Evening star., 1921-07-03
BY HEYWOOD BROUN.


NEW YORK. July 2.-Carpentier
went down with his head up and his
fists flying. He bled and fought to
the end. which came in the fourth
round. when Dempsey hit him first
with right hook to the jaw and then
left ,hook above the heart. Both
blows were short.
Once in the second round the
Frenchman was within a punch of
the championship. His long. straight
right hit Dempsey flush and fair upon
the chin. The bigger man went back
upon his heels His hands dropped
to his side: he was target. Carpen-
tier put all his strength into a right
uppercut and missed. Dempsey was
swayinE just a little. and Carpenter
was too eager to hit a moving target.
During all the rest of the fight Dcmp.
this vantage his superior weight and
strength told enormously. Size seemed
the deciding factor in the battle
We know that traditionatly the Jacks
and the Davids bring down their giants
but in those days there was no infighting
David kept out Of the clinches. In actual
figures. Jack Dempsey had an advantage
half in height 1t looked like much
more.
Couldn't Root for Dempsey.
1t was impossible for US to root for
Dempsey. He was too methodical and
too efficient. 1t would have been like
giving three long cheers for the gull.
lotine as Sydney Carton went up to
meet 1t where 1t waited. Romance
Is silly stuff. but that doesn't prevent
it from getting you.
Don Marquis sat next to US, pour
ing white rock on his head. and then
Rupperts' beer. because the heat was
after him. AS soon as Carpenter be-
gan to fight he forgot his cold com
presses and stood up. spilling beer
and water in all directions. He kept
shouting. "Carpentieer! Carpenter!
Carpenter! and reproduced all the
Frenchman's leads upon our head
Finally his voice began to give out
and he dropped back among the
broken bottles. Now you do it," he
said, and we did
Seemingly. Georges. too, had been
Influenced by all the preliminary tosh.
Somebody or other in one OF the
training camp stories called him the
orchid man." and he seemed intent on
proving that he could keep close and
trade punches. The rate Of exchange
was all against the Frenchman.
Crowd a Fair One.
1t was the fairest big crowd we
have ever seeh. There were cheers
for everybody. including the prelim-
mary fighters, and boos for none.
Sandwiches sold for 25 cents and mineral
water for so. but otherwise all the ar
rangements were perfect
Don Marquis poured $3.50 worth
OF charged water and a dollars worth
OF beer upon his head during the
preliminaries. Then it began to rain
free water. but none of the vendors
would make round. Mr.. MARQUIS
pretended to believe that the same
two men remained in the ring
throughout the whole length of the
preliminaries. He admitted that
some were knocked down and drag
ged out, but he maintained that they
merely went under the ring and came
back again.
There were great many knockouts
all afternoon. The first two bouts
were harmless. but Just as the third
was beginning the Rev. John Roach
Stratton came in and took q ringside
seat. hmm edtately the two prelimi-
nary boys began to knock each other
down and things became brutal, Per-
haps the boxers had heard that Mr..
Stratton had come to get material for
his sermon next Sunday on the evils
of prize fighting.
1t was a comfort to us to find Mr..
Stratton so close at hand Often we
have been terrified at his expressed
belief OF Devine vegeance falling upon
the activities Of assembled crowds of