The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-01
les DARCY NOT IN
CARPENTERS CLASS
Frehchman Has Advantage
lin Three Essentials of
IL Boxing Game.
tsy Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The posslblli.
ity that Les Darcy, the Australian
nniddleweight, and Georges Carpenter,
the French heavyweight. may meet in
an American ring in the near future
makes comparison Of their pugilis.
tic careers Of more than ordinary In.
terest. Should events SO shape them.
selves that the French boxer and the
fighter from Down Under" face in the
roped arena Carpenter will have the
advantage In weight, height and reach.
Z Darcy is strictly a middleweight
while the Frenchman in 1914 was a
light heavyweight The Australian has
never entered the ring over 100 pounds
while Carpenters fighting weight two
years ago was ten to fifteen pounds
above these figures. 1t is reasonable
TO assume that he has gained add.
tional poundage in the period he has
served with the French Army.
There will also be difference OF
between four and FIVE inches in the
height Of the two pugilists with the adj
vantage resting with Carpenter. The
physical statistics OF the boxers show
that Darcy's reach Is not quite as great
as that Of the French ring idol but so
far as can be judged by results there
is little difference in the hitting pow.
ers OF the two pugilists when allow.
Rnce Is made for the variance in
weight.
So far as the records show but one
pugilist-Jeff Smith-has met both
Darcy and Carpenter. The French
boxer in 1918 won twenty.round de.
cision from Smith, who weighed 100
pounds. Some fifteen months latI
Darcy lost to Smith in five rounds al
Sidney. In return match fought a
few months later Darcy won on a foul
In two rounds. It is doubtful If Smith
was better boxer when he faced
Darcy than in his match with Carpen-
tie r.
In majority of the contests in
which Carpenter has met American
boxers he has given away weight. Joe
Jeanette who defeated the French
man in fifteen rounds, weighed more
Than 100 pounds. Gunboat Smith from
whom Carpenter won on foul in
six rounds was over 1856 pounds. Bonn.
dardier Wells, twice knocked out by
Carpenter, was within few pounds
of 100 in his two battles with the
french pugilist. Darcy has faced more
American ring men than Carpenter
but has seldom given away weight.
clabbfy, McGoorty, Murray, Chip,
Smith and George Brown all scaled
100 pounds or under, when they faced
The Australian.
The schedule for the Stanford uni
gversiEy baseball team which will tour
the Hlast next spring is rapidly being
completed. The Californian colleg-
lans will meet Swarthmore on Memoir
ial day, May 80, and the following at.
etern1onz play Princeton at Princeton.
Rensselaer, will be faced at Troy sew
sraf days earlier.
Twenty-one teams are competing in
The annual intercity tournament OF the
United States Revolver association.
The complete list is as follows:
Ashburnham Rifle association, Ash.
iburnham, Mass; Aspinwall Revolver
club Aspinwall, Pa; Boston Rife
and Revolver club; Chicago Revolver
club Cincinnati Revolver Federation;
Gttizens Revolver club, Rochester, ".
Columbus Revolver club, Colum,
hun, To-; Dallas Rifle and Revolver
clubs Dallas, TEX; Manhattan Rifle
and Revolver association, New York;
Mantle Pistol and Rifle club, Spokane,
Wash. Olympic club, San Francisco,
Cal; Portland Revolver club, Portland,
Ore; Providence Revolver club, Proyi.
dence, r. J.; Rifle and Revolver club
of New York; Seattle Rifle and Revol.
yer association, Seattle, Wash; Spo.
kane Rifle and Revolver club, Spokane,
Wash. Springfield Revolver club,
Sprinfieldi Mass; st. Louise Colonial
Revolver club; Toledo Rife and Pts.
toll club; Quinnipiac Rifle and Reyol.
yer club, New Haven, Conn; and
YOUNGSTOWN Rifle and Revolver club.
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio.