THE GREAT FIGHT

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 5 July 1921, Page 5

THE GREAT FIGHT

INJURIES.

SX CABLE—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYEIGHT ' NEW YORK, July 3A surgeon has discovered a com•^pound fracture of Carpentier's thumb •and a sprain of the hand sufficient to ■:render it useless. The injuries were •"•caused in the second round, when Carperitier smashed Dempsey with, his .aright" hand. r The newspapers give credit to Carpentier * for his gameness, hut insist "that it was a case of the best big man -against the' best small man. The latter could not overcome- the handicap ■•of weight, height and superior strength. • • PARES, July 3The Petit Journal's comment on the 'fight is: "Goliath sent David into the land of dreams, and the better man .won."