Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June THE VIC
tory of George Carpenter. the French
ght-heavyweight champion, over Bonn
bardier Wells. the British heavyweight
champion, at Client, Belgium, was big
surprise to the followers of the game, for
while they knew Wells had q weak stom-
ach they expected his greater weight
would offset any drawback of that kind
against the lighter man. 1t seems. how
ever, that the Englishmap has very
weak stomach and is unable TO stand
any punishment in that section OF his
anatomy, with the result that he is prac-
tically out of it from now on as a high
class fighter.
After Wells had been knocked out by
Gunboat Smith i'll New York he returned
home and sought a few matches which
he hoped would bring him back into the
limelight but it seems he picked bad
one to go against when he chose Carpen-
tier After having all the best of the
first two rounds. putting the Frenchman
down for the count of nine in the first
and for six in the second. he allowed his
opponent to get to his mid-section and 1t
was all of, for in the fourth he went
down and out from Il similar blow to
that Bob F'itzsinmons handed Jim Cor
bett at Carson City, New. when he
copned the title There will be few clubs
take a chance on Wells now in a big
match although he may gradually work
himself back by engaging in minor con-
tests for a time in London and then in the
states.
had a meteoric career in the ring He is
ONLY twenty years Of age, but during the
past three Years he has fought as
ieatherweight, lightweight, middieWeisht
and heavyweight. He was meeting mid
dleweights and making 1870 pounds when
he had no business to, as he had to tram
down too fine. and that is what no doubt
caused more than one defeat for him. lie
was beaten by both Billy Papke and
Frank Klaus in hard battles. in each case
making "A weight that nurt him. Then
he began to get wise to the fact that ne
was training too much and cut out the
reducing process. with the result that ne
scored knockouts over Marcel Moreau,
tough rrenchman; Bandsman Rice, Cy-
clone Smith and George Gunther. At
catchweights he showed UP in better form
and proved that he had been making too
low weight. The result was a match
with Wells for the heavyweight title OF
Europe which he won.
Carpenter Is built for d heavy weight
and with careful handling should develop
into star, for he has the hitting power
and is also clever 1T is the first me in
history that France has ever been able
10 boast OF A heavyweight boxing cham
pion of Europe.
What looks like one of the classiest
bouts in the middleweight division is
scheduled for July At indianapolis. when
Jack Dillon and Jimmy CIabby clash in a
ten-round session. The match has been
practically arranged, except for rev
minor details, and will no doubt go
through. although both men have linpor-
tant matches in the meantime-Clabby
with Eddie McGoorty a; Butte. Mont,
June IL. and Dillon with Tony Caponi, at
Winnipeg June TO- McGoorty. II In
shape. will give Clabby hard battle, al
though most of the papers at Denver gave
Jimmy the best Of their last ten-round
engagement. The fact that Dillon had
the best of Frank Klaus in their Dout
May - at Indianapolis puts the Hoosief
boxer in a position where he can claim
all honors with the rest of the middle
weights Jack and Jimmy should put up
a clever and lively battle as their STYLES
are better suited for good contest than
some of the men Dillon has met lateiy.
Dillon has the strength ana ne Is aIso
gaining in cleverness right along, so that
he must be given chance with any nv
ing 1873 ~or leo FOUNDER He Is getting
more aggressive. something he lacked
year or two ago. AS for Clabby, ne is the
cleyerest of the entire bunch, in my esti-
ma ton, but the Weights against him and
he must go into the contest with that
handicap.
Jimmy weighs around 152 all the While,
and in a fight against man like NC
Goorty, Dillon or Klaus must give away
fully eight to ten pounds at rlngslde.
When Jimmy and Jack clash IT VIII ps
worth going TO see. 1t has been rumored
that Klaus was holding back In ms
match with Dillon at Indianapolis. but
believe the real fact is that Frank ala
not train as earnestly as he should nave
and found Dillon a harder nut to crack
than expected. with the result that he
was put on the defensive at times In
stead of being the aggressor.. There is no
DENYING that Klaus is a tough PROPOSE
ton for any middleweight and he will
prove 1t in bout over the marathon
route.
Mike Gibbons has two matches in sight
"-r-a Fee, ITO r''.h ~.'rs Ahe1r7.