The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-15
CARPENTER IS ALL IN, CLAIMS
 YALE ATHLETE
By G. O HAWMAN.


 Ed Eagan, the Yale College star, who won the middleweight cham pionship at the Inter-Allied games held in Pershing Stadium at Joinville, France, is responsible for the state ment that Carpenter is all In as q boxer.
 Eagan, a former lieutenant in the army, who has just been mustered out, was sent abroad to compete in the big tournament by A. A. U. and, won all his bouts in short order. No opponent lasted longer than : thirty six seconds against the American, knocking out Negri, champion of Italy, and Sanford, the Belgian crack in the semi finals and putting Marcel Thomas, the French tttleholder, away with the second blow struck in the finals. Besides the medal offered by the Inter-Allied officials, he was pre- sented with a medal by the French Minister of War.
 Just after he was discharged, Eagan was approached by one of New York's leading sporting writers in gard to Carpenters condition and made the following statement:
 "I do not say this boastingly, but I am quite sure, even with my lack of profession in the game, that if got into the ring with Carpenter I could stop him inside of six rounds" Eagan says that the war has wrecked havoc with the French idol and he should give up all attempt to get match with Dempsey or even Joe Beckett the English titleholder Eagan knows what he is talking | about because he boxed the French l Champion a number of times while i draining for his contests at Joinville and has also seen Carpenter in his | last few bouts particularly his fight with Smith a short while ago. Eagan | claims Smith is a fourth rater and he 1 should have been put to sleep in any 1 one of the rounds as he was help l less but 1t took Carpenter in the l form he was in eight rounds to do l 1t.
 | He speaks a good word for Bob !. Martin, the heavyw eight champion l of the army and claims that the chal- | lenger of Jack Dempsey is worthy of all the praise bestowed on him since | his return from France, and with the right sort of schooling ought to l be able to wrest the title from the l Salt Lake City boy.
 | Eagan has returned to his home in | Denver, Col, where he is awaiting | the call for the Yale football cardi- dates to report for the coming sea- | son.
 | Sapper Conan. the local bantam, is training hard for his coming bout with Mickey Travers the Elm City star at iStillman's Gymnatiun in New York. Cohan's ambition is to give Travers g. goou beating and Is working faith fully to get in the best of condition. They will meet in the star bout of twelve rounds at Wallingford, Mon day night. Weights, 122 pounds ing side.
 l Frankie Britt, the New Bedfor1
 bantam, was forced to cancel his bou
 with Johnny Clinton of New York on
 Monday night. Britt injured his hand
 ina bout in Boston on Monday night
 and will be out of the game for . few weeks. Mel -Coogan of Brooklyn will take his place against Clinton
 which is to go over the twe1vet
 round route before the Mercury Al
 c. of New Bedford in the latter city
 The Britt-Clinton affair has been
 postponed until September 8.
 Benny Leonard received s11.01O
 his bout with Patsy Cline in Phila!
 delphia, Cline received S5,5O5 for his
 end.
 Billy Gibson has consented to le Benny Leonard meet Joe Benjamin
 the crack lightweight of California ir
 four round bout for some charity affair in Hunter N Y. tomorrow
 evening. Leonard is a big drawing , card in the latter city and the ad- vance sales show that a big crowd will be on hand. | Clay Turner wants another crack
 at Battling Levinsky, and if he is
 successful in his bout with the Jay
 maica Kid a t Buffalo, N. Y, Monday ,
 night. he has been promised a return
 match with the Battler at Jimmy De-
 Forests club at Long Branch on Auj
 gust 29. MAY I NOT urge that Philade1s phias cellar rights be ratified with