The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-22
By Ed, HuSiles,

Copyright, 1920, By The Wheeler
 Syndicate, Inc-)
 Is Georges Carpenter deserving of a match with Jack Dempsey with fortune attached to the priviIege7 Does he possess the ability to with stand the Toledo Terror's savage as sau1t, the while to infliot damage to boot? In other words is he as for nidable, pugilistcalfy. as he is mag netic and coIorfUd, personally? Does he really measure up to the vo4umn- ous trumpeting which has heralded his approach to these shores? Is he the boxing wizard, the terrific hitter he has been proclaimed? Or is he just another one of those European champions who have never been a.ble to qualify amongst the second string scrappeCs over here? No one>-wiu ever know until the Parisian idol meets Dempsey in the ring for the worlds highest ring honors. He doesn't intend to exhibit his fistic tall ents until then. Until that momen- tous occasion arrives, Georges Car pentier must remain a pughisic 1 enigma to most Americans, who have never been privileged to witness the French tiger of the ring in action
 
 opinions circulated regarding Car penttder's accomplishments, or the lack of them, than could be tabulated offhand. An inspection of his ring ! record is equally baff1ing and incon- , elusive as far as reaching any reason ! able estimate of the French mans 1 ring powers. Knockout defeats by l American middIeweiShts are inter spersed with highly creditabIe per formances against leading American and English 41eavyweights (if the lat ter is of any signifcance).
 If modern ring celebrities had any desire to play fair with the public i (which they most certainly have noto 1 there would be little doubt in any i ones mind as to the relative abilities of the foremost fsticuHers of the day and the worth of matches between
 them. But fighting today is one grant
 pose for the movies, a studied scheme
 to parry any Ifttle affair which migf
 tarnish a reputation and spoil a vel
 advertised championship bout wdt1
 the silvery symphony of huge gatG
 receipts. Although there are an.
 number of American heav4es anxtou
 to test Carpenter out, the latter vii 6 confine himself to the cinema anG vaudeville pose-the explanation be
 ing that he is bound by contract tt
 meet no one until he tackles Cham pion Dem psey. Quite a contrast t
 the methods of the old timers wht were just as talented in their line a , the present day opponents of the init
 game!
 John L. Sullivan didn't try to in sure his reputation through fnactiol when he was within reach of fgh with Paddy Ryan for the champion. l ship. He waged his bloody fight On l barge near Yonkers with Flood, an, 5 polished off three other tough one l within a year before squaring off wit
 the great Ryan at Mississippi City l | Jim Corbett fought all conner t while matched with the mighty Joh: 3 L. for the premier honors of the ring 3 Bob Fitzsimnons tackled the redoubt t able Tom Sharkey 5 days before af I fixing his signature to an agreemen s calling for bout with Corbett fo . the championship of the eswor1d Tn
 sailor was as hardy as they mad : them, but Bob was willing to prov , himself duly qualified for a mate s with Corbett by taking him on, H Q made good, too, by dealing the mar - iner a terrible thras11ing, a4thoug; s Earp, a famous gunnaan. robbed Fit e of the decision when the sailor wen = down and out, Jim Jeffries earne r full right to a title meeting with sF4i Il after beating Tom Sharkey in ?
 rounds. However, the Big FelloV V generously allowed Easterners to ar - praise his worth in New York whe II he attempted to stop Armstrong, tn r negro, in ten rounds. Good old day e of genuine fighters!
 - Carpenter burst into the f1stic lime light thru his sensational knockout