The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
~ RAY PEARSON.

RINGsIpE, JERSEY CITY, July :.
With the memory Of three crunch
ing blows, those punches that only
Jack Dempsey propels vividly
before him. Georges Carpenter the
champion of Europe. may now re-
turn heavily laden with American
money to France and tell OF this
history-making hattie Of today In
which the world champion knocked
him out cold in the fourth round.
The finish came just one minute
and sixteen seconds after the gong
had started them into action in this
session.
1t was a great fight, it was
great Dempsey and IL was a great
Carpenter and in this wonderful
stadium which Tex Rickard planted
in Jersey City as a monument 70
pugilism there was something like
81, 900 spectators. II was a battle
in which thrill followed thrill AL
most as rapidly as a machine gun
spits its deadly fire.
Fought Like Gladiator.
Dempsey's defense OF the title
was Characteristic of the man, but
Il is entirely necessary 10 state
right here that Georges CarpeEtier.
this man of courage from seToss
the water. fought the battle OF a
gladiator, the type OF q struggle
that is expected Of a hero When
he entered the ring there was .
smile on his face; when he was
taken out on the arm OF Francois
- h.
smiling. He can smile in defeat
as well as in triumph. Such a
heartbreaking struggle as that this
afternoon and that fourth round
will remain for all time in the
memory OF every one Of those se.-
900 men and women who saw the
world champion emerge triumphant
in this struggle with the man
from France.
Carpenter who climbed through
the ropes a despised outsider IN the
betting. was far from that The
Frenchman had an outside chance
to be sure. but IL was a mighty
good outside chance. II was
chance that would have given him
victory had the battle been against
any man other than Jack Dempsey.
Shnmptous FaCe sCtWt
Wen explain more fully ABOUT
that outside chance later on and
tell here of what happened in that
thrilling fourth round climax. We
saw this man Dempsey, who had
been punished to a realization that
Carpenter was a formidable rival.
return to the old viciousness. to
the ripping, tearing, merciless cru
sader and somehow we seemed 90
know that something was going TO
drop" in this round that boded no
good for Georges
The bell rang, out OF his corner
came Dempsey, an expression on his
face that we hadn't seen in the
three previous rounds. He was out
of his chair IKE cstapult; he was
far past mid-ring when the FIRST
clash of arms came Il wasn't like
IL had been in the first three
rounds, when the champion resorted
to boxing himself out OF the un-
pleasant and dangerous. situations
which Georges had forced on him
Those who saw the heavy clouds"
and the hard scowl as portrayed bv
his swarthy face also saw him
change from the boxing fighter 20
the nGhtlng nEhler.
Man TO Man stru=gIe.
Relentlessly he tore after Carpen-
tier, now crouching. now with the
old swaying motion OF his body
which gives him the terrific power
of punch. Georges met The on
slaught courageously. He might
have stalled. he might have blocked
and he might have clinched 10 ward
of the impending punishment. But
Georges didn't do that. He tossed
off the protective opportunity and
made II a man to man strugr>e
while the gigantic throng thrilled
almost to a hysterical state. hushed
then yelled tumultously.
And what that mob saw,
Carpenter. turning loose all the
power he could put in his famous
right hand. shot Dempsey dead to
the jaw. But Dempsey was hghtinE
now and not boxing. II we could
have read what was in the mind OF
the worlds champion IL is certain
that IL put in words IL would be
transcribed something like this:
Both Men Game. --r
Come on, Georges, well settle
this here and now. 1t is either you
or me-" and Dempsey, like the man
from France, played the game toe
to toe and punch for punch FOR al
THAT was in them -H
No two gamer men ever settled an
issue like that of today and as they
| moved here and there over the. can
vas the worlds champion, always
crowding his foe and taking what
Georges had to offer in the way OF
| singing blows, we saw the hnish
in sight Georges showed the super
speed beyond all question and that
speed enabled him 20 hit oftener
than Dempsey. With the accuracy OF