The Washington times., 1925-04-18

has done them.
Record books say he was born in
1884. Probably it was earlier than
/ fhaf the Young man had his birth IN
Len. France, but then again II may
| bA that we merely think It was
longer than that because we have
been hearing OF him Tor sucn
long time and always e0metnlnG q
sensational nature. he mas Deem
fighting since almost his infancy.
| He started out as bantamWetght
along In 1905 and has been whack-
/ ing away at them in all sorts OF
classes ever since. His career Gull
minated when he got his tremen-
dous shot at Jack Dempsey In Jer-
sey City and failed but not without
vaIient effort.
One OF the remarkable things Of
Carpenter is the fact that on top
Of ten defeats suffered at differen.
stages Of his career he remains at
once the most colorful. sensational
fighter in the business and when
matched with Dempsey was the one
man in the whole world capable OF
drawing to Boyle's Thirty Acres the
enormous receipts they counted that
night.
They said he didn't have :
chance 60 win, yet they fIOCkcd
to see him and discovered that he
did have q chance 10 win, for he
almost put it over I'm the second
round when he sOcIEed the cham.
piOn on the side Of the head and
staggered him badly.
Carpenter. probably for com.
mercial purposes or because he is
OF the excitabIe race, has created
some quaint impressions. They
called him the orchid and other
things Of a more or less effen1inate
nature, but II you had had q chance
to see him In his training quarters
you would easily have such i'm
pressions removed from your mind.
Georges was one Of the hardest
trainers ever seen. He seldom
whimpered about anything, but was
so full Of willingness and always
30 eager to do, that it was a pity
that he didn't come nearer the
championship than just merely a
match with Dempsey.
One OF the most agreeable men
despite the hard knocks he got on
Long Island because OF his desire
to do his training In private and
invite the newspaper men only at
set periods, Georges was Of great
companionship and worth. Original
~ Of a democratic nature and in
clined to be friendly with everybody,
they gave him some bad impressions
when he first landed In this coun-
try. The natural result was that
he became suspicious Of all hands
en M was inclined to go into his
shell and remain there.
CARPENTER has drawn some Of
the biggest gates and probably
more Of them than any pugi1ist
that ever lived, with the possible
exception Of Dempsey, whose
main gates Of tremendous size
came after the days Of the mod
crate priced "house" was backed
off the boards by modern out
door shows and high prices for
seats. He lost q great fortune
during the war and I'm his decIin-
ing days as . fighting man, after
he had left q great deal of his
physical well being on the battle
fields.
During his career Carpenter had
only 100 battles. not q high mum
Der compared with some Of the
American fighters who think It no
trick at all to weave in and out Of
the ring once q week or so. In
that number Of scraps he scored
forty-eight knockouts, was knocked
out himself four times, won thirty
nine times, lost q total of ten and
drew with five opponents. The
ten men who defeated him were
the Dixie Kid, Henry Piet, Buck
Shine, Young SNOWFALL, Salmon,
Billy Papke, Frank Klaus, JoeI
jeanette, Gene Tunney and Jack
Dempsey.
So you may tell from that list
of names what a remarkable gamut
this remarkable young man ran in
his diversified career.