The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-15
(By ED. HUGHES. )

Georges Carpenter has remarked that his hardest ring encounter was with Borbardier Wells, the first time they fought, admitting, also, that it will forever remain a mystery to him how he eXer regained his feet after a crushing knockdown scored by the clever Bombardier early in the fray. Wells, one of the hardest and most scientific hitters of modern ring times practically knocked the Paris ian idol cold with a fierce hook to the chin. Carpenter struggled to his feet, stalled until his strength re- turned, and finally conquered the rangy Briton with the fury of his at tack.
 Carpenter probably sincerely re- gards his achievement in the light of miracle. But as a matter of fact it was nothing more than a display of the true battle instinct which is a part and parcel of every true fighting champions makeup. It is this spirit which is the discriminating factor between the ordinary fighter and the champion. Most ring failures have lacked this vital spark, many of pugdom's underIings have possessed it, and every champion can thank his i lucky stars for being endowed with this ingredient of the conqueror
 Battling Nelson had the battle in- stinct strongly develS~ld. His will to conquer-the same which prompt ed Carpenter to arise when his mental faculties had been deadened was almost abnormal. Auerlio Herrera, the great little Mexican and one of the hardest hitters the ring ever knew once knocked Bat abso- 1I5fpIIr alc ly, with arms hanging at his sides | weathered the Mexican's assaults, and finally triumphed. He duplicated the feat in his first battle with Young Corbett when the Denverite practical ly put him away. Nelson was .out but not down when Ad Wolgast took his title from him. The battle in- | stinct, still predoninating, could not win for him, but he sustained the
 knockout in an erect position.
 Eddie HanIon had the fighting fn- l stincts of a snapping turtle. Eddie was one of the group of famous neal champions developed in the wei ! known south of the sIot'' district O. i San Francisco. When Terry Me ] Govern knocked him out in Philadel i phia, Han1on, dazed and senseless, re
 fused to fall. Instead he buclz1ed hi. l 1 McGovern's terrible punches on tht chin until the referee stopped it. | Tommy Vests unquenchabIe in
 stinct for carnage permitted him tc
 make one of the pluckiest losins fights on record. That was the ter rife battle with middIeweight cham l pion Tommy Ryan which ended il
 the seventeenth round with West in blinded condition. With both eye l closed tight West with one hand pushed back the swollen lids so tha 1 he could make a pass at Ryan witt i some degree of accuracy. He hac no thought of quitting.
 Bob Fitzsimmons was possessed O
 the battle instinct, too. In botf
 fights with Jeffries when the bone.
 of his hands were broken to bits Ruby Robert still continued to dea ! out robust facing although ever! punch produced fearful agony for tn
 sender.
 When Tom Sharkey met Gus Ruh lin in London the sailor was flooret six times in the eleventh round Slarkey was unconscious after tn first tumble but his battle instinc
 prompted him to stagger to his feet i and spread his legs, with arms dang :! ling helplessly, to meet Ruhlin's mer
 ciless hits. Jim Corbett's fighting instinc
 made him one of the greatest of rin;
 kings In his last fight with Jeffrie the Big Fellow practically whippe, Corbett in the second round with ;