The Washington times., 1920-04-05

was considered a sort of super-mar-
vel. He knocked out a boxer named
Lampin on two occasions, outp ointed
Legrand for a third time in dfteen-
round bout, and won decisions from
Achalme, Cheveau, Rclinger and
Ledoux. But he also met a tartar
that year.
France had a remarkably clever
boxer at the time by the name of
Gloria. This lad, with Salmon retired
from the ring, was one OF the best
small men in France, and eventually
he was matched with Carpenter. The
bout was scheduled for ten rounds
and at that time there was not a
lad living of Carpenters age who
could have taught him anything
about boxing, for he was now
highly y-polished performer.
Gloria Puts Him Away.
Despite Gloria's cleverness Carpen-
tier went around him like a cooper
around a barrel. He breezed through
the first five rounds and piled up a
handsome lead on points: but 1t is
not always the cleverest nor the best
man who wins. Once every so often
an inferior boxer slips over punch
that compels his opponent to listen TO
the fatal count of ten.
A hard right smash to the pit of the
stomach upset the fiashy boy from
Lens in the sixth round. Down he
went to one knee, making a frantic
effort to rise again, his face wreathed
! in pain. But his wind was gone, CON-
pletely, and while nursing his tor
tured stomach with one gloved hano
he heard the referee count ten.
This was the first real knockout
clnvnr Car
pentier. And since that time no boxer
has knocked him out. Once bit,
twice shy is an adage that applies to
the French idol in a fistic way, and
since Gloria's gloved hand sunk into
the pit of his stomach back in 1903
no boxer has been able to punish MIN
in that way. OF course, Georges has
known defeat since Gloria knocked
him out, but only on points.
His crushing defeat by Gloria only
served to spur him on to do greater
things in the ring. Toward the close
of the same year he became legiti-
mate bantamweight and continued his
professional career with Descamps
guiding him more carefully than ever
before, and Georges constantly learn
ing more and more about his chosen
profession.
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His match with Ledoux, incidental
ly, was considered a bad match by
many of his admirers. The sturdy
Ledoux, who holds the European BAN
tamweight championship at the pres
ent time, was attracting much atten-
tion in 1909 by virtue of tho fact that
he was. considered a terrific hitter.
Ledoux was called the young ICY
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a professional by knocking out his
first seventeen opponents in few
rounds. Gut Georges only smiled
down the protests of his friends. and
Descamps remained unperturbed.
At the end of fifteen rounds with
Lcdoux there was little or no tracee
in Carpenters appearance to indicate
that he had Travelled that distance
with a sturdier and harder hitting op-
ponent Ledoux, on the other hand.
was carrying the bruises LETT by
sharply propelled gloves.
Carpenter met one worthy oppon-
ent while he remained in the bantam
weight class in the person OF Paul
Til, whom he defeated in a ten. round
bout and later met over the twenty
round distance, winning n draw.
Dame Nature was responsible for
the fact that he met Ledoux but once.
She gave him flesh and muscle al
most daily in her haste to build him
up, and when 1909 faded out he found
that the time had come for him to
say farewell to the bantamweight
division forever.
SNOWFALL wn. Tough.
As a featherweight he continued to
box with increasing success, though
he lost a decision now and then TO
boxers who outweighcd him. The
third painful reverse suffered by Car.
pcntier came in 1910. His first bout
that year was won on n foul In seven
rounds from Young Warner. Later