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Show Carpentier, in Better Health Than Ever, Is Anxious to Don Mitts and Meet Dempsey NEW TORK, Oct. U Georges Carpentier, Carpen-tier, free tee t of -Trench Teoiers and Ku ropean heavyweight champion, who has added to the fame ha gained aa a ling-man ling-man by his exploits In the world war, la anxious to return to the squared eirci. end would meet Jack Dcmpeey. Information Infor-mation to this offset le contained In a letter written by Victor Breyer. ths Krench sportsman and journalist. tf lata I have noticed In owns of ths American ournals that Carpentier had made up hie mind to retire from the game." says Hreyer. ' "I have seen a real deal of ths young man lately, and can asaure you It le all a mistake. He la In aplendld health now; In fact, alnce he entered the Joinville Military Reboot of Fhyaical Training he la eraASformsd and has never been better "Hta ons desire now Is to ses this war flalabed, so thai ha may start again, and hs la quite eager about It. At prent he Is giving quite a number of exhibition bouts all over the country, especially In the American cam pa. where he is vary popular. If anything he is heavier, and would welcome a match witb any of the big elare of too game when the war Is over.- I have never seen him box with belter Judgment, and his hitttng Is more powerful. There are many of tha American Amer-ican boys hero who are fine boxers, and Carpentier ta not overlooking any chance to Improve hie own style." At vaeitouo ttmee eince Carpentier entered en-tered the service of hie country tn 1914 conflicting reports concerning him have been, receive, in this country. At ons i time It was said that bis duties aa a soMier In the Held had put eucn a sraln upon htm that he waa in very bad shape and probably never would be able to regain re-gain ha form. At snother time ho waa reported ta havs Inures! bia lungs learsugh exceaaive cigarette smoking to such an extent that tt waa impose b for him to box more than a round or two without sorely distreaeing himself, and It was freely predicted that his career as a boxer was definitely ooded. Of late, however, more favorable re-porta re-porta of the Idol of French boxing fans nave Come out of the war torn land. One of theee came from "Mparrow" ftobertaon, now in France aa a physiral director for the T. M. C. A., who recently wrote to ths effect that, Carpentier was In jTlno condition and would welcome an opportunity oppor-tunity 10 come to thia country. Breyer's letter, therefore, confirms the report sent by Robert son. Incidentally news of the allied success In the vicinity of Lens muat bav been 1 received with great loy by Carpentier, ' who Invested ths bulk of hta fortune I earned in tha ring In coal mine In that district a rear or let wefors ths war. j |
