The Washington times., 1921-10-02
Two Were Worthy Of
Each Other, Famous !
Socialist Declares

row. Dempsey was bound to win at
mitigating; and az Carpenter per-
sisted in the American routine Of
going into clinch, at every en-
change. he played Dempsey's game
for him. But there were sim his
terrible long shots. which were too
quick for Dempsey twho. however,
IL by no means Slow; and any one Of
them. II It Jared the funny-bons
which Dempsey must have In his
jaw like other mortals. would win
him the fight.
He did land q veritable thunder
bolt in the third round. I cannot
say. as Carpenter has sid. that I
saw Dempsey's knees give. nor. N
Corbett has said. that I saw his eyes
roll up; but I saw enough Of It's ef-
feet to know that Dempsey had .
piece Of luck like that Of the bats
man who skies ball into the hands
OF mid-on, and sees It slip through
his fingers. But instead Of disabling
Dempsey 1t appears that II disabled
Carpenter by tanning his hand: and
at this. the only moment at which It
seemed the right policy for him to
follow up. he could not do 30 effeo-
lively. ...t ~. ,.
He got In many other long shots:
and Dempsey stopped most Of them
with his countenance as Tar as
could see; but the end was always
the same; . clinch. and Dempsey
master Of his opponent. weakening
him with body blows and stunning
him with thumps on the spinal cord.
Dempsey never. lost his form, and
never gave the French champion .
moments rest. 49,. : H.. g.
Carpenter avoided ali his leads by
slipping him; but Dempsey always
knew where to find him and follow
him up; and though. ~ he came on,
Carpenter. with an unqusnchabls
fighting spirit, would dash at him
and Let him have both fists In his
face. he never hesitated nor hurried
and was presently hammering away
body to body a. systematically a. IL
he were working on q ships plates
instead Of on . living antagonist,
and very dangerous one. too.
DEMPSEYs OWN STYLE WON.
In short. Dempsey did just the
last taing that was expected Of him;
he not only won the fight. but i'm
pressed us BY ms morale. In his
different way. and for the purpose
Of his profession. he Is AZ remark
able . genius a. Carpenter. He
has Just been very. much belittled.
both by the absurd undertaking OF
his opponent. which went on before
the fight, and by the failure OF the
press critics Of pugilism to appreci-
ate his sleill. his generalship and his
resolution In carrying out his own
methods.
feel sure that he must have re-
ceived in the days before the fight
enough bad advice to secure his de-
feat ten times over. I am equally
sure from what I saw on the screen
that he went his own way to the
end. There was something In the
way he picked up Carpenter the
moment the count was finished that
made one feel that he had fore
known his victory almost as GER
tainly as the cinema spectators fore
know 1t now. His face before the
fight begins IL well worth studying.
And yet the odds were against
him. II he ever meets a boxer Of
Carpenters powers who will stick
to the English classical school OF
boxing, and refuse to mix It" In
the American manner, he may be
hard put to 1t to keep his cham
pionship.
Meanwhile, the verdict OF British
boxing on Carpenter must be
Serves him right for doing in
in America as the Americans do
instead Of sticking to the classical
method OF European civilization, OF
which he In the superiativs expon-
entr' ft
WOMEN NOW ATTEND.
For my part 1t would greatly re.
vive my interest In boxing II the
order seconds out of the ring,
were to include the referee, and II
crouching and occipitai pile-driving
went the way Of up-and-down fight.
ing, and all the other practices that
once made the ringside no. place Tor
n gentleman, not to mention a lady.
Ladies are becoming as common at
glove fights and the films thereof 40
at polo matches,
At the cinema several ladies saw
the fight when did; and they were