The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-05
PHYSICALC COMPARISON
CARPENTER. DEMPSEY
SHOWS ALMOST EQUAL

New York, June 4.-With a differ
ence in weight of about 20 pound.
When they meet in the ring four week,
hence, Dempsey and Carpenter will
otherwise appear almost equal, in bull,
ana stature. If both were to mix il
among a few collegiate athletes, foot
ball players and oarsmen, probably nei
ther would be picked out as being unus
ullly big or formidable in general max,
up. Dempsey stands 6 feet, | ~ inches
in height. just two inches taller than
the French champion, and while Car
| pentier will weigh about 170 pounds
IN lighting condition, Dempsey expects
to enter the ring slightly under 19O
pounds.
The champions shoulders are broad
while Carpenters are narrow in Shape
but otherwise the bodily measurements
of the pair do not differ to any marked
extent
| Experts who have seen both men are
satisfied that they will be we'll matched
in speed and cleverness but the ma
Jority believe that Dempsey will carry
by far the heavier weight in his blows.
Dexterity and suppeness are claimed
as advantages for the Frenclrman by
his followers but just how hard punch
he can deliver is still a problem.
Dempsey showed in his bout with
Willard at Toledo that his blows pos
sessed enormous furnishing powers but
his more recent encounters with Bill
Brennan at Madison Square Garden did
not demonstrate that he still retains the
forceful punch necessary to successfully
stand off man Of Carpenters un-
doubted ability and cleverness.
just how good the challenger is or
how hard blow he can land is prob
lematical to the majority of American
fistic patrons, who have seen him in
action. His only bout here, that with
Leyinsky, in Jersey City last year, did
not afford much of line ON Carpen-
tiers prowess. Levnsky, always a
clever boyer, made practically no
serious effort to defend himself on that
occasion and went down and out an
easy victim for the Frenchman in the
fourth round.
Nearly 80 years have elapsed since
Queensbury rules and glove contests
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ring code governing pugilistic contests
for championship titles. In most of the
bouts fought for the heavyweight cham
pionship since the change took place,
there was decided advantage in sta
ture between the principals, but this
did not always carry victory with it.
Beginning with the Corbett-Sulivan
battle at New Orleans, in 1892, the
big Boston man was massive in proper
ton to the 1.-THE. supple and extremely
clever Californian but the smaller man
bore the big champion down and annex
ed the titse in the 21st round. Corbett /.
was one and one-half inches taller but |
10 pounds lighter than Sullivan who |
stood 5 feet 1917 inches and weighed |
about 200 pounds.
Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons We're |
more evenly matched in height and age. |
Corbett was half an inch taller and four |
years younger than the Cornshman |
cut he was nearly 20 pounds heavier |
than Fitzsimmons when the latter
knocked him out and won the title at |
Carson City, March II, 1897.
Two years after James j. Jeffries of |
huge build and outweighing Fftzsi,n-
mons by fully so pounds won the title in
II rounds from Bob at Coney Island
md five months later, November, 1899,
Ieffries got a referees decision over
rom Sharkey in a 25-round bout in
he same arena. Sharkey was several
nches shorter and about 20 pounds
lighter than the then champion.
COfbett challenged Jeffries twice for
he title but was knocked out by the
bigger man each time, once in 90 rounds
md the next time in 10 rounds.
Jack Johnson, the negro who defeated
Ieffries at Reno. New. in 1910. was
iearer to the big mans size than any
" the other heavyweights who had met
lin for the title in the previous ten