Evening star., 1921-06-05


visitdd Atlantic City and looked ov
irass{t and given Georges the onoe
wise Jones is that Dempseyfs chess,
that 1.-THE challenger will have to \e
champion.
ThS trouble with dope of the sort
is that superior weight and build DO
not Necessarily mean that one nshter
can beat another. Speed. hitting pow
er. ehdurance-these are the deciding
factors in a battle between two
heavyweishts. A difference Of fifteen
or twenty pounds of itself is notnins
upon which to base odds; it does no.
even make a betting proposition. II
mdst certainly does not in t"eiVe-
round fight.
Georres True HeavyWeight.
Taking Carpenter and studying ms
huild closely, the one great conviction
liz that the Frenchman Is true
heavyweight His arms ana shoui-
ders are built for hitting, ana MS
chest, while not so deep or Dsose st &c
Dempsey's, is a perfectly gooo Sh 81
His legs are strongly cohst -n.n
So snringy that Carpenter. Wnen
sOarrine or shadow boxing, leaps
about the ring like an antelope.
dempsey beyond question mas hess
fought so fast a man as the Fa,n.
man. nor has he tackled a hsN st,Nc
who knew as @ much apT ao1ut nv words,
is going to be decided not on tne ma a
ter Of weight, but upon .speeo Gil"
hitting. ,,. u,;, aim to
do his fghting in close. CaspsI.' hat,le not t
as lack would like to have II ious IT. A.
hut as he himself wishes to conouct IL.
n the Frenchman is somewhat Iastea
than the champion. then prooaDly nc ne
will be able to dictate the 's;IT ,;IT y.
the encounter. What they VIII DC
is. of course, a mystery. but It IS
good bet that Georges is not going 70
6o any more in-fghting than ne can
help. IT.; s.hem. will
stennine. ducking. hitting ana eet-
ting away-in short. making as muSn Sa
NJ fool of Dempsey in twelve ROUNDS
as he can.
Roth In Fine 81. irits.
Morale of Dempsey and Carpenter
.t the present time is splendid. bosh
are confident. thu ssh not ovefconn.
dent. and. gene1s spsak,f,hs' }he f,nsst tnn MOOD.
The writer has ssent some time In
a.ch camn this keek, paying partic.
Mar attention to the mental sloe, II
only for the reason that in the way
of physical preparation. he,ene.
fighter has yet got seriously uo" II
to work. the
OF particular interest was tne
r,mor that has been filtering among
fight fans that way down oeep "a.
pentier and Descamps, mis- mahassa'
did not really expect to win, put We.e :
end of the purse as quickly anu p"
lessly as possible.
Now there are many reasons for Pc
lieving that such is not at an ehe
state of mind of the two Frencn-
men, but. there is one big reason so a
lower of boxing that Carpenter fuiiy
expects to beat his opponent. Ihe
Erenchman rented for his training
camp farm in remote couh'ss
district which can comtortaoly oe
reached after you leave the tram a.
car. The public Is exciuoeu q. an
times and newspaper writer's are ad-
mitted only three days a week.
Ha. Convincing Attitude.
Does any man whose brains work
s,ficiently we'll to enable him TO put
two and two together and make IouI
believe that if Carpenter did not
think he had fine chance 70 oeat
dempsey he would shut himself out
in the country and duck the gate.
receipt aspects of his training peaoo! !!
He would not. Descamps would nave
taken quarters close to New YORK,
charged a high price OF admission ana
piled up the gold with both nahos.
In letting this chance to make money
go by the willy French manager is
making gamble for the big end of
the purse. Think it tower. brothers;
and see if this doesn't sound like good
dope.
to win. Study him. talk to him. ane
YOU get no other impression. He be-
Iieyes he can hit Dempsey and that
the champion cannot land upon him
effectively. In his heart he suspects
Jacks courage-because he was not
man has the high mood of one who Is
dzhting' not alone for his own honor,
his own well-being, but for France
He is like a man preparing Tor
dangerous bombing expedition-he is
exalted.
Different With Dempsey.
Dempsey is different. He is playing
around like big boy. When a news
paper man whom he knows comes to
the camp his voice is raised in hearty
greetings and the next instant the
scribe is wrigglng in strong arm
grip or is having his hair mussed
He is never morbid, never irritable.
The other day while he was pitch
ing. little shrimp of a chap on the
coaching lines who knows Jack .ver!
we'll was giving him a hot line o.
McGraw coaching banter. You bis
stiff, who told you you could pitch
An armless wonder must have taught
you how to throw a ball." and SO on
Jack stood 1T for about an inning
But at length he turned suddenly ir
the box and addressed the coacher
"Hey there, you cut that out" Tha
was all; it was said with just a toucl
Of impatience. OF course the coachel
held his peace.
shows Generous Disposition.
His present mental condition was
never better expressed than the way
In which he treated the motorist WHIT
ran over his dog. Sophie Ginsberg, while
the animal was on the road with Jack
That's all right" said Jack. hug
ging the injured animal. Guess i
was the dogs fault. You couldn't see.
Thereafter he gave full attention II
the. dog. He gives Carpenter full
credit for being the best man he hai
met. His view is THAT If Carpentie
Turns out not to be, then no harm viii
be done-except to the Frenchman
In both men there is the good sig1
to be read in fighters who have dis