The evening world., 1916-10-07

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Most famous or them all IL Georges
Carpenter Of France. only "a few
weeks ago decorated for the second
tfne for his heroic exploits In the air.
In France Carpenter was a popular
hero long before the war began. lie
started a remarkable ring career as n
featherweisbt when u mere boy. n
as he grew rapidly in weight aud eN-
pertence became In succession feather
weight. lightweight. welterweight.
mlddleweight and heavyweight cham
pIon Of Europe. A handsome, dashins
fellow, whose smile never deserted him
even in the most desperate ring ngb,s,
no was almost an idol In France. In
several weight Glasses he whipped
English champions. Boxing vas n
new sport In France. England had
monopolized 10 for centuries. To beat
the English boxer mt their own game
In fair ana generous combat filled
every French heart with JOY. When
Carpenter knocked but English Mid
dieweight Champion Jim Smith II
seemed he had reached the height OF
fame IN the ring. But as European
mlddiewelght champion he challenged
Bombsrdisr Wells, English heavy
weight champion. outciassed him COM
pletely and knocked him out twice, In
Our rounds. then in one. All through
Francs automobilists carried small
bronze figures Of Carpenter on their
radiator caps. 6tatuettes and pictures
OF him were everywhere. He was
considered peer OF all the worlds
fighting men. and Jack Johnson re-
fused 20 fight him.
Than came the war. Carpenter
rushed 70 tho front. Al nrst he was
driver OF an oficers car. He was
being kept out OF danger. for France
wanted him after ttS war. But Car
psntier was a real lighting man. and
he soon entered the aviation corps,
bsca me a skilled aviator. and took
TO lighting In the air as naturally as
he bad taken to fighting in a ring.
He has become one OF tho most IA
NOUS OF the French airmen. With his
companion he has brought down sew
erd German planes In battles above
the clouds. and he has piloted his
machine on long and daring recon-
n~aisances over h enemy's territory.
Before the var Carpenter made a
fortune OF sbout half a million dollars
In The ring. A large part OF this he
ipvested In coal mines in a district
that stiI1 lies behind the German
lfnsB.
sHELL-CoULoN'r sroR LITTLE
LEpoUx.
Americana remember Charles Lee
doux. the great French bantamweight
fighter who visited us twice and
fought some OF our best men in that
class. Ledoux was Immensely %
lar. II stil living he 10 a sergeant
In the French army. A few months
ago a shell burst over a bomb proof
In which Ledoux was on duty. bury
ing him under the sacks OF sand. He
was severely injured. but recovered
and went back TO the firing line a
few weeks later.
Adrian Hogan. French middle
weight champion after Carpenters
graduation Into the heavier class,
was crippled by a shell. Many others
less famous have been killed, for in
France practically all OF the boxers
went to the front at the beginning OF
the var
America has sent many famous
fighters 10 the front. Old timers re
member Frank Slavin. who fought In
SulIivan's time. Slavin was an Aus-
t~raiian. born in 1862. He fought Jen
smith, heavyweight champion OF Eng.
land, and the ring was broken vi
by q gang when Slavin was winning
This was under the old London Priz,
Ring Rules. He fought all the grea
men OF his time. Peter Jackson, "Buf
faio" Costello. Joe McAuliffe, Charts
Mitchell. Jake Kilrain. Jim Hall an,
many more. When the gold strike
were made In Alaska Slavin was Il
the first rush. Fol years he WASH
heard OF. Then Frank Gotch. tn
wrestler, thought he'd turn fighter
He took on old Frank Slavin as a
easy mark. ana Slavin knocked hin
out. His first ring fight was In 1888.
his last In 1907. with Nick Burley |
British Columbia. At the age @
fifty-four Frank Slavin enlisted wit
the Canadian troops. lie was still
+. powerful. healthy nan and so ia
as our Information goes Is nov on IN
nring line Somewhere In France"
And there was Jack Munroe. Will
playing football in California year
ago Munroe won the amateur heavy
weight championship OF the coas
then went back to mining In Butt,
Mont. He stayed four rounds Wit
Jeffrios, aud took up fighting az
professional. He won a number {
fights. but on n sAcond meeting wit
Jeffries was knocked out In tv
rounds. Munroe went back 10 min
ing and made a fortune running mi
six figures UP In the Canadian wilC
srness where he was one OF the fir
p~rospsctors. Al the first call Il
troops Munroea the successful nil
ing rushsR TO Montreal and Ell