New-York tribune., 1921-06-26


on that temptation, even while lending
an ear to everything that temptation
has to say. and the result is this, that
believe Georges Carpenter has better
than a desperate chance 80 win the
worlds championship next Saturday.
For one thing Carpenter has a
knockout punch. We know that, as do
Joe Beckett, Battling Levinsky, Bonn
badier Wells and other opponents of
the Frenchman. Again, Carpenter has
speed, almost unlimited quantities of
it, and endurance, as he has demon
strated more than once in his ring
career.
When you add to these the quality
Of gameness, which Georges showed
magnificently in his losing battle with
Billy Papke in Paris, some years ago,
and the keenest lighting mind in the
history of pugilism, it must be ad-
mitted that Carpenter has chance.
Conceals Fighting Ability
For the last month have been pay
ing frequent visits to the training
camp at Manhasset, where Carpenter
has been fitting himself for the su-
preme ring test Of his life. 1t is true
that the French war hero has really
shown nothing Of his fighting ability
in those public workouts that were
held before the newspaper correspond
ents.
AS matter of fact, if we were to
gauge Carpenters ability solely by
what we saw in these sparring bouts
with greatly inferior opponents there
would be no hesitancy in picking Jack
Dempsey as 100 to i shot. Georges
seemed mark for a left-hand swing,
hook or jab, and apparently has no
adequate defense against man who
centers his attack on the body, as
Dempsey does.
But no careful observer at Carpen-
tiers training camp who has observed
the rope burns on the challenger's back
and arms, and who has noted the su-
perb physical condition Of the man, can
doubt that he attained that condition
by methods far more strenuous than
anything the public has been allowed to
see.
The French fighters wind is superb;
there Is not an ounce of superfluous
flesh on him, and the clearness of his
eye and the glow of perfect health in
his fair skin, prove that he is trained
down to razor edge. All this required
more than the desultry, half playful
been permitted to see. No, there is
small doubt but that Carpenter has
done the greater part of his training in
secret sessions.
Has Dangerous Right
A deal has been written about the
power and speed and the danger of
Carpenters right hand punch. 1t is
dangerous punch, delivered with the
speed of whiplash and with the full
weight OF the body behind the blow.
should Georges be successful in land
ing that blow to Dempsey's jaw early
IN the battle next Saturday, landing it
cleaniy to the button" and with full
force, he will have started the worlds
champion on the road to defeat.
But blow at least equally danger
Gus, in my opinion, is Carpenters
terrific right OF. left hand uppercut, de-
hvered when standing chest to chest
with an opponent. The Frenchman
makes lightning half-shift of his
BODY, bending at the knees as he does
ward as his entire body straightens.
Every pound Of weight, every atom of
physlcal energy, goes into this punch.
and the Jarring, stunning effect nust
be tremendous. ''
Carpenter also is a master of the
famous "one-two" punch, which he de-
llvers with, dazzling speed and q vicious
snap. Of Georges's left hand we know
practically nothing. Only occasionally
has he given indications of possessinp
good left hand. ''-s
:, NOBODY knows, except Carpentier and
FRANCOIS Deschamps, whether the chaI. I
lenger will attempt an offensive hattie
against Dempsey or fall back on purely
defensive tactics. Outweighed by per.
maps twenty pounds and far less rugged
than the champion, it would seem to he
the part Of wisdom for the challenger to
make defensive fight of it, for the
hrst half dozen rounds at least, and
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