The Washington herald., 1919-12-29
GEORGES WILL
NOT BOX HERE
Deschamps Gives Author
Hed Statement Regard
ing Carpenter.

London. Dec. 3.-The FIRST au.
thorized statement regarding the fu-
ture plans OF Georges Carpenter were
given today by Nate Lewis. the Chi
cago fight promoter. following a t~o
hours conference with Carpenter ana
his manager. Deschamps. in the Carl
ton Hotel.
Lewis. representing Tortorich. Of
New Orleans. and Jack Kearus.
Dempsey's manager. offered Car
pentier $4,000 and a chance TO make
$4,000 additional in exhibitions. for q
night with Dempsey in New Orleaa
in November. 1870. Deschamps rs-
jected the offer.
VIII Not Fight.
''carpentisr will not fight anyone any
place before November. 1890" he said.
NO amount Of money will induce ut
to alter this decision. II would be
impossible to get Georges In tip-tor
shape before November ana we are
not taking any chances"
Deschamps denied that c. B. Coch-
rane, who promoted the Carpenter
Beckett AFFAIR. has the Frenchnsn
tied up indefinitely so reported frorr
New York. but admits that the Lon
don promoter has an option on Car
pentier's services. providing he car
Obtain Dempsey's signature before
the first of February. In the event
that Cochrane fails TO Lara Dempsey.
Carpenter will be willing to sign ur
with any promoter securing the Amer
lcan champion signature. provided
that Carpenters demands are salts
fed
Cochrane's threat 20 DEMPSEY thst
the latter had better siun up irnne-
diately because Carpenter might be
defeated by someone else Is ground
less in view Of Deschsmps' statement
that his protege will not enter the
ring with anyone before November.
Not After Money.
Money is a secondary considera-
tion with Georges" said Deschaups
The world championship is his goal.
With the physical perfection he will
have in November. together with IN.
speed and brains he possesses, he
can and must win. All that is nee
essary is that he regain the physical
perfection he enjoyed before going
through five years OF war service,
and which was further undermined
by worry over the loss Of his fortune
when the Germans captured Lens and
destroyed the coal mines in which he
had invested his money"
Deschamps told Lewis that Car
pentier's program for the coming
year is already filled.
We are booked solid at big money
in the music halls until early IN
March" he said. Then we go 70
America, reporting at the California
Motion picture studios on April I.
Georges will receive sS0.oO for thirty
days work before the camera Then
he will come hack home and follow
the simple life in the country. close
TO nature and away from Paris. There
he will prepare himself for his great
est ordeal. the battle for the cham
pionship."
Wants Fight In Europe.
'Deschamps told me his contract
with Coehrane called for si1k.oot
as Carpenters end" said Lewis
Il asked him why he turned dowr
Tortoich's offer and Tex Rickard'a
both of which were bigger. He
said he had a moral obligation to
fulfill with Cochrane and also thai
he preferred to fight in Englane
OF France because Carpenter il
used to the climatic and other con.
ditions in these countries. which
might also prove a handicap &c
Dempsey"
Eli Berrens. the London promoter
tried to sign the Frenchman, offer.
ing slSo.OOO and offering Levi,
s25o.oOo for Dempsey's end. prom.
Using to place that amount in
New York bank. Lewis has cablee
Berrens' offer to Dempsey. Des.
champs said that IL Dempsey &C.
cepted the offer. Carpenter woulc
want sl75.o0o. Berrens is said &c
be willing to raise the ante this
amount.
A new combination Of French
and American capitalists. headee
by E. L. Smallwood. Of Sea Gste
N Y. and prominent French
automobile manufacturer made %
known at the conference that n.
would outbid all previous offers for
the fight and asked for a confer.
ence with Lewis and DeSchanps in
Paris on Thursday. They expressee
Willingness to stage the fight
without any profit.