The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
Carpenter Must Fight
 For English Manager
Cocrane Just Arrived Tn New York Says Frenchman Is Under Contract to Him for Next 18 Months
 ---VTilI See Dempsey's Manager

New York. Dec. 26-'I have a con- tract with Georges Carpentler to hgh: for me at any place arrange and at any time during she next year and g half"
 In these words Charles B. Coclrane, the English theatrical man and pro- moter, confirmed the statement pub IiShed two or three days after Car pentier knocked out Joe Beckett in London, but which the Frenchman was quoted later as denying, when he arrived here yesterday on the steam ship Mauritania.
 Cochrane, who owns seven theatres in England, zs paying 9 visit to this country for the double purpose ot looking after some of his interests here and of seeing Jack F>earns about matching Carpenter against Jack Dempsey with che worlds heavy weight championship at stake.
 He has offered E-o.00Q for the bout and may go higher. but holds a strong hand for uego-iat-1ns with k-earns with Carpenters contract in his pocket
 He denied cable rer0N-S rom Lon don that the bout MUST be held in England and in discussing the proba- ble meeting id.
 q only PE TIER to stage the fight in London. There are two reasons why ! am anxious ID do so and neither of them is because l am a Brtton. One $ that England is neu- traI ground for both Dempsey and Garner tier. The other is that I want to avoid all chances of difficulties which night arise over staging the fight in America.
 q realize there would b be opposition to holding 1t in some quarters here. The fight should be for a sufficient number of rounds to show the mettle of both mon.
 "There never has been so much en- i thus.aSul over boxing in England as i thee is right now. This is partly due ! to the fact that Carpenter proved i Himself real man. He has raised 1 the standards by which fighters are ] judged. l ''Of course boxing was made popu- l lar through it's part In the physical ] training of the men at the front in i the war. The best people backed the 1 sport for the soldiers, and learned to l appreciate it's value for body building 1 as we'll as for entertainment. | i land, America and Italy travelled about and mingled with the men ot 1 other countries has changed national i sports all over Europe. What they l all want over there Is clean, snappy 1 action that requires head work as i well as brayvn. They have it in box i ing and they want more of it. George l Bernard Shaw. Arnold Bennett and ! other noted writers covered the Car i pentier-Becke fight for various jour- naIs and declared themselves for the i sport.
 nBut it is a fact that Carpentie1 1 did more for boxing than any mar l has in q GloOm's day. He is the Eng Tsh champion now as we'll as the 1 French. Personality wins and Georges just Oozes it. After the fight was over 400 school children went to his hOte to see him The Frarchman ran out his face heauliug with smiles and he played with the tots.
 ''T7lere is one thing want to i'm i press upon those interested in the sport in this country, and that is thai ] Carpenter is. not alone a wonderful boxer. Any one who 5magines he has ! not the strength of 8 champ pioI
 heavyweight has another guess com,
 ing.
 After Georges Dut the solid Beckett to sleep he reached down and picked
 up his fallen rival as though the Eng.
 Iishman were a banLamweight." MT. CCchranc said he had come tC
 this country primarily to look after
 his theatrical interests. and declared
 boxing bouts are stil q side line. Ht will stay at the KnrckerOocker Hote
 for a few days and then go West tt
 talk terms with Dempsey's manager Jack Kearns.