The Washington herald., 1921-04-10
By ROBERT EDGREN.

giants to hght. out two or three
smaller men are camping on his
trail. Dempsey has shown that
among hesvy-weishts speed counts
more> than bulk, so he can't very
well bar smaller men on the ground
of humanity. as some of the old
time champions cid.
Dempsey is to fight Georges Car
pentier on July :. Carpenter will
weigh a little over 10 pounds
stripped, and Dempsey's best fight
ing weight is 1&3. the weight at
Dempsey beat Norris, Fulton and
and he could hi-.
Carpenter is remarkably fast-per-
taps faster even than Dempsey-and
be can hit. So Carpenter may be
able to beat Dempsey and take the
heavyweight championship back to
France. But il he doesn't, there are
two Americans Of about his weight
who are anxious to fight Jack. and
who wouldn't dodge a meeting with
Carpenter at any time.
Tom Gibbons and Harry Greb are
after championships. Both have
been doing some remarkable fght-
ing during the last two years. Sew
eral years ago I was talking with
Mike Gibbons, who was training Just
then to fght Packey Mcfarland.
Tom is going to be better
fighter than 1 ever was" said Mike.
Hes better right now"
looked Tom over and didn't
agree with Mike, ascribing his en-
thusiasm to brotherly affection. But
Tom has begun to make Mikes
prophecy good. He has developed
remarkable speed and hitting power.
and of late has been knocking out
his opponents in a round or two. He
has had sixty five fights, and hasn't
lost a decision. He. has fought
heavy-weights: Miske three Nmes
and Harry Greb three times. win
ming the first fight, when Greb was
novice. This was seven years ago.
Tom has won three Of his last
fou. fights with knockouts. Very
quick knockouts at that, fighting
and winning much in the Dempsey
manner. He fought Tony MeIchoir
and knocked him out in twenty five
seconds. Tony was SO we'll satisfied
that he retired from boxing. In
cidentally Tony was no SLOUGH as a
lighter. being formerly the pride of
Jimmy Dimes stable-and Jimmy
Dime has a reputation for picking
good ones.
Tribute to Reich.
Gibbons knocked out Al Reich in
minutes, SO seconds.
'I never saw a inner athlete in my
into the ring with Reich and looked
him over I wondered how I'd ever
put him down. I'm just six feet tall
and weigh ITS pounds-just . little
more than Carpentier-and Reich
was three or four ipc:hes taller and
weighed 21s.
He was wonderfully built and
looked in magnificent condition. His
waist was small and his shoulders
and back as wide as door. He
looked fit to knock out any man in
the worlc knocked him down
and he got up gamely enough. and
went after me. I hit him on the
chin with a left hook and knocked
him out. My left arm used to be
smaller than my right, because I'm
naturally right handed. but have
boxed SO much that my left Is big
ger and stronger than my right,
now. and think I hit harder with
my left"
Tom mex Knocked out Paul
Sampson in New York. Sampson
was a tough bird. He never had
been nattened before. and he had
fought a lot Of good men. He fought
Jack johnson twenty rounds in
Mexico. He fought Greb. Tuney and
others Of like class. He worked hve
weeks with Jack Dempsey when
Jack was training to tight Brennan,
and he stuck through the five weeks
with Dempsey. who works out the
way he fights. Dempsey thought
well enough Of Sampson's ability to
pay him s35 a day for his work as
Q sparring partner. which is nearly
q record n itself.
Gibbons knocked out Sampson In
just about the way he knocked out
Meichoir. except that 1t took few
more punches to put away the blond
iron man: In the Melchoir fight
Tom struck only two blows. Mel
choir was on his feet six seconds,
on the floor nineteen. He knocked
Melehoir down with a left, gave
him time to get up and rush. ana
stepping aside to let him 60 past.