Evening journal., 1920-01-08
HIS HYPNOTIC EYE
BY HAROLD Il. RECnToL

LONDON, Jan. 81 hynOtisme2" Car
pentier smiled. "C'est la bluaguel"
In other words-bunkum
So the man who Is 10 NEST Demp-
sey disposes Of the widely-rooted Eu-
ropean belief that Carpenter and his
canny manager, Francois Descamps.
] hypnotize opponents in the ring.
T. Desesmps tapped Carpenters right
and said:
There's the hypnotism, monster" He
repeated "hypnOtlsm I" scOfiingly and
then threw back his head and laughed.
But Europe isn't entirely convinced.
! stuart Martin writes the uncanny the
Dry that Carpenters unseen partner"
-Descamps' magnetic personality-is
projected along with Carpenters
confidence In such way as TO con-
vince opponents OF defeat.
Martin spurns the theory Of outright
hypnOtism, too, but he says: "Projec- /
ton Of personality has a lot 10 do with I
Carpenters success"
laieresting in this connection Is Car /
.penlers own staement OF his career
as Descdmps' hypnotic subject:
After Descamps found me In a coal
mine near Lens, we used 10 travel
ihrough the country where I could fight
IN cafes at night. Z
First we staged a flght with feet
then English Boxing followed by an
acrobatic turn.
"As gigantic finale allowed myself
to be sent into a trance by DeFcamps
and did thought reading"
The smile IN Carpenters eyes sug-
gested that this was fake stun, merely
70 entertain the crowd.
But writing In all seriousness IN his
book, "Nly Methods" published By The
sport weekly, Boxing, Of London, he de-
votes several pages 20 his ring psy-
clology,
'Self-conldcnoc," he says, going into
detail as TO his various tricks which
he uses 20 supplement this inner as
surance Of victory, III not OVerdOne, is
the most potent agent 10 success"
Developing this theory he points %
Tommy Burns belief IN mentally sub
DUNG" opponents and points to The
influence Of one person
over anOther-the thing that makes one
man command your attention when you
pass him on tho street, while others
you never notice. d'
Many look upon this telepathic com4i ]
as mere nonsense" ne says,
but IL plays a tremendous part in the {
ring" Il
Carpenter believes that II by "blu1r' {
tricks, by well-grOunded assurance and
and by mental sugges- 2
Ton. he can make his opponent "shaky" (
then that opponent "is already on the S
downward grade"
He adds: "Whst the occult force Is I N
10 not know, but do know that it ex- G
ISIS" r
When Carpenter met Bandsman Rice. 4
he Englishman, in Paris shortly before (,
he. war. papers said Rice appeared asil a
! man I'm a dream" d lin
The Sunday Herald OF London said h
n the recent fght that "he behaved o
Ike a man with no confidence; he seem
d hypnotizedo C
Martin says Bombardler Wells. who a
vas beaten by Carpenter, is victim q
II a stronger personality. 2
Whatever the truth, the fact Is that n
Il the fight between Beckett and Car
)entier, The magnetic little bundle Of 1,
lerves Descamps trained his gaze on Is
Beckett almost as soon as the English s
nan had entered the ring. and kept r,
hem there through the evening. He
aid little attention, apparently, 10 the b
'renchman he discovered. N,
Carpenter also appeared as usual with d
.ls. assurance, smiles for friends, and a
,erfect confidence. Just as though
aging: "
"Be with you in a minute-iust have al
o knock this fellow out FIRST" a,
Descamps is a short, fat, highly al
lrung Frenchman with al his country's d
temperament" His movements arc A