New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-04

pcntier changed his mind. The great
crowd in the arena, the sight of the
scowling Dempsey, his own faith in
ms strength and punching power, all
called upon the French war hero to
abandon caution and trade blow for
blow.
that am game and courageous fight
err 1 shall not disappoint them.
Watch mel"
This is what Carpenter whispered
to Deschamps and Wilson as they
stood by his side, just before the first
gong rang. Nothing could dissuade
him; nothing daunt his determination.
and so he went tearing into man
who had every physical advantage
over him.
When Carpenter went back to his
corner at the end Of that first round
OF furious batting. in which Dempsey
punished him cruelty about the body,
he sank into his chair. every blow
he landed on my body hurt me badly;
he is fearful puncher," he told Des-
champs. "Then keep away from him ;"
warned the little manager, but Car
pentler would have none of that.
Never. | must fight with all I've
got now" he said, and left his chair
with a rush as the second round began.
Il hit Dempsey with three right hooks
and three right uppercuts; l hit him
with all my strength, for l knew it
must be then or never" remarked
Georges to-day. 81 saw him totter and
1 saw his hands drop to his sides, or
l tried to end it with left upporeu,
but his head rolled and l missed it, ana
then, as we clinched, | could 1oe Ai
great strength coming back, and !
knew that l had lost"
Frances idol, shattered, bruised and
cut but still the idol, relaxed in hi
seat again and smile slone on hie
lace, retrospective srlle, 81 .huurh
he were seeing again rat ss:rriTs.
scene in the ring, whea - a00 persons
watched his bid for word tonara.
when we began tbs }Asra rouaa. ~
continued Carpenter, "rnv bsna han
begun to swell and eoula qaof asa It
properly. I hit Demns@y with II Sin roe
or four times, but tnera was no nsgpr
shere any more. I ccNla Feei chat ,a-.-
self, and | knew it when Dempsey did
not even take a back step SIS he came
tier me. In this round the ehan0Son
struck me twice on the bach Of the NECK
as was bent over coming ont Of q
cilnch. His glove landed 5ust st the
top OF my spine and the blow made nv
entire body numb. thought thst w@s
until the beA ended the roQn5.
"The minutes rest did rae sa~ae
good, but almost at the start nempsev
caught me with a terrible blow just over
the heart. Ny body grew numb again,
so that | did not feel the last punch,
the one that knocked me to the floor.
grltted my teeth and was able to ret
ur again, but then Dempsey hit me
with great force on the chin. That wa
the end. | kept saying to myself, as I
Jay there: You must get up; keep on
hgntlng, but l gould not. 1t was the
end for me-"
DR.. Joseph B. Connolly of Glen Cove
VINO made two Xray photographs Of
carpenters hand to-day, will have the
prints ready for inspection tomorrow,
and he said they would show lust
where the bones were fractured. Out
side Of slightly swollen nose and q
two-lnch cut on his left cheek, the man
who lost to Jack Dempsey on Saturday
does not look as though he had faced
the hardest punching man in the ring.
Both Deschamps and Wilson declared
this afternoon that they and Carpen-
tier were anxious to voice their deep
appreciation Of the exceptionally fine
treatment they had been given by the
American press, particularly in the
Sunday morning papers. cit was a
wonderful thing the way the story Of
the fight was written, and the pic
lures, they were wonderful, too," said
Wilson, "but it would have been so
much better if they had shown Demp-
sey on the floor" and he, Deschamps
and Georges Carpenter all smiled as
they babe the visitors farewell.