The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-14
~ ROnERT EDGREN'


The 4. ". T..
when a fliv I'm which he was rid J.
ing turned over with Robert the
steering column was planted on his
chest and the engine fcll out and
rollidcd with his chin. Reports from
Wost virginia say that Bob heavcd
his chest ana floppcd the fllvvcr int"
The ditch. sat up. and asked who
was rofcreoing that bout, anyhow,
aud what round was IT, lie had a
few sCratchcR.
when the first news of the acct.
dent to Martin reached Jack Demp-
soy who was svisitlng at Jack
Eearna' home IN Oakland, Gal.
Dempsey dashed to n newspaper VI
ricc to get details. ON hearing thai
Martin wasn't seriously hurt Jack
sent him WIRE wishing him - Merry
Christmas and n Happy New Year
Martin loods like Dcmpsey's one
chance for champiomhip contest
during 1922, unless some new heavy
weight marvel comes up within the
next few months. or Jess willard
goes broke, or some promoter Offers
real purse for Wills bout and tho
boxing authorities promise to sane
ton II.
Martin is a very good man, taking
his limited experience into consld-
Grafton. There IN no telling how
good he may become In another
year His army record shows that
he has the right stuff In him. He
became "a boxer while In the army
result OF army training.
A great many people In this coun-
try would be made happy. and the
popularity OF boxing would have 1
great boom, II Bob Martin could be
HAgaInnaA lnt u FRal tslNnl fnT tnI
present title holder.
Bob Martin, American soldier ana
winner of a. II. Y. championship,
would make fine figure Rs n
worlds champion.
Showed No Weak ness
I sec that Jack McAuliffe thinks
Georges Carpenter was hurt In his
contest with Dempsey and that he u
dropping back In class as n boxer
| doubt that Carpenter was ply
slcally injured In any way In the Jer-
pey City bout II II had gone the
full distance and he had taken Q
heavy pounding. II might have beer
different. But the bout was short
Carpenter wasn't worn down to an,
great extent lie was fast on hi
feet and was the aggresaor Until
Dempsey dropped him. He wa
knocked out with couple of clear
punches. and was strong until thu
flrSt knockdown punch dropped him
lie wasn't hit nearly ns hard ~
Dempsey hit Willard. In the firs
place. Carpenter was a swiftly NOV
ing target and Dempsey had to us'
a snappy punch to get him. with
Willard. Dempsey swnyed into hi
punches and drove them home Will
every ounce of strength he pos
Ia ~ all a,
flounderod into the blows.
II Dempsey had hit Carpenter
the way he hit willard he woulC
have lifted the Frcnchman out o
the ring or knocked him through th'
ropes. lie couldn't hit Carpenter n
the same way because Carpenter
didn't stand stlll TO he u punchinl
bag The body blows In each rount
took away some OF Carpenter
speed, but were not hard enough Il
cause any injury.
A few hours after tho fight visit
ed Carpenter AT Manhasset Bay, an'
he stripped TO the waist 10 show m
that he didn't have even the slight
est bruise on his skin from Demp
seys BODY punches. He said tn
body blows didn't hurt him, and
think he was telling the truth.
Carpenter may have lost IA littl
of his ambition aud confidence as
result of losing TO Dempsey. lie ha
wanted chance TO fight for IN
heavyweight championship for seN
eral years. when he refereed tn
Johnson Moran tight IN France h
made up his mind that he coul
whip johnson. Carpenter told III
that II the war hadn't nterfercd h
surely would have fought Johnso
ghnptIN "a 10, la ANplla h.,
ond time.
He thought johnson slow, heav
and gone far back as fighter
lie thought he could beat Wi
lard, because willard needed 2
rounds 10 knock out Johnson DemI
sey was a different proposition. ,
course, but Carpenter confident
expected to beat Dempsey lie di
not realize that Dempsey had 4
much speed and skill--didnt belieV
IL until he had met Dempsey In tn
ring, Then he admitted that pemI
soy was too fast and too good
boxer for him
II was surprised" Carpenter tol
me. II did not believe he was +
strong. and at tho same time 4
fast. He was too good for me.
hit him as hard as | hit the Englis
fighters. aud he did not go down"
That line shows why Chrpenti6
may have lost confidence.
II thought no man could stand u
II hit him ON the chin" sal
Georges.
But, although, Carpenter Ia
given up hope OF winning the heavy
weight title he is still ambitious I
remain king of the light -heavy
weight class. / expect to see hii
fight one or two very good bout
more before he makes up his min
TO retire from the ring.
As for Carpenters being listle.
in his training work he was Lis
less enough at Manhasset Bay. n
boxed like an amateur. and not
very good amateur at that. AppnI
emily Carpenter Is "A temperament
athlete, one who needs the spur
actual contest to make him show n
best.
Gymnasium Fighters.
I've known many boxers wi
were great in the gymnasium AZ
who lost their ambition to fig
VIXEN in the ring.
Young Otto OF New York was
gymnasium marvel. He was u
doubted champion OF the world In
gymnasium, But In a real fight