Evening star., 1924-05-30

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Carpenter finished his training in
the open yesterday. in spite of a chill
ing wind off the lake. He insisted on
stripping and doing his calisthenics.
shadow boxing and bag punching in
the outdoor arena, feW yards from
man finished he seemed to be perfect.
The drawn look of his face, so notice.
able when he trained for his world
heavyweight championship match
with Jack Dempsey three years ago,
was replaced by d healthy tan. The
tenseness his muscles showed before
the Dempsey bout was absent.
The cold wind forced Gibbons to
cancel his work outdoors yesterday.
Indoors he tugged at the pulleys,
skipped the rope and shadowboxed.
He weighed yesterday for the first
time since he started training, but
the poundage was not made public.
He wanted to know just how to taper
off for tomorrow afternoon.
Meeting for First Time.
Carpenter is dangerous hitter
for the first time tomorrow afternoon,
when they appear to weigh and sub
nit to d physical examination. Car
pentier figures he VIII scale around
l75 pounds, probably l7412. Gibbons
expects to tip the beam at III, two
pounds above the notch when he box
ed Dempsey in the historic battle of
Shelby, Mont, last July t.
Michigan City began filling up early
today, with the advance crowds eX-
pected to jam all facilities tomorrow:
Every hotel was filled last night and
many visitors were housed in private
homes. Nearby cities also handled a
large overflow, and those unable TO
obtain accommodations went to Chi
cago, planning to return on special
trains tomorrow.
The consensus of opinion of the ex-
perts today was that tomorrows con-
test would be desperately fought,
with the winner in doubt, although
the majority favored Gibbons should
the contest go the limit. Carpenter
has developed many more admirers
among the boxing critics than he had
during his preparation for the Demp-
sey battle in 1921. Many who wit
is in better condition. with little
more weight added to his old-tlme
speed and ring cunning.
The contest promises to be an in
teresting duel with the result hlng
ing on Carpenters ability to whip
over a finishing blow with his famous
right hand early in the contest, or
stand up under Gibbons deadly left
hook to the body and head.
Carp's Right Is Dangerous.
Carpenter is a dangerous hitting
with his right, which shook Dempsey
to his heels, and the Frenchman
might have been returned the winner
instead of going away from the
punch.
Gibbons left hand carries a knock
out that has floored approximately
forty opponents since he has entered
the front rank of heavyweightS. Glib
bons is a difficult target to hit with
a right hand punch. He has clever
way of sliding inside a right, at the
same time countering to his op-
ponent's jaw or body with jolting
left hooks. He is a past master at
infighting, as well as long-range box
Ing, and the critics figure that he
will outclass Carpenter in both
styles.
The Frenchman's chief hope of win
ming, in the opinion of the experts,
is to crash over a right hand blow to
the chin in the early rounds. His
daily workouts have indicated that
he has rehearsed these lightning
like rights.
Gibbons has engaged in more than
forty contests since Carpenter -as
defeated by Dempsey in 1921 and has
kept himself in condition at all times,
while the Frenchman has engaged in
only six contests since flattened by
the world heavyweight champion.