Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-02

Dempsey stood over the fallen
French idol until the count was I'm
ished and then tenderly picked up
the bleeding and dazed Frenchnan
and dragged him to his corner.
Dempsey gave Carpenter An un-
mercifol beating. He opened hp q
cut under the Frenchman's eye and
battered him so viciously around the
head with vicious rights and lefts un-
til Carpenters face was swollen ana
bleeding.
Carpenter fought gamely back at
the champion, but was outclassed.
Once he was half knocked and half
pushed through the ropes and most
of the time was going away from
the champion. Dempsey kept. after
him, driving him to the corner when
ever he had an opportunity.
Carpenter was out only for q fssv
seconds. Manager Descamps applied
! first aid as quickly as the dazed chal-
, lenger dropped into his chair Police
| Immediately clinsbed into the ring,
and made a path. for the champion
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! 4 10. CFpwd Goes Wild 4,
I When Dempsey got home the win
! ming punch, the sweltering crowd that
packed the arena was on its feet yell
i ing. The crowd, so apathedc during
the preliminaries went wild when the
fighters entered the ring. During the
| four rounds and at the knockout
above all sounded the shrieks offthe.
women as blow followed blow and
! blood was drawn.
| Carpenter Wildly Cacred
| The sudden manner in which the
main bout was staged with postpone
ment Of the last preliminary. caught
the spectators by surprise. There were
! cheers when the American champion
| was introduced but the crowd, around
the arena, cheered itself hoarse, as
! Carpenter was hailed as champion Of
| the old world; idol of his country and
I a soldier of France. AS calm and un-
perturbed fighter as ever entered
the ring, the French birdman kept his
| eyes turned up, watching planes cir
| cling overhead with a noisy staccato
at the very moment the boxers ap.
| peared. There was not the usual rush
to the ring after the knockout-that
championship rush that carried all
! before it. What rush did start soon
was checked by a heavy detail Of po-
lice around the ring.
Both Are Acclaimed.
The throng. which during the bout
| rose and sank in their seats in wave,
| which rippled from ringade to rim,
stood in their places after the knock
out came. The crowd cheered the con-
| queror, but it also cheered the van
quished. The Frenchman's supporters
clung around his corner until he was
revived and staggered from the ring
the battle OF the century over.
Carpenter and Dempsey Enter.
At 2.57 Carpenter came into the
ring and two minutes later Dempsey
came in. Carpenter wore a long
gray bathrobe over his fighting
trunks. Dempsey came into the ring
in his white silk fighting trunks and
a maroon sweater coat. He greeted
the French challenger with a friendly
hello Georges" When he shook his
hand in the center Of the ring.
Joe Benjamin. Teddy Hayes Jack
Kearns, Mike Trent and Bernara
Dempsey. the champions brother.
were in Dempsey's corner with Nam
ager Kearns in charge. Descamps,
Journee and Eddie LeDoux were In
Carpenters corner. Manager Des-
camps went to Dempsey's corner and
demanded the right to examine the
hand bandages He excitedly pushed
Dempsey's seconds away and watch
ed carefully as the tape was wound
around Dempsey's fists. Mayor
Hague of Jersey City. and officials OF
/ the New Jersey boxing commission
were introduced from the center OF
the ring. While this was going on
Carpenter kept constantly looking
aloft at two airplanes soaring over-
4 head. >&I
j Governor Edwards Of New Jersey,
was called into the ring and introduce
ed. Bill Brennan was introduced ana
he challenged the winner. There was
1 a delay of few minutes while Demp-
sey's hands were being bandaged in
I! the presence of Descamps. Carpen-
tiers manager. Isl
4 Gloves Tied On.
II With this over the new pair Of
eight ounce gloves were tiedaon Demp-
sey's hands by Manager Kearns Dess
4 camps laced the gloves on Carpenter
4 The weights were officially announce
i ed as follows: Carpenter IT, pounds.
4 Dempsey 1873. # n
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