Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-06
HEROES.

great champlons
said Jack Dempsey: Carpenter Is
a Hne boxer. =. He's quick and
shifty.. The iab 10 the chin / got
i'm the second round spun me for a.
minute. / was sidestepping at the
time and lost my balance. Carr
pentier didn't have me worried at any
time in the three and half rounds"
Said John Il. wray, sporting editor
Of the st. Louis Post Dispatch, and
one Of Americas greatest boxing au-
thorities: Carpenter showed in the
fourth round that he was the real
class Of the pair from a scientific
standpoint"
Said Robert Edgren, stakeholder;
IL can say that | never saw a greater
fighter, pound for pound. than the
Frenchman. No gamer man ever
lived. There were moments
when even the grim Jack was nearer
10 being knocked out than ever be-
fore in his life"
said James j. Corbett: I'm the first
round il looked even. In the second
round Carpenter had Dempsey
groggy without any question. II
looked like Dempsey was a licked
man. After that Carpenter got tired
and could not stand the strain Of
roughing II with Dempsey. II was
the old, old story Of good. big man
whipping good little man"
Said George Bernard Shaw, in a
cable from England; Dempsey was
morally knocked out in the first round,
also in me second"
1t seems rather odd that this man.
who clearly, cleanly and fairly main
tained his right to the worlds heavy
weight championship should be un-
willing 20 admit that those rights
from Carpenter had him groggy in the
second round. He seems greatly
ashamed of it. why should he be?
Carpenter manfully admits that
he was beaten. Dempsey is morally
afraid TO even concede that the
Frenchman packs wallop" in his
right hand But then-Dempsey has
been morally afraid Of other things.
before now. Americas greatest
hero" it seems, was a bit afraid TO
face any man Of his own weight, or
even less. in the Kaiser's army. He
will fight with soft. eight-ounce. pad
ded gloves, with minutes rest be-
tween each three minutes of fight
ing--and with referee to stand by
and see that there is no fouling. But
as to that lighting in the Argonne.
where there were no gloves, bullets
being used instead, and where there
was no rest. and no referee, we'll
that was different story.
what a pity il is that this country
must admit that its worlds heavy
weight champion, still in the middle
twenties. was afraid to fight any Ger
man OF hrs weight. o. yes. he's been
cleared legally OF the Stacker taint.
But he has never been cleared morally.
Better men than he rest today. un-
remembered. under the White Crosses
of Immortality in the Argonne. Bet
ter men than he are being booted
about ruthlessly today--men who re-
ceived their wounds in the Zone of
the Advance awhere, o, where is
Sergeant Alvin York. that fighting
elder OF the Church of God, who single
handed killed 90 Germans, captured
1872. and silenced IS machine guns in
that ravine, first 10 the left, just the
other side Of the battered village OF
ChateI-chehery7 Why Sergeant York
is picking corn on his Tennessee
mountain home--"the world forget
ting, by the world forgot"
DO you remember what IL was that
Sergeant York said when he returned
to America? 1t was, Il feel a heap
stronger spiritually than when 1 went
away. No man could pass through
what have without feeling that way"
There's your modest hero talking.
But America today chooses to wor-
ship man Of lesser breed. 1t viii
continue to worship such until another
war: then the Alvin Yorks will come
forth and perform their duty. and the
Jack Dempseys VIII stink into their
funk holes.
Some Americans may choose Mr.,
Dempsey for hero; we prefer Ser
geant Alvin York. Which is your
hero.