The Detroit times., 1914-12-21
French Champion Writes of Elk.
periences at Front AZ Gen.
erars Chauffeur
HEAVIER, BUT STILL
IN CONDITION TO FIGHT
Anxious To Return To Ring
Says Kaiser Can't Go Many
More Rounds
BY HAROLD Y. WILCOX.

BY HAROLD Y. WILCOX.
Even athletes OF little international
reputation have become persons OF
great interest TO the American read
ers OF sport news since they have de-
serted the ring, gridiron and track to
take up arms In the war into which
nearly all Europe has been plunged,
Word or the experiences and fate or
those athletes who were previously
well known to Yankee followers OF
sport has been even more anxiously
awaited. and the following letter from
& Georges Carpenter should prove OF
f great interest
France Is proud OF her greatest pu-
4 8ilist-soldier, who at present is as
signed to the aviation corps, and is
acting as chauffeur for one OF the gen
erals at the front The English are
q watching the big fighter as closely rs
his own countrymen, and II was In
London periodical, Answers, that the
Following letter was first made public
'l have not performed any great
deeds yet" begins Carpenter. Per
4 haps you have heard that | captured
German dog. And up to date per
haps that Is my biggest feat. But the
war Is young, and there will be, per
haps, time for me to do something
bigger, something really big.
II drive an ofncer when and where
3 am told. A fast car / have, so fast
E how like to whiz along i-that / can
E not say that I have taken and great
4 risks. My life has been made up or
series OF dashes to and from the
( front.
when l come to think all my my
self am conscious of big splash OF
danger, but when fellow Is strong
and In condition, as | ami was new
o. In better shape, not even after one
OF my most profitable stays at HAM
tot, where | trained for my fights
with young Bombadier, and for all
( other combats-nothing matters. How
+ would glory to jump into the ring
now against anybody!
IF and as soon as this war Is over
Gunboat Smith or any other man
wants to meet me, | shall be ready
and willing And, say, am getting
bigger. But / wanted to tell some
thing about the change this war has
brought about In my life. ! do not
earn thousands In q night now; Few
sous week, that's. all. But money
baht---until this business Is over
what's the use of Il? What Is the
greatest change | fedel? Ii is this: |
have discovered that without any
trouble at all can roe gh II with any
body. and that no man II he be ut
need want Injuries, or any pamper-
ing, though | am free TO confess that
had | not always felt that the life
OF a professional boxer, IL II Is 10 De
& successful, must cut out all Injuries
and pampering. | should have sue
cumbed to silkeneushioned life
long ago.
'sMy heart is set on being the cham
X MON OF the world want TO beat
them all, never mind their color, and
III believe | shall do this, If am spar
even In these terribly
ed. | have not forgotten boxing
even in these terribly altered times.
Whenever / have the opportunity |
do all the shadow boxing | can and
In my own mind and at my exercises
am often fighting the Bombardier
Wellscs and the others all over again.
80 hat when Germany has been pun
rneled and has had something like
4 the elm on the Jaw that many OF my
,sssro,apts have had and Knocked out
~ 10 full 10 seconds. | shall be
,eadv m take the ring against all
romers ar a moments notice, so TO
saeak
carpentoar has little fear that the
allies will win the present war or
Germany. he writes:
- bao,,n - reel. they NAV have
49, ,nst;nct HAT helms them TO con.
4 10y !. 1, -. : 80. ,,,ora rounds