Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-15
CARPENTER TO
TRAIN HARD.F0R
GIBBONS BOUT

Chicago, May 14.-Georges car
pentier, French light heavyweight
who arrives here today from New
York, plans to begin preliminary
training at once for his bout May
81 with Tommy Gibbons at Michi-
gan City. Ind providing legal OBJ
stacles threatened by Billy GIBSON,
Gene Tunney's manager who claims
u prior right to his service, do not
interfere.
The French fighter. with Jack
Curley, his American manager, TOOK
train for Chicago at New iork'
after being met on his arrival from
France by Gibson, Tunney and tneir
attorneys. They left without at
tending a conference arranged with
Gibson for the afternoon.
Gibson declared the matter Is In
the hands of his attorneys and that
runney and himself would fight 10
protect their interests.
Carpentier~ plans to spend several
days here in light workouts ana
gymnasium work before beginning
Intensive training for the match, at
his Michigan City campfire same
one used by Dempsey in preparing
for his scheduled bout with Billy
Brennan. which was later called on.
Meanwhile Tommy Gibbons, who
has been training at Grand Beach,
Mich, comes to Chicago today to
referee elimination bouts in the
Sixth Corps Field Area to deter
mine boxers to compete In the final
Olymr:s trials in Boston next week.
The matches will be held aboard
the u. S. S. Commodore.
The principal bout will be six
rounds between Jim Flynn, middle
weight champion of knute field, and
Jouberle, champion of the Great
Lakes Naval station.
New York, May 14.-Georges Car
pentier, starring in an international
scenario of the prize ring. is due in
Chicago today after a melodramatic
evasion of legal attempts to hold
him in New York following his ar
rival yesterday from Europe. Billy
Gibson, who asserts that Carpen-
tiers contract to meet Tom Gibbons
at Michigan City on May 81 is in
violation of another agreement sign
ed by Francois Descamps. manager
of Carpenter for a battle with Gene
Tunney prior to the Gibbons fray,
is threatening further legal steps
after his wait in a hotel yesterday
for two hours past the time set by
the Frenchman for meeting to set
tie the difficulties amicably.
Arriving in Chicago today with
Georges and his manager, is Jack
Curley, who, as emissary of Floyd
Fitzsimmons, promoter of the Glib
bons bout, journeyed to Paris TO Sc
cure the disputed contract and, ac-
cording to his own statement, evoiv-
ed the strategy which started Car
pentier to Chicago while Gibson, his
lawyers newspapermen and pho
tographers awaited an interesting
meeting at the hotel.
The unfolding drama began
months ago when FitZsimmons an
nounced that he had secured the APP
prevail of Descamps for a bout be-
tween Carpenter and Gibbons.
Somewhat latec Gibson exhibited q
contract of prior date between Car
pentier and Tnney, American light
heavyweight champion. 1t was in
timated at the time that the Glib
bons bout had been shunted by
Descamps upon information furnish
ed from America that it was uncer-
tain of fulfillment.
,FitZsimmons came to New York
and offered Gibson $4,000 for the
contract but the latter refused. The
next move was from Paris, where
Curley secured the Gibbons fight.
Gibson threatened to invoke the law
and, Curley said, boosted that Car
pentier would rot leave New York.