New-York tribune., 1919-12-06

the erect that he has Dempsey's c
Orleans. Cochran, the English pro
agreement to meet Carpenter at Il
next year. Cochran is leaving for
expects to return to London with
articles.
According to a cablegram rec
night from Paris, the "Presse de p
francs will be posted for match b
match to be decided at Paris in July
In the meantime Jack Dempsey
through his manager, Jack Kearns, de-
clares that he will sign for a match
with Carpenter when he gets his
price, Which seems to be altogether
different sort of talk than the line of
conversation which Dempsey used to
utter before the Willard bout.
At that time Dempsey declared that
he intended to fight often and to give
all comers chance. But now that ap-
pears to have been mere conversation.
The present champion is trailing along
with all modern champions plucking
the easy money. 1t is the prerogative
OF the champion to be arbitrary and
get the lions share of the purses. etc.
In that regard there is something to
be said. Carpenter, to my mind. would
be the "big drawing card" as the say
ing goes, and Carpenter certainly
should not get the lesser end Of the
purse. Dempsey is mere prizefghter
while Carpenter is fighter of the
hof
should bare his head.
There will be another international
boxing match tonight. Jimmy Wilde,
the English fyweight champion, will
when he meets Jack Sharkey, of New
York, at Milwaukee. This will be the
first of a series of matches which
Wilde will box in the United States.
The coming of Wilde should stimu-
late interest in the bantam class. The
tiny. boxers have not been getting
much of a hand of late Pete Herman,
barnstorm through the country, and
now and then he puts up some weird
contests.
In the Middle West Wilde has been
criticized for not tackling the champion
in the bantamweight class in his first
bout. But it must be recalled that the
English flyweight has to give away ten
pounds or better in each fight. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether or not he
has picked a soft mark in Sharkey.
This lad is Il product of the West Side
of New York, and showed that he was
a tough customer in the bouts that he
fought in this vicinity. He should give
Wilde enough to keep him busy, unless
he has gone back considerably. One
item may bother the New York boy-he
has to make 116 pounds a few hours
before the bout.
Naturally Paris is jubilant over the
victory Of the poilu champion, Georges
Carpenter, and Partisan newspapers
declare that he may now aspire to be-
coming the champion of the world But
over in Paris they have never seen how
our Mr. Dempsey can "sock." The man
who brought Willard down with a
punch looks too formidable an antago-
mist for the comparatively frail Car
pentier.
Dempsey is not Beckett, to be be-
wildered and beaten before he can start.
On the contrary, Dempsey is q quick
worker Of the style of Stanley Ketchel.
His strategy is to beat the other man
to the punch, as he has demonstrated
in most of his fights. Nearly all OF
them were very brief.
Financially the Carpenter Dempsey
bout is an event that makes the mouths
of the promoters water. The attend
ance would be limited only by the size
of the inclosure where the battle is
held: But ,sentimentally it probably
would be the worst thing that ever
struck the boxing game. The defeat
of Carpenter, the flashing young Eagle
of France, by Jack Dempsey, the ship
yards boy. would not be in accord with
things as they should be. Strange as it
may seem to those who do not under
stand the game, the boxing fans must
have their sentiment-and plenty of it.
One strange feature of Carpenters
career is that he started boxing as a
nantamweight and fought his way up
through all the classes as he grew big
ger. The only similar case that l can re-
call is that of Willie Meehan, the pudgy
Californian, who holdsa couple of de-
cisions over Jack Dempsey l remem-
bantam in San Francisco and fought
Eddie Campi, another batam, for the
championship of the Pacific Coast
Since that time he certainly has
grown.
Meehan is one Of The enigmas Of the
game. Certainly he is not great
fighter, but there are few who can
S>ttVCh uitl Out IAC ubSO " Oe d IOl-
lickering, roly-poly sort of person, who
seemed to be laughing his way through
: fights. Certainly he annoyed Demp-
sey. but try as lie would Dempsey
could not put him out in the short
space of time they allow on the Coast,
four rounds.
Benny Leonard, the lightweight
champion, who was stopped for few
weeks by the grip, is reported to be
rounding rapidly into shape at Lake
wood. Leonard is scheduled to meet
Mel Coogan in their postponed bout
on the 10th. Though Coogan tried "to
pick . lemon" recently and got tapped
on the chin by one Pinkey Mitchell IN
the Middle West, he is tough
customer and probably will give
Leonard at least one nights exercise
Joe Benjamin, the Californian, vii!
meet Tommy Tuohey on the same card
Also AL Roberts. the pugilistic hope OF
Staten Island, will risk all he has in
bout with Maxey Blumenthars diving
Venus. Al Reich. the Swiss-American
boxer and yodeler. al is . very good
yodeler and is receiving further les
sons in this art from Jimmie Johnston,
the boy bandit Of Madison Square.