The sun., 1916-10-01
CARPENTER LONGS
FOR ROPED ARENA
French Champion Declares He
Will Not Put Glove On for
Money Until War Ends.

LONDON. Sept. 10 (by mail. passed by
censor).--Gcorges Carpenter. the heavy
weight boxing champion OF Europe VINO
is now In Paris on leave from war SER
vice. has written for n london news
paper "a little story Of his experiences and
his prospects. lie looks forward to re-
entering the ring and is convinced tina,
Il won't he long before he Is free O.
put on tho gloves for fighting OK "A diff
tercnt sort from that IN which he has
been sharing for many months past
Expressing this confidence he says:
"will I be glad 10 get out Of this hell?
A thousand times yes, but not before
We have seen to Il that the gates OF hell
have been smut so tight that they VIII
never he flung open again.
81 shall Away remember that when
7 fought your Bombardicr Wells at
Ghent. Belgian people screamed that
boxing was cruel n CHASTITY and must
bo 10 more. Then they did not Know.
4 squeamish Belgian can never be again
For Belgians have lived too long in .
world Of horror
Relating his experiences at the front
he writes:
II ave seen sixteen months in the
firing limo as a pilot. Much have ]
seen. have had my lights hish In the
clouds. have been wounded. have
received the Wal Cross tCroix DC
Guerre). and I have been recommended
for and shall receive II shortly the
Mcdai.le M!litairc.
II have been lucky. immensely %. Tor
have been IN many tight corners. IL
may be that some III tho charms given TO
, me whom I left London instead or nght-
ing Young Ahcarn have brought me
good fortune.
.'Bu, would tell what the Order
! OF tho Day which Is what YOU would
call your gazette. says about wnat !
did TO win the Medaiile MIiltaire. IL IL
that I few over tho German INES az a
height Of only 200 yards and thar "hci
l returned to our lines my blplnnc was
found 20 nav received no fcwer IMAM
! fifteen rife bullets.
when dying. Il 1. he that you are
J CHANGING your arm shall ! say. sou
have no sense o. danger. never II
all my flights tAvicht 90 even dreamed
Of being beaten. | always believed ~
myself. II Is so How with my machih"
II Is as some human. You feel tnat
knows you. that il g. part Of yourself
you come I, believe Il is .nrincIhlo, AID
although In ny last big h'Gh', Nhen
can now well believe that I was hug
ging and wrestling with death AL u
time. | aid not once quake with fear
] WAS o. thuIS' ''llNEt'HN NHNA N'f
being ported at all the time.
"To ny as low as | did was RISKY
per!lous. but tho Knowledge that Il hat
TO be lone - 7 were e. be ~ service e
our artillery seemed TO Ill me with ;
sense Of security. II was only when
got back lrto our lines and saw tho NJ
teen bullet MARKS and the holes that hat
been rtddled in my machine that
realized that I was ~ near beins
knocked out no ever I havc been IA NJ!
.isc.
These days my duties, though oft,r
exciting and dar-orous. do not cons's
In hunting crsDs acroplanes. Indeed
my orders are even To- avoid ~onGaginI
them. Eut ! have been compelled 4
do So on several occasions. and under
heavy handicap because OF my mach'r
not being fast or handy enough.
1T Is my business to assist In the d.
rection OF our artillery fire by means q
wireless messages and signalling. ] Xix
my work ever 80 much. for Il asks tina
7 shall always have my wits about n
very like the boxer who. though he !
winning by ever so many points. la
always 70 be on tho lookout Tor
swinsing riglt that might knuuk lin
out. There is such II tning as being adj
to regard whatever You 10 az ~ nue.
sport. ard ] can assure you that eve
since ! have been IN the army 7 hay
found much joy in being able TO hcli,N
that ! am ia some great gpm"-l fierce
murdcrous game, Il +. true. but a gam
nevertheless
Carpenter processes pride in the IA
hat lie gave up an Income Of man
thousands n year. to Join tho army oisi
:. .lonths before lis ~"cluss' was Gale
up. Ilo says. eft was worth g." an
tells his readers that X they could cam
with him and see what he sccs the
, would agree with him. lie goes 81
IL am now 20 years Of ago aud ! fin
!, that ] have lost the better part OF IN
/, fortune that | made, For two years
/, indeed. since my france went - war
/ have not put n boxing pl"y, uu "a
!, money. and until 1t f. over the ring vi
|. not know me Ny earnings when ! lr'
London after my contest with ,.unbo'
!. Smith vcniembcr!n" the contracts
had and the possibilities opou 10 Inc
would have probably totallel aUytliu
up to fi0.00O or $4,000 a year. y
two years | have earned nothing. ! a
IN the sam" i"sltion-Dcrhaps not 2
:. hui--as thousands OF my CDuutrymcr
! Much have | lost.
When wAF ctru.nS thousands ,
. pounds IN a night ! put my money ,,
, ! invested much of i Ia tho ,nnl min,
AT Lens. which IS my home. and wlici
i worked ~ n little boy until Franco
A Denranlps took me out INTO the world
: box for II living. My Investments, lad
: this var not have ONE, would Ia,
I made ne n ricll man, hYt now they ha,
: gone. for the 'irrmals hn,c had Let
. and tho mines IN their hands FOR son
twsnty-ono months ,Ed, worse tim
all. for all that time have not heui