The Washington times., 1923-12-25
By BILLY AMES

PCFSOns onlys DeSc9mpS, VINO at
tended Carpenter; Hurst, who
seconded Lenaers, and myself act
Ing In the dual capacity Of master
Of ceremonies and timekeeper. The
display given was four rounds, the
first two being exhibition sessions
with 12-ounce gloves. the last two
reconstruction of the third and
fourth round OF Carpenters cham.
pionehip bout with Battling Levin.
sky and III say without fear OF
contradiction that this reconstruc.
ton IL the finest thing that has
ever been done In the way Of exhi-
bition work.
& Amid q buzz of jovial converse
ton the boxers climbed into the
ring. and while the big gloves were
being adjusted I commenced the
explanatory announcement Of just
what the performance was going
60 be. That their Majesties were
greatly interested was evident by
the close manner In which they
followed my words, and when /
left the ring everybody was in
Right away from the start
Georges made matters tremen-
d0usly lively, for he tore from
his seat and hit poor old Lenaers
with every punch that has ever
been known to boxing. This first
round was q veritable whirlwfnd
Of speedy action, and it closed 70
. prolonged burst Of applause.
Illustrating the happy and infor-
NAL spirit of the proceedings was
- - - ~ lett ir1 81
guests who stood up between the
rests and called across the ring, II
aay, Freddy, what about sending in
. IN application for this job as spar.
ring partner?" don't know who
FREDDY" was, but the King sat
back in his chair and roared with
laughter at the sally.
Another exhibition round, fast
and furious, and then we changed
the pillows for the six-ounce
gloves used in the reconstruction.
In the third round OF Carpenters
bout with Levinsky, the Frenchman
put his man down for two very
long counts. then another lengthy
count in the fourth round preceded
the knockout which was accom-
plished with a long straight right
to the chin, and with Lenaers
cleverly playing the role OF Levin
sky, this part was invariably re-
produced with q realism that was
startling.
At the signal for the third round.
Georges came out in a very different
style to which he had shown in the
\ two previous exhibition rounds-he
crouched and hooked Lenaers with
tremendous power. The manner in
which he 1essened the sting in MS
~ fVaTAo IF q
really a work OF art, and I am sure
eft would not have been obvious to
anyone but an expert.
The Belgian duly took his two long
counts in the third session. and as in
Georges anxiety TO make things look
good, the work had been very heavy,
he was rather glad that they were
long counts--then came the fourth
and last round-and nearly an acct
dent!
Lenaers came up strongIy-he
was q tremendously tough fellow
but Georges climbed all over
him, and after a very short spell
Of mitigating . nasty left hook put
L0naers down for his schedule
time, had fairly lost himself IN his
work, and as soon as Lenaers
arose, Georges sailed into him to
administer the closure as per pro-
gram, two straight stabbing let's
opened the road for that IOag
smashing right, which has won
Georges his every fight Of i'm
portance.
As true az an arrow It sped along
and down came Lenaers with q
crash to the boards. Descamps was
standing beside me, but I did rot
need his agitated clutch upon my
arm to know that in his anxiety to
make things realistic, Georges had
almost overtopped the mark -
Lenaers' eyes told me sufficient,
they showed much white, and I { I'm.
menced to toll off the longest len
seconds that were ever counted OVER
O man.
Carpenter knew better. than any
Of US that he had given Lenaers at
least half a good one," and in a
manner quite foreign to his usual
work he roamed about the ring nenr
the outstretched Belgian eagerly
watching for flicker Of returning
consciousness.
record count, poor old Lenaers gave
a blink and an eel-like squirm-the
heavens be praised, we knew the sit
uation was savedi I called the
"Out" and Georges. like the good
Snowman he is, dived his hand be.
meath the Belgian's armpits and
terked him to his feet.
"Voila," they stood side by side in
the ring, bowling to royaIty's gencr.
Gus applause of q most realistic
show. but Georges kept his arm
around Lenaer's waist tighter than
a Iover-it was very necessary!
A little attention In the corner
soon put Jules into better shape,
and he lived his LIES prOudest
moment when the King and
Queen came to his corner and
warmly shook his glove.
Speaking in French, His Majesty
said:
"Lenares. I congratulate you