ultimate out
come.
Carpenter, with his speed of foot
gone. confidence shaken. blood rum
ming frim his nose and mouth and
n cash over his cheekbone, looked
like a hunted animal.
Dempsey, without mercy and like
an avenging nemesis, punished Car
pentier without mercy. The bell at
the end of the third round found
Carpenter in scmi-helpless condi-
tion on the ropes and the gong
saved him from knockout at that
point. The fourth and final round
was soon over and the picture pre-
scnted by Carpenter helpless on the
floor and his stunned handlers in his
corner was in marked contracts to
the supreme air of confidence with
which the challenger entered the
ring.
Frenchman First in Ring.
Carpenter was first to enter the
lS-foot pugilistic amphitheater at
2;1 p. m. He wore gray silk
bathrobe over his white silk trunks
and smiled and watched an airplane
flying overhead with the utmost
noncha1ance.
AT 2:58 p nj. the champion fol-
lowed, wearing white trunks. Man
ager Descamps was fussy about the
bandaging on Dempsey's hands,
which was twice as heavy as that
Carpenter himself wound about his
own fists; there was usual delay in
the preliminaries to championship
contest and at 3:lS the gong called
the men to the center of the ring
for the championship battle.
Thirteen minutes later the great in
ternational match. heralded through
out the world, was over, and Car
pentier was being half carried, half
dragged to his corner by the police
and his seconds. Helpless and grog-
gy, and with a blood-smeared face,
he did not resemble in the slightest
particular the super-confident chal-
lenger of few minutes before.
Across the ring. Jack Dempsey sat
in his corner with not mark on
face or body. Francois Descamps
was ministering to his crushed idol
as he sobbed and ellattered in
French. When finally Carpenter did
arise, he staggered toward the CEN
ter of the ring. and the police and
ring officials, seeing his condition,
supported him while Dempsey
sprang from his stool and running
to o-ict his defeated opponent, grasped
his hand and congratulated him on
his gameness and boxing ability.
Fight Becomes History.
A moment later the principals had
left the ring and the fight of the
century" had become ring history.
In the short period of the contest it
was shown conclusively that Car
'pentier in no way compared to
dempsey as a fighting machine. .
NY Courageous, speedy of foot and
with a lightning rapier blow, he
iipr owed a clever boxer with mode
israte punch. Against the man-killing
dempsey all his skill faded away
like fog before theisun. 1t was but
l.another demonstration of the futility
of cleverness when opposed to actual
/ fighting.
Summed up in few words. Car
pentier was outclassed when Demp-
sey persisted in fighting inside the
.Frenchman's flying arms. Had he
elected to try and box with Carpen-
tier, the end might have been differ
,#ent. But Dempsey is fighter and
4 fought the only way he knows how.
Against that attack Carpenter, game
and skillful as he undoubtedly is,
was a beaten man from the start.
After the main bout was over, the
heavyweights, Billy Miske and Jack
Renault, entertained the remaining
spectators with an eight-round con-