The New York herald., 1921-06-26
CARPENTER MUST
/ RETAIN CONFIDENCE
Chances Depend on Mental At
titude on Entering
=
Ring.
NOT THE 100 p. c. JACK
French Critic Does Not Re-
gard Dempsey as Effective
as in Toledo Bout.
NOT THE 100 P. c. JACK
By FERNAND BARDIANI.

the peLllnS on nlIll mas more ana lIlOIe
markedly shown that money does not
believe in the victory of brains against
muscle in their contest for the worlds
boxing supremacy. 1t has gone down
by gradual steps from to to 21s,
and 31a. 1t has even reached to l.
Does this represent the fstic value
of Carpenter as compared with Demp-
sey2 Is to l Carpenters real handi-
cap in the forthcoming fight? After
close study of the facts the writer has
come to the conclusion that 1t is not. 1t
is too much just now. 1t will be too
much so long as Georgess bright and
rested face speaks of a we'll kept nervous
power. Do not mind his sallow com
plexion. The Greeks use to say: BE
ware of the pale faced athlete; they
knew he usually commanded greater
nervous strength and was thus more TO
be feared.
On July Q, when he steps into the ring
look at the Frenchmans features. If
his young, unrestrained, beaming smile
plays on them, accept wages of 2 to /
on him. In all likelihood this will be
sound investment. But do not be
tempted by 10 to l offers if he looks
worried. His drawn traits will denote
a leakage through which the imponder-
ables of his psychic might are going.
Any money laid on him will then be
wasted money.
Three Main Factors.
Three main factors are to be ex-
amined in order to figure out Carpen-
tiers handicap: First, the regulations
OF the contest; second, the form of the
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lenger
Out of the fight regulations the limita-
tion of the contest to twelve rounds Is
the only one which matters. But 1t
matters very much, as upon 1t the two
men have had to set their plans of battle.
This is the smallest number of rounds
ever allowed to fix the heavyweight
crown on a prize fighters head. So short
a bout should be taken as favoring the
Frenchman more than the American
Why? Because 1t makes speed rise to
paramount Importance and speed Is the
Frenchman's greatest physical asset
He will be able to use II unsparingly in
all his aims and purposes in attack and
defence without having to pay for 1t the
price of exhaustion.
In the past the i'll effects of over
working his lungs and heart have rarely
been felt by Carpenter before the fif-
teenth round. 1t was then that the
heavier man, less quick but stronger, the
Klaus or Papke. was materializing his
chance of beating down an opponent
who had breathed away too much of his
vital energy. As such danger is not
to be feared in a short bout all the
steam he should have had to keep In
reserve will be used as additional power
to his shooting or springing lefts and
rights. The twelve round regulation
will place him in the situation of a
singer enabled to hurl heavy lead
balls instead of light stones.
Punch, Dempsey's Forte.
Dempsey is by no means a slow boxer
vet he takes speed more as a guarantee
of rapid delivery Of the goods, so to
speak. than as a possible Improvement
on their quality. The punch he dishes
out Is OF a genuine heavyweight make
II derives its power from the unbend-
ing of the muscular masses of his back
shoulder and arm. For either a long or
a short fight his weapons remain the
same-the two smashing maces with
which he has been provided by nature
As ne has never laid so much stress on
swiftness as to make It the basis or his
fistic system, the twelve round regulation
cannot mean to him the great saving OF
speed and gathering of strength IL means
10 Carpenter. Practically he VIII beneht
very little by it: his opponent very
much.
Mr.. Charles F. Mathison (for whose
fair. non-partisan articles we. French,
feel gratefully has kept aRalyzing ac-
curatey the form of the worlds cham
pion. The writer, however. begs to draw
attention to two facts which Will prevent
the Dempsey of New Jersey of being
the 100 per cent Dempsey Of Toledo.
The holder of the title has been too
late in realizing what his encounter
with Carpenter would be--a real battle,
not a joke. THE NEW YORK HERALD
had more than onre sounded the alarm
bell before he began to look at things
seriously.
Press warnings made Jack put an
enquiring hand upon his midsection en-
larged by two years OF mdld screen work
He felt ne should reduce It to athletic
fitness. AS his twenty extra pounds
would not go under the pressure Of
punching and exercises, the heroic proc
ess of starving them off was resorted
TO. At the crucial period OF training.
about ten days were thus devoted to
destructive instead of constructive work.
Well many reminder what happened TO
Jim Jeffries when he had to thin down
his frame from a cooper's to a sculptor's
model. The Carlsbad treatment made
him look again the picture OF strength
but only the picture.
Not the 100 Per Cent. Jack.
In regard TO lost efficiency there Is
but the slightest comparison between
old Jeffries and young Dempsey. still
the very fact OF having to remedy a
small physical impairment bears witness
20 the damage. Jack is no longer the
100 per cent. Jack.
Against Jack stands also his freshly
healed cut over the left eye. His op-
Donent Is anything but inaccurate;
crouching will give hini an easier and
better aim to the delicate eyeld. A
weak spot is not the part Of the armor
20 show TO thrusts.
Carpenters Increase In weight mus
% taken as the outstanding result OF his
five weeks Of hard training. II speaks
volumes about his condition. 1t looks
the more wonderful when ors thinks
that the greater part of his daily exer-
.cises were intended to develop speed.
Running. rope skipping shadow boxing
are ESSENTIALLY fat burners. therefore
weight reducers To have been able TO
build up under such circumstances shows
a vitality brought TO the highest degree,
an unusual fitness Of the nervous sys-
I. tenn, the storing Of an uncommon guam
-tity Of the Psychic force which means
eo much TO him.