The New York herald., 1921-06-12
CARPENTERS V|GOR
TOBE TESTED JULY 2
Ability of Challenger to Sur
vive Heavy Jolts Will Be
Definitely Settled.
DEMPSEY SURE TO LAND
Clever Boxers of Slight Ply
sique Not Conspicuous for
Assimilating Punishment.
BY CHARLES F. MATHIsoN.

By CHARLES r. MATHISON.
Boxers Of the general build and
weight of Carpenter have in the past
performed wonders in the roped square.
Jem Mace, the first worlds heavy
weight champion to retire undefeated,
weighed no more than the present
European champion, although a bit
stoclsier in construction.
Tom Sayers, who won the Eng
lish heavyweight championship at 100
pounds, was shorter than Carpenter
and more slender. Mace and Sayers
were both clever boxers. and Mace was
hard hitter.
Charlie Mitchell, one of the hest
boxers in England's history, never
weighed more than 165 pounds. He
was well proportioned athlete, and
in his contests showed speed, skill and
hitting power
To move along to consideration OF
modern specimens of the genus Cor
bett, while weighing more than Car
pentier, resembled the Frenchman in
physical construction.
Kid Mccoy. also light member Of
the heavyweight clan. was a fine boxer
and heavy hitter.
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien. constructed
much on the order of the Frenchman,
was a clever boxer with much force in
his punches.
With the exception of Mace. each of
the boxers mentioned showed inability
to take punishment.
Tom Sayers defeated with case all
corners until the Benicia Boy, John c.
.Heenan, physical counterpart of Denp-
sey. went to England and battered the
British champion to helplessness. Heenan
was terrific hitter. and he fioored Say
ers in every round OF a battle that
lasted forty-three rounds.
The bout was stopped by Sayers's
friends cutting the ring ropes and car
rying their helpless favorite away. Say
ers was utterly unable to stand up under
the heavy thumps landed by Heenan.
In the case Of Mace, he did not meet
any hitter of the ability of Heenen, and
discreetly retired at a time when in pos
session of all his fighting powers.
Mitchell. weighing 100 pounds. with
stood the assaults Of the mighty John l..
Sullivan and gave more than he re-
ceived. W.
Corbett's Defence.
Corbett's wonderful defensive ability
enabled him to avoid the blows of Peter
Jackson and Sullivan, but the first time
that Fitzsimmons and Jeffries hit him
soidly he crumpled.
Kid Mccoy defeated many hard hit
ters. and it looked as though he would
add Tom Sharkey to his list Of victims,
for he had the sailor down at one time
during their bout. But the inventor of
The corkscrew punch failed to keep
Sharkey down, and the first time the
Sailor landed with effect Mccoy went
down and out.
Jack OBrien was one OF the cleverest
boxers In the middeweight or light
heavyweight classes. His skill baffled
Stanley Ketchel for nine rounds, and the
rugged Wolverine seemed hopelessly
beaten. In the final round Ketchel
landed one blow that put O'Brien hors
de combat
The single exception to the rule so far
as American boxers are concerned was
Fitzsimmons, whose heaviest weight was
i72. Fitz was not a clever sparrer, but
ne was a crafty fighter. with great
punching power. However, he was hit
hard by nearly all opponents. and but
IOr MS WONDERFUL TeCupeTdtiNe poWeio
would have been counted out several
more times than he was.
Fitz had a chest measurement. ex-
panded. of forty-eight inches. and It was
his remarkable lung power that enabled
him to recover from the effects of blows
that would have wrecked the careers OF
less rugged men. Fitz took a short
count in his bout with Corbett at Car
son. but he recovered and brought Cor
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The only man who tanned Fitz when
The Cornishman was at his best was
the huge Jeffries, and II was due largely
to the fact that Fitz's hardest blows did
not faze the boilermaker that the latter
won from the freckle fsted fighter.
In the cases of Sayers. Corbett. Mccoy
and O'Brien, they lacked the expanse of
chest, denoing great lung power. and
when subjected to heavy punishment
they failed to recuperate.
Frcnchman's Chest Expansion.
Carpenters chest, normal Ia 40
Inches. and under expansion 40 inches.
Dempsey has 40 inches normally and 46
under expansion.
with but one knockout recorded
against him. Dempsey has not been sub
jected to much strain in the matter of
punishment. but has shown ability TO
recuperate from the effects OF any blows
that have landed solidly on him.
On the other hand. Carpenter has not
been successful in recovering from the
effects of the hard knocks he has re-
ceved In the ring.
In his career as a middeweight he
was stopped three times. and while he
advances the argument that he was
weak in at least one instance by diff
Guilty of making weight. yet the fact re-
mains that in all three battles he
crumpled under attack.
In his heavyweight career the only OPP
ponents who we're able to hit the French
man were Bombardier Wells and Gun
boat Smith. Beckett and Dick Smith
were lacking in aggressiveness and failed
to infllct any punishment
Without the slightest doubt Dempsey.
the quickest. hardest hitting and most
aggressive heavyweight In the history
Of the ring. will reach Carpenter at
least once. This will be sufficient to
prove whether the European champion
has gained In ruggedness over his
middleweight form. If he stands his
ground aster receiving one of Dempseys
left hooks to body or face il will be
accepted as evidence that the French
man is hardened physically and will have
chance 10 win the worlds honors