The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Dempsey Wins by Knockout
Blow in the Fourth Round
Carpenter Crumples Under Fierce Attack,
But Fights Gamely; Outboxes Champion
During First Half of Battle.

was the Dempsey hghting face
When Dempsey was introduced, the
huge mob did not give him much
OF hand, but when the announcer.
Joe Humphries, introduced Georges,
the stadium rocked with cheers.
Hurt by His Reception.
So Dempsey had something on his
mind when he started the ruthles.
business. We have mentioned this
because IL Is our conscientious .be- I
lief that the world champion was
hurt by the way he was received.
Inooubtedly, il affected his work
We nave mentioned before that II
was late in the tight before Demp-
seS got 10 battle in the old Demp-
sey form. and we might say thar
dempsey was the real Dempsey. He
oIoht seem TO hit his stride and
ne was lacking in style in Tn.
hrst two sessions
We saw him start on, n, -.
hrst round in the manner Of a M.
VINO Is boxer. not a fighter Ne
appeared to forget his sbir, s,stch
Is one Of his greatest assets Than
100 he wasn't hitting in tho We,
dempsey can hit and did hi, lac,
IN the battle. The clever Fr.nc,,,
man opened up the speed notch In,
nash after the gcng sounded = va
stepped right into Dempsey. perpi,c
MIN on the nose with as pr.fty q
ieit lab as anyone woulo 81.
see Then a moment later h. -,
sweet right stab to Jacks isv
ahd the world champion tb.r. 80
theh began TO understand thi. w,s
real fight.
carpenter Forced Fighting.
hut Dempsey could not unbuckt,.
cou!dn I step as he can step a,5
@ rrehchman, who weighed si,
Zen pounds less, forced him sro,,,,s
e IihG. Can anyone who kDov,s
hpsey Imagine anyone. L., ,lo,,
'Tr man. force tire Utah maui
- around ring2 We csn'r b.,
ntier did IL. which show, a..
dempsey was battling.
carpenter showered ana 49,,
oak with an assortment Of I.s,-
ana rights which landed
-uTatelE as supper in a res,g,,,,
zen seconds before the end -, -
Ssioh saw the Frenchman lasdfr,,
"loe margin, but Demnse,,
useo 10 desperation managed "a
1esr loose near the finish ana xzs.
puiliilelilnG the European chauntor
merrilN on the ropes. He p,,st,.s
georges through the ropes inst r.
Iore the bell. but thai fInisL D.,
was the only thing that en-
abl"d him to get anywb.r.
even break on the round
Splits GeorEes' No.e.
] IL n ThF.
bempsey gained the first bT,o5 =.
the battle. He poked bsr5 -,
to Georges nose and split On, on
IT, That wound spurted tho lin
son in the remaining rounds Der1n-
sey. though punched badly N MS
session showed no marks
Those who saw the second rou,5
surely were well fed on thrills
and We saw Jack Dempsey +,
condition we never have seen him
in before. Carpenter who bad
/ gathered confidence hy nj -
cess OF the previous round got tho
Knockout fever and went out 70
knock out the worlds champion
How close he came We probably
never will know, for Dempsey As
about the only man that can Civ.
reliable information on this poin,
I We don't expect Jack to enlIchten
us But with the clang OF the gong
Carpenter set sail on his title
cruise.
Denpsey's Knees Shaky.
With speed and cleverncSs and all
the steam he could put in his right
hand he nailed Dempsey i'm. ana
again and the strang- sight pre-
] n
champion cAreeninG around Tho ring
with shaky knees desperately hold
ing when the opportunity presented
and blocking all the punches a,
could. 1t looked Iik, curtains tor
Jack, TO some. but that was NOT r,.rN-
onlng on Dempsey. He fought N.
tough round out and lost il hy as
far as from here to Chicago
The turn in tho ride came for
Dempsey in the next round and il
was here that the Champion Of the
universe came into his own stylc.
lie took tn" aggressive and in
stead Of Carpenter doing the fore
ing as h. had don" IN the opening
session. Jack forced Carpenter C
break ground continuously and
often the Fron, hman was on the
run.
Nails GeOrEes 20 RoPc~.
y wicked l"ft hand splash from
Dempsey opened a small cut under
I,i,"I-"S left eve. There was lIttle
spill ut th" ,rlmson from this and
the woaud inflicted carly in the
bou, and Carpenter suffered no
inconvenience or material damage.
pcmTs'y had Georges nailed
against tho ropes in the Dempsey
corner and was punishing him witn
hard body punches when the gong
snundCd. Carpenter Clinched q
save himself. hut this was the only
',imr in the battle that he really
r.storted to drastic defensive tao
tics. Dempsey had made up consid-
cradle Of the lost ground in this
round and when they went 20 their
.nrnors Jack was the stronger OF
he two by far. Georges gave evil
Irnce Of being a trifle leg weary.