Show FRENCHMAN IS NO MATCH FOR DEMPSEY Billy Roche Says Salt Lake Champ Will Win Easily From Carpentier CarpentieI By Jack International News Sporting Editor YORK March 23 NEW Jack Dempsey will ill defeat Georges Carpentier as easily as ashe ashe he lie has beaten other heavyweights just as sure as they ever get Into the ring together Here Is 15 a point point blank blank assertion that may get a ft rise out of a 1 Rood good man mans mans' followers of ot fisticuffs but it comes from froma who knows boxing inside out man a 1 Billy Roche noche famous boxing referee and manager of Gene Gen Tunney the sen- sen rational 0 Greenwich village heavyweight made the tore foregoing statement re regarding the idol gl mae merits and ts Billys Billy's of Dempsey en opinion and Is t the worthy French of consideration During the war Roche was wu over there therewith w with wIh h the forces of the Knights of Colum colum- bus He organized boxing tournaments and can 3 doughboys staged t o boxing x both f h her er shows In France for eu the before f American Ameri Amert- the after after after af af- af- af armistice was signed and In Germany ter the Americans crossed the Rhine He Ho Hoha ha has seen both Dempsey and Carpentier In action and a as ashe he Is a a. veteran student of ot the boxing boxing- game his opinions carry weight In Jn the first pla e opines Billy the flie French and British are away behind the tho United Stat States s in producing either rugged or crafty cratty boxers Ill I'll give you OU an Illustration illustration Illus mus- As a a. representative of ot the Knights of ot ColumbuS I staged boxing shows for the American dO doughboys OY in n b both France Fiance ce and re Germany After the the- h armistice was signed I was with the American army armyon on the Rhine and I sent back to France for a a. half haU dozen of the best French professional pro pro- boxers available to meet the I pick of the American army of ot tion We hud had some rugged though green boys among the soldiers but I thought I 1 knew pretty well what they could do doand doand doand and they upheld my confidence in hr them The Frenchmen came cam along in due time and we arranged matches and heldI held II a big biff boxing boxing- fest test What hap happened ened Why I bless blus you ou those green doughboys knocked the French professionals for tor goals one I I and all Theres only one thing to be said about the present European crop of boxers box box- ers they're era they're a a. poor lot And as I 1 see it It Georges George Carpentier is an outstanding star them Im I'm not trying to take anything from Georges s. s He Is an ad- ad Continued on page 6 I FRENCHMAN FRE i NO MATCH MATCH Continued ed from from page 2 2 mumble fellow a a. a deservedly popular box box- er r an and 1 a boxer of ot n no little Bt But ou- ou I he Isn isn't t In the same class with Jack The e champion P will iU defeat e him hm I Y asT hj 1 as easily a as he has a t beaten eaten t any yh of the other Carpentier really belongs in the heavyweight light light- class In comparison to 10 he is licking lacking in practically ev ev- ev cry ery way It is true that he knows know a lot about the tho American style of boxing foi for Ol he got gut His UbI deafest dearest lessons I from tron Americans I 1 cant can't see ee where c j l J he has a a. chance against that rugged fellow fel fel- fellow low from Salt SaIl LakeIn LakeIn Lake that Gene In one way Im I'm sorry now Tunney and Carpentier failed to get to tu together tu- tu gether gather while Tunney was boxing in D i ea hae France Trance I beli believe e may my y would have hae given gi the Frenchman an argument that would have remained indelibly stamped In ia hl his memory But Carpentier Carpentiei perhaps wisely decided to keep leep away from the big tournament O over Or r there and when 1 found this out 1 I advised Tunney to do likewIse wise because he needed a It test rest and had already earned enough glor glorI glory I expect to see this army heavyweight championship thing settled beyond question ques ques- question tion of 01 a no doubt b many months have hav passed There filerI is a no movement on loot foot to to match all of the A A. B E F heavyweights in a a. series Herles of elimination col contests tta andes and lm Im confident that Tunney wIn wll es come out with flying colors Remember my is still more or less of ot a a. kid Why le he hasn't really g gotten his full growth Inthe in inthe the way of ot filling out But hes he's ready right now for Bob Martin MarUn or any of or the fhe army boxers |