Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-02
4 FEEL FINE y
SAYS CARPENTER
Georges Arises at $50, Break.
fasts at 7 and Does Light
Road Work
SMILING AND CHEERFUL

Manhasset. \. Y, July Five
had a good sleep and feel fine"
This was Georges Carpenters smil-
ing comment as he came out Of the
house at z :45 o'clock this morning.
He arose at g: 80. INDUCED in fifteen
minutes Of setting-up exercises, ''to
open his eyes" as his trainer expressed
1t. and then ate light breakfast at Z
o'clock.
He lounged around the house until
Z 40 when. attired in an old flannel
shirt, old gray trousers, cap, checkered
socks and worn shoes. he emerged for
little light road work.
Surprised to find newspapermen
waiting for him at the gate. with
broad smile on his face. he remarked:
You're up early; haven't you been
to bed all night?'
Accompanied by his trainer, Gus
Wilson: his friend Pierre Mallette,
and his Belgian police dog, Felipe, Car
pentier started for n short hike along
the roads near his camp. He seemed to
possess the natural abandon of school,
boy on n picnic. He had gone but a
few steps when he pulled up his trousers
and executed jig for the edfication of
his companions and the two newspaper
men who trailed him.
Doesn't seem worried, does hep"
remarked Wilson.
Carpenter kept up constant steam
Of banter and light conversation with
his friends. making no reference, how
ever, to the fight.
Manager Descamps had mapped out
the day to coincide with the training
schedule the challenger has followed for
six weeks. Luncheon was served at
II 80 o'clock then the motors took the
party to Port Washington, on Manhas-
set Bay, where they boarded the sixty
five foot power yacht Lone Star.
One of the hunks was fitted up for
Georges. and he slept an hour while the
little craft sped down the sound to a
Jersey City dock There a closed car
and a special guard Of six motorcycle
policemen awaited the party.
Strict orders were given by Manager
Descamps to keep everybody out of
the challenger's dressing room until he
starts for the ring lie said Georges
would he ready when the time for the
main event arrived.
Manager Descamps. Trainer Wilson
and little Charles Lcdoux, the French
bantamweight champion, will be in
Georges corner and will work in the
ring with him between rounds. Paul
Journce. the French heavyweight, will
he the fourth nan behind tho challenger
but will not be permitted to enter the
ring.
Georges had brand-new pair OF
white trunks with blue stripes down
each side. He said this morning that
he did not intend to wear n belt of the
tricOlor of France, as had been reported.
The confidence of Carpenters com
rades in his ability to defeat Dempsey
was displayed today in the announce
mcnt that several of them had bet close
to $4,000 that Georges would win by
Knockout They said they had been
given three and five to one.
The usual privacy was observed at
the Manhasset camp Yesterday. In fact,
with the approach of the bout this pro-
lection of the challenger was continued
with even greater attention to detail
than at any other stage of the chal-
lengers training period. Carpenter
likes seclusiOn from the multitude, and
he found this isolation in his Long
Island retreat.
Trainer Gus Wilson officially re-
counted Carpenters last day in camp.
The challenger. Wilson ssid, did abb
soIutely no heavy work. He contpnted
himself with a short trip over Nassau
County roads and through nearby woods
in the morning. The hike was neces-
sarily more restricted than what the
challenger has been accustomed to. IL
was raining hard and steadily, and
even the thick woods offered little pro-
lection against the downpour. Car
pentier was accompanied by Paul
.Journce, his French heavyweight SPAR
ring partner. The pair returned in
about three quarters of an hour, both
drenched.
Carpenter then received a stiff rub
down, and as precaution he was
swathed In blankets to guard against
cold as n result of his reckless exposure
to the elements. In the afternoon the
challenger devoted n short time TO light
calisthenics intended merely to keep
him in trim. The calisthenics took place
in the barn gymnasium.
Chats on Front Porch
For the remainder of the day Carpen-
tier occupied himself as best he could
in various forms of recreation. He
chatted amiably with intimate friends
who jOurneyed TO the camp to wish the
challenger luck in his important task.
He lounged about the front porch re-
counting tales of war and exchanging
jokes with his camp family" Fight
talk was banned by mutual consent.
The topic itself seemed furthest from