AFTER THE FIGHT.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1921, Page 5

AFTER THE FIGHT.

THE INJURIES OF CARPENTIER. “THE BETTER MAN WON.% By Telograpn.—Ptcm Assn Copyright Received July 4, 9.10 p.m. New York, July 3. A surgeon has discovered a compound fracture of Carpentier’s thumb and a sprain of the hand sufficient to render it iwelesti. The injuries were caused in the second, round, when Carpentier smashed Dempsey with his right hand. The newspapers give credit to Carpentier for his gameness, but insist that it was a caae of the best big man against the best small man. The latter could not overcome the handicap of weight, height and superior strength.— Reuter Service. Received July 4, 9.40 p.m. x Paris, July 3. The Petit Journal’s comment on the fight is: “Goliath sent David into the land of dreams, and the better ma.i won.”—United Service.

AN EASY TASK.

RECEIPTS £320,000. ‘ New York, July 2. Dempsey showed no marks after the fight. He claimed that Carpentier never hurt him and declares that he could have finished his opponent soon« er, but was taking no chances. It is officially announced that the receipts totalled £1,600,000 dollars. It is expected that Rickards will make « clear half million. MADAME CARPENTIER’S GRIEF. ' Paris, July 2. The crowds were silent and dumbfounded at Carpentier’s defeat. Madame Carpentier burst into tears on learning that her husband's nose was broken and his eye injured. She said: “Oh, poor Georges; 1 hope he is not much hurt.” A GREAT DISILLUSIONMENT. Paris, July 3. The newspapers candidly admit that! Carpentier met his master, though tha> result was a great disillusionment for the majority of the French people. The agreement relating to the boutwas signed at New York on November 6, 1920. It specified that a purse of 500,000 dollars should be provided for the contest, Dempsey to receive 300.0001 dollars and Carpentier 200.000 The bout was limited to 12 rounds, no decision to be given. This meant that if )>oth men were still in action at the conclusion of the last round Dempsey* would retain his title. Boxing experts, apparently attached little importance tq the fact that the bout has been arrange ed with a limit of 12 rounds. Both Dempsey and Carpentier are ex« ceptionally fast boxers for heavy- ’ weights, and both are exceptionally heavy and scientific hitters. Few people, therefore, expected the contest loi last, the specified number of rounds. Dempsey has an inspiring knock-out; record to his credit. Two uf his most notable feats prior to defeating Willard for the championship were the one-round knock-outs administered to Carl Morris and F, Fulton. The latter was regarded as a possible champion till he niet Dempsey. In his bout with Willard for the championship at Toledo, Ohio., on July 4, 1919, Dempsey gave couvinc* ing proof of his speed and hitting power. Willard was the biggest aui strongest boxer who had held the cham-i pionship title. Dempsey knocked him down seven times in the first round, and at lhe end of the third round Willard was so badly beaten that he could noO continue. Dempsey was therefore adjudged the victor through a kuQckout. Since defeating Willard for tho championship. Dempsey has engaged tu a. contest, with W. Brennan, an Ameri■an heavy-weight, who was considered have a good chance of annexing the' championship. Brennan was knocked out in the twelfth round.Carpentier has been a professional boxer since he was 13 years old. lie i* now 27 and has boxed in all classes from, bantam weight to heavy-weight. Xt 18. he was boxing as a. middle-weight and, defeated J. Sullivan, the English middleweight- champion. Subsequently, he was. defeated by F. Klaus, the world’s weight champion, on a foul in the nineteenth round, and also lost a bout with W. Papke, uf America, in the seven- ’ eenth round. In the following year Carpentier, when still a middle-weighty defeated the English champion heavyweight, Bombardier Wells, at (L.ent. After several other bouts in which ha was successful. Carpentier again met’ Wells in London, and Knocked him out, in one, round. When twenty year'’ off a <r e Carpentier defeated the middle-weight, R. O’Keefe, in two r unds-< and subsequently met the American negro heavy-weight, J. Jeanette, in Paris, and Jeanette won on points by a narrow margin at tho end of fifteen rounds. Some idea of the merit of that performance may be gained when it i* remembered that. Jeanette was one or the men Johnson, the heavy-weight champion, refused to meet. Jeanetta weighed 13st 31b aud Carpentier list 81b. Subsequently Carpentier met Gunboat Smith in London when the latter was at his best. Carpentier won through Smith fouling him in the sixth round. On the outbreak of war Carpentier immediately took up his military duties, first as a car driver and later as an air. man. After the cessation of hostilities. Carpentier won a small bout, and was then matched with J. Beckett, the Eng.) fish heavy weight champion. The tout, resulted in Beekett being knocked out in a few seconds. Carpentier then went;, to America and met Levinsky, a wellperformed American heavy-weight, tho latter being knocked out in four rounds,;