Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
WIN, LOSE OR
ONAW By FRANCIS s1ANN
Fiqht NIGHT in Seattle

TONIGHT IT'S FLOYD PATTERSON heavyweight
champion of the world, versus Pete Rademacher, an
amateur making his pro debut The cyncs and purts say
there's been nothing brazen in ring history Jack
Hureys attempt to pass this off fight And yet
Well let's go back to July 2. 1921, when Tex Richard
got away with promoton-Jack Dempsey versus Georges
Carpentier-that drew 10000 persons at Boyes Thirty
Acres in Jersey City, The late great orantand Rice among
Others viewed this production gross mismatch both
before and after
Carpenter, with a gaudy if superficial war record
had returned to Paris in one pieceand hungry" Rice
wrote in his book THE Tumult And The Shouting"
He was q pretty fair light-heavyweight, but they
couldn't have balooned the Frenchman into a bonafde
heavyweight except in the papers, with two sandbags for
added ballast.
AT any rate Rickard-knowng the public's love of
villain angle-cas Dempsey, the Sowing wire
bearded draft dodger the villain with apple checked
Carpenter the amiabe personab soldier boy the hero
Dempsey trained at Atlantic City, for Carpenter I'm still
not certain that he did train" Granny wrote.
He was never exhibition to the press-never on a
scale-about the only time we'd him a rubbing
table or sauntering into a restaurant"
YET RICHARD SOLD this fight big Customers fought
to buy tickets The gate
million dollar" fight of all time and the crowd the
largest to sporting event of any kind in the United
States personality named Graham McNamee made the
first coast to-coast broadcast of a fist-fght
Rice and other trained minds could not how it
could be contest Dempsey stood feet and weighed
1873 pounds Additionally he had the advantage in reach
The Frenchman, by contrast, seemed fragile
They say he weighed 172 pounds" Rice used to tell
other sports writers before passed 1854 seemed
to be thing of mere and desperate determination
Before the fight it started to rain and Mrs. Rice and
Sophie Mcclellan wife of the celebrated columnst w. o.
Mcclellan and reporter in her right sought shelter
They found small room with bench" rubbing table,
Shortly, policeman made them You're in the
Frenchmans dressing room," he explained.
JUST THEN CARPENTER appeared Rice. writing
later described his wfes reaction to her first look at the
challenger. White as sheet thin Oh Lord, but
he looked frightened And several steps behind wearing
heavy red sweater and unshaven, Dempsey-big,
tough and bristing He dwarfed the cops guarding him.
Il looked at Sophie Mcclellan Who of course was
staring Studying the contrast between the two men,
said, That poor French boy. Why he'll be murdered"
The fight was over in four rounds To this day Dempsey
that Richard asked him before the bout carry"
Carpenter for few rounds Richard the mismatch
and was fearful that overly quick kayo-such Pater
son might score tonight in seattle-might hurt future
business
Dempsey vows that he never agreed to take it easy
He burned up because Carpenter introduced by the
late Joe HUMPHREYS heavyweight champion OF the Old
World the idol OF his people and soldier of France!"
drew such an ovation that all the arena stood
up, waved their straw hats and made Dempsey's own
ovation sound like a whisper
In the second round too Carpenter hurt the pride and
jaw Of the champion with right hand That really made
up my mind to end IT," Dempsey now says
WAS DEMPSEY CARPENTER such a mismatch? And
is Patterson Rademacher so absurdP Heinie Miller
who not long ago the boss of the National Boxing
Association, had this to say
IL covered Dempsey Carpenter for the San Francisco
Call-Buetin" Henie recalls 1T my first trip East
came to stay. Carpenter weighed 1855 pounds wore
enlisted mans Navy uniform in order to get into his
camp and watch him work. His weight 1 got on good
authority.
I say this for Carpenter he had the fastest right
hand I've SEEN He struck like He almost won
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