New-York tribune., 1921-06-21
Georges Masks
Real Ability
Before Public:
challenger Permits 'sOppo-
nents" TO Hit Him at Will
While" Experts" Look On
BY Fred Hawthorne

MANHASSET, N. Y, June 2o.-uad
jack nempsey, or one OF his trainers,
baekers, managers, well-wishers, his
gfeae-grandmother or his great-grand-
mothers grizzly gray cat, looked in at
1eorges Carpenters training camp
here this afternoon he or thew would
nave left at the end Of the workout
ready to wager anything against moth
ing that Jack will win with one punch
when he and Georges meet at jersey
City on July 2.
IL was the lightest, mildest. most
gehCiemanly training day that Carpen-
TIER has gone through in public since
ms arrival in this country. Henri Mar
cot, the pudgy chef of the Carpenter
menage, did not box with Dempsey's
challenges to-day, but had he done so
he would have won the decision hands
down; ne might even have scored a
knockout about the second OR third
round. For Georges was as open as
the question Of Irish freedom, n shin
ing mark for every punch that Marcel
Denys the lightweight, or Joe jean
nette, the mahogany antique let loose.
Here is the sum and substance Of
what, Carpenter went through before
the largest crowd chat has yet wit
messed his training sessions:
/. Punched the light bag, not with
too much enthusiasm. for four min
utes; z, boxed "peas porrdge hot,
peas porridge cold" two rounds with
little Marcel "Wave" Denys; 8, stayed
three roAnds with ancient Jeanette
while. the latter won easily on points;
4, skipped the rope for FIVE minutes,
introducing three completely new
steps; 3, shook hands with James j.
Corbett and one wounded soldier.
Boys Outguess Cops
Other battles, far more sanguinary
than those fought by Carpenter in his
training bouts, took place on the out
skirts of the heavily guarded camp.
A few minutes before Georges walked
across the yard from the cottage where
he sleeps to the open air ring a squad
OF small! boys appeared in skirmish
formation over the brow Of the roll
ing hill to the eastward.
Half dozen hick bulls" instantly
started in open order formation against
the invading forces, leaving the west
ern flank entirely unprotected. It was
fatal tactical blunder, for almost
simultaneously with the foray on the
through the thick clulnp OF woods that
ahuts on the eastern eide Of the yard,
where the ring is pitched.
In two minutes there were more
than half hundred small boys and
peripatetic moss-creepers up against
the rail fence, within twenty feet of
the ring, and there they remained, in
leafy ambush, until Carpenter had
done his bit and gone.
Among the "invted' guests we're
Jack Curley and about twenty small
boys between eight and ten years old,
all from Great Neck. The Youngsters
were the guests of Curley for the day
and they were apparently we'll satisfied
with the performance, which is more
than the majority OF dead heads
were.
Georges Is Wide Open
Little Denys had no trouble at all in
landing snapply and often on Carpen-
tier i'll the two rounds they spared,
being most successful with left-hand
hook and iab. Jeanette made an even
better showing against the man who
hopes to win the worlds title on July
2, landing the cleaner, heavier punches
and smothering most of Carpenters
attempts.
Georges came in to every exchange
absolutely wide open. Any old lady
gifted with left hook would have
been more than glad to have exchanged
blows with Georges to-day, and when
you thought Of Dempsey, if you had
feelings of humanity in your soul, you