Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-02


vvitbas,t incident. THE Ffeneh pugiltst
ata 4 light lunch on bonrd aud also
an ioyesi an hpur'a nap on the trip
down the sound.
Guarded lsy a large squad Of motor
cycle policemen. the chaiieneef'n par
Nv entered autnmnbiles and we're ss-
corted to The arena
Manhasset, N. =. July 2.
tleorges Cnrpentinf, French eiai-
lepeer for the warids heavyweight
hnxtne crown, left Port Washington.
Long Island. nor Jersey city on tho
Yacht Lone atar ut in.4a.
rtn wss araonpanfed bg Francois
Deefamns, manager Gus Wilson.
trainer: pierre Mallett, friend and adj
yisssr: Charles I.ath1Gx. French ban
Ia ar,ppipht uha4nt,as,<i Paul Iournee,
French heavy weight. and other mem
bers OF his encourage.
ta1nei,.on viii be served on board
Tho ta,at The challenger expected 10
taRe an hours nan befure the boat
reached the Pennsylvania railroad
pier at Jersey city. where he will de-
bark shortly before o'clock.
Crowd cheers tluedbye.
There yyaa a good sized crowd at the
spat handing to cheer and wave good
bye A soon az Carpenter stepped
on hoard. motor craft in tho small
hafbnr began sounding their whistles.
10 add tu the din of the cheering
crowd A small naval escort followed
the Lone star as she pointed her nose
down the sound and started for Jer-
soy city
Carpenter returned from his morn
ing iaufit along the road shortly after
9 so O'Clock As he neared the house
hn walked arm iu arm with Wilson
and Mal.et. singing. stIIail, Hail, the
Gangs All rfnreia with n email crowd
Of admirers at his heels
Read Fisht News with Interest.
The challenger was given hrisk
r,rb down after entering the hotisn
and then called for the morning
papers He scanned them meagrpig.
reading the fight news and manifest
| ing great interest in the pictures aud
cartoons
Then he went mn to his rnnrn. when
| he returned he was attirefi in > light
gray plaid stiit. light cap. tan shoes.
white anx. white silk shirt and 4 green
ard fed striped tie.
Feeling Fine.
i've had q good sleep and fell 1na 3
| This was Georges Carpentier.s
smiling comment as he came ol4 of the
/ house ~ az uritrk this rnofninH.
He arssse a. Gao. induced III 15
minutes of setting TIP exercises 10
open hin eyes . aH his trainer expressed
IT. and then ate light breakfast at
o'clock
lie lnuuged arn1,nd the hone,a un4il
4b when, attirpd IN an dfd flannel
shirt. old gray trousers. cap. check
cred HoeAs at~1 work shnas. ne
emerged for little light exercise along
the rad.
sufprisea to find newspaper nrt,
waiting for him at the gate. with !
broad smile on his face hs. remarked
| You're UP early. haven't you been
20 bed all nisht7.'
Danced a Jig.
| Accompanied by his trainer. Gur
Wilson. his friend Pierre Mallett, and
his Belgian poiLce dog. Carpenter
started for short hike along the
roads near his camp. he seemed to
/ possess the natural abandon of a
school boy on picnic. lie had guns
/ but few steps when he pulled np his
trousers and executed a jig for the
edlfioation Of his eompa mons and the
two newspaper men who traiisd him
Doesn't seem worried. DOES nc p
remarked Wilson.
Carpenter kept up a constant stream
/ 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
scheduled for 1130 o'clock. then the
motors were to take the party to Port
Washington. on Manhasset bay to 20
on board the 65 foot power yacht.
Lone Star
One of the hunks WAS fitted up for
Georges and he had planned TO sleeu
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.
No One Allowed In Dressing Room.
Strict orders were given by Manager
Descamps to keep everybody out of
the challenger's dressing room until
he starts for the ring. He said
Georges would be ready when the time
for the main event arrived.
/ Manager Descamps, Trainer VII
son and little Charles Ledoux, the
French bantamwelght champion, will
be IN Georges corner and will work
/ in the ring with him between rounds.
/ Paul Journec, the French heavyweight.
will be the fourth man behind the
challenger but viii not be permitted TO
enter the ring
/ Georges had a brand new pair OF
write trunks with blue stripes down
each side. He said this morning that he
did not intend to wear a belt Of the
tri-eolor of France, as had been re-
ported
Betting on Trenchman.
The confidence of Carpenters corr
rades in his ability 10 defeat Dempssy
was displayed in the announcement
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.
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