The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-07-25
CARPENTER
OUT OF RING
DURING WAR
Big French Negro Ruled Out of
Game by His Govern
ment
WAS MEETING ARMY MEN

New York, July 25.-As the result
of q decision by the French military
authorities George Carpenter, the
European heavyweight champion, will
not take part in any further bouts UNI
til after the war. This means that
CARPENTER will meet no more rising
American soldier pugilists until after
the declaration of peace. The French
pugilist has been in the habit Of TAX
ing on some Of the aspiring United
States army heavyweights and so far
has demonstrated marked superior
ity over all corners.
Promoters had begun negotiations
for staging a match between Car
pentier and Blink McClosky. the Phil
adelphia ht-weight, who recently
0utpointed Albert Lurie the prOmis-
ing French heavyweight, in a bout at
Bordeaux. The military authorities
took up the matter and decided that
it was inadvisable to stage any more
pugilistic encounters between the
European champion and others before
the end of the war.
Francois Descamps, Carpenters
peace-time manager, has promised all
the army aspirants plenty of his
champions matches as soon as the
task Of defeating the Germans is over
Reports from France indicate that
the war training Carpenter has UNI
dergone has greatly improved his ath
letic ability. Apparently he has de-
velOped into an excellent all-round
athlete having shown fine form and
speed in track events. In recent
set OF games held at Paris, Carpenter
was nosed out of first place in the
trial heats of the hundred meter
sprint in classy field. Had he been
a step faster he would have been en-
titled to complete in the final of this
event. He did succeed in winning
third place in the running high jump
and showed we'll in several other con-
tests
Among the American athletes COM
peting at this meet were Lennon, for
merly OF the University of Pennsyl
vania; Jack Eller of the New York
Irish-American A. c. and several COL
lege Ttack stars from the Middle west.
While the reports do not specify that
Carpenter competed against any of
these performers, it is evident that
the general entry was high class and
his work must have been above the
ordinary to place him in any of the
big events. .-..
The financial conditions confronting
the majority Of the larger eastern col
leeg and university athletic assOcia-
tiOns are causing considerable care
full accounting in an effort to keep a
balance in the treasury. The lack OF
football games, the chief source of
revenue, has cut deeply into the sur
plus of prewar times and where
heavy fixed charges obtain, there is
danger of deficit unless the situa-
ton changes.
Although there was more athletic
activity among the colleges of the east
this spring than was the case year
ago, the contests were of such ma
,ture as to yield little money at the
gate. Track meets, baseball and row.
ing were the principal events and the
revenue derived from the first two
was far below that of normal times.
Rowing, of course, is never source
OF profit and when the expenses are
balanced against the receipts, without
:the saving feature of football returns,
and surplus on hand is quickly re-
duced to narrow margin. .
Close followers Of college athletics
are therefore inclined to the opinion
that football will have to be restored,
even though restricted scale, at
those colleges which did not support
the game last winter or all inter-col-
legiate athletes abandoned until after
/ the war. Few of the so-called mnior
sports are self-supporting. even in
normal times, and there appears to
be little chance for their continuance
under the present conditions without
revenue from other directions.