The Mena weekly star., 1920-06-10
CHAMP
 MADE WISE MOVE
By Agreeing to Box Bat Levinsky Georges Carpentier Insures His Popularity-Will Require Careful
 Training to Win.
By JACK vEIocK.
international News Sporting Editc

International News Sporting Editor
 New York. June 3.-Georges Car pentier made wise move when he agreed to take on Battling Levinsky.
 The American boxing public is all ways willing to give a really great boxer his dues and ready to hall for eign star of ringdom with acclaim, met the announcement that Georges is going to show his wares on this side of the pond with genuine enthusiasm.
 The uncertainty of a Dempsey Car pentier match, thanks to Dempsey's unfortunate entanglement with the Federal officials in San Francisco, and the growing impression in some quar- ters that Carpenter came here only to get tlfe easy money that awaited him in the circus and the movies, was beginning to detract from his popu- larity.
 But Georges has side-tracked all rumors regarding the true purpose of his visit to the United States by agree ing to take on our toughest light heavyweight, battler who has met and beaten many of Americas most rugged heayies and many boxers in his own class.
 In Levinsky. who has been for the last four or five years one of the worlds most active ringsters. Carpen- tier will meet fistic knight worthy of his metal. True, the French cham pion may defeat Leyinsky with com parative ease. There are many fol lowers of fisticuffs who believe he will do so. But Levinsky Is anything but a 'slouch" in the ring, and there is to indicate that the Battler will not crawl through the ropes with a chance to make a great showing against Georges. It is so often the un- expected that happens in fistiana, par ticularly where boxers of different are brought together, that it would be foolhardy for any one to a prediction as to the num- Der of rounds this fight will go.
 In meeting Levinsky, Georges, Car pentier and his opponent alike will stand the chance of winning worlds championship. Georges is the light champion of Europe. holds the American light title or, at least, is gen. erally recognized as the champion. So a worlds title will be at stake when these two minister's get into the ring.
 The Frenchman will not be taking any long chances of getting knocked cold when he meets Levinsky. if the Battler's past performances can bs taken as criterion of what may be expected of him. Levinsky is not a knocker-out, but he is clever, heady boxer and tough man for anybody of his weight to defeat
 Tn order to win decisively over Le- whisky Carpenter will have to be fine ly trained. He will not dare enter the ring against the star of Danny Morgans stable unless he is right" 1" for should Levinsky catch him off form there is no telling what the re- suit might be.
 If the bout is held in New York, and it seems certain, now that Gov ernor Smith has signed the Walker bill. that 1t will be staged here, the size of the crowd that will witness it will be limited only by the seating capacity of the hall in which the bout is held. New Workers will fall over one another in the rush for seats to this bout, and Jack Curley, who has the match sewed up. stand to reap a fine young fortune for himself.