Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-07-08
DEMP SEY KNOCKS
OUT CARPENTER
lack Wins Worlds Championship
Belt in Fourth Round at
Jersey City.
$4,000 PERSONS SEE BOUT
Largest Crowd in History Sees Amer
lean PugiIist Put Frenchman to
Sleep in Fast Time-Carpen-
tier Game to Finish.

Ringside, jersey City, n, j.. July
5.-The fight Of the century was a
fight. Jack Dempsey of America kept
the worlds headvyweight champion
ship in this country by knocking out
Georges Carpenter of France after
one minute ana sixteen seconds of
fighting in the fourth round,
Carpenter fought a grand battle
and was dangerous every second of
the first three rounds. He started
to wilt under body punishment early
In that final story-making round.
The Frenchman's showing was as
toniShins and satisfied even those who
came TO scott
Dempsey was in danger, serious
danger. in the second round. Carpen-
tier hit him ON the chin with that IA
nous right hand that has been so wide
" advertised 1t hurt and had Jack
tottering about a bit unsteadily.
Georges landed several rights to the
jaw in this round, as well as some left
hooks He won the round, his only
round of the fight, and scared many
in the gathering of 10000 persons that
witnessed the struggle between two
nations for boxing supremacy.
Round 1-Carpentier led with his
left. They clinched. Carpenter start
ed to fight by carrying it to Dempsey.
He planted a solid left against the
champions chest. They went into a
clinch. Carpenter landed a light
right. Dempsey broke the clinch with
disguised look on his face. Carpen-
tier landed Highlander to the cham
pions' jaw. Dempsey courtered with
left to the stomach.
Dempsey suddenly opened up and
cut Carpenter on chin with left. He
cut Carpenters nose Carpenter
walked away from Dempsey and the
champion followed him and hit him
again with left. Chnch. Exchanged
rights and let's to body. Carpenter
swung. missed, fell, but was up in a
! minute. Dempsey chasing him around
ring Carpenter grazed Dempsey's
chin with left and uppercut him with
left as round ended.
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ing. Clinch. Dempsey chasing Car
pentier around the ring. Carpenter
4 hit Dempsey flush on the jaw with
right but did not stir up the cham
pion.
Carpenter is backing away from
Dempsey Clinched again, exchanging
light taps Dempsey struck three
right handlers int" Carpenters stom-
ach. Carpenter staggered in an ex-
change of blows. Dempsey was
knocked back on his heels by Carpen-
tiers blows. Dempsey landed another
rlght-hander but 1t merely grazed the
challengers jaw. Carpenters face
was bruised and bleeding.
Carpenter missed a wild swing.
Dempsey countered with right swing
/ to head. Carpenter started right but
/ Jack blocked and they clinched as the
round ended. Carpenters round.
In the third it was a new Dempsey
who came out of his corner. He went
right after Carpenter. vciously.
/ Dempsey began 10 hook with his left
and he scored with it repeatedly. He
rocked Carpenters head and in
clinches he shook him to the floor with
powerful body punches.
When the bell rang for the end of
the third round Carpenter was hang.
ing onto Dempsey and was weak and
and wobbly. Dempsey was shooting
in body punches and there seemed no
! doubt that if the bell hadn't rung the
fight would have been over In another
/ minute or two
The fourth round had barely start
ed when Dempsey went right after the
challenger They were boxing near
/ Carpenters corner when Dempsey
landed a crashing right hook to the
/ jaw and down went Carpenter in a
heap Dempsey walked away and the
referee slowly tolled off the fateful
count. Carpenter didn't move until
the referee said "eight." and then he
got to his feet, standing up just as
/ the referee said nine"
Like a fury Dempsey was right on
top of him, flashing out with both left
/ and right. Several of them connected
and Just as Carpenter tottered Demp-
sey shot a vicious left hook that hit
Carpenter squarely in the abdomen
and he went down. Dempsey again
walked away and the referee slowly
counted Off the seconds.
CARPENTER rolled over in an effort
to get up and couldn't make IT. and as
+ the referee said ten" Dempsey lifted
his two hands in the air in token OF
victory and mighty shout went up
/ from the crowd.