Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-10


began to worry about what might hap
pen if We had big downpour of rain.
1t was too late to call the fight off.
The rain lasted only few minutes.
When the place was about filled the
sun came out again. the rain went
away and stayed away for good A
breeze sprang up out of the west. For
me that was S1,000,00O breeze.
When the first preliminary went on
shortly after 1890 o'clock the weather
was steady enough to bet on-but no
cinch at that.
All my predictions and calculations
had. come true.
Cosmopolitan Crowd.
There were men among the, 81 900
persons in that arena from China,
Japan, South Africa, Australia, Europe
and the farthermost points CT South
America. Just to live Is minutes Of
thrill these men had travelled thou
sands Of miles and had spent thou
sands of dollars. have yet to find a
person who expressed dissatisfaction.
To be in that crowd was worth it, to
say nothing CT the fight itself.
1t was not fight crowd in the tech
meal meaning of the term. They were
there to witness spectacle. venture
to say that a majority of those people
never saw big fight before. A big
percentage of them had never even
seen men box There were 1000 wonl-
en- in the crowd. Senators, bankers,
governors and statesmen were too
numerous to be pointed out It was an
odd picture, GiIicuit to visualize by
enc not present.
The big moment came when Referee
Erie called Dempsey and Carpenter
to the center of the ring for final in
ssructions. / will not bore you with
the prelininaries.
Carpenter got a tremendous ova-
ton, even greater than that OF Demp-
not ruffle Dempsey at all. He scowled
and calmly set about his business.
AS the gong sounded Carpenter
walked straight into the champion and
shot left into his body, then went into
a clinch. There was a quick furry Of
fighting, neither being able to land
hard. They went into a clinch again.
Suddenly there was great roar for
the Frenchman. He uppercut to Demp-
sey's chin with his left and jabbed a
straight left to the same place. Car
pantier was doing the leading. He
tented Dempsey into another clinch.
stop that rabbit punch!" came in
a yell from the crowd.
Dempsey was seeking Carpenter on
the back of the neck, much in the
same way he had knocked out Bill
Brennan. But Referee Ertle paid no
attention. Dempsey was clearly within
his rights.
Finally Dempsey opened up and
staggered Carpenter with a right. TO
Frenchman's nose. Carpenter re-
taliated with terrific smash under
Dempsey's eye.
Georges Staggers Jack.
Carpenter, at the end of the round,
staggered Dempsey with right.
The first round, though, was Demp-
sey's.
It was in the second round that
Carpenter made his one big squirt.
Coming out of clinch, he hooked TO
the head and then rocked Dempsey
with left uppercut. The Frenchman
sprang like a tiger, rushing into the
champion, landing rights and let's to
the head. The great crowd was In
an uproar. Little DescampS pounded
the floor and jumped up and down in
his excitement.
Dempsey, proving himself q real
champion, weathered this storm, and
from then on the fight was his. Car
pentier had evidently shot his bolt.
In the next round Carpenter, though
leading brilliantly, plainly got the
worst of the infghting and went to
his corner stopped over ana obviously
without hope.
During all this neither of the fight
ers said a word to each other. They
realized that neither could understand
the other. French kidding or roasting
would have been lost on Dempsey and
American raging would have been q.
waste on Carpenter. They kept silent.
Dempsey continually scowled and kept
boring in.
To begin the fourth round Carpenter
lifted himself from his stool with eff
fort. Descamps stood with a towel in
his hand. Some thought he was about
to toss it in the ring. Carpenter, how
ever, pulled himself together and
sailed in.
Dempsey, studying his ground care
fully, glided in.
Now, go get him." they shouted at
Jack Dempsey. You've got him!"
Dempsey, trying to get Carpenters
guard down. shot wicked right to
his heart. In fash his left caught
Carpenter on the jaw and rocked him.
The Frenchnian leaped in, trying his
famous flying right. 1t was impotent.
His strength had ebbed.
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