The New York herald., 1921-06-26
EMPSEY is A BIG FAVORITE TO RETAIN RING IT'LL
COL. T.. l. HUSTON
DIFFERS. FROM MANY
Yankee Owner Points to the
Fate of Past Favorites
i'm Ring Battles.
BY DANIEL.

Among hascbaN Players and club own
ers, as among all ether followers of sport
IT. this country. Jack Dempsey is an over
.whelr,ig favorite over Georges Carpen-
tier. Some of the players with whom
we discussed the matter made no bones
about wishing to SEE Dempsey beaten.
Somehow. the chomoion is not tho great
favorte which mon thought he would he
after he ctcpred Jess Willard. But even
those VINO ,XDIcs7td a desire to see the
j. oacnnl2n win could not see how Dcmp-
.ey ,.oy De detected.
Amoug the ye:y lew who are inclined
toward Carpenter Is Col Til Huston. part
owner OF the Yankees. IF were bet
!.ig man | would .5,4re wager on Car
p'.tier." said Coi Huston the other
Gay. II 10 net krow irs. how the men
compare =. a ho,ing way All know is
what ] have yeGd IL tho newspaper
Bu. have seen clIamrions OF the past
go into tie ring strong favorites and
| nave So n them itsr t',tir titles.
Take The ca?" of john J.. sullivan.
fuy example" coatnGeG iac Colonel.
"Wh q sullivan went into the arena at
Kew o. ~ w'th ilw Cotbctt il was a
mighty hard JOB 10 gct anybody TO
cagoY - The cia 'ieagev. Sullivan.
though well past his prime. was an
overwhelming favorite-1 to 5. And
you know Whist happened to John L.. the
best liked Of all champions
COrbett Also stopped.
You snow, tco. what happened to
Corbett when lie faced Bob Fitzsimmons.
and jim was q strong favorite. You
know what happened to F'itzsmmons
when he met Jim .Teffries--and Fitz was
the favorite l have seen the Dempseys
oc the past tow to the Carpenters of
other days"
Charles II. Ebbets. president OF the
Brooklyn club, believes that Dempsey
will prove too powerful, too robust and
too aggrc cssive for Carpenter. IL take it
for granted that Dempsey has trained
for this fight just as faithfully as he
trained for the Willard bout" said Eb-
bets yesterday. III he has worked him
self into proper condition there isn't
another heavyweight in the world who
can stand up against him. Carpenter
Is not heavy enough and he cannot take
punishment. He will not be able to
evade the bill like rushes of the Ameri-
can. who can hit like piledrver There
is nothing to it but Dempsey. inside
seven rounds"
Most OF the Giants, Yankees and
out his challenger inside of five rounds.
Many of them look for the finish in the
first round. The closest follower of
boxing among the Giants is Earl Smith.
the catcher. He knows almost as much
about boxing as he does about catching.
Smith thinks that Dempsey will win
hands down. Says Smith:
II cannot see Carpenter standing up
against those terrific home runs of the
champion. You know that In every
sport ii is the socker who wins-and
take it from me, that man Dempsey
can outsock any other fighter in the
business. They will be doing the count
ing over the Frenchman on July 2. and
it will be the full count, too"
Bancroft Favors Cham pion.
Dave Bancroft. captain OF the Giants.
looks for a Dempsey victory Inside OF
four rounds. II do not believe that
Carpenter can take punishment" saiu
Bancroft yesterday. His boxing his
tory shows that whenever he met a
fighter who could hit hard he went
down. And I would not be surprised
If Descamps rushed into the ring and
carried his man out before Dempsey
could land the knockout.
"Descamps did that when Carpenter
fought Papke and Klaus. He cannot
stand seeing his friend whipped to a
frazzle. That he will be whipped there
is little question. They say that there
is no evidence that Dempsey can take
a punch on the jaw. Well. there is
no need for any further evidence than
We already have. Dempsey has the
greatest defence-a terrific attack. He
can hit too hard for Carpenter
John McGraw is inclined to favor
Dempsey. too. He. too. believes in the
power of the punch and he holds that
no man can take the Dempsey wallop
and come back with anything of his
own. Dempsey has strength, youth.
weight. hitting ability. ability to take
it-and confidence. He is. / hear. trained
to the minute. Carpenter looks good,
too. but he is not a Dempsey by any
means. This Is going to be one fight
in which the favorite will win, and
win decisively."