The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
FRENCH IDOL|zE
BOXER WHO WILL
MEET Al PALzER
Every Frenchman Thinks
Carpenter the Greatest
Heavy Weight Fighter
That Ever Lived
By BOB EDGREN

All Europe will forget about the
Balkan troubles and other matters of
minor warfare when Georges Carpen-
tier, heavy weight champion of France
and England, meets Al Palzer in Paris
next October.
The French people have developed a
passion for the ring. Boxing is the
most popular sport in France, and every
Frenchman thinks Carpenter the
greatest heavy weight that ever lived.
CARPENTTER's CAREER
Carpenter has had a cinch on the
affections of the French fight followers
ever since he started. He was only a
youngster of II in his first appearance
"a feather weight. Since then he has
grown up through the classes. AS q
middle weight he became famous
through knocking out Jim Sullivan.
middle weight champion Of England.
This victory in an international match
so delighted the volatile French that
they almost worshtped Carpenter. All
the French illustrated papers printed
pictures Of him eating, training. run
ming his automobile, boxing. being
rubbed down, sleeping. until there was
room for nothing else. When Papke
and Klaus defeated Carpenter. all
France wept, but made excuses for the
beaten champion. 1t was said that
Carpenter had grown out of the middle
weight class and that making the
weight for Papke and Klaus had sapped
his strength. And. indeed, that was a
fact He was too big for a middle
weight
DEFEAT OF WELLS
Carpenter won a few unimportant
fights and was matched with Bombar-
dier Wells. The French enthusiasts de-
clared that Carpenter had now come
into his own-that he was fighting in
the class to which he belonged. Wells
was nearly half a foot taller and %
pounds heavier. He was clever. He
had a dashing, dazing punch. England
chuckled over the jar that was in store
for French conceit.
The rest is recent ring history. Wells
knocked the small French heavy
weight down twice IN the first round,
dazing him badly. Carpenter took his
time like a veteran-which he is-and
came up for the second round al strong
as ever filled with fighting rage from
his heels to his hair. He ripped into
Wells. paying no attention to the blows
that met him, and began digging into
the big Englishman's ribs with both
gloves.
\ couple Of minutes later Wells was
on the floor senseless and Carpenter
was being tossed in the air by a fren-
and laughed and fought each other for
the privilege of getting near enough to
touch their champions glove.
GREATEST EVER
From that day nothing could convince
citizen of France that Carpenter
wasn't the greatest heavy weight cham
pion since the days of Hercules.
So now NJ. Vienne, the famous French
boxing promoter. has matched Carpen-
tier and PalZer for October. France
expects to see Carpenter whip Palzer
as easily he did Wells.
Carpenter is splendid fighter for
his size. He is very fast, very clever
and 4 hard hitter. He has the quick
intelligence that is native to the vola-
tile, inventive Frenchman.
But in the huge, stolid Palzer, oxlike
in his patience under punishment and
Bersark mad when the fighting fury
boils through his veins, Carpenter will
not find a Wells Palzer is too big too
strong too sturdy, too game, too furi-
ously determined in battle for any man
Of Carpenters weight and experience
to beat.