Dempsey by Knockout Frame Color:Black Coast Guard photographer

Coast Guard photographer

In the first game of a doubleheader

Straight from The Times archives

particularly Owens (1913-1980)

Dempsey by Knockout Frame Color:Black Coast Guard photographerHeavyweight champion Jack Dempsey prowls the ring as the referee counts out Georges Carpentier on July 2, 1921, in one of the first bouts named "Fight of the Century." The next day The Times front page banner headline declared, "Dempsey Knocks Out Carpentier in the Fourth Round; Challenger Breaks His Thumb Against Champions Jaw; Record Crowd of 90,000 Orderly and Well Handled." The fight took place at Tex Rickard's stadium in Jersey City, N. J., but