Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-02

Nerolct. Dempsey undoubtedly has
increased his ring cleverness in the
past two years but it is improbable
that he can cope in stiffness with
the Frenchman over the 12-round
distance.
Dempsey will weigh about 20
pounds more than Carpenter. Ring
tradition gives the champion an ad-
vantage on that account and MANY
veteran observers of fistic battles
mere tonight are wisely nodding their
heads and declaring that Jack will
wear down the Frenchman in two or
three rounds; than slip over the
punch"
Carpenter throughout his training,
mas laughted at the suggestion of the
champions weight advantage Many
men who have watched both boxers
train are of the opinion that the
weight advantage possessed by
Dempsey will be much slighter than
against some other opponent. For
carpenters powers of physical CO.
ordination; his quickness of thought,
much OF which came with his exper-
fence as an active aviator in the war
and his mental poise. unusual in a
boxer, make him an uncommon ath-
lete.
Dempsey will climb through the
ropes larger man in nearly every
respect. He is an inch and a half
taller than Carpenter. His reach is
one inch greater. But Carpenters
neck, usually declared by casual OBJ
servers to be thin, is we'll developed
and measures 16 "a inches, one
quarter inch larger than that of
Dempsey. In all other respects OK
cept in calf measurements, the tape
shows Dempsey the larger Carpen-
tiers remarkable lower legs measure
inches of Dempsey.
The ring courage of either man
scarcely can be doubted Carpen-
tiers has been proved in a long Sc
RIGS of bouts in which he fought his
way to success from bantamweight
to the topmost heavyweight ranks in
Europe. The bouts in which this
young Frenchman met Frank Klaus
Billy Papke. Joe Jeanette and Bonn
bardier Wells, taking as we'll as Civ
Ing much punishment, tell of his lion
heart, as do the war experiences
through which he went.
Dempsey's courage in bout OF any
length never has been thoroughly
tested. mainly because his great
punching power has made the aver
age length of his bouts two or three
rounds. In the match with Brennan,
there never was any doubt as to his
superiority, although it went along in
slow fashion until the 18th round.
However, Dempsey went against ire
mendous physical odds when he met
the massive Jess Willai>. and the way
in which, he tore into the Kansas Gil
ant indicated an entire absence of
fear
1t is notable that neither of to-
morrow's contestants, in his last
bout. gave any real evidence of his
true prowess. Carpenters most re-
cent bout, with Levinsky, was fought
Immediately after the Frenchman
had finished a long circus tour and
was in no condition for q top notch
exhibition, although he did knock out
his opponent in four rounds. Demp-
sey's performance against Brennan.
was below the standard of his pre-
, vious bouts.
With the exception of the princi =
pals and the third man in the ring.
little Francois Descamps. the astute
manager of Carpenter, VIII he
watched with more interest than any
other person in the arena. The whole
soul of the cxcitable Frenchman is
wrapped up in his boxer. Several
times when Carpenter was younger,
Descamps leaped into the ring to pro-
vent the further punishment OF his
charge. Although emotional, DeS-
camps is wise in ring affairs and Car
pentier will not lack for acceptable
counsel between the rounds.
So New York and it's surrounding
cities await the battle. Early to-
morrow morning, the tide will start
to surge toward Jersey" and the
first of the preliminaries will be un-
der way in the great wooden bowl
shortly after the noon hour. Inc
throng, with the exception OF the
general admission ticket holders.
probably will be slow in arriving for
Promoter Richard has promised there
will be no difficulty in securing all
seats that have been reserved. by
two o'clock, the crowd will be prac-
tically all seated; news writer's and
experts from every part of the Unit
ed States will be at the ringside ana
the Battle of the Century is prom :
ised by Richard for shortly AFTER
o'clock.