The New York herald., 1921-05-29
CARPENTER TO GET
ACID TEST ON July 2
Question as to Ability of Euro
pean Champion to Stand
Gaff VIII Be Settled.
BOXING BOARDS ERRORS
American Peoples League
Takes Up Cudgels to Protect
Sport From Blue Laws.
BOXING BOARDS ERRORS
BY CHARLES f. MATHISON.

are capable of striking a forceful blow
with the fist. 1t is matter of public
belief that when they meet in the ring
in Boyle's Thirty Acres July next
one and without much doubt both will
receive powerful blows. Under the
circumstances It becomes of interest
to inquire into the probable effect OF
the blows on the contestants.
In the case of Dempsey it is held
that he has brought so many of his
bouts TO sudden ending that his OPP
ponents have not had a chance TO hit
him at all.
The record of the,world's champion
once, and that Jim Flynn performed
the feat in the first round. This hap
pened in 1917 and there was consider
able question as 70 the genuineness OF
the knockout However that may be,
Dempsey turned the tables few
months later and knocked oit Flynn
dn the first round
With the exception of a few four round
decisions on points against Dempsey in
his early days the champion has achieved
an unbroken list OF victories. chiefly by
knockout. HI has been hit hard in some
of the bouts that went the limit. notably
by John Lester Johnson. the negro. who
slightly disarranged the position of one
of Dempseys ribs during ten round
bout in Harlem. Yet the victim of the
punch continued battling gallantly TO
the limit and received the popular de-
cision on points.
Dempsey also hit with consid-
cradle solidity by Bill Brennan in their
recent bout in Madison Square Garden.
yet the champion. who bled freely. stuck
10 the contest and finally triumphed by
knocking out Brennan in the twelfth
round.
Possibly Carpenter may hit Dempsey
harder than Johnson or Brennan did and
the champions powers OF resistance be
put to a severer test. That, OF course.
remains 10 be seen. and the proof can
only be furnished by the fight itself.
In considering Carpenters ability to
Withstand punishment his work in five
classes must be analyzed, for he began
boxing as a bantam and grew up TO be
heavyweight. On the other hand.
Dempsey was a heavyweight before he
started as a boxer.
Frenchman as a MiddIeweight.
Carpenter appears TO have withstood
the attacks of his opponents in the
lighter classes. and not till he reached
the middleweight stage of his ring ca
reer did he show inability TO stay the
limit with hard hitters. The knockout
of the European middleweight champion
by Dixie Kid, an American welter: by
Frank Klaus. the American middle
weight champion, and BY Billy Papke. a
rugged American middleweight. seemed
TO indicate Carpenter was unable to
stand the gafr.
In his behalf II is said he was a mere
boy and was varquished by vigorous
veterans OF the ring. Klaus was 25 and
Papke 26 when they defeated Carpenter
and according 70 records Carpenter was
rs. Yet. like all inhabitants OF Southern
Europe. he had developed at an early
age. In fact, he was a rather good
boxer at 13 However conceding that
tion at issue is based on his assimilation
of punishment since winning the heavy
weight championship Of Europe.
In truth. the Frenchman has not been
punished TO any extent, for his oppo-
nents. like those of Dempsey have not
lasted long enough 70 do any damage
to Carpenter His victims since the war
have been Dick Smith. a mediocre Eng
lish heavyweight: Joe Beckett, the over
rated champion Of England. who was
stopped by Frank Moran in Jig time,
and Battling Levinsky. who was on the
down grade when Carpenter stopped
him in the third round.
II. therefore. becomes evident that
Carpenter has not as yet met a heavy
weight capable OF inficting punishment
and until he has finished with Dempsey
his powers OF resistance Will remain an
unknown quantity
II Is claimed on behalf OF the French
man that he has gained surprisingly in
strength OF body since he recovered from
the effects Of his service during the war
and that he will be able to stand up
under hard knocks.
At the same time there Is small doubt
that Carpenter and his resourceful
manager do not expect that Dempsey
will be able TO land on the Frenchman,
and that on the other hand feinting win
obtain an opening through which he
will shoot a decisive blow
However. the fact that Dempsey s
speed approximates that OF Carpenter.
and the Americans rushing attack can
the belief that Dempsey will reach the
Frenchman. with heavy blows early in
the contest
III he weathers them II will be proof
that he Is a stronger man than willard.
Brennan. Fulton, Miske or Carl Morris.
Boxing Boards Mistake.
The New York Boxing Commission
continues to issue proclamations in
which offenders OF little prominence are
penalized severely while big vioiators
of the rules are permitted to go scot
free. Earl Baird, Billy De Foe and
Mike McTigue have been punished for
striking foul blows. but Johnny Wilson
the niddleweight title holder, whose
foul blows sent Mike ODowd 10 the hos
pital for a surgical operation, Ia still IN
possession OF his title ana the resultant
enoluments.
Baird. McTigue and De Foe are not
tap liners. while Wilson holds a title and
IN the eyes OF some people can, like the
king. do no wrong. The commission has
not the argument OF non-jurisdiction. for
although the referee In the Wilson
O'Dowd bout permitted the foul work 10
continue with only warning or two.
yet the commission had previously over
ruled the decision OF a referee and
could have done likewise in the case o.
Wilson.
Another remarkable failure TO enforce
the rules Il in the case or Joe Lyncn.
also title holder. Lynch won the BAN
tam title from Pete Herman several
months ago. and under the Walker law
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