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Show Georges Carpentier Isl FRENCH IDOL SHOWS CLASS "iN EXHIBITIONS 'Fast and Heady Boxer j L I GEORGES CARPENTIER, IDOL OF FRANCE BY JACK VEIOCK. V International Ncvs Sporting Editor.(( NEW YORK, May 16 Georges Car- I pentier appears to bo all that Europe claims for, him and Europe claims i that he is a marvel. The French champion, now touring! I the principal cities of this country. 'i appearing in boxing exhibitions for i the delectation of thousands of devotees de-votees of the mitt game, is making a i tremendous hit. 1 Everywhere he goes Carpentier is received with acclalm-r-greeted as a hero and a champion. And he is ere- ! ating a most favorablo impression on the best informed followers of the manly art Here are the reasons: Georges strips the ideal athlete. He is wonderfully doveloped, and in ring costume he disillusions the onlooker who, seeing him for the first timo in civilian attire, gains the- impression that he is slightly built. In handling himself in the squared circle hes hows the class and. finish of a real champion. His exhibitions are necessarily abbreviated affairs, but in a few rounds he is able to convince an audience that ho is a master boxer. The appearance of slenderness and frailty of Georges Carpentier the gentleman gen-tleman disappears the moment he changes from his street clothes to his ring costume. He is bulky of limb.t with wonderfully developed muscles on his arms, back and shoulders, and though ho is not as deeply chested as he might be, his lines prove that he is well knit and finely proportioned. Whether or not this master boxer from the Old World can retain his j cleverness and fiashly speed before, the rushing champion of the New1 World is slill a matter for grave con-i sideration, but those who have seenj Carpentier in action are agreed that he is a formidable opponent for even the great Dempsey and not to be laughed at. That Carptentier can hit he has demonstrated time after time, to the sorrow of such' big follows as Bombardier Bom-bardier Wells, Joe Jcanette, Joe Beckett Beck-ett and a long string of others. And with the hitting power he has the speed of a fast lightweight, moving about with infinite grace and wonderful wonder-ful footwork and handling his pound-ago pound-ago as easily as a bird on the wing. The Frenchman is still touring the East under the management of Jack Curley and will continue oh Cuiiey's bookings until May 20, when ho is scheduled to join a circus at Cleveland, Ohio. From tho Forest City he will tour tho Middle West and the South, and by tho time his long contract is finished hundreds of thousands of American boxing fans will have had Lho opportunity to see him work. |