New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-16
Dempsey Uses
Radio te, Greet
His Opponent
Leonard VIII Box Kansas i'm
Jersey; Martin Signs for
Three Bouts at $50 900
By c. F. Fitzgerald


Georges Carpenter, French entry In
"Fhe Battle of the Century" will awake
this morning with the land of his dreams
smeared on the horizon The liner
Savoie, with the challenger for worlds
heavyweight boxing honors and his reti-
nue. aboard, is due in Quarantine at
4 a. M, and few hours later, prob
ably 8 o'clock, will dock at the French
Line Pier, foot of Fourteenth Street,
North River. If the Savoie encounters
difficulties with the health officers. it
may be noon or later before Carpenter
sets foot on American soil.
The revenue cutter WHICH will take
o select party down the bay to greet
Carpenter and sail the few intervening
miles with him, will start it's outward
Journey at Z o'clock. Accompanying
Europe's Hope as master of ceremonies
is Francois Descamps, his picturesque
and erratlc manager; the invaders own
Farlsian cook, several sparring part
ners and few other less important
hirelings.
Already the ceremonies incident to
Carpenters arrival are under way, for
1t was pone other than Jack Dempsey
himself who yesterday wirelessed
greetings TO his opponent of July 2.
Jacks message of good cheer was fol-
lowed by radio dispatched by Tex
Richard, impresario of the title bout,
SO the Frenchman was happily re-
minded yesterday that the y. S. A.
expects him.
Carpenters Camp Ready
Captain Mallet, Carpenters personal
~ 1fuAy L.
eot the official welcome to our city that
is to be staged at the Fourteenth Street
dock. A number of his fellow country
men will be on hand to extend Georges
their very best wishes for a happy and
successful 1ojourn in a foreign land.
Gus Wilson will be on hand, too.
Gus IS trainer and masseur for the
European champion, and has been busy
for several weeks arranging the train
ing camp at Manhasset, L. l., for the
reception of its distinguished occu-
pant. Wilson says the Manhasset
plant is the most perfect in point of
country.
Carpenter, according to present ar
rangements, will lose no time getting
to the scene of his pr lininary ring
activities, and win make the last leg
of his journey in an automobile this
afternoon.
Billy Gibson, manager of Benny
Leonard, announced yesterday that he
had accepted terms for his boy to box
Rocky Kansas on the afternoon of June
9 IN the baseball park at Harrison,
n. j. Dave DTiscoll of Jersey City,
and Dave Mackay will promote tae bat
tie, which will be over the twelve
round route, the limit prescribed by
the Jersey statutes.
Kansas, who has earned his right to
a crack at the lightweight title by
virtue of victories over Richie
Mitchell and other contenders, was
scheduled to face Benny at Madison
Square Garden last winter, when an
attack of influenza prevented Leonard
keeping. the engagement. Since that
time the Kansas-Leonard fight has
been on and off several times.
Arranged By Compromise
The present arrangement is the re-
suit of a compromise. 1t seems that
match, and that the Buffalonian had
given his word that he would box
only if Mackay staged the mix-up.
Gibson stepped in and suggested a
compromise and Mackay and Driscoll
acquiesced. Thereby another ring
battle of real championship caliber
is assured the Skeeter State,
Bob Martin, who won pugilistic fame
as the A. E. F. heavyweight champion,
is going to cash in on the fortune that
goes with good reputation. Bob yes
terday signed a contract with Lew Ray
mond, matchmaker of the new Bronx
Sporting Club, which calls for $4,000
for three bouts. An open-air arena with
q seating capacity of $4,000 persons is
to be erected at Bronx Oval, 163d
Street and Eldert Avenue. Jimmy Bron-
son signed the papers in behalf of the
army heavyweight.
The club officials fled incorporation
papers in Albany Saturday, and Ray
mond was named as matchmaker. A
Bronx site, and the first battle in which
Martin will participate will be put on
two days before the Carpenter emp-
sey bout. In this connection Raymond
said:
ut is my intention to stage big
pugihstic carnival on June 80. Thou
sands Of visitors will be in the East for
the big fracas in Jersey City, and /
hope to introduce many of them to my
big open-air plant. 1t will give the
early arrivals something to do besides
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The first bouts under the new law
which eliminates prize fights conducted
under National Guard auspices in the
state armories from control of the
Boxing Commission will be held next
Saturday night in the 9th Coast Artil-
lery Armory, 1876 West Fourteenth
Street Every boxer must be mem
Der of the Guard, but no limit as to
distance is fixed. Billy Roche, sponsor
for next Saturdays program, chuckled
last night as he exclaimed:
eve can box fifty rounds if we like.
No limit, of. boy!"
The main attraction at the artillery
show will see Bobby Doyle and frankie
Genaro, recruits, in a -rounder,
The title in competition is the Junior
Flyweight Championship of the Ma
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