New-York tribune., 1920-10-13
Broun Says Frenchman Is
Beautiful Fighter to
Watch; Methods Recall
Those Used by Ketchel
By Haywood Broun

JERSEY CITY BALL PARK, Oct. ".
We missed the performance Of THE
Meanest Man in the World last night,
but over in Jersey City, ten minutes
after the knockout, a fight fan filled
the bin. Battling Lovinsky was totter-
ing to his dressing room, supported by
two seconds, when the fight fan leaned
out of the lane of watchers and asked:
Say, can he hit hard, Battler?"
A fight fan is wonder for assim-
lating punishment. All through the
bout the fat man next to us greeted
each body blow with shout Of "Stick
it in there, George. He cont like
it down there We wondered just
what sort of person it might be who
did like TO be punched in the stomach
We wondered how .ae fat man would
like it. Hard as Carpenter hit Le-
Whisky, it cannot be said that he Jared
the fans. 1t seemed 70 Us that he did
everything which could be expected OF
a fighter. but the fans shook woeful
heads and remarked, he won't last =
round with Dempsey"
Levinskys head was still on his
shoulders and they were not satisfied.
AS matter of fact, Carpenter fought
under terrific handicap. He could
not understand word Of the advice
which was shouted to him by the crowd.
When somebody yelled, KNOCK his
head Off you frog eater" Carpenter
was not able to profit by the sugges-
ton He just had to go along in his
own way.
Frenchman a Hard Hitter
The Frenchman is just as hard a hit
ter as anybody has said, but we did
not find that he quite lived up to his
reputation for calm calculation. After
the tremendous blow which toppled
Levinsky in the first round he WIS
furried for a time and 1asncd out
wildly. The fight afforded little line
on his defensive abilities. Early IN
the bout he found that Levinsky could
rot hurt him, and so he encouraged
his opponent to hit. He thrust out his
jaw as a fair target and seemed will
ing to take ten or fifteen jaDs if only
he could land one in return. from his
point of view such a trade was entire
ly satisfactory.
Carpenter is an inspired hitter. His
blows asd landed almost before the
spectator had realized that they had
started. Of course, the other fighter
knows. He may not realize Just what
it is that has happened, but he knows
that it is terrible.
Levinsky was as thoroughly knockc ed
out fighter as we have ever seen. Ter
was nothing in his life but Il single
number in q procession which n ght
have been infinite. 1t would have been
an unfortunate moment for the Battler
if Gabriel had blown his trumpet at
that particular moment. Levinsky could
could not have come. Carpenter car
ried him to his corner, but it was many
minutes later before his seconds took
him down from the ring and started
for his dressing room. He merely
shambled along, and would have fallen
at every step if the two big men had
not held him up.
There was about him a suggestion of
the Mona Lisa. If Walter Pnter had
been in rngside seat he might have
said, Here is the head upon which all
the punches of the world have COME and
the cyeids are little weary" Except
for the fool fan who asked "Can he hit
hard, Battler?" nobody said anything.
There didn't seem to be much of any
thing to say. 1t was a situation which
would have defied Pollyanna. Of
course he probably received a pretty
penny for his evening, but it seemed
to us he earned it. We would rather
read copy for ten solid years than stand
up and let Carpenter bring that swish
ing right of his around upon our chin
and throat.