The New York herald., 1921-07-04
CARPENTER READY
TO FIGHT SOON AGAIN
in AMERICAN ARENA
Dempsey's Vicious Blows
Fail to Shake the Valiant
Heart of Frenchman.
REST A WEEK is PLAN
Tom Gibbons Suggested as
Logical Opponent for
Next Battle.
HAND HURT PREVIOUSLY
Invader Shows Marks of Bout,
but Has Many Offers Here
May Send for Family.
HAND HURT PREVIOUSLY

Georges Carpenter will tight in this
country again. The blows which
knocked him out in his battle with
Jack Dempsey Saturday failed to
shake his fighting heart. and his man
ager, the volatile Francois Descamps,
still believes that. pound for pound,
Carpenter is the greatest fighter in
the world.
Eve are resting all this week." said
Descamps, but next week we will be
ready to talk business. Georges Is
willing to take on the leading light
heavyweights in America He is still
the light heavyweight champion Of the
world, and he does not intend to re-
tire"
Thus Descamps shattered the belief
held by many persons that Carpenter
would take the fortune he made Satur-
day and sail away to his villa in
France, never to tight again. 1t has
not yet been decided whether he will
visit France within the next month or
two. There is a probability that he
will send for Nine. Carpenter and the
baby, Jacqueline. for a stay Of some
time in this country. Besides the lure
OF more fights there are said to be
many moving picture and theatrical
contracts which he can have any time
he wants them.
Asked who the most logical opponent
for Carpenter would be. pescanps said
that Tom Gibbons. brother OF Mike,
probably would give Georges the most
interesting fight OF any Of the light
heavyweghts In the United States
To See RicI<srd "wednesday.
That would be great fight" said
Descannps. Tom Gibbons and Georges.
l believe. weigh about the same. 172
rounds. But Georges would win"
Descamps intends to see Tex Rickard
Wednesday.
The tense atmosphere OF the siren
rous. carefully guarded, training period
was broiSen yesterday at tho French
lighters retreat near Manhasset. Georges
kept indoors most Of the day Several
times he went out to the porch and
waved his hand toward his admirers
Who were lined up against the front
fence. He appeared to be In his usual
good humor
Carpenter was amused when told of
rumors that he had died from the ef-
fects of Dempseys blows. He looked
FAR from dead. though IL was evident
trat he had been In fight. The swell
ing from the bruise under his eye had
subsidized somewhat. but the mark still
showed. The cut on his nose. however
was hardly perceptible, and It was
vigorously denied that any bones were
broken. So the famous profile will re-
main just as IT always has been.
The broken hand hurt most. II caused
hum continual pain, and now and then
he WINGED while talking. DR.. Joseph b.
Connolly of Glen Cove visited the Car
psntier camp at noon and looked the
land over. A bone in the thumb was
fractured and the wrist was eprained,
both from the right hand blow with
which the F'renchman staggered Demp-
sey in the second round. The hand. which
shortly after the fight was swollen to
three times its normal size, still was
puffed. Except for the thumb, 1t was
not bandaged.
Thumb Injured Before.
Descamps and Capt. Pierre Maliett,
the fighters friend and adviser. admit
ted yesterday that ten days before the
fight Georges injured the thumb on
Joe Jeannett's elbow during a furious
mixup.
The hand was hurt then. all right"
said Mallet, but we didn't say anything
about II, and 1t was nearly all right
again when the time came for the fsht.
We nursed II along as carefully as we
could"
The fact that nothing was said OF the
injured hand until after the hght. when
1. was admitted only with reluctance.
Is taken by his supporters as one Of
many proofs that Carpenter did not
rrepare an allbi In advance. He offers
none now
Dempsey Is the greatest fighter
alive to-day" he said. mo man Of any
weight that I know OF can even put him
in danger"
Carpenter said that he was rocked by
every blow which Dempsey struck.
Every one OF them hurt. he said,
but the three that got behind the head
~-----
the body blows. was never uncon-
sc,ous. heard the referee counting of
the seconds very distinctly. and / tried
to get UP. but was powerless. No man
can hVt Dempsey"
BODY shows Few Bruises.
Descamps and Maliet said that Car
pentier's body. contrary TO what they
had expected. showed no bruises from
the steady battering which came from
Dempsey's left hand. In fact, Des-
camps said that his fighter was marked
ND less by his fight with Dempsey than
he had been In many of his previous
battles. After the fight with Joe Jean
nette in Paris. he said. Carpenter was a
etained and bruised spectacle
A Carpenters retinue OF trainers. han
dlers and friends lolled about on the
norch most Of the day. With them were
several pretty girls The talk was all
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