New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
Flatbush Orator Confident
He Will Make Richard
Look Foolish
By ". o. MoGEEHAN

When Georges Carpenter the french
heavyweight champion, arrives 10 TINS
country be will repair Immediately 70
.bs Broadway Sporting Club and sign
= contract with John Wiesmsntle'
That is what John Pythagoras Dunn
ii. boz orator Of Flstbush. announced
Yesterday, and John hiss never told
lie except when it seemed necessary.
"Tbe statement that Richard or Nc
Ketrick or anybody else has signed UP
Csrpentier makes me smile" said
John. Il had intended TO observe the
strictest secrecy in regard TO my ne
rotations with Carpenter and the
French Legation, but sm forced TO
change my attitude. You may say that
I. John Dunn, have Carpenter signed
up"
But how are you going 70 prove it?'
somebody asked.
No Need OF Proof
My dear young man. you do not
have TO prove IT," replied Mr.. Dunn.
~ admit it,"
Naturally this removed sll skepti-
cism as TO Mr.. Dunn's connection with
Carpenter
"You see" continued Mr.. Dunn. 81
have 8 friend who is connected With
Peruvian railroad company operating
in Zanzibar. He is Frenchmsn o.
superior connection in Paris. He told
me that CARPENTER, who is great
student. reads all Of the American
sporting pages. Naturally, Carpenter
as a student. has heard OF the Broad
way Sporting Club and o. John p.
Dunn, its announcer. Few persons who
profess anything like familiarity with
contemporsneous history have not.
The Partisan friend OF mine has
told me that he frequently has heard
Carpenter announce in the Louvre or
along the boulevards that when he
came 20 the United States he would
Seht for no club but the Broadway
SSortjnr Club. And Monsieur Car
p.ntier added, ! will have no one but
She peerless Monsieur John Dunn make
announcement for me. As for Mon
si,ur Josef HUMPHREYS, he may be al
right TO make the announcement for
boxer ordinsire. But for Georges
Csrpentier. only Monsieur John P.
Dunn shall announce. Upon the tomb
Of mon grsndpere, ] swear II. / KISS
Monsieur Dunn upon both cheek
"Of course" added Mr.. Dunn. "lf
Carpenter should kiss me upon the
cheeks before that mob at the club II
would be exceedingly embarrassing.
But the French are impulsive and they
idolize men Of eloquence."
Francis Charles Moran and Gunboat
Smith will entertain at the Clermont
Club tomorrow night. Should the
Gunner happen 20 be on HE feet al the
end OF the tenth round. Manager Jim
Buckley is ready 20 guarantee thirty
thousand kopecks for a battle between
the Gunner and Jess Willard.
Should the Gunner kiss the mat dur
inr or before the tenth round. all bets
Of this sort WI be declared OF auto
matically. Once upon q time the Gun
boat, then the pride Of the navy, met
and defeated willard in 8 twenty-round
feht for a decision. But that vas IN
the days before everything connected
with the navy developed tendency 10
sink.
Since that time the Gunner has los,
several decisions. His most disastrous
encounter was one with Shsmus Coffey.
the PRIDE Of County Roscommon, Ire
land, and County Bronx, New York
Cohey fsttened the Gunner with
right 70 the Jaw.
Should Moran dispose Of Smith with
precision and dispatch he is due for
Foreground bout with the Ferooious
and Formidable Frederick Fulton in
Cuba. under the auspices Of Don MIGUEL
Donlin. the former baseball hero.
Moran declares that he will make to-
morrow nights ordeal as brief An1
painless as possible for the Gunner.
Moran. who used 20 be q mariner him
self. feels that II ought 70 be short
IL the Gunner loses be is overdue for
the drydock. II Moran should lose
well. the blow would cause considers
bic grief 20 Ike Dorgan. who ia betting
the Dorgsn family plate upon the
match.
The frequently postponed Miske-Dil-
Ion light Will positively take place al