Show I U E oJ t OM OM u FRENCHMAN CRUMPLES UNDER TERRIFIC BLOWS OF AMERICAN CHAMPION Fourth Round Sees Finish of Battle of the Cen- Cen er tury ury With Europe's Famous Boxer Stretched Prostrate on Mat By DAMON RUNYON Staff Correspondent Universal Service RI RINGSIDE JERSEY CITY July 2 Our Mary once had a delicate little French doll all lacy and frilly and very petty pett to look at One da day the bullterrier bull bullterrier bullterrier terrier pup got hold of the doll The sight of that little French doll after aCler the tle terrier got through with it kept recurring to mind this afternoon as Georges Carpentier of ot France lay on the canvas floor in the fourth round mauled by Iron Mike Uke the right hand handor of or Jack Dempsey Carpentier was a mighty might limp and momentarily lifeless little fellow asHarry as asHarr asHarry Harr Harry Ertle the referee swung his arm mechanically up and d down w to finally In all give it a final round and swing to indicate the end of or the fight tIght One Ono minute and 16 seconds o oC or the fourth ha hajJ had gone b by with stagger- stagger I iJ backward before the stead steady march of ot the American heavyweight cham charn- chamI I pion plon Dempsey dark dar darand and scowling Ung shot out his n l p pawing fashion as 1 the ho terrier must h have v pawed at the doll don I Up went C delicately carved features his chin sharply outlined inthe in inthe the afternoon light Over went Demp- Demp Is s right hand han I with a vicious chup- chup I ping motion CARPENTIER CRUMPLES I Carpentiers Carpentier's s 's legs c crumbled u bled un under er him himas himas as ns suddenly as ns If some one had taken takena I a hammer and struck against a thin I I shaft He fell on the floor ina In InI Ina the color trl-color of or a small white heap I I France rance about his middle standing out like a l. l blotch of ot blood I Ertle white clad agile leaped forward forward forward for for- ward over oyer the fallen bo boy and began counting one two three four tour five I still scowling turned I I six Dempsey Dempsey his back upon the thc limp Ump figure an and l walked a away wa toward his own corner i I Seven said Ertle his voice sounding above th the babble of ot ninety thousand and voices and to the amazement nt of ot everone everyone everyone every ever I one Carpentier staggered to his feet tho the thoI A murmur of oC admiration swept Bo Boyles les great reat throng grouped there on I Thirty Acres in Jersey City Dempsey Dempse turning again walked toI to toward toward to- to ward Carpentier his left hand extended extend extend- i ed half haIt crooked his right Iron Mike I pulled back Carpentiers Carpentier's delicate patrician pa- pa looking face tace contrasting dark features of ot the j strangely to the was streaked with bloo blood 1 champion i Dempsey's blows earlier earlier In fn the fight I I had done this I TAKES COUNTI COUNT left shot out once I Aga Again n Demp Dempsey's e s more Carpentier raised his hll chin andI and the right came down with vicious force I Carpentier fell teIl almost in the d dead ad center cenI cen- cen I Iter ter of or the foot eighteen ring his bod body I curved around as gracefully as if It he lie hor rhad had posed his eyes ees half halt closed T This ls r time he did not get up again og-aln until had completed the count of oC ten fen but butI wh when n he he was lifted to his feet by his I 1 I seconds and c carried back to his hI corner I he soon found his footing He carne came out outto outto i ito to shake lia hands with Dempsey DempS and the two stood together for a a. full tull minute II talking Dempsey smiling for tor the first time during the fight tight and Into the eesI eyes ees I of ot the bt beaten n ten bo boy said Is not correctly reported reI reported re- re What hat they I I told ported save this that Dempsey Dempse I I Carp the Indubitable truth truth Car Car Car- I Is a n great little fighter Car- Car with smiled back at nt Dempsey Dempse the same ingenious disarming smile I I I that he be wore ore from rein start to finish evenI even certain deI defeat defeat de- de I staggering to when he was as I feat teat and said that Dempsey too is a n great fighter tighter I Meantime the crowd swirled about I the the the- ring ling planted there In the center of acre after acre of at pine and nd babbled In in admiration o of tl tIe the e little French gamer game four tour rounds with c cock ck who had gone I r the champion CHALLENGER GAM GAME E. E i i Once e in tho the second round Carpentier Carpentier Carpen- Carpen tier sent his famous right hand wishing wIshing wish wIsh- ing against Dempsey's Dempses jaw and l every everyman man jack Jock at the ringside who thought Dempsey would win and who had wagered wagered wag wag- en ered d mon money v tilt that wa way paled and felt felta I Ia I II a sinking of t the diaphragm This blow blo I which is the thc same blow that tell felled eel the I Beckett in England land must sturdy Joe I have dizzied Dempsey for fez nn an instant i iI Ho He shook hi his head ma In a n puzzled fashion I land and closed In cho chopping chopping tit ati t Carpentiers Carp body with ith short blows I while those who had believed that I Carpentier wo would win w went nt Into do do- do of ot It was waR a n good sock as tho profession calls Ills a n blow I delivered with Carpentier's Carpentiers tJ bod body behind be behind be- be I hind tt t t. For an n instant It Il looked as ita asIf asif I if It the most forlorn hope that over ever cr crawled t through rou h the ring ropes might carry through brough I 1 The champion quickly shook off ott the tho effect of or the smash but from that time on he quite obviously had considerable consider consider- considerable able respect for tor Carpentiers Carpentier's right It was tho the punch lie ho had been advised advised to to avoid old and it Is all that has ever e been said of it From the opening round I it t was hard to see how Carpentier barring the landing of ot such a n. punch could win In Ho Honas was nas outweighed He was meeting a amore amore amore more rugged lugged and much stronger man In the clinches Dempsey Dempse would gather up the finely constructed white body of or the Frenchman and fling it around as he ho pleased It i rs the law of ot the prize rI ring g that a good big man can always beat a good little man Carpentier Car Car- Is a good little man He has the spirit of or a a. giant the spirit that made him a flier filer for tor France tho the re reflection ro- ro of or tho spirit that hovered over o Verdun WEARS H HIM DOWN Many Ian writers including this one did not think he would go over oyer one r round und The They were badly badly- mistaken and nd freely frealy admitted the mistake afterwards In Inthe the second round sport prophesy hung shung in the balance Altar After the second It was but a a qu question of ot time LIme when It would wo be Cu fulfilled I till ed Dempsey chopping aw away at Carpentiers Carpentier's body inside and cracking crack crack- ing lag the lip of that fine Jaw jav with lo long long- grange g- g range blows blow was wearing him d down wn Carpentier came out of or his corner at atthe atthe the clang of ot the bell which hl h started the fight tight uk like a l. l game ame cock shooting his right at the thc brown bod body of t the champion champion cham chum pion plon the instant he ho got in fn range He Ho fell as gamely He fell like a soldier of or France bra brave e to the end O Over er In hi his corner his manager Descamps who found him as asa a stable boy and fathered and mothered him to a prominent place in fn history and In the hearts of his countrymen wa watched the finish of oC the lad he loves lo with a strange expression oh his fa face e. e It has b been n said that Descamps is ie very excitable and apt to Jump In Into o othe the ring at t an any moment and try to win wina a fight on a foul Coul when hen he se sees seCs s Car- Car being beaten but he did not seem excited while the fight was on to tod to- to d day H j has an an almost Mongolian cast of oC co countenance nt nance and Mongolian l stoicism was In his eyes as he watched His lips moved What ho bo said nobody knows What was In his mind and I heart n nobody bod knows When his Georges was down on the floor and I being counted out Descamps' Descamps lips Ups w were FeTe re still sUII moving but now th there re were t tears ars in his eyes that glistened In the sun Run A zephyr drifted for tor an instant into the Uie pine Ol open n where sa sat t sweltering s bankers brol brokers ers pickpockets aut authors ors gunmen manufacturers 1 bootleggers actors Jockeys ball players play play- ers rs society U lights plug a governor governor gov gay of a state a couple of or sena senators ors gamblers pay of oft off men city officials fAIs and artisans The They paid to tobe tobo o bo be there and still there Is talk of ot h hard rd times FLAG UNFOLDS This brt breeze ez coming ou out t of ot the West Vest picked one ono of t trio the m many ny flags from ar around und the pole to which It was hanging hanging hanging hang hang- ing like a wet wet vret skirt and slowly unfolded unfolded unfolded un un- folded it as was wa's was au HI U count It was the tricolor One ne felt lt like getting up right then and there and n yelling clUng Vive la Ia France If It only in honor of ot the poor little flout flour de dO usall Us lis Usall all bleeding and torn A A- good big ble man cun always best a n good g little man That t is the In law W of ot the ring Ra Rarely el Is Isit Isit 9 it upset Dempsey Dempse himself I is one of ot tho few tew who vho correctly estimated Car Car- Ho must be a n good ip pan man n on the he streng strength h of his record said ald the Utahn I 1 cant can't afford to to take any with him chances So wh when n Dempsey went out t f first round there there- was none of ot the the- Sa saV- saV very avery of ot his attack a against arist Ho Elo moved 1 cautiously his hs Jaw jaY always his pretty retty well tucked In tn behind d ders lOrs rs It look looked d as if it he ie might end it itIn t In in n the first round Ho He skimmed the skin from Carpentiers Carpentier's nose with a amash amash a mash smash in that round and man many ex expected expected ex- ex to see the Frenchman on on the floor loor before the boll bell Ca Carpentier wore ore a strangely appeal appeal- appealIng Ing n expression His ey eyes s 's wt weri W r vii and blinking He scurried d' d b backward rOUnd around the thc ring one moment remind reminding rem indo IriS ing ng you of ot a scared rabbit th then n suddenly slid and denly lashing out with his right Inay in Ina a a. away WU way ay that suggested an Infuriated leop ard Dempsey never changed chang d expression His face blue from a new shave was set ct his black hair bounced about hi hi t thead head ead giving him a Q sinister r expression His is thoughts must have o been Interesting Interest interest- ing rig as he watched t the 1 felt cit sorry for tor l and am amazed at nt bIn You ou felt when then h thy they were in close and his Co Continued on in page page 2 F N CRUMPLES S Continued tr from rn page 1 U bowed while De Dempsey e head was chopped nt at him trying to knock him that tha t down wIth the rabbit punch h l topple Bill nr rinat You felt el t this frail fral l In amazed ut at the re resistance boy 00 and th the way Wily ram came ami on under WOMEN SQUEAL Women in th the crowd crowl squealed hys hys- te as as Carpentier fell ten the firs fir first I 1 time Some fome of ot them were crying The Th e sympathy r pathy was largely hugel wit wi withe h hI f he ho soldier of ot Fr France Tho The men especially espe ew I the hardened d followers ot of th the e prize fighting game shouted but Lut te t mainly b because caus their Judgment of th the tho e tf Sing thing had been vindicated Many ny ol ot o f them had b b been ri i b betting their h money o on on ny n at three to one The They y for tor Carpentier Car Car- Carpentier knew know It was not In the dope to win But the they had to gasp gas p when th they y saw how n narrowly destiny destin y had passed Carpentier b by in that secand sec eec and After Arter tho the fight Captain Beggans of ot o otlie f the Jersey Tersey City police department wh who o had been rs r's dressing dress dress- ing ng room came over to the press stanI stand stan d I and rind said that Carpentiers right wrist t I had been broken in the second round If this Is true it Is a further Indication indication indication indica Indica- tion of the superb courage couras of ot th the e Frenchman n. The story could not b be e verified It would have an au important t bearing on the result of ot the fight A police lieutenant who said he as assisted assisted as- as assisted In removing the tho bandages from Car s 's wrists told that the right t hand han w was badly hadly swollen and that h he e even the bones out et t had even even seen een sticking ou ed through the LOe flesh Reporters hurried hurrie d to the dressing room but the l French Frenchman Frenchman ench- ench I man had departed So had Dempsey 1 both headed for tor New r-ew York leaving leaving leavin g behind them the writers and the operators operators operators oper oper- I I sending out the story of ot the so so- so I called battle of ot the country as a n 1 rainstorm came on to make their wor work ak k I moro more difficult |