New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 17, 1921, Page 19

MY FIGHTING LIFE —By— GEORGES CARPENTIER Ring History in Europe As Centered About Challenger of Dempsey. Road Work With JEANETTE WINS A DECISION. CHAPTER XXVI By Georges Carpentier. Copyright, 1920, by United Feature Syndicate. All rights reserved. - Reproduction prohibited.) It was with the utmost surprise hat I halted my rushing shortly after t had started. I drove both hands rongly at Jeanette just as the bout rted. By an almost imperceptible wist of the head he easily olded gth my leads and then cver so light- he shot left and right to my face. © blows were so light I scarcely elt them, but I knew instantly that his black man was seeking to teach @ that he also was fast with his jhands and that I would have to be pareful. Believe me, my friends, he succeeded instantly Some Companions. We fell into a clinch after this first interchange-and as the referee called we stepped back. Im- mediately, rceiving an opening, I shot left and right to the jaw of my antagonist and down he went. He was easily up before the final ten was reached, but I always have contended that he was knocked out clearly and should have been counted out. That, however is a closed book now and cannot be done over. I determined here that it would be better if I would do my boxing at long range, but it required consider- able maneuvering and lots of fast work with my feet to hold off this very clever fighter. I pay my com- pliments to this black man. He was v marvel in that fight. His uncanny habit of making me miss his head by bare fractions of inches almost ex- asperated me, and, in addition to this, he had that abnormal faculty of tak- ing a terrible amount of punishment. Magnetically he pulled me close to him when I strove to keep at a dis- tance and made me fight inside his guard tim» after time when I did not want to, for this negro excelled me at this purely American method of fighting. And not only was he adept at in- fighting, but he also was a master of long range fighting and it was hard for me to convince myself that I would be able to hold my own. The eigkth round found me finally forcing Jeanette into work at long range and I made it a ferocious round I rained blows on the Ameri- can's body, every spot on his head. Gathering my strength I dashed my right and left to his jaw near t}§= close of the round. His knees wob- bled. His eyes turned. He could scarcely stand, yet I could not muster sufficient force to bring him down. T knew I was hurting him with every blow, but it was useless for me to expand such energy. This negro would not be knocked out. It was by holding alone that he was able to survive the round. That he was able to stand at all mystified me, for I had hammered him with every ounce of my strength and he had not fallen. And when he left his corner in the ninth round it was as if he had been supplanted by a new man. The fire of life had returned to him, while I was exhausted by my efforts in the previous round. Still, T got started by striking him several times on the jaw- and slowing him perceptibly. Blood was now streaming from his mouth, while my own features were blood-spattered. I am afraid we pre- sented a sorry sight. I had taken a great deal of punishment and so had my opponent. Half way through the ninth round I thought T saw a chance to end the combat and swung heavily with my right. Jeanette ducked the blow so cleverly and ngdy that I missed several inches, The audience hed. T felt my cheeks grow red, so humiliated. Burning with the knowledge that I had been made to appear foolish I decided to again try to beat him down. Left and right T slammed to the jaw of the big bronza statue. “Give him the Xknockout!”" Des- camps screamed as the round ended and T returned to my corner. “Bring me the guillotine,” I re- plied. “Only then can I stop this man. He is superhuman. He cannot be hurt. He is many men rolled into one.” The remainder of the rounds I' forced myself through. They were bad dreams, in which I was struck repeatedly. Jeanette fought hard and so did I. We plunged at each other like demons. Why one of us did not succumb to the rigorous treatment I cannot now understand. And when the fifteenth round was ended and the judges decided I had been beaten I was heart-broken, for I felt I had won. The spectators, too, were incensed. They shouted impre- cations at the judges. Jeaneite down at the side of the ring grinned, swingig his legs wearily over the edge. Willie Lew ran to the negro's corner and, pulling him down, shoved him off toward his dressing room. “These people are mad,” he hissed in the ear of my conqueror. *“They may hurt you if you do not leave. They believe Carpentier has been robbed.” And Jeanette walked out of the building. The result of this fight brought on much comment. The newspapers con- tended that I should have had the decision. Since the battle I have been told by the referee that the julges have admitted my superiority to Jean- ette. ) —_— BASEBALL TOMORROW . The New Britain Colored Giants and the Cubs will play at Walnut Hill park tomorrow afternoon. In the lineup of he Giants are three players who have appeared in the lineup of the Lincoln Giants of New York. Taylor and Jackson will comprise the Giants’ battery, while Crover and Mc- Murray will carry the battery burden for the Cubs. GOING TO BIG FIGHT James H. Curtin, one of the city’s most enthusiastic boxing fans, has se- cured a block of tickets for the com- ing world’s heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier, of France, whidh will be staged at Tex Rickard's Arena at Jersey. City, on. Saturday, July 2. 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