The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-07-07
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Carpenter Will Not
Retire From the Ring
He Will Fight ANY Man in the World
Except Dempsey, Who is His
Superior.

J Except Dempsey, Who is His
Superior.
! Manhasset, N. p, July 3.-Georges
I carpenter will not return from the
ring as result Of his defeat by Jack
: Dempsey. He will fight any man in
the world excepting the champion
who, he admits, is his superior.
This statement was made by Fran
co.'s Deschamps, the Frenchman's
manager.
! ''I'lI admit, too," added Descamps,
chat Jack Dempsey is the greatest
heavyweight who ever lived. But I'll
claim that my Georges comes next.
Dempsey was too heavy and too
powerful for Georges. He wills not
seek a return match. What we want
now is challenge for the. words S
| holds by virtue of his victory over
! Levinski.
The broken bone in Georges right
hand was set today and he said it felt
much better, although it was still
swollen and infamed. The only other
mark of any consequence is cut
under his left eye about two inches
in length. The physician said it
! would be healed in several days.
Georges said he was very tired and
that he would rest for four or five
days. He read several newspaper ac-
counts of the fight and expressed his
delight at the favorable comment on
his part of it:
"I feel glorious even in defat," he
smiled, tFto think that l did what I
wanted to do-show 'em that l was
game"
eve would like to get match with
| Bill Brennan or Tom Gibbons" Des-
camps said. "'The doctor says that
J Georges hand will be all right with
careful nursing. We may remain right
here in Manhasset for a while. Georges
will keep in shape and will be ready
if challenged.
! 'It was, of course, an odd thing
! that Carpenter broke his thumb in
/ that second round yesterday. How
i ever the chances are that the re-
suits would have been the same, only
| that it would have come later. s
| ''Two weeks ago Georges hurt his
hand in a sparring round with jean
nette. But we were asked to keep it
quiet, as the public might think he
was preparing an alibi. For this rea-
son nothing was said of it"
Carpenter through his comrades
told the story Of the fight this after
noon while resting on the porch. He
had been instructed by Wilson and
Descamps to be wary and let Demp-
sey force the battle, but just before
the opening bell, he said to them:
+ "The American people have been
told that | was game and coura-
geous fighter. [ must fight. Watch
me-"
When he came to his corner after
the first round he told them every one
of Dempsey's blows had hurt.
''Then keep away from him." they
say they told him.
"Never,. I must fight with every
ounce-with power within me" ne re-
piled, as he rushed to the center Of
the ring.
During the second round Carpenter
said he hit Dempsey with three right
hooks and three right uppercuts,. and
that all his power was behind them.
"When he didn't go down under
those blows, knew | could not defeat
him." the Frenchman said. "It was
then matter of going on and fight
ing, trusting to luck to escape his
hardest. punches.
"When I went at him in the third
I felt the pain my right hand and
somehow [ could not use it accurately
or with power. l got it in several
times, but could tell that it had lit
tie effect. hTen Dempsey's right hand
caught, me in the back of the neck,
just at the crest of the spinal column;
"My body was numb all over, and
I thought / was gone, but managed to
last the round.
."I felt a little fresher when the
bell rang for the fourth round, but at
the outset Dempsey got to my body
and the numb feeling returned so that
I did not feel the blow that 1oored me.
I gritted my teeth and managed to
arise, but the next blow, 1 believe it
was a right to my chin, was the end.
81 kept saying to myself: Georges
fight; but I could not.
Dempsey fought cleanly and acted
the gentleman all the time. There
was not an untoward remark passed
during the four rounds. It was an
honor to have fought him, and, be-
lieve me, I don't think it is dis
grace for any man to be defeated by
him. He's a great fighter, and it is
my prediction that he will be cham
pion for many years to come"
After the knockout, Trainer Gus
Wilson said Dempsey came to the
challenger's corner, shook Georges
hand and said:
you're a game fellow, Georges,
and we'll be friends always"
FYou bet, Jack, always the
Frenchman answered.
Pierre Malet, Georges war COM
rade, told of an interesting incident
that occurred in the dressing room i'm
mediately after the fight. Georges
was tired" he said, ''and his body
ached but he didn't whimper about