Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-06
DEMPSEY AND CARPENTER Will
APPEAR ABOUT EQUAL In BUILD
WHEN THEY ENTER Ring JULY z
Experts Who Have Seen Both Men Are Salts
fled That They VIII Be Well Matched in
Speed and CIeverness; Majority Believe
Champion VIII Carry the Heaviest Weight
in His Blows.
my THE ASSOCIATED PREss.l

New York June with a diff
ference in weight of about twenty
pounds when they meet in the ring
four weeks hence, Dempsey and
Carpenter will otherwise appear
almost equal in build and stature
II both were to mix in among
a few collegiate athletes, football
players and oarsmen, probably
neither would be picked out as be-
ing unusually big or formidable in
general makeup. Dempsey stands
six feet, one and one-half inches
in height, Just two inches taller
than the French champion and
while Carpenter will weigh about
no pounds in fighting condition.
Dempsey expects to enter the ring
slightly under 1870 pounds.
The champions shoulders are
broad while Carpenters are slOp-
ing 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 majority believe that
Dempsey will carry by far the
heavier weight In his blows. Dex-
terity and suppleness are claimed
as advantages for the Frenchman
by his followers but Just how hard
punch he can deliver is still a
problem.
Dempsey a Hard Hitter.
Dempsey showed in his bout with
Willard at Toledo that his blows
rRnueaeg ouppt,ao,Yu rt,,,fel,4per ,, p,rtn,.
but his more recent encounters
with Bill Brennan at Madison
Square Garden did not demon-
strate that he still retains the
forceful punch necessary to sue
cessfully stand off a man of Car
pentier's undoubted ability and
cleverness.
Just how good the challenger IS
or how hard a blow he can land
is problematical to the majority Of
American fistic patrons, who have
seen him in action, His only bout
here, that with Levinsky in Jersey
City last year. did not afford much
OF line on Carpenters prowess.
Levinsky always n clever boxer,
made practically no serious effort
to defend himself on that occasion
and went down and out an easy
victim for the Frenehman in the
fourth round
Nearly thirty years have elapsed
since Queensberry rules and glove
contests were substituted for the
London prize ring code governing
pugilistic contests for champion
ship titles In most OF the bouts
fought for the heavyweight cham
pionship since the change took
place, there was a decided adj
vantage In stature Between the
principals, but this did not always
carry victory with il.
Beginning with the Corhett-Sul-
Ivan battle at New orleans in 1892,
the big Boston man was massive in
proportion to the 1.-the, supple and
extremely clever Californian but
the smaller man bore the big
champion down and annexed the
title in tho twenty-first round.
Corbett was one and one-half
inches taller but fifteen pounds
lighter than Sullivan, who stood
five feet ten and one-half inches
and weighed about 200 pounds.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons.
Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons
were more evenly matched in
height and age. Corbett was half
an inch taller and four years young
err than the Cornishman but he was
nearly twenty pounds heavier than
FitZsimmons when the latter
knocked him out and won the title