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G SHAW SUA Written Especially for Universal I Service Serlee Ice V 1922 by Universal Service I ONDON Jan 16 Carpentier at athis athis athis V L LONDON his worst defeats Cook at hi his 5 best There Is so mu much h money mOlley In Ina Ina I a Carpentier r fight g that f an op opposing op- op alft posing champion gf of requisite q ft quality I be found It becomes necessary to invent one There are always plenty of ot volunteers I Ithe for tor the Job for tor what man so poor as the average professional pugilist t. would not gladly take a decisive clip on the thea 11 a from the French champion n n ex exchange e change for the losers loser's share of ot the tile gate and the prestige of ot having fought Car Car- But the game would DC ne spoilt both oth as 03 to tt the gate mun mousy y ga game nc end ami the betting betting betting bet bet- ting game pame me public were persuaded persuaded persuaded per per- that the nger had considerable consid considerable erable more than a dogs dog's o s chance chanc He must either like Dempy have Jn a reputation reputation tation as terrible as Carpentiers Carpentier's own or else must Zae a p. p the thc audience as a n complete te stranger el with a reputation lep made as many thousands o or oL miles y as possible COOK IS NO KO That was how Gi George rge Cook came cam to figure n n Albert hall hail on Thursday as a mystery man with on Iron Jaw who was vat to repeat the of or Dempsey and snatch the championship of Eu- Eu France V There was of course no particular mystery about hint hint- and the attempt to cl clothe the him with terror t was rather half halt ted so the work worl of at getting odds was IllS put in on the other othel end In the shape of ot the usual dl disparagement of Carpentier with some sOllie a additional weight given to them this time by the suggestion tion that the mauling mailing he ha received from Dempsey had damaged him perma perma- Certainly the occasion was a most anxious one for friends Tho The confidence with which they awaited the fight with Dempsey on the strength of ot his triumph over Beckett was changed to gloom and forebodings His American failure was the worst blow the art of ot boxing e ever er received SCIENTIFIC If It a first class like Carpentier Carpentier Carpentier Car Car- cannot avoid defeat by an infighter in- in Infighter infighter fighter like Dempsey In a twenty-foot twenty ring then the art of at boxing s IS as ato useless useless useless use use- less and delusive as Monsieur Jourdain's Jourdains Jour Jour- dams dain's fencing lessons failed tailed to defend him against the The Tn whole point of ot what Is called scientific pugilism is that it enables a J. J boxer who Is ts master of it and has sufficient room for free movement to avoid attempts s to seize o of a more powerful him and batter him helpless ss If It It cannot do that it ft has Absolutely io LO excuse for tor existence Its opponents can its ita idle graces grace in m a much moro more civilized an and manner I by dancing like When I enter entered d I did not consider er they were getting value a at 18 pence but then I do not profess to know anything anything anything any any- thing about iho tho latest developments of th the art I saw one engaging novelty tho ther champion heavyweight leading of off oU with hla head l and r landing under u his l J Aia eu eJe eJel opponents opponent's n ear V The referee e made no comment the audience was WIlS not sur- sur the opponent did not lot seem to mind so I concluded he was used to It Such was my ignorance that I conjectured conjectured conjectured con con- that the manag rs lest our strained relations with France the news of ot Briand's resignation was Just Justin in should be bo made worse won had carefully carefully care care- fully tully selected the worst boxers In Britain Britain Bri Bri- tam tain to oppose the French champion V and that an attempt in the same spirit same spirit by the French to find still worse had hadeen been een found an utter impossibility II KEEP EI HEADS BETTER DETTEn The French kept their heads better because they had heads to keep At all events they got all the verdicts But it was not what I call boxing to watch It relieved our suspense about Carpentier Car Car- that that was all At last ends a storm of ot booing Somebody Somebody Somebody Some Some- body fixes a silly mascot on a corner pole of ot the ring Mr Geor George e Cook steps out He Is neither another Carpentier Carpentier Car Car- nor another Dempsey that Dempsey that much Is clear But he ho Is a substantial heavyweight good looking enough for tor hl his job job but hardly more U ta ie We say to ourselves If Carpentier cannot beat that young oung roan man man he can no longer beat anybody Crescendo In a applause Enter Car Car- My heart sinks A frightfully lined face race with the smile all aU on oh on the surface The familiar Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese nose silk dressing gowns heightens the Impression of an Invalid Not thus like a lamb to slaughter went he forth to battle Beckett He will not sit in his corner He has the cnair taken out forthe for tor forthe the preliminaries One feels that he ought ht to be In bed Time He takes the floor loor wearily llie balance of ot o his step Is gone He lie does not take command of the ring in his old fashion Our hearts are arc in our boots One would suspect him of sharing our misgivings If he were Interested enough COOK COOl LEADS OUT What followed was deplorable Never before in the history of ot the ring have such liberties been taken with a. a cham cham- pion plon For two rounds young George I Cook had the time of or his life He lIe clouted great Carpentiers Carpentier's head he heI I boxed his ears he thumped the nape of ot othis 1 I his neck lIe He finally got him on the I I ropes and punched d him to his hearts heart's 1 content con tent We looked on In fn utter consternation Carpentier was irresolute sickly He missed his lead again and again Cook being a lively and timely ducker Worst of ot all all when Carpentier was most buffeted buffeted but but- feted he stopped fighting and appealed sometimes mutely and once audibly to the referee to remonstrate with this disrespectful and aggressive young young- man Cooks Cook's triumphant Australia resound resounded leel l- l ed eel through h Albert hall Carpentier was disgusted at Cooks Cook's holding him but buthe buthe buthe he himself had more than once held Cooks Cook's left wrist tight under his arms whilst Cook banged him on the back hack backof of ot the neck with his disengaged rl right ht It was a a. scandalous performance The champion of Europe was getting morally morally mor mor- ally knocked out in every clinch by the hearty heart plucky boy Only he seemed little the worse for It it Just worried and ill used that was all Cook was ivas so absorbed in his success that he hit Carpentier In the face well after the bell beU had rung Carpentier re received received re- re the blow with a saintly expression expression sion don as one who should say these lIes flIes are so troublesome and made no com corn plaint At the beginning of at the third round Carpentier suddenly put on an air of having f taken Mr Cooks Cook's O l measure a I He lie even formed some faint Intention of ot Continued Continue on page 3 TRUST N SHAW Continued from page 2 fighting him hun But little came of It He kept with Is left to draw Cook Cookas as he drew Beckett but so very ob obviously ob- ob that Cook was not taken In Cook blazed away merrily but he I was realizing that Carpentier when he did hit hit extremely hard just as It was dawning on the audience that Cook for all his thirteen atone otone against ag Carpentiers Carpentier's twelve could not make himself felt by the man who had stood up to Dempsey's fists From mere force of habit Carpentier CarpentierI was putting t In f formidable a shots occasionally occasionally occa occa- arl arlt though uh l not up to r his old standard standard stan stan- f dard for straightness and finish At Atthe Atthe the end of the third round nothing had happened except that Carpentier had I technically disgraced himself In the middle of or the fourth round Cook got a right uppercut on the jaw This as It happened was nearly of Carpentier's Carpentiers Carpentiers Carpentier's Carpentiers Carpentier's Car Car- best Cook fell on his back but he did not go to sleep He was ras tryIng trying try- try Ing t to get up all the time This I is a sign of f bewilderment et t as mt the e el man who h l knows knoes what he is about lies quiet lies quiet until till tho ninth second and then jumps up having rested as long as ho can I did not count the the seconds seconds and did I not hear them counted In fact I thought that Cook was up just In time but Carpentier with great presence of mind immediately shook hands with him and went home presumably to bed Every one started There was no noI I I scene no no enthusiasm The champion was gone and we thought tho the best thing to do was to go too I have no explanation to offer I suppose it was Influence or perhaps a a. headache like the one Napoleon was said to have at Waterloo All that destiny can say to Carpentier Is You got pot ot oft off this time but dont don't do doIt doit doit It again |