Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-06
Dane Writes of "Why Not
the Truth of Carpentier?"
ny Bernie Dane.

the world" attached to Il was all that
was needed to set the F'rcnchmen Wild.
The British sporting world also Hatter-
sd itself with Carpenters ability and
oil the machinery OF publicity was set
In motion for Georges final objective.
namely the heavyweight champion
ship OF the world.
But the noticeable feature about all
these "huYrahs" for Carpenter WIS the
manifest ignorance OF the boxing game
displayed by European critics for un-
like the American fan. they did not
seem to know that 1cvinelty had been
holding on To an untenable title for
some time and that the only reason he
got away with n waa because there
were no prominent lightheaviee In
! America ut tho time to dispute the
Battiers title. Gibbons. Tunney and
greb had not yet shown enough 10 be
given serious consideration: yet there
" every reason to believe that any one
of these three nit artbts would have
defeated Levlnsky with ease. Indeed
| just tu prove how far the Battler had
been Slipping is shown by the f8Ct
that after his defeat he suh~ided into
obsolete otscurlty and his name today
I'm boxing circles amounts to no moro
than dead letter
And now came the time FOR that
! final objective, whereof I have already
spoken. What happened when Carr
met tho steel hammers Of Dempeey IL
now pact history, but still well known
to every lover OF the flRht game. But
the feature OF that bout Wac not the
X. q. acored by Jack. but tho lucky
breapd that Georges got, because he
suddenly awokc from his comotose
condition 10 find that he had more
glory and prominence than he possess
cd before.
Nobody seemed TO recognize thia dc
feat: oil the people epoke about waf
tho FrenChman's gaineneRs.
when Bill Bremen stood the on
elaughts Of Dcmtaey for IL rounds. the
papers came out the next day and said
Dempsey peats Bremen" Nobody
lparaded Billr gameness ne ightinr
power; he wac beat he loet the fight
and that was all there wne 10 e. Had
Blll gone 10 Europe like carp. and hea'
la couple of title claimants whor
nobody had ever heard Of before. h,
for another tilt with tho champ. Ru
ne didn't 20 and Carpenter did There
In the FrenChman shined in boxins
diplomacy. he knsw how TO retrieve
loss.
Cook. whom M one had ever hear
much about before. was the French
mans next flsh.
And then Ceme that old has been
Tel Lewis. who was 80 badly beatei
by the American eeCond and third rat
boxers when no invaded this cOuntr,
that no chased back home and neve
did emerge from seclusion untll hi
last few public efforts 10 como back
But tho big point il THE The
> enswered Carpenters purpose: the
served 10 bolster up his hRhtiu
morale and 10 ret tho world nfire wit
b his prow~sa and popularity.
Now hero h tho dope: II In my sin
Cere opinion thnt Carpenter is not
{ champion Of ABILITY. but n chan
{ pion OF SENTIMENT. And the bee
proof OF thia abatement is thu. vine
c Bremen X. O.'d Tracy, the Australia
n heavyweight champion. he was M
r even given n tumble" let alone
. round OF applause or credit, but ha
Y Carpenter performed the same stur
his prestige and popularity would hsS
4 soared 100 per cent. II not to tho sky.