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Show FRENCH EAGER FOR MIT MILL i FOR GEORGES Carpentier Must Dispose of j Levis Before Seeking Return Re-turn Dempsey Battle By SPARROW .M . ANN Ne, ir.l LoThe StandnfU-Examlncr Copyright, 1022, Bj The Standard-Examiner NEW YORK, Feb. 25 Jack Kcarns, manager of Jack Dempsey. now has In J hand several definite proposition! j from European promoters for matching match-ing the heavy weight champion. in line with the recent statements that i tile In-mpsiy rind Cnrpenllcr flht in ) Knj land is u strong possibility, two of j those affert involve tho French cham-, cham-, pinn 'the finaiit lal term presented I to Ke.n ns read very well, Indeed. As ii matter of tact, more money Is promised In those offers than anything any-thing Dempse) could earn In this I country except through u fight with Harry Ills. J Iveurr.s knows and eVeri' oilier wise I man knows ihit a battle x. 1th Wills Is Impossible and, that it would bo a sucker fight anyway. Wills has gone back and under the rules goernlng I hitting In clinches, which would obtain, ob-tain, ihc colored man would ' have a Chinaman's chance There Is every prospect now that Kcarns will book passage shortly lor Dempsey, a couple of good sparring partners and him el for Apiil sailing. Then tho fireworks ' a 111 start on the other side. INTKltKSTLNG l l i From across ihc water comes the gist Of Interesting dope today from that i.'lobe trotting western sportsman, Harry Dime. Dime says that after j Carpentier .-io; away Ted ikldj I Lewis In April, he will face a demand , by the French that he meet Marcel lillles. Illlles, who Is a real heavy-. heavy-. weight, has been laying the French heavies away In worgmanjike fashion i lately He has beaten Lequenne, so- I called "champion Ol the north," whut- ever thut may mean. Sluber, former champion of the French army, Battling Battl-ing Smith, champion Of the American army of occupation, Jeff Dehaus. the Belgian heavyweight, Dan sfcdloldrlclc, I I Guardsman Fenwill and Paul Ham-1. I Illlles has become very popular with the Parisian fight fans. Tlje French j think Carpentier can take him. but 1 1 hey nre not so certain of this that I they do not wish to sec the two men meet. As lor liattllnt; Slkl, the Sen-I Sen-I galeae negro who w;is a holy terror to I the French fans a while iiko he recently re-cently tackled Paul Journcc. well known over here and wa.s lucky to get a decision In 15 rounds. Even the French realize that Journec is not so much, so Slkl Is no longer a fearsome figure on the European fistic horizon. LV n v i GJEORG1 However, tho big white haired boy of the boulevards of Paris still is Carpentier. Car-pentier. His victory over George Cook b;us restored him to .the place he occupied oc-cupied before Dempsey crashed him for a row of tool sheds, and talk as you please, this goes for Ixndon, too. What would happen to the hat band of tho average American leather pusher push-er If ho could read about himself in i the papers as Carpentier has the pleasure pleas-ure of doing every time he bats an eye. Here Is the latest: Carpentier! Eh, bien! We watch him as his intense moments Of light come and we cunnot breathe. Our eyes tremble. Yet our .- nse.s thrill with compelling delight. The sleek champion heralds the supreme moment mo-ment with his eyes. Ah. these eyes. They open wide to their fullest extent. ex-tent. They have light, fch, they blaze with tho fierce Illumination of terrible intensity. What now? lie becomes cat-like He moves delicately. He poises more gracefully. It is terrible. It is magniflcient. The opponent Is prepared for the onslaught, yes. But lie Is Intimidated lie knows of his peril. Yet. whence w III it come? hat j must he do to aold It? Itouni' l'.oum! Phe blow has fallen. Descamps dances with Joy. Strong men weep and the air echoes with acclaim. Maybe Jack Dempsey will think twice before going to Europe after he reads that! oo m. i. |