Evening star., 1921-06-26


rather disliked the notion of visit
ing these two champions. and it is
proper to say that l sneaked down to
Atlantic City and out to Manhasset,
L. l.. to find out. if possible. just
what allied these two famous con-
tenders for the title of champion
boxer of the world. And had the
caricatures been true to life 1 would
have sneaked back home again and
said never word about my visit.
came away with the feeling that
there is nothing ungentlemanly about
gar or unrefined about professional
boxing. I'd raise my boy to be
boxer. I'd make boxing lessons by
competent instructor compulsory for
every boy in school. little knowl-
edge and skill in the art of self-de-
who might otherwise turn out
sorry specimen Of the genus molly
coddle.
Undersirable Features.
There have been and still are GER
tain undesirable features connected
with professional boxing in this
country. There are still evidences of
sessional game and the professional
gambler. There are still too many of
certain type of parasite hanging
about professional boxers and their
training places. There is still too
much profane and obscene speech ut.
an elder day. But the modern cham
pion is not of that ilk. He neither
looks nor acts like the caricature. He
looks and acts like any ordinary
business man or professional man. His
conversation is not that of the
tough" Indeed. his language, be it
English or French. is as fit to print
unedited as is yours or mine.
Why, Georges Carpenters trainer.
Gus Wilson, shocked me more than
anly in his gentleness of behavior
and speech and his big-brotherly or
almost motherly solicitude for
Georges; and Carpenter himself. In
voice. mind, manner and appearance,
is the very antithesis of the old
Even veterans of the ring refuse to
conform to the stereotype. James J.
Corbett could never shock the sensi-
bilities of refined person. and
philadelphia Jack" O'Brien. who
to be ,se at IeaR sts amp
speaks more like an army major In
civilian clothes or college instruc-
tor talking with his class. The Amer
lean champion himself, though not
what you would call pretty. youth,
does make a presentable looking
young man, whose ordinary conversa-
ton seems notably free from the East
Side patois and slang one antici-
pates from the prize fighter Of
story and picture.
Having seen Carpenter and Demp-
sey box with various partners, I re-
gret to announce that there is moth
ing brutal about boxing or profess
sional boxing exhibitions as now
staged. 1t is true, perhaps; that
there is some little risk of personal
injury involved in a boxing contest.
That does not mean that the game
is brutal. for there is certainly a
greater risk Of injury to the con-
testants in American foot ball.
Carpenters Appearance.
Carpenter looks rather pale or
waxy. as healthy youth usually
looks. A patent medicine "spe-
cialist" would at once prescribe iron
or something for him. But, believe
me, there is nothing the matter with
his blood. Dempsey has cold hands.
He. didn't complain of them, but
noticed they were a little cold, as
the hands of a healthy young ath-
lete usually feel. If your face isn't
the color of a magazine girls face
or II your hands are sometimes a
little cold you can claim that much
resemblance to the champion boxer I
OF Europe or America
Dempsey has the larger chest and
the greater vital capacity. He can
put forth the greater effort. But