New-York tribune., 1921-05-17
Georges Keeps
Down " eight
By French T are
Meats Barred From Training
Diet, Although, H. Wants
10 Add 10 Ills Poundaec
BY Haywood Broun

Even heavyweight makes l.ttlc
splash in New York. George Carpen-
tier lunched at The PITT soon alter get
ting away from the pier aud there was
no necessity of calling Tor the reserves
A few hours later the doorman Ian
gudly admitted that the French cham
pion had been in the hotel but really
he couldn't say whether or not ae hou
left.
How 90 Won soel t." os<ad The
c'erk at the Biitnora. where inquiry
next shifted. and he actually boxed NJ
his files before he was willnE 70 aa2ard
the opinion: eve haven't any Mr.. Car
pentier here"
Francois Deschamps, the fighters
manager could do little better when
located. He didn't know where Carpen-
tier had gone, although he expected
him to report at the Manhasset train
ing camp before uightfall. Seemingly.
the man whose every appearance in the
bouleyards OF Paris causes riot Was
as completely and safplr 'nconsricuous
m New York as if he asd bacr IL sol~-
al l-Raschid
Perhaps it is Just "a well F5r the
present Calpeuticr is resting !e
weighs no more than l7J mounds and
he would like to be lttlc hesvier
when he steps into the ring TO fight
Dempsey. Just where he will get this
extra weight it is hard to understand.
for, as Deschamps outlined the regula r
training menu Of his lighting man. it
seemed hardly enough TO sustain life,
even for the sedentary New Io1Ger.
Georges an Early Riser
Up at 7, Carpenter will be off on
the roads half an hour later, with
nothing more under his belt than one
OF those meager meals which pass in
France for breakfast Coffee is in
cluded in his diet to the extent of two
cups every morning. In fact, it makes
up the greater portion of his early re-
past, which has nothing else to Offer
but rolls and little jelly. Nor even
in the later meals is there anything to
remind one of the traditional fare of
the fighter.
Steaks, roast beef and ali red meats
are vigorously barred from Carpentier's
training diet. Fish is also on the
don't list Eggs and milk form the
base, and vegetables will be provided
has no terror for Carpenter, for he
hasn't the suggestion Of any surplus
flesh about his waist line. Much Of his
training will be fer speed. Since he
is never aatfooted N the ring, but al
ways upon his toes, lots of work is
needed for his leg muscles.
Jack Curley, who picked out his
training camp, has constructed the
course of what corresponds to an OBJ
stacle race. Every day Carpenter will
be called upon to go over hurdles, a
water jump and brush fence.
In addition TO selecting the training
Iarl
teers to make the onrush OF English
fall little less heavily upon the shout
ders of Deschamps and the boxer.
Neither Of the Frenchmen has more
than little English, but Curley is
fluent. Sometimes Deschamps needs no
interpreter.
Not to Train in Public
For instance, we asked him why
public and charge admisso ions, as
Dempsey will do in Atlantic City. I'm
mediately Deschamps put up his fists
and began to go through sweeping and
fancy gyrations, and as he did SO he
ogled now to the right, and then to
the left. Not till the pantomime was
done did the Frenchman burst forth:
"He says" explained Curley. Chat
when a man trains in public he's like
" to show off some for the gallery. He
says Carpenter wants to keep his
mind on the fight"
Somebody remarked that as much as
$4,000 might be earned by charging
admissions, but Deschamps snapped his
fingers. He did not find it necessary
to have this translated for him. Money
talks, he knows, in all languages. Still
he snapped his fingers at $4,000.
at will be worth much MORE" he
said, "to win the fight"
We tried to find out just what di-
versions Carpenter might pursue dur
ing his week of resting. Nobody
seemed to be quite sure. We were
about to inquire about reading and en-
deavor to ascertain whether Carpen-
tier liked to settle down to a good VOL
ume of Racine's in his leisure mo-
ments, but then we spied the packet
under Deschamps's arm and we saw
that he had provided literature for the
fighters leisure. He had brought the
last four issues Of La Vie Parisienne.
Carpenters trainer, Gus Wilson,
who is French in spite of the name,
has also gone to some pains to provide
French atmosphere for the invader.
He had been erroneously informed that
Georges would not be able to bring his
police dog Flip to this country, and
so he borrowed Jack Curley's dog for
the training period and III two weeks
time has taught her French, so that
Carpenter can play with her. What
ever name she used to go by has been
discarded in favor of Flippo, and
though she was at one time good 100
per cent American of German ancestry,
now she simply will not stir for any
call but "Viens!"