Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-28
gro. CARPENTER
HAS NOT LOST
HIS PUNCH
American Eoxcr Fails to
Down Frenchman in Ex-
hibition Fight.

New York. May 2s.-That Georges
Carpenter, the French, heavyweight,
, has not lost his punching or boxing
skill as a result of his'three years serv-
ice in the army. was ~conclusively
demonstrated recently at the expense
of an American boxer who took ring
liberties with the French pugilist. 1t
was Sergeant Ray William Of the
American army who tried to rough it
with Carpenter in the first round Of
a boxing exhibition : at st. Afghan.
Loir-et-Cher. AS a. result William was
knocked out in the second round n
the memory of that right swing to the
chin will linger in Sergeant Williams
memory for years to. come.
A crowd Of more than 10000 witt
messed the athletic sports at St. .Aig-
nan. General Cottez Of the French
army presided, with Brigadier Gener-
: ais Alexander and Volruth of the
American army assisting. After Ander-
son had won the hundred yards in IL
seconds, the 220 in 28 and Steele had
broken the tape for the mile ace in
6.34 minutes, a four round, or rather
what was to have been a four round
boxing exhibition, as put on with the
French champion Georges Carpenter
and Sergeant Ray William as"the con-
. t%estants.
Cheered by his. friends among the
spectators William started in with a
4 rush hat nearly took the French
champion off his feet, he planted some
heavy blows to the head and body and
' Carpenter was surprised; he had ex-
/ pectedl mere fssparring exhibition:
! William had the best of the first round
and was loudly applauded as he went
to his corner.
It was plain to all that Carpenter
meant business when he stepped out
for the second round. He tented Will
lam into a knot, jabbed him lightly in
the stomach with his left which caus-
ed the American to lower his guard
and crossed his right to the chin and
round, had lasted ten seconds.
After William came to. he shook
hands with Carpenter and said: II
got mine, I am satisfied" Later he ex-
planned to a friend that he understood
now why they spelled 1t Georges"
There are 81 many. Of him." he said.
1.-THE annual Memor!si day sxerst.s.
Which usuallysdraw NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Elts4ors to 0~eltysburg, Pa. wtllSbe:a iIg,
mented thistFyear by lkxreatsnafttasy
at Nixon Field. the, athlettc' grounds
Of the Pennsylvania college. Gettys-
burg. The meet has been arranged by
hardy; athletes OF the 329th battalion,
Tank Corps, U. s. A..1now training al
Camp Colt. Lieutenant Wallace c
Meyers and other officers of the corp.
have prepared an extensive program
OF events which includes track and
]1feld contests, d a baseball game and
several boxing and wrestling bouts.
Every event was selected for. thu
purpose OF bringing out the real fight.
ing5spiFt Of the entrant1s2A - the r1er
of the Tank corpsS " I PRACTICAL,
hand picked, owing I q the agdNou,
duties which they have 70 psrf6ffff4T
training for foreign service all TIL
competitors are In fine condition. They
have heard Of the hardships endured
service under General Haig and al
none but men in perfect physical form
can be sent 70 Francs In this servic,
the Camp Colt tanks have trainet
strictly and faithfully Under the di
rection Of their Instructors so this
they Will show top form In eyery com
The soldiers 81 Camp Colt are -badi,
In needjof athletic equipment and tn
military promoters Of the carnival vii
turn oyer the proceeds OF the game
10 the pr0per-ofHlcials for the pnrpOs
Of purchasing athletic paraphernali,
for the tanks.
Dtarinss the trap SHOOTING tourna
inert o1 the sp0rtgmen's Associatio,
10 he held a. Seattle, WAsh..fJune 20
Is. 4 match At 500 clay targets TO
$1,000 a side will he decided betweel
Franks Iroeh Of YAteouysr, wash;
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