CARPENTIER'S DEFEAT

Otago Witness, Issue 3514, 19 July 1921, Page 44

CARPENTIER'S DEFEAT

OVERWHELMED BY DEMPSEY. OUTCLASSED IN FOURTH. „ , JERSEY (TTY. July 2. Jii" iiglu 1.1 ,v< en Jack Dempsey and 'rarU' * ”rpentier was witnessed by nearly -on r ' H ”fi J e, ot whom the outer ring was feet from the contestants. (’ho first round was. very fast, but neither contestant was seriously' damaged. The set olid . was in favour of Carpentier, but tne third was Dempsey’s, as the Frenchman was losing speed. The fourth lasted one minute 16 seconds. Two vicious rightlumc. blows ended the contest in a dramatic manner. One minute after the round started Carpentier was down in a heao near his own corner. He look the count for nice, vvlrio Descamps looked on in terror. Dempsey waited noised, and Carpentier had hardly fitraiu .iloned b inis plf when Dempsov doliverocl a savaere fm-il blow. Carpentier fell ''’tli a thud which reelced the rinir, and was counted out. After t,h : s had happened Dempsey picked the Frenchman up aid hold him m his arms until Descamps draoo-rd the challencrcr to his corner. Except for a brief period in the second round CnrnentVr had onlv an ouLide. chance. Demnsev won with bis terrific mulches. TTe found out in iho first round that he could take the vaunted right-handed punches of the Frenchman, and lie waded in. fie-etimr the tvrveal Dempsey contest, noundinthe Frenchman, and absolutely d'sren-ivdin g defence. Doom v s punches were wearincr down the challenger in the fi-st round. In the middle of the second round Carpentier got a st-'irfronno- i'gbl; flush to Dcmnsev’g iuw. Tt rocked Ho ehnrmuon against the rones, and the crowd V p’ 1 ‘d like maniacs whori f a mentor b-’loved h-s advantage with ’ I,T ht.s and lefts to Demospv's iaw. The Fi'ench naan -r '-b al-l lost the match at this nerjod. as he Was unable to deliver ■3- hard rtnoii'it 1-1 -- iv f n rl TY^mosey DESPERATE CHANCES TAKEN. In the tim’d round Carpentier continued the running fight. He tried several fancy steps and got away. When Dempsey backed him to the ropes for the third time, however, the champion showed sneed, and iie hit Carpentier with a terrible left as the Frenchman tried to get away. Carpentier was missing with bis right, and was taking desperate chances in the hope of winning with one blow, but Dempsey would turn away and the F renchmen’s blows would slide off the champion’s head. Carpentier landed two rights to Dempsey’s jaw, but the champion laughed. Dempsey retaliated with another cruel body punch. The Frenchman looked towards the French section of the press box and smiled feebly. lie was bleeding from the nose, his mouth was open, and blood was running from his cut lips. It was strikingly apparent then that ho could not last much longer. Starting the fourth round, Jack Kearns yelled from Dempsey’s corner, “Go after him now.” Dempsey, disdaining defence, left himself wide open, as though sneering at the Frenchman. He delivered the knock-out blow a few moments later. The finish of the contest was in sight from the beginning of the fourth round. The continual bombardment was weakening Carpentier. After 55 seconds the Frenchman sagged noticeably at the knees, and he crumpled up when he ra ceived a vicious right to the face and a left to the chin. Carpentier was not unconscious, but he was sorely distressed as he lay curled up on his side. Ertle, the referee, began to count, while Dempsey, sardonically grinning, leaned against the ropes watching the rise and fall of the referee’s hands. Gamely, but weakly. Carpentier rose at the count of nine. Dempsey leaned at him like a flash. Another crushing left to the body and right to the chin hurled Carpentier to ilie floor. At the count of eight- Carpentier tried to rise, but failed. CARPENTIER’S HAND BROKEN. Dempsey showed no marks after the contest. He claimed that Carpentier did not hurt him when he appeared to be staggered by the Frenchman’s onslaught in the second round. “Perhaps he caught me off my balance in the second round,” said the champion. In any event I don’t remember being hurt. I might have finished him sooner possibly, but I was not taking any chances.” Carpentier told his friends in the dressing room that he regarded Dempsey as the most formidable hhtor of all time. “I broke my right hand in the second round when I sent a beavv overhand punch to Dempsey’s jaw,” said Carpentier, “after that I could only stand him off, and he is too strong for me. Dcrnpsev hits the most powerful blow I ever felt. I felt that T was just too light for him. T did ray best, but was beaten by a better mm." “It was another case of Stanley TCetchell against Jack Johnson,” said Francois Desen mps. Carpentier’s manager. “Carpentier injured his right thumb in the second round, hut until it is X-rayed it is not known whether it is broken or badly sprained.” Carpentier finished fiat on his face with legs and arms stretched out. The Frenchman took an unmerciful beating. He was cut- under the eve and Dempsey battered him viciously until his face was swollen and bleeding. Camontier fought back gamely, but was outclassed. Much of the time he was going away from the champion. who once half-knocked and halfpushed him through the ropes. At the end the crowd cheered the conqueror and then die vanquished Frenchman. Carpentier’s supporters clung round his corner until he revived and staggered from the ring.