El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-06

HE decisive victory Of Georges
Carpenter over Marcel Moreau
Z has given the French critics
something to enthuse about and they
are certainly making the most OF IL
The battle between the two trench
cOntenders for the mlddleWelght tltle'
or perhaps more correctly Speahlns'
the light heavyweight title, was des-
perately contested until Carpenter put
his rival down and out. To the French
critics it was proof positive IndI Ihe
champion of their country has regalned
his form and they look for him to ac-
cOmpliSh great things IN the future
They are absolutely certain now that
the defeats sustained by Georges az
the hands of Billy Papke and Frank
Klaus were more or less unlucky, and
that given further opportunities, ne
will easily convert those black marks
in his record into victories However,
some of the English critics VINO
in all his battles doubt very much
whether he is the real wonder that
he has been tOuted to be-
I'd to the end of 1910 Carpenters
career was nothing remarkable con-
sisting of a number OF victories over
local boys and a few beaungs from
fairly good English boxers like Snow
ball Broad, BuckShlne and similar ones
At that time he was IeatherWe eight
In 1911 his record improved, MS DeSl
efforts being against sgd Burns, young
Joseph and Harry Lewis, but even
these wins were not conclusive as 10
his standing as world beaten Burns
gave him a terrific battle for 10 rounds
and was only beaten by points Harry
was badly treated in having the de
cisiCn given against him after 70
rounds OF hard fighting, and young
JOseph's record does not help 10 put
Carpenter on the pinnacle Of fame It
must not be forgotten that he was
beaten last season by Henri Pet Eus-
teche and Dixie Kid. and that he re-
fused a second encounter
Increasing weight drove Carpenter
into the middleweights last season and
he was promptly matched with Jim
Sullivan. the British champion, whom
he knocked out in two rounds SuDse-
quenty he defeated George GuntIcr
and Willie Lewis on points. victories
that were thought by the Frencnmcn
quite good enough to warrant matching
him with. Klaus and Papke- In eacn OF
the latter bouts, he was defeated
Looking at it from a fighting stand
point it seems that Carpenter IS 4
little shy in stamina for a long bout
and it would not be bad idea II ne
were to wait year or two before
seeking heavyweight hOnOrs- he IS
still very young being in his goth year
and need not feel discouraged at all
With the experience he has been haV-
ing and his increasing weight ne
should develop into q high class heavy
weight in another year
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For the first time in the history CT
the middlewest. boxing as il is con-
Quoted today has received favorable
comment from ministers For many
years, the boxing game has been the
goat of every person opposed to that
form Of exercise and sport, but IN thus
case. the ministers IN question have
taken a broader view Of the situation
and have really recommended that the
Wisconsin legislature pass a law reGU-
lating the sport and putting II under
the supervision Of an athletic cOmmlS-
sion Of course, they recommend that
a bill be passed which will not permit
of any brutal features, and the New
York boxing bill seems to hit the nail
on the head, although there may be a
few amendments to that bill
The Rev. Robert AshwOrth and the
Rev George A Adams, two south side
ministers of Milwaukee, have been OPP
posing boxing bouts in the city and
sought to have them stopped How
ever they were invited to attend some
of the boxing matches and to see for
themselves how the sport was COR
Quoted and also to see the class OF men
who attended these exhibitions ana
how they conducted themselves The
result was that the ministers after wit
Messing the contests, one OF which was
between Pal Brown, the Minnesota
sensation and Jack Redmond, the Mil
waukee veteran lightweight, they did
not hesitate to issue a statement TO
the effect that they found nothing OBJ