New-York tribune., 1921-06-10
Real Training
OF Carpenter
Done I'm Secret
hope Scars ON Body Indicate
Intensive Work CI,al-
lenger Has Been Doing
By Fred Hawthorne

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The secret of how to circumvent the
secrecy about the training of Georges
Carpenter at the French heavyweipht,s
camp, at Manhasset, l.. l., has been dis
covered All that is necessary to en-
able you to watch Georges In serious
action against his corps of sparring
partners is to borrow a cows fur coat.
ADJUST the horns at a rakish angle and
eat light luncheon, consisting of
grass, dandelion stalks and four-leafed
clover, while standing on all fours in
the pasture adjacent to the outdoor
ring at the Carpenter camp.
M. Francois Deschamps, aided and
abetted by Gus Wilson, Georges 8
trainer, announced on Tuesday after
noon that in future Carpenter would
box for the newspaper correspondents
only on Mondays and Thursdays, and
that on other days the man who hopes
to win the worlds heavyweight cham
plonship from Jack Dempsey at Jer-
sey City on July 2 would do his work
in private.
Taking the gentlemen of France at
their word, therefore, d squad of news
paper men made the trip to Manhas-
sett yesterday afternoon and parked
themselves around the barnyard, wait
ing for Georges to appear. Around the
distant hillsides, high I'D in the
branches of friendly apple trees over
looking the bucolic ring, and sitting
on tree stumps, upturned milk pals
and three kitchen chairs without backs
sat representatives of the great Ameri-
can public, all waiting. Some of these
sat and argued with their pasture
nelghbors about Carpenters chances
OF putting over the haymaker on
Dempsey Others just sat.
tIoo Cows Move Closer
Shortly after o'clock Deschamps
Wilson and Carpenter snooped around
the southeast corner of the barn
Georges wore a pink and white bath
robe, Deschamps smile and Wilson q
three-quarters serious look. Three moo
cows, which had been browsing on a
nearby hillside, moved little closer
and watched proceedings as they
chewed their cuds.
Carpenter punched the light bag for
five minutes in the barn, then he en-
tered the outdoor ring and went
through brisk session of shadow box
ing. The Frenchman showed great
speed and hitting power and when the
the shadow was breathing heavily, its
left eye was almost closed and three
of its teeth had been knocked out by
a vicious right uppercut from Carpen-
tiers first For the rest of the bout
the Frenchman let up and held the
shadow up in the clinches, but it was
apparent that he could have put over
the K o. at any time he desired. And
yet the shadow was dead game. 1t
never uttered a protest or even changed
its blank expression when taking
Georgess hardest wallops.
There followed five minute period
Of bending and twisting exercises OF
the floor of the ring, all designed
to strengthen Carpenters stomach
muscles, then another whirlwind ses-
sion of shadow boxing and Georges was
through for the day.
French Chef Entertains
Deschamps announced that the pro
gram originally mapped out for yester-
day had been altered. No box" tor
Georges. Italian Joe Cans and Marcot,
the French chef, then entertained by
boxing three rounds. Marcot swung a
mean lamb chop,
serious glasses, however, it is evident
that Carpenter is in wonderful phySi-
cal condition. His muscles are trained
to Just the proper notch and his WIND
is perfect. At the end of his workout
yesterday, Carpenters breathing was
so easy and regular that he would not
even have clouded mirror held to
his mouth.
I noticed, too, that during his shadow
boxing, the French fighter gave plenty
OF evidence that he possesses a last
and heavy left hand punch. Neither
did he leave himself open to LETT
lab or hook, as is the case when he
"boxes" in public with his partners.
The rope scars on Georges's back,
received by being roughed along the
ropes whlle sparring with his OPP
ponents. were never received during
sny~of the work outs open to the sport
ing writer's, and 1t is increasingly evil
dent that the man who is to battle
with Dempsey on July 9 could not have
attained his present superb condition
through any of the training stunts he
has done IN public.
No matter what fate awaits Georges
Carpenter in Jersey City next month,
is will not be lack of condition and
hard training that will handicap him in
his Battle OF the Century"
But the moo-cows are the only ones
who are allowed to watch the French
man when he is doing his real fighting
in these training bouts, and the cows
refuse to be interviewed.
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