Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16

Georges Carpenter will go into tbs
ring in London tonight a favorit,
over "Gunboat" Smith. This is in
deed surprise to have French
man the choice over the man VIII,
is admitted to be the best "whitt
hope" in this country. The betting
in London today is about 6 to 5
with the Frenchman In command
and those who are backing Georges
seem to think they are on the win
ner,
On what both men have done
Carpenter has no license to be the
favorite. His best performance was
his recent twenty-round bout with
Joe Jeanette, in which he lost the
decision In fact, Georges has been
long on losing decisions, and might
be termed the beaten wonder" for
it is claimed he is a wonder and
goodness knows he has been beaten
much Anyway, he hobs up again
and again and now today we find him
favorite over Gunboat Smith. 1t
doesn't sound right, and 1t isn't right,
not if Carpenter wins in a punch.
c.
The betting in this country appears
to be light and the sports seem to be
afraid of the fight Some of the
"Wisenhelmers" have figured 1t out
that Carpenter will win because if he
does he win get the next chance at
Jack Johnson. This, we are told,
would mean Frenchman as the
champion pugilist of the world, for
johnson, we are led to believe, will
LAY down" to Carpenter. That is
all very beautiful to picture, but how
about Smith? The same thing could
be true in regard to him, although 1t
is clearly pointed out that Smith and
his hackers would never give up
anywhere near as much money to
Johnson as would the Frenchman. A
French champion, the wise sport
points out, would be worth a million
dollars, and that is the reason why
Carpenter is the favorite over Smith,
and why fight with the Frenchman
and johnson is already being dis
cussed
But l don't believe a word of all
this fake talk I think that Smith
and Carpenter will fight on the
square. and that the best man will
win. Who is the best man, is an
other question, though. If you listen
to Frank Million and Floyd MacFar-
land. both of whom have seen Car
pentier fight, the Frenchman is going
man alive, is betting his money on
Carpenter, and mcfarland says it
is just like taking candy from baby
for Georges to beat the Gunboat.
and he has seen a lot of big bouts.
He went out to Reno four years ago
to see Jeffries ''go fishing" and he
has been little sore on the game
clares that Carpenter is good man,
that he is both aggressive and clever
and that he will earn the decision
surely, and that he is likely to win
before the limit. He is game, Mac"
says, and he will never give Smith
a moments rest That is MacFar-
lands view of the fight, and I am not
going to take exception to it.
o
Gunboat Smith has had peculiar
career. He has won fight after fight,
but he has never been given much
credit. When he beat Sam Langford
in Boston it was said that Langford
laid down" to him. In his fight
with Carl Morris in Madison Square
Garden he won on a foul in the fifth
round Then 1t was said that he
quit But no matter what is said to
the contrary. Smith has been con-
sistent winner and until he is beaten
there seems to be no good reason to
pass lllll up. uDli hnOW a NAtil5
about Carpenter only that he has
been beaten by Frank KLAUS and
Billy Papke and other diversified mid
dleweights. That he defeated Bonn
barber Wells is nothing, and that he
did it twice is not so much. He
did put up a good fight against
Jeanette and that is his best recon-
mendation.
1t is said that England is pulling
hard for Smith to defeat Carpenter,
as she would rather see the u. S. A.
a winner than have a Frenchman
carry off the honors. But fights are
not won by wishes AS to the merits
of the men, Smith ought to be a 2 to
1 shot He has everything to gain by