Show CARPENTIER BIGGER HERO THAN JACK DEMPSEY Gets More PI Plaudits in France Than Jack Does in His Native Land LandBy LandBy I By Fred I LEVELAND Dec 23 France France is If C still raving laving over G Gorges Georges orges Carpentier Carpen- Carpen tier The French are quite dippy over their champion The popularity popular popular- ity of Georges in his ids native land far surpasses sur- sur surpasses surpasses sur sur- passes the favor In which Jack Dempsey Is held by the American sporting public but that Is Dempsey's fault Had Jack Jacl I availed himself of the opportunities opportunities opportunities op op- op- op that all other yo young ng Ameri Amerl- Americans Americans cans dan had during the the time U s country was at war with Germany he would be bean bean bean an Idol too Dempsey Is a a. great fighter and the typo which makes a hit with I the fans but the hit he makes is discounted discounted discounted dis dis- counted by his war record Jess Willard Villard grew unpopular through his Iris ring Idleness and his failure to come cometo cometo cometo to the front promptly in offering his services to the Red Cross or other war benefits Jack Johnson although his color was wasI against I him f from the start wasn wasn't t unpopular unpopular un un- t e r popular until his I personal behavior be became became be- be came obnoxious to the public The public appreciates the superlative ability of ot a champion but it Is exacting also In its demands In character and personally personality A champion must be every Inch b a man if he is II going to be an idol That is why France Is outbidding American promoters for the much talked of match between Carpentier and Dempsey Dempsey Demp Demp- sey scy for the worlds world's s he heavyweight title |