The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-06-23
CARPENTERS RECORD .
IN WAR AND IN RING
Is MOST INTERESTING

war, 10 defeat Jack Dempsey on
July 2, than they doubted the ability
of the Allied armies finally to over
come Germany. They have followed
the steady rise Of the young pugilist
from the days when. as bantam
weight, he first gained national note.
They have studied accounts of his
history before that time In their
minds. Dempsey will he unable to
fell this national hero just as Ger.
man machine guns which are said
to have riddled his plane repeatedly.
were unable to bring him down.
Carpenters official war record. in
vestigated recently, revealed that the
boxer spent is months at the front.
flying a two-seater observation plane
He received the Croix de Guerre ard
the Medaille Militaire.
The record shows that Carpenter.
enlisting as a chauffeur in August.
1914, received license to pilot a
Farman airplane in May. 1915 He
was sen1 With a squadron to tho front.
remaining three months and then was
assigned 70 general reserve aviation
as spare rilot.
On August 2S. 1915, Carpenter suf-
fered a leg injury but recovered rap
idly and was gent back To the front
with the Fa'man Escadrile for re-
connaisanco work in preparation for
the champagne offensive. which he
gan September 25. 1915,
Carpenters citation, which resulted
in the award of the Croix dc Guerrc,
reads: September 27 he did rot hes
!tate to fly during misty weather and
rain less than 200 wards above en-
e'n1 lines. He has given rrOof in
many circumstances of sang froi |,
never returning until his mission was
accomplished, often with his machine
lidCled with bullets ond shell splin-
ters."
On November :, 1916. Carpenter
received the Medalle Miltaire for
heroic action. In December, 1916.
he was forced to quit the front be-
cause Of illness and never returned,
in May, 1917, being declared physic-
ally unfit to continue as a pilot. He
was detached from aviation and de-
tailed as army physical instructor
near Paris. Six months after the
armistice, he was transferred back
to the aviation and demobilized
Carpenters courteous demeanor
and evident culture. unusual in n
boxer. have created the impression
in Amreica that he IL the son of
wealthy parents. This is not so.
The son of d miner, Carpenter was
born in Lens. the coal-mining center
OF France. on January 12, 1894. He
started work as an office boy in
brewery The ring called at an early
age. however and when only IL, he
took up boxing then being popularized
in France by the visits Of kid" Nc
Coy and other American fighters. At
the same time, he was dancing and
singing in the cafes and restaurants
Of his native Lens, with Francois
Descamps. who has ever since been
his companion. guardian and mana
ger. II was Dcscamps who discov-
cred in Carpenter the requisites of
potential boxer. He attempted, one
day, TO punish the youth. using box
ing gloves rather than the American
switch" In the midst Of the sched-
uled punishment" Descamps re-
latcs that Georges sidestepped with
agility and pouf!-'he lights sudden
ly went out on me"
From that moment. Georges was a
boxer. Descamps, somewhat Of a
no tptn
his gymnasium to train him. He
fought three four-round battles In that
first year and his total ring earn.
ings amounted TO slS4. He will re-
ceive that much for each two seconds
Of his bout with Dempsey. provided
the match goes the scheduled IL
rounds.
Since that time Carpenter has
climbed steadily and slowly. Some
times. he has slipped. but the prog
ress has been consistently forward
and upward He gained his first
Knockout In 1905 when, as q bantam
weight, he stopped Moinereau in
three rounds. The same year he de-
feated Salmon. one OF England's clev
crest little men. In rs rounds. y
short time later. he knocked out In
one round wctinck. a lad who had
almost held him even two years
before.
II was In 1909 that Carpenter de-
fcated Charles LedouS famous French
bantamweight and the ,craftiest boxer
that the lad had met up to that
time More fame followed when he
defeated Paul TIL In 10 rounds. hut
soon after Georges was Knocked out
by Gloria In six rounds.
Carpenter met his first American
opponent. Frank Loughrey, In May.
1911. winning a decision. Meeting
the best Of American boxers, lnclud-
ing Harry Lewis. well-known mid
dleweight, and Dixie Kid. by whom
he was Knocked out In five rounds.
he nevertheless developed steadily,
gaining in weight. strength and clcv'
erness until he DEBATED Jim sullivan
for the middleweight championship OF
Europe.
Two defeats at the hands Of the
Americans Billy Papke and Frank
Klaus. marked his 1919 record. Papke
stopped Carpenter In IL rounds and
Frank Klaus beat him ON a. foul
when the nimblc-brained Descamps
clambered into the ring to save his
proteRe from knockout
The two bouts with Bombardier
Wells. both ot which the Frenchman
won hy knockouts. featured his 1913
battles Carpenter showed great
gameness in his first fight with Wells
when he was knocked down Tor the
count of nine in the first round hut
came back tn win In the fourth.
The second Wells hattie was Car
pcntier victory In one round. In the
sa,nc year. be knocked out cyclone
Smith. Bandsman Rice and George
Gunther
Carpenter lost no ground In the
eyes of ring followers when defeated