New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Georges Fails
To Show Glass
On Defensive
Public Exhibitions Indi-
cate He VIII Take Fight
to Dempsey With Rush
By c. F. Fitzgerald

MANHASSET, L. l., June 4.-There
is little satisfaction in talking to a
Frenchman or any other foreign lin
guist when some one else is doing the
interpreting. This is especially true if
the third person in such conversation
happens to be interested to an extreme
degree in the success of something the
alien willFattempt to accomplish.
That's why the smiles of the Euro
pean champion and former war hero
fell fiat and seemed meaningless when
an attempt was made to tell him that
his performance yesterday with Paul
Journee, the Paris heavyweight, and
Henri Marcot, the camp cook, was
totally lacking in mpressiveness.
Nothing was expected of any moment
in the replies Georges Carpenter might
have made to such sallies, but an ad-
mission that he was only playing with
Paul and Henri might have been ac
cepted with bit Of satisfaction.
Wilson Under Handicap
The interpreter was Gus Wilson,
trainer of the heavyweight challenger,
who SO far as assisting newspaper
men in obtaining information at the
Matthews farm is concerned has proved
himself very fine conditioner of hu-
man flesh. Wilson is handicapped by
the fear of saying something that will
disturb the temperament of Francois
Deschamps, manager of Georges, and
he is forever guarding against uttering
a word until it has the official o. K. of
every one at the, farm.
Thora 10 no Jo,,ht bot % bae
defense at least 100 per cent strong
er than that he displayed yesterday
against Journee. He showed flashes of
his ability at self-protection Wednes-
day afternoon when Jack Goldberg, the
Panama middleweight, bored in to hin
with an inclination to swap punches on
even terms.
On that occasion Carpenter fought
with his body in a semi-circular posi-
ton. He leaned over as far as his legs
would permit and covered his chest and
stomach with his arms. He got under
Goldberg's guard and pumped into his
stomach with lefts and rights in quick
succession. In this position he took
advantage Of every opportunity to hurl
home his right to the jaw and fre-
quently showed left hooks that have
not been displayed on other occasions.
Even against Joe Jeanette he showed
much more defensive skill than with
Journee.
The fact remains, however, that
both Jeannette and Goldberg reached
Carpenters chest and stomach when
the F'renchman was apparently doing
his best to protect himself and often
there were openings large enough to
drive "horse and wagon" through.
;p oh,
have been conspicuous at every public
exhibition he has staged.
The Carpenter Offensive
Fighting tactics of the Frenchman
as displayed in public indicate one of
two things. He is either appearing in
the open air arena on visiting DAYS
solely to satisfy the craving of the
American public, or else will rely in
Jersey City solely upon a vicious Of
fensive. The Carpenter offensive un-
doubtedly is a beautiful thing to look
upon and flashes he has shown of speed
and hitting power, especially with his
right hand, make him look dangerous
contender if he can reach Dempsey in
vital spots.
can take his smashing attack to the
champion with sufficient violence to
prevent a come back, and unless he
closes the riffs in his defensive arm or
ne is apt to encounter a wallop in his
frall appearing breastworks or in the
stomach that will have the effect of
slowing him up to a considerable de
gree.
Carpenter spent several hours this
morning hoeing the rows of beans,
peas, lettuce and other early vege-
tables. Preiously he had taken one of
his customary jogs thrcSsh h the woods
on adjoining estates. Carpenter sang
as blithely as the birds while welding
the hoe and apparently the fact the
big fight is four weeks off did not enter
his thoughts.
Almost the entire time Georges vas
IN the garden, Descamps sat alone on
the front porch of the farmhouse, sell
dom taking~his eyes off the challenger.
FRANCOIS seemed to have recovered en-
tlrely the composure that disappeared
yesterday when Georges foundered in
the ring while boxing with Journee.
Hypnotism in the Garden
Ed Rapp, the gardener at camp and
Long Island farmer of many years
standing, avows the crops at the train
Ing quarters are further advanced than
those at any other place in the vicinity
and he is prepared to testify that De-
schamps has hypnotized every plant
FRANCOIS never wields hoe, but Rapp
says every morning he comes out alone
and walks up and down between the
rows, chattering to himself.
Its downright fact" Rapp said
to-day. There's no disputing the as
sertion that Mr.. Carpenters garden has
grown faster than any garden in this
section of Long Island. 1t is amazing
to me how the plants have sprung up.
Why, We'll be gathering beans next
week for the Frenchman's table, and
they were not planted until his arrival
here.
Wen have lettuce and peas before
the fight, and it wouldn't surprise me
if we were digging potatoes and gath
ering tomatoes by the end of this
month. And flowers! never saw such
blossoms in this garden or so manv of
them Mr.. Carpenter loves the flow
ers and wanted a lot of them He GER
tainly has them. If hypnotism isn't
responsible, then you've got me guess
ing"
There was another star chamber box