Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-24
Liverpool. May "a. s
VOU may think that England, with so


VOU may think that England, with so
many international activities under
way in the broad realm Of sport. would
consider her sports menu replete, not TO
say overflowing. -
Yet the average Englishman is turn
ing a yearning eye in the general di.
rection of Jersey City, y, s. A.. where
O Mr.. Dempsey and a Mr.. Carpenter
will exchange costly salutations upon
July 2. a..in
Englishmen esteem prizefight or a
boxing match above every other snort
You can imagine how deep this affection
for the game must be when you look
back over the line of British heavy
weights for the last thirty years, cul-
minating in n Joe Beckett and a Bonn
bardcr Wells.
They know quite q bit about Carpen-
tier. but their main, interest is in Jack
Dempsey. whom most Of them have
never seen. ,.
You can { start talking sport for two
and q quarter minutes before you are
frisked for your opinion concerning the
champion.
There was time when Carpenter
was favored over here to win. The
Frenchman whipped Wells in a stanza
or two and stopped Beckett with a lone
punch.
Naturally. when man scrambles up
the two best heavyweights in a nation,
all inside Of Eve rounds, that nation will
be inclined to think well of him, with
a leaning toward enthusiastic praise.
If Carpenter could whip Beckett in a
round he must be invncible. But when
Frank Moran dropped in upon the
pugilistic constituency one day and
soaked Beckett for u goal in less than
two chapters. Carpenter naturally shed
some of his glamour
They still think he is great fighting
machine. But he is no longer classed as
miracle worker.
What They Think Of Carpenter
VETERAN English critics who have
seen Carpenter in action figure that
he has a good outside chance to win for
two reasons, no matter what Dempsey
may be.
The two reasons are that Carpenter
is extremely fast and can hit like bat
tle-ax.
Any fighter who carries these two
prime requisites is always dangerous.
BILE to start something at any moment.
Over here they seem to take it for
granted that Dempsey must be a giant
ir build. They saw Fred Fulton'S six
feet fve inches and his 240 pounds Of
displacement. And then they were told
that Fulton was pale wisp compared
10 Willard. And Dempsey knocked Will
lard down seven times in the first
round
Many of them are astonished to hear
that Dempsey won't weigh as mucn
when he meets Carpenter as Beckett
weighed.
Carpenter. well known fight
critic remarked. undoubtedly has
speed, skill, brains. courage and the
punch. You may say that is quite suf.
fcient.
But is IL? Can he take the pounding
that Dempsey can take? Is he as rug
Sed and as strong? These. also. are i'm
portant matters to consider. Neither
Wells nor Beckett was able to prove his
stamina, for he stopped both too quickly
The Beckett fight was very sad. Bur
while we have never seen Dempsey. We
understand he is not slow moving
Beckett"
New Experience
"TT NIGHT well be suggested" the
critic continued. that this con
test will be novel experience for both
men. Dempsey certainly has never met
as fast and as skillful a boxer as the
Frenchman is. He has never met one
who has hit him as hard as the French
champion can hit. In turn. Carpenter
has never met man in Dempsey = class.
He has never met fighter who had the