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Show GUNBOAT WANTS RETURNJIATCH London. July 17 "Gunboat" Smith and his manager, "Jim' Buckley, said 1 today they intended to make a further fur-ther eflort to get a return match with Georges Carpentler, the French heavyweight heavy-weight who yesterday was awarded the decision at Olympla when Smith was ditquallfied In the sixth round for hitting the Frenchman while he was on the ground ho American boxer declared he was willing to meet the Frenchman anywhere and at any time and would prefer that the winner should take the entire gate money. Smith today asserted that he never would fight againbefore a cinematograph. cinemato-graph. He said his eyes were weak and lie had to wear glasses in the BUIlHght. Last night the glare of tfie lights puzzled him and he thought this possibly had something to do with his striking Carpentler while the Frenchman was down Carpentier Quit Easy. Smith insists that even If his glo've touched Carpentier it was unintentional uninten-tional and the blow did not hurt his opponent. Any other boxer, he said -.riiilrl hava tnntinued the fieht As to the blow that knocked him down In the fourth round Smith said that --bile it was a hard one It did not pu'. him out and he had simply remained down to gain the benefit of the rest While realizing that It is hopeless. Buckley Is making a formal protest against the referee s decision cn the ground that it had been arranged ar-ranged for the seconds to remain out of the ring until after the referee has given his decision Deschamps. the Frenchman's manager, Buckley points out, disregarded this arrangement and jumped into the ring Immediately Immediate-ly he b.iw there was a chance of winning win-ning the bout on a technicality. The boxing experts of the evening newspapers news-papers today are as divided In opin ion in respect to the force of the foul blow given by Smith as were those of the morning newspapers. Men with actual ring experience such as Fred Welsh, the lightweight champion, cham-pion, however, says that. Carpentier was not hurt and that the scene which followed the foul blow was the result of quick simultaneous working of the brains of Carpentier and his seconds. Eugene Corri. the referee, it is admitted ad-mitted by all, did the only thing possible pos-sible after Deschamps had claimed a foul. Newapapera Exonerate Smith. In their editorial comments on the match all the newspapers declare that it was clear Smith did not make any intentional attempt to strike a foul Llow "If Smith wants a return match right away he Is not going to encoum ter the slightest difficulty said Carpentier'e manager Uter In the day. It Is Carpentler's wish as it is my wish that the white champion of the world should retain the championship not by a mere fluke or dlsquallfica tion hut by right of superiority In boxing." Both sides thus have put themselves them-selves on record as eagerly desiring an early return match and the only bar to such a meeting appears to be the arrangement of a suitable purse. Manages Statement. Deschamps, commenting on what he terms the disappointing end of yes tcrday'B fight, said both he and Carpentier Car-pentier were dissatisfied with the re suit He added: "Carpentler wanted the fight to proceed but I thought the blow he received re-ceived from Smith while he was down tfould have proved detrimental had the fight gone on. It knocked all the brilliancy out of the French boy. "Carpentier is quite ready and indeed in-deed anxious to meet "Gunboat" Smith again. He regrets that he was not allowed to win the championship on a clean, straight-forward knockout, for he had Smith beaten almost from the start Carpentler is very sorry his opponent gave him a foul blow hat put an end to the match Had the leleree allowed the fight to go on. the French boy was absolutely ceT'ain of victory." "Right Away" Means January. When he was pinned down as to what he meant by "a return match right away," Carpentler's manager explained ex-plained that the French boxer would be able to fight Smith again only after he had fulfilled his music hall engagements. He continued "These will keep Carpentler busy until September, but he is more than willing to arrange a date iu December Decem-ber or January." Then Deschamps added "on condition condi-tion that a side bet of $20,000 each be posted " Deschamps said he was willing to accept Smiths suggestion that the v. inner of the bout take the whole lurse and the gate money. Smith, vho has no theatrical engagements, in reply : "I am not going to play to the gal ft The Wesleyan conference, at Leedj today, passed a resolution strongly condemning the recrudescence ot I ugillsm and especially the presence )t women at boxing matches It urg- I; td all christians to discountenance j these "demoralizing exhibitions." |