Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-10

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Champion -ncrcnscs Rond Work.
Thats why Jack has been lunch
ing the light and the heavy bags
since last sunday. has increased HIS
road work and general training, and
cut out boxing.
IT might be some consolation to
Nns"y TO know that Carpenter
also has left eyebrow that isn't as
.-..-s'-' 40 Sole ieaSncr. Looking close
!y at the t'renchmun you may notice
thht ne doesn't carry II scar of h!s
trade IN spite of his many fights cx-
ccpt--and here you have to look very
ciosely-a Thin white line along the
upper edge Of the left eyebrow.
George EnGcl manager of Frank
kiaus when Frank fought Carpenter
IN Franco some years ago. stood be-
side me at Carpenters place and
watched the Frcnchman boxing with
Joe Jeanette.
Looks as no boxing glove had ever
landed on him" / said. The only
scar he has didu't come from "A box
ING sl9VS, said Ensel But YOU take
saw him get that in the ngh, with
Parke.
When they fought" Enge! went
on, Carpenter was forced to do 100
pounds. TIE iniddlcwrigAt limit and
as he was naturally about six or
t!Snt pounds heavier IN tine condition,
he had To half XIII himself 10 do il.
] know myself that he did no, have "a
pie 20 eat or drop OF water or any
thing else for seventeen hours before
ne got into the ring. and he was
BAKED and steamed and dried out TO
at that.
He was so weak that for ten
rounds farkr slauE him and IL
looked as If Georges didn't have a
chance in the world. He could hard
~ pull his hands up, from the start
Ihen III the tenth, Carpenter began
10 come back. and Parke was arm
weary from hitting him. For six
rounds Georges beat Parkc All over
me ring. II MAS the greatest rally /
ever saw
In the seventeenth. both of them
started right hands at the same time.
anu thsir heads came together with
caught Georges on the left eyebrow
ana cut him clear across. from his
nose to his chcekhone. The eyebrow
In"hpGd down oyer his eye. like a
lighting. but the crowd thought his
eye was out ana began TO Yell.
Stop II, stop it,
The referee couldn't do anything
else Carpenter lost that fight
through an accident. He was not
stopped. and he didn't want TO stop.
There's no quit in him."
mere Carpenter popped over the
When We met Il little later Engei
said: Remember your fight with
i'arkc-how long is it you didn't eat
or drink before that fight, GeorSes?"
Carpenter laughed and shrugged
his shoulders.
oh. very long, days. was so
weak in The ring--I had not strength
OF my little finger now
And Georges wagglcd the finger TO
illustrate his point.
Fighters Are VASTLY Different.
There Is u great difference in looks
between Dempsey and Carpcut,ar.
me trcnchman Is unsecured, anU' II
must he remembered that he Tough
many OF the best little men in Eng
land. while he was growing up. and
whatever English hcavywcights may
he, II is well known that the smaller
men over there have skill and fight
ing ability
Dempsey. on the other hand. is un-
mistakab!y a Fighter. lie has good
ears. but the front Of his lighting ton
mas bumped into many a hard wal
lop His NOSE is denied. his Inns
thickencd and there are scars OF bat
Tie along his eyebrows.
But this difference comes largely
through the difference in their train
al of my daily visits 10 the camps.
When Dempsey boxes he alwayS
tears in, encouraging his spurring
partners to hit him as hard. as often
and as fast as they can. 1t isn't part
OF his idea To maui them without
letting them maui him. In his actual
ring nights Dempsey never receives
any injury. for he attacks so furious
~ That his opponents have always
been too busy on the defense To have.
time TO do much accurate hitting
IN training, Carpenter uses all his
skill to find openings and hit with
out being hit. II he is aS elusive in
II real fight as he is in practice bouts.
even Dempsey is going to have trou-
bic finding him. Not that Carpcuticr
runs away. He does not His foot
work is very much like Bonnie Leon
ards .as Benny showed it last Mon.
day night in the fight with Kansas.
Tie moves straight in and straight
back. Only few inches or a foot
or two. in quick steps balanced well
on his toes and so lightly that his
feet make no sound ana seem hardly
TO touch the floor. lie is always ms,
near enough to deliver blow If he
sees an opening. and far enough
away TO duck out or danger
Carpenters training camp boxing
is merely Il light. pleasant exercise
IL he does any rough work, IL il in
private. II can't he very rough nj
that. His training stan is not like
Dcmpscys. and unlike Dempsey ne
isn't sending around the country to
dig mp fellows who can maui and
stand a maulng.
tcopyristht. 1871. by The Bell syndi-
cate, In United States, Canada
Great Britain and South America.)