The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-02


weight champion. and 1t isn't un-
likely that Greb would win. Still,
It would be no betting cinch, for
Carpenter has speed and cXtraor-
dinnry hitting power.
The most interesting kind OF n
bout Ia one In which the men are
entirely different In style, and tho
dullcst ~ one in which the boxers
are 30 much nllko that each knows
exactly what the other win do.
No two light-hcavyweights In the
| world differ more than Grcb and
! Carpenter. Tho Frcnchman Is bril-
! liant In his ring work. lie Is like
u big cat In his crafty approach and
sudden attack. lie learned boxing
by meeting lot OF first -slass Amcri.
can middlewclghts several years ago
/ and in l5-round fight with Joe
Jeanette. The skill he gained n
these encounters enabled him to bos
| English champions like Sullivan
Wells, and Beckett with ease,
! Carpenter is n keenly intcllectun
boxer He Is very strongly built fol
his weight, but his fighting ability
comes chiefly from his alert mind
and ability to concentrate every
ounce of his energy In the effort tC
win. In training Carpenter docsn' Z
show much, but in the ring thu
change I'm the man IA astonishing
He fights with caution until he find
his opening, and then leaps in wtl
apparent rccklcssness and throws
everything he has into one or twt
straight punches.
II he lands and finds his MAJ
shaken he stands close ana hits N
fast as he can with either hand
timing the blows well so that eacl
has n knockdown impact II It reaches
the right spot.
II he misses or finds his blow
blocked he is out and away, circllni
to find another opening.
Carpenter seemed careless In IN,
Levlnsky fight, but in the first hal
minute he learned that Levinsk!
was afraid OF him and that he haC
no punch. When he went after lie
vlnsky TO finish him and he battered
Bat down with rapid fire OF punche
that dazed him and threw hin
through the ropes
In the Dempsey fight Carpcntie
Jumped IN time and again and land
ed crashing punches on the heavy
weight champions chin. For n mo
ment I'm the second round thos'
blows rocked Dempsey and mad
him swing wildly 10 keep Carpen
tier hnck--which was Bob Fitzsim
mons way when he was momentar
ily In trouble.
Grcb Is "Big Bat Nelson"
when Carpenter was hurt h.
Dempseys heavy body blows he cir
cled around and around, Just ont %
range. avoiding Dempsey's stead
advance and looking for Chanc
90 shoot a left at Jacks body an,
! 81 81 ftFl, ltrh 10
chin.
: There's no doubt that Clrpentic
was handicapped TO some extent h.
having to wear the New Jersey oil
lows instead Of tho 4-ounce GLOW
used I'm England and France. Thi
, took some OF the sting out OF tn
blows he landed on Dcmpsey's chin
But OF course pempscy's punche
were muffled Just as much, Cnd n
! might have brought Carpentle
down quickly with 4-ounce gloves.
In the ring Carpenter Is as grace
ful as tiger. His movements ar
sure ana swift and smooth. n
drives his punches straight lie
> In and away like flash. He
beautifully accurate, lie uses MI
left hand as well as his right II
usually wins with n hard left driv
over tho heart, followed with a crac
on the chin with the right. In tn
Dempsey fight he may havo led wit
= the right too much but that was he
cause he found his only chance wa
TO get the right over to Dempsey
7 chin FOR n knockout.
Harry Greb is an entirely differ
= ent fighting type. He Is big Ra
| Nelson, but busler than Bat ever wa
3 Without any great skill In boxinl
. rather ungainly in his uneXpecte
!, movements, apparently planniu
nothing as tho fight goes along. neN
J er waiting for openings. never cirC
! ling before plunging in, never stoI
! ping n second to gather his n
A sources for single decisive puncl
4 he is the most awkward man in II
$ world to fight.
I Boxers are lost before Greh b,
q cause he doesn't respond TO III
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