Evening star., 1921-06-27

The European champion, with his
trainer and manager in tendance,
and the cook close at his heels-for
the cook atones for his crimes by
serving also as one of Georges
Sparring partnerS-now slips out of
the kitchen door and approaches the
barn gymnasium.
Is Pleasing Sight.
There is a thrill in store for one
seeing him for the first time, for,
robe and a towel about his neck. he
looks very ordinary and even little
pale as compared with the flushed
or f1orid compilations of the onlook-
ers who eat too much and take too
little exercise. But when Carpenter
drops his robe and stands forth in
gymnasium attire, then you get the
thril|that is, if you know some
thing about the ideal physique To
gaze upon such an athlete is good
for eyes made sore by staring at
physical culture freaks.
There follows about thirty minutes
of bag-punchinS and sandoag wal
looping. in the course of which some
startling effects in the way of light
ming speed and accurate aim stand
out. though there is nothing spec
tacular or fancy about the exercise,
nothing resembling the musical bag
punching stunts of public performers
After such eXertion an ORG ordlnary ,
his heart would be humping along
at a rapid rate. Not so with Car
pentier. On finishing this strenuous
work his breathing was but little
increased: one could scarcely notice
any effect of the. exert1on on his
oonversation at the moment. His
heart action was but a few beats
faster than before the exercise ana
returned to a normal rate in little
moro than a minute.
Has Marvellous Heart.
The tiger has wonderfully efficient
heart, a large heart, OF course. ana OF
ali his muscles that great heart mus
Gle of his is the one most likely to
win for him the championship OF the
world.
out back of the gymnasium and spar
ed a few rounds each with three
|justy sparring partners. planting some
emphatic labs on the ribs of the cook
especially, who perhaps had permitted
he coffee to boil that morning.
|canentier in action profess to believe
that his legs are too heavy or 700
muscular. They are muscular less,
all right I have never seen better
legs on an athlete. But as ne uses
hem they are as light and wieldy as
he legs of cat. He is tiger with
Mig powerful legs. In the heat OF
na tile his eyes glare menacingly and
n. bcwildering nimbleness with
which he jumps around the ropeo cage
must be mighty discouraglng TO any
dversary bent on tanning or suoou-
ing him. Let no one worry about the
weight of the tigers feet. We might
better confine our anxiety. II any. TO
oervicaI shock absorber-rnuscles
which will be described later-are as
Well adapted to protect him from
brmpsey's jaw punches or uppercuts
rs Dempsey's shock absorbers are TO
rrotect him from Carpenters telling
blows. We will look into that prob
ltm further along.
Having in mind the long, early
morning hike and ramble Of six to
ten miles and the strenuous half hour
vigorous shadow boxing, all of which
preceded the Sparving with three
partners in succession, 1 expected
the European champion would knock
off work now and call it day. In
stead he merely posed for a snapshot
or two, and then without pausing for
rest Immediately began a series of
additional exercises calculated to in
crease muscle responsiveness and CO.
ordination.
Rope skipping is popularity reck-
oned child's past ne I have al
ways realized that it is good train
ing for the child's heart, but never
before imagined athlete training
for a championship boxing match
would skip the rope for exercise.
Carpenter skipped rope some 5Oo
lines while 1 watched. and that in
.Iuded some difficult stunts.
7 examined him carefully. believing
I'll that rope skipping. on top of what
lc already had done. would surely
show on the mans heart. But no. 1t
Id moi This is a tiger I examined,
nr saw a man with tigers eye. a
gers feet and. apparently. a tigers
r,,-srt for the heartbeat had increased
only 50 per cent over the resting
;"te. marvelously ,Snrougbly sl1Geph a sci.
!,5uscle developed by thoroush'S sci-
,rrt ific training. .+
The prolonged and intricate rope