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Show CflRPENTIEB TO ETON SPEED Frenchman Also Admits That He Is Much Brainier Than Beckett. By Universal Service. LONDON, Nov. 26. If there is one thing that Georges Carpentier feels sure of, it is that he will beat Joe Beckett for the heavyweight championship of Europe In the match which takes place a week from tomorrow. Not that the noted Frenchman indulges recklessly In "tall talk" as a form of hypnotism. On the contrary, be has not the least desire to belittle his opponent or the size of tho task that lies before him. "Beckett." says Carpentier, "lg the most dangerous man I have yet met. because be-cause he Is not only bigger, but he Is also so strong and so grim a fighter. Put us in the ring merely to stand up and hit each other as hard M possll'l. and I should not have a chance. Yet I think I shall beat him. "The British champion has two things In his favor. He la stroi g. stronger than anyone I have yet met. and determined a hard-hitting man who can take a tremendous tre-mendous amount of punishment. Depends on Brains. "What have I to set against that? First, the speed of my footwork: aeond. my quicker and cleverer hitting, an-! third, my greater science. Three chances, what you call, to two. So you Ml why I think I shall win. I am confident of my ability, and I mean to win. That is all I con say." Thit Is the spirit of Carpentler's camp, and It Is shared by all his followers. "Carpentler's brain," said M. Dee-champj. Dee-champj. his manager, emphatically, "will beat Beckett's museie." It was the genial little French mentor who did the talking at the training ramp at Stanmore. Memories of Carpentler's fight with Dick Smith, when much of the old-time fire was lacking, prompted the question as to whether he had got hu k to his 19H form. In Perfect Trim. "Better." cut In M. Deschamps almost before the question was finished. "Georges Is faster th.wi he ever was, both with his hands and the feel, and he Is so fll that he could go Into the ring now. lie is so nearly ready for Becked Inst our work here will be light Juhl enough to keep him as he Is now whilst he gets used to tho Brllleli weather." "And be Is hilling as ban! ss ever?" "I know," he ad'le-1. "snd you can lake It from me that Carpentier Is bluing very, very hard, nnd vtry, very fast. He Is wonderful. If Beokelt can beat him. Ihen .!,- i" iwlce -is k "1 .' man ns h" ban no shown himself. But Georges will win because he knows Just how good Beckett Beck-ett Is. "Beckett 1X1 pounds. Carpentier ATI pounds. A strong, heavy, hlg-hlttliw man a:iln.'l a llghte:'. U'llck'-r. more agile anil nmr" scientific boxer. Wllh a punch against bruins nnd speed with a punch. There you have It, and brains will win every time. "Beckett, he Is a great fighter, bill he its not so grraf ns Georges here." and he I tapped hi- forehead, "nnd hecnuse ho is not so good there, we shall win." |