The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-10

September B., 1871, at benton mar
same wear the veteran Bill Bre
hearing the brides sing in Ma
Georges Carpenter was stopped in
Acres on July 2, 1921, and Tom
July 4, 1923. Not one Of this gu
Angel Firpo.
Miske was but shortly recovered
from a serious injury to his oacK.
Even at his best the st. Paul man
lacked the punch usually attributed
to winning heavyweights. The de-
cision was never in doubt after the
opening bell.
Bill Brennan had been defeated by
Dempsey twice before encountering
him in New York. The Chicagoan,
like Miske, lacked the punch and,
I'm addition, was a trifle aged. Only
Dempsey's lack of topnotch form
kept the veteran on his feet so long
Georges Carpenter was an over
rated light heavyweight. He was
flashy boxer and carried q real
punch in his right hand, but he
could not begin to assimilate body
punishment such as Dempsey gave
him. A colorful person. Carpenter
drew 10000 people to Tex Richards
arena in New Jersey, most Of whom
were sorry to see him lose, but glad
the title stayed in the United States.
To show the. effects Of that bout,
the Frenchman has been useless
since, even being knocked out by
Battling Sikh.
Tom Gibbons has never been
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contestant. Really q light heavy.
WeiTht. he Is the most capable
boxer Of his class I'm the country
and proved &c by staying fifteen
rounds with Dempsey at Shelby,
Mont, ON July Last. Only o
skilled, careful boxer could hope to
do that.
Miske and Brennan were about the
same weight as Dempsey, but Car
pentier and Gibbons were lighter
men and smaller generally. The
champion has always done his best
work against men bigger than him
self. giants as Willard, Carl Morris
and Fred Fulton. It is such a
giant that he win face in New York
Friday night in Luis Angel F1rpo.
The rapid rise Of Firpo to the
heavyweight championship reads
like q Sabatini romance. He made
his first appearance In an American
ring on March 20, 1922. at Newark,
N. J., knocking out Sailor Maxted,
a third-rater, in seven rounds.
Exactly twelve battles since that
victory over Maxted IL the ring his
tory of the challenger Of the beet
ling brow. He knocked out Joe Nc
Cam in six rounds, April 4, 1922.
and Jack Herman In five rounds at
Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, May IS.
Then he went home to receive the
pIaudits Of the Buenos Aires popu-
lace.
Leaving home poor and unknown.
Firpo returned to receive the hon.
ors usually awarded a hero. He re-
sponded by staging a bout with the
glass-jawed Jim Tracey, knocking
him out in the fourth round at
Buenos Aires.
Learning the financial pOsSibili.
ties Of ring victories-and Ffp0
has an acute sense Of money
values-the wild Bull Of the
Pampas" came back to this cOun.
try and began talking about bat
Ting Dempsey.
Tex Richard looked him over and
contracted to match him with
Dempsey IL, first. he would defeat
three challengers. Bill Brennan
was the first and Firpo defeated
him.
Jack McAuliffe I'd, of Detroit. was
the second, and Firpo flattened him
in three rounds at the Yankee sta
dunn in the Milk Fund show. May
u. 1928
The third was the winner of the
Floyd Johnson-Jess Willard bout at
the Milk Fund show Willard
knocked out Johnson and in turn
was knocked out by the Argentinian
at Jersey City On July IL in eight
rounds. That victory gave Firpo
his chance at Dempsey, the chance
he gets Friday night.
Assured of his championship con-
test. Firpo transformed a bit, de.
feating such mediocre performers as
Joe Burke, Homer Smith, Charlie
Weinert and Joe Downey. These
bouts were partly for training pur.
poses and partly to make some easy
mons1 They served to bring Firpo
to AclA.s.ic City where he has been
training Ior about three weeks be.
fore clashing with Dempsey.
Since coming into the spotlight,
FirpO has fought twelve battles
in this half Of the continent, win
ming ten of them by the kaye.
Homer Smith lost on q decision
In ten rounds at Omaha and Joe
DOwney was badly beaten in a
ten.round no-decisiOn affair with
training camp gloves ut Indian
apolis. And there Is the whole
story OF the man who will face
Dempsey Friday night.
To the wise men of the ring Fri
day nights combat will be between
q strong, rugged challenger with
death i'm his right hand against a
strong, speedy champion with death
in each hand. Firpo is admit eddy
green and a poor boxer. Dempsey
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