Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-13
DEMPSEY BIGGER
Than OPPONENT
Challenger Is Built On the
Lines of Grecian Athlete
Jack Rugged


ference in weight of about 20 pounds
when they meet in the ring four
weeks hence. Dempsey and Carpen-
uer VIII otherwise appear almost
equal in build and stature II both
we're to mix in among few collie
giate athletes football players and
oarsmen, probably neither would be
picked out as being unusually big or
formidable in general make up,
Dempsey stands feet. Il inches in
height. just two inches taller than
the French champion and while Car
pentier will weigh about l7o pounds
In fighting condition. Dempsey ex-
poets to enter the ring slightly under
100 pounds.
The champions shoulders are
broad while Carpenters are slopins
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 bu.
the majority believe that Dempsey
viii carry by far the heavier weight in
his blows. Dexterity and suppieness
are claimed as advantages for tho
frenchman by his followers but just
how hard a punch he can deliver is
still a problem.
Dempsey showed in his bout with
Willard at Toledo that his blows
possess enormous punishment power
but his more recent encounters with
Bill Brennan at Madison Square
Garden did not demonstrate that he
still retains the forceful punch neces-
sary to successfully stand off a man
OF Carpenters undoubted ability and
clcverness
Just how good the challenger is or
how hard blow he can land is
problema,icaI to the majority OF
American fistic patrons. who have
seen him in action. His only bout
here, that with Lcvinsky in Jersey
City last year. did not afford much
OF line on Carpenters proves.
Levinsky. always clever boxer.
rnnde practically no serious effort to
defend himself on that occasion and
went down and out an easy victim for
the frcnchman in the fourth round.
Nearly 30 years have elapsed sinco
Queensbcrry rules and glove contests
were substituted for the London prize
! ring code governing puEiiistic contests
| for championship titles. In most os
the bouts fought for the heavyweight.
championship since tho change took
place. there WAS a decided advantaS..
In stature between the principals. buc
this did not always carry victory
with il
BesinninE with the Corbett- -suiii-
van battle at New Orleans in 1892
Tho big Boston man w,s massive in.
I
cSiremely clever Californian but tho
smaller man bore the big champion
down and ANNEXED the title IN the
t~cnty-first round. Corhett WAS ono
and nn,,.. one-h,lf ,is inchSs taller bu, fifteen
stood feet Ioi4 inches and weighce,
about 200 pounds.
| Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons were
more evenly matched in height and
ago, Corbcu WIS half an inch taller
ana four years younger than tho
| Cornishman but he was nearly twenty-
pounds heavier than Fi,zsimmon,
when tho latter knocked him out and
won The title at Carson City. March
IT. 1897.
Two years later James J. Jeffrten
OF huge build and outweiShinE Fi,x-
simmons by fully fifty pounds won
the title In eleven rounds from Rob
at Concy Island and five month,
later. November. 1899. Jeffries got a
| referees decision over Tom Shnrkov
In a twenty-five round bout in Tho
Same arena sharkcy was several
inches shorter and about twenty
pounds lighter than tho then cham
pion.
| Corbe,t challenged Jeffries twice
for the title but was knocked out bv
INC bigger man each time. once in
twoniy-thrce rounds and the ncxt
time in ten rounds.
Jack Johnson, the negro who de-
feated Jcffrics Mt Reno. New. in 1910,
was nearer to the big mans size than
any OF the other heavyweights who
I had met him for the title in the pro-
Vlous ten years johnson was throo
years younger. ono inch shorter and
only ten pounds lighter than tho
ohio1n. johnson scored n Knockout
In fifteen rounds.
! jess Willard, the giant Eansan.
was by all odds tho biggest man who
hna ,xt,S
/ title. He stood feet. 6 inchsa-
weighed $50 pounds and had decided
! advantages in every way over john
son when he won from the negro at
havana Cuba. in 1915. When ho
nnot Dempsey. two years aSo. these
! physical advantages did moi cnnh,s
MIN TO Withstand DcmpScy's sudden
onslaught as he confessed afterward
mat he did not remember much after
he was Knocked down in the open.