The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-05
(Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler
 Syndicate. Incl

Copyright 1920, by the Wheeler
 Syndicate. Incl
 Georges Carpenter couldn't have
 picked out a worthier opponent than
 Battling Levinsky to vindicate to the American public his claim to the
 compliments which have been his
 since jolting the numbering Joe Beck
 cit into insensibility." Levinsky is just the man to establish an accurate
 appraisal of the dapper French lads
 ability This for two reasons. In the first place Bat possesses top notch fighting ability He is a req
 sonably skilled ringnian, is as game as they come, and can wallop hard enough to determine whether
 Georges jaw is fashioned out of glass
 or steel. In the second place Le- vinsky will have all of his good quali- ties on display against Carpenter.
 lie never stands in awe of any reputa tIon no matter how towering it may be. There are some heavyw eights who might have been picked to try out the much heralded foreigner who would have allowed the Carpenter trumpeting to weaken their fighting front But if Levinsky is whipped it will be by Georges Carpenter and not his exalted reputation.
 Both Dan M organ and Levinsky are all het up over the idea of the op- portunity of meeting the renowned Parlslan idol. Dan epitomizes his own and the Battler's confidence in the outcome follows: But is ticIxled silly over the prospect of giving Car pentier the test. He's sure he can beat him. Say, around about the seventh or eight round that French 1 man will be pulling up his tights Ever
 notice how the boys do that little
 thing when they're getting tired and up against it? Mark my words" Levinsky is one of the most in- teresting as well as the most popular performers in the ring today. He is a champion, too, being the legitimate holder of the light heavyweight title which he claimed after beating Jack Dillion-.'The Man-Killer." Levinsky which by the way is his real name 1 holds the unique distinction of having 1 engaged in more ring battles than
 any heavyweight that ever lived. The ] clever Hebrew, while only 29 years ofda has been manipulating hooks and 1 labs for II years. During that i hitch between ropes Bat has fought i approximately 300 battles
 1 While in a particularly scrappy l mood a few years ago he engaged in ] six battles in one week. All except i one were tough propositions, three of
 them being Jim Coffey, Bob McAllis- l ter and the redoubtable Jack Dillon. i Only one of them was a "set-up" so | Bat modestly claims but five en- counters for that fistic week. The
 night he fought the ''set up'' in New 1 York, Bat was just entering a Broad l way theatre when Dan Morgan, his 1 resourceful manager, dashed up to l Bat with the news that he was sched- uled to appear at a club in Harlem i within a half hour. Dan had with i him Levinskys bag containing his
 fighting apparel and Bat grabbed it | and hoped an 3L' train- Levinsky | dropped the "bun1' early in the first ! round, regaled himself in civilian at
 tire and arrived at the theatre again j in time to witness the third act.
 Levinsl1y was one of the few men l who could successfully contend with Jack Dillon back in the oays when the Indianapolis slugger was toppling 1 the best of them over. Levinsky and 1 Dillon fought no less than ten times. Six of them were no decision affairs. one a draw, while Dillon gained the 1 verdict twice in twelve and fifteen rounds, respectively, and LeVinsky once in twelve rounds. Levinsky has fought Jim Coffey four times, 1 three being decision bouts and the other twelve round draw He also ! engaged Gunboat Smith the same number of times, and once gave away
 nearly hundred pounds to battle tough Carl Morris in fifteen rounds. l Carl received a close decision but the 1 only man to ever knock out LeVlnSly 1 was Champion Jack Dempsey who 1 turned the trick in Philadelphia in three rounds year and a half ago