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| Difference in Boxing Methods of _ the Pair Should Make Car- pentier Bout an Interesting One. By Robert Edgren. . At present only two world’s cham- Plonships in boxing are held outside the United States—the flyweight and | fhe lightweight. Several —Amer- fean boxers have gone to England to | fmke the fiyweight title fr--1 Ji | Wilde, who has been us" table in the | flyweight class for years. "Only one American has beaten him, “and thet only with the <u of > >- fair advantage. Kid Herman was matched with W"*- when he lost the bantam *':le to Lyndh, and went « to fight the English champion in the Nghter class. Herman delibe- y came in overweight, expecting to avoid weighing in by simply payir+ hid weight forfeit. It would have been judgment on Wilde's part to re- to go on with Herman, but ne ‘t want to disappoint the crowd - &@t the last moment, and so fought in spite of the difference in weights and was knocked out. other world's championship ts ‘held by Georges Carpentier, who took ) the light-heavyweight title by beating | Battling Levinsky. Levinsky claimed “ft because he had taken a decision over Jack Dillon in 1916. But just how far Levinsky went back after beating Dillon to a decision in one of their many engagements is shown by his record. From October, 1916, the @ate of the Dillon bout, to October, € 1920, when he met Carpentier, Levin- f sky fought fifty-two ring battles and ‘won only six of them—all on deci- sions, His real finish as a first class boxer came when he was foolish enough to meet Jack Dempsey in 1918 fand was knocked out in three rounds. ‘When Levinsky fought Carpentier he fat and slow and had lost all trace of the skill and dash of his earlier “years in the ring. DIFFERENCE IN STYLE WOULD \ MAKE BOUT INTERESTING. © But that doesn’t argue against Car- ‘pentier's ability. The Frenchman ‘might have beaten Levinsky at his ‘est. He's a first class light-heavy- ‘weight, and good enough to beat most of the second class heavies and have f chance against any except the champion in the heavyweight divi- pion. ‘The best match that could be made e @ ‘an Carpentier is with Harry Greb. “he American _light-heavyweight ‘champion, and it isn't unlikely that “Greb would win. Still, it would be no betting cinch, for Carpentier has peed and extraordinary _hittiag r. The most interesting kind of a bout ‘es one in which the men are entirely Miffetent in style, and the dullest is ‘one in which the boxers are so much r) WD bitee that cach knows exactly what the other will do. No two light-heavyweichts in the ‘world differ more than Greb and Car- pentier, The Frenchman is brilliant fn his ring work. He is like a big cat fn his crafty approach and sudd 1 fattack. He learned boxing by meet- 4ng a lot of first class American mid- dleweights several years «go, and in @ fifteen-round fight with Joe Jean- inette, The skill he gained in these encounters enabled him to beat Eng- Yish champions like Sullivan, Wells gnd Beckett with ease. Carpentier is a keenly intellectual boxer. He is very strongly built for his: weight, but his fighting ability feomes chiefly from his alert mind and ‘ability to concentrate every ounce of hhis energy in the effort to win. In @raining, Carpentier doesn’t show much, but in the ring the change in the, man is astonishing. He fights ‘with caution until he finds his opening 6 r’) and then leaps in with apparent reck- Jessness and throws everything he has Into one or two straight punches. If he lands and finds his man whaken he stands close and hits as Yast as he can with either hand, tim- ing the blows well so that each has a ‘knockdown impact if it reaches the right spot. If he misses or finds his blows away he is out and away, circling fo find another opening. Carpentier seemed careless in the » fevinsky fight, but, in the first half ‘minute he learned that Levinsky was afraid of him and that he had no ee ‘When he went after Levinsky finish him and he battered Bat @own with rapid fire of punches that ‘Waged him and threw him trrough the Ta the Dempsey fight Carpentier in time and again e3d landed ‘punches on the heavyweight ’s chin, For a moment in the second round these blows rocked Dempsey and made him swing wildly to tiga Carpentier back—whiech was ‘Bob Fitzsimmons’s way, when he was “momentarily in trouble. WARRY GREB IS A “BIG BAT NELSON.” Carpentier was hurt by 's heavy body blows he cir- @round and around, just out of rages. avoiding Dempsey's steady ad- 7 and looking for a chance to eo > shoot @ left at Jack's body and drive ‘that hard straight left to his chin. There's no doubt that Carpentier ‘wag handicupped to some extent by WN aE" STE STYLEOF GREB PREVENTS FIGHTER SETTING AM DPR fe aa ah Ta hl a ae having to wear the New Jersey pil- lows instead of the four ounce gloves used In England and France. This took some of the &ting out of the blows he landed on Dempsey's chin. But, of course, Dempsey's punches wefe muffled just as much, and he might have brought Carpentier down quickly ‘with four ounce gloves. In the ring Carpentier is as grace- ful as a tiger. His movements aro sure and swift and smooth. He drives his punches straight. He is in and away like a flash, He is beautifully accurate. He uses his left hand as well as his right. He usually wins with a hard left drive over the heart, following with a crack on the chin with the right. In the Dempsey fight he may have led with the right too much, but that was because he found his only chance was to get the right over to Dempsey’s chin for a knock- out. Harry Greb is of an entirely different fighting type. He is a big Ba: Nel- son, but busier than Bat ever vas Without any great skill in boainy, rather ungainly in his unexpected movements, apparently _planutng. nothing as the fight goes aiong. never waiting for openings, never circling before plunging in, never stopping a second to gather his resources for © single decisive punch, he is the most awkward man in the world to fight. Boxers are lost before Greb because he doesn’t respond to the usual box- ing movements. He doesn’t know any more about backing up or sidestepping toan a racing-car driver, There's no ase in feinting at Greb, because he doesn't try to sidestep or shift about to avolt a blow, and so a feint doesn’t trick him into leaving openings. Feinting is half of a skilled boxer’s bag of icks. EB STEALS THE WRESTLER’S STUFF. Greb's one way of fighting is to rush in persistently, keeping both arms going overy second of the time. Instead of hitting in the usual way, straight from the side with well di- rected jabs or hooks or uppercuts, he hits from wherever his hands may have swung to after missing or land- ing a blow. A punch may come up from his knees or down from over his head. He introduces a bit of wrestling stuff. Frank Gotch once told me that all wrestling was a matter of putting the other fellow off balance, Greb's one fighting theory is that he must not let his opponent ‘‘get set’’ for a blow. “I can beat Dempsey by keeping him on his heels, where he can't hit me," Greb says. He tries to keep them all on their heels. He beat Tom Gibbons by rush- ing him off balance and never giving him a chance to start one of his heavy punches, Meanwhile he was pound- ing Tom with an endless shower of half-arm blows that come from all directions and followed no boxing rule He whipped Gene Tunney in the sam. way. After the fight Tunney said: “There's no use trying to be scien- tific with Greb. He pays no attention to it. He hit me so often I didn't see anything but stars, and there wasn't a punch that came over the way it ought to." Applying his wrestling instincts Greb used a trick all through the Tunney fight, continually seizing Tunney as they bumpe.t together and whirling him around, or pushing him oft balance, immediately starting an- other whirlwind of punches before the bigger man could get Lack into boxing position. At times this came near to the for- bidden line in holding and hitting, and if Greb met Carpentier in either Eng- land or France he'd take some risk of disqualifications. If Greb fights Carpentier _ the Frenchman will find this bustling style of attack disconcerting. It may offset Carpentier's boxing skill entire- ly and force the Frénch champion to do as he did with Dempsey, and throw all his chance into boxing and trying to shoot over a damaging right. (Copyright, 1922, by Robert Edgren). Ne eaence ASKS FOR VOTE ON LAWN TENNIS BALL Walter -L, Pate, Chairman of the Ball Committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association, sent out a questionnaire to all the players repre- sented in the National Association yes- terday. The officials desire to secure a vote a8 to whether the players prefer a lively ball for competitions upon hard playing surfaces, ‘There has been complaint from sev- eral quarters that the ball in use {is far too fast for high class lawn tennis on clay courts, It is argued that this places a premium upon hard hitting while {t handicaps actual skill and abil- ity. The opponents of the lively ball claim that the present specifications should oe changed. In the questionnaire sent out yester- day the players are requested to regis- ter thelr vote in favor of the continua- tion of the lively ball or against its con- tinued use. It 1s expected that the total vote will be heavy, as practically 80 per cent, of the players of this country follow the hard court game. paseo Sal as LEITCH SISTERS NOW ON WAY TO CANADA LIVERPOOL, July 1.—Miss Cecil Leitch, former British women’s open golf champion; her sister, Edith, and Miss Molly McBride, Canadian golfer, led for Canada yesterday on the mohip Montrose. They will later visit the United State Miss Cecil Leitch will be unable to play in any matches owing to an in- jured arm, but her sister plans to enter the American tournament, beginning Sept. 25, and will compete in the Cana- dian championships, beginning Sept. 11, CamrenTER MIGHT DRoP GRED ITH THE KIND OF & RIGAT HAND PUNCH He LANDED ON DEMPSEY — WITH A 4 ounce Glove, NER, WILL FIND His SILL OFWSET BY PUNCHES COMING 15 “TURKING Als MAN AROUND ‘Te ET HIM oFF | Hi ldreth Scratching En tries Starts Many Ugly Stories With Little Truth in Them against Billy McLaughlin, Hephaistos, Polly Ann and others. that even that was too tough a spot, as starting any sant a trip from Belmont in a hot Rancocas Trainer Had Good Reasons ‘or Withdrawing His Starters, He decided of his horses Knobble, he figured, might find a bet- ter spot, say in the Carter Handicap, y, where the route will be Later in the day th came to Aqueduct and Vosburgh had put 0 pounds on Knobbie in the Carter himself as being sorry A FEINT ONLY BRINGS GREB wt ON THE UN) Beth HANDS Going . Sam Hildreth sera all the Rancocas hor card at Aqueduct yesterday a klids of stories were bandied 4s to the reason thereof. Mr. Hildreth he expressed Major League Averages AMERICAN LEAGUE. .300 HITTERS. NATIONAL LEAGUE, 300 HITTERS. =, Player. Club. A.B. Hornsby, St. « 247 65 120 40 24 merit 2 162 + 262 Barnhart, Bressler, Gincinnt Hargrave, Cincinnatl Miller, Chicago . Lighee, Pittsburgh Daubert, Cincinnati Smith, St. Louis.. ‘Tierney, Pittsburgh . Grimes, Chicago Duncan, Cincinnati . Lee, Philadelphia . Walker, Philadelphia Rohwer, Pittsburgh Barfoot, St. Loui Carey, Pitt Hollocher, Chic Aldridge, "Chic: Henline, ‘Philadelphia Shotton, St. Louis. Southworth, Boston Willams, Philadelphia . n, Pittsburgh .. Farrell, Chicago Maranville, Pittsburg) McHenry, St ‘owell, Bi Mann, Bt. ‘letcher, Phila Pittsburgh jor, Pittsburgh . ‘Terry, Chicago Nixon, Boston .. Pinelli, Cincinnatt Schultz, St. Louls GIANTS. Playe Stengel Kell: Snyder - Bancroft Cunningham Young... Smith J. Barnes. Rawlings Shinners Robertson " Causey Ryai Dou Player. B. Griffith ‘T. Griffith Mitchell. Johnaton Wheat Olson Deberry Hungling Ruether High Miller Ward mandt Vance Mamaux PITCHING RECORDS. GIANTS. - Piteaer. 2h ” Smith Mamaux Mitchell . LEADING BASE STEALERS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Carey, Pittsburgh . Hornsby, St. Louis eoorks EDWARDS STOPS ROWAN. Danny Edwards, bantamweight cham- pion of the 15th Regiment Armory, scored a quick knockout over Frankie Rowan of the Tist Regiment in the waa bout, scheduled for fifteen round the 15th Regiment Armory last night, ww he didn't run the Wrack horse in the So ends the story which many whisperings im the . the club house and even on the lawn at the track yesterday. who make racing a business, possibly because of professional jealousy. them weren't particular as to what they said about him tn connection with drawal of his entries. If what we heard from one source sould be given any credence, the Ran- cocas tpainer had become involved In a jam with the stewards. Live Wires By Neal O’Hara Though the opening of the Sara- toga season is a ful! month away, the good people of the popular resort are and eagerly awaiting the opening of the gates for most successful season in the history of the associa- President Pichard T, Wilson and, Secretary-Treasurer George H Bull have been frequent visitors dur- ing the spring and superintending which have been carried over a period of more than two years, and which an already beautiful plat into one of the most perfectly equipped race courses in the world. Money has not bee ing out the plans inaugurated by Mr, Wilson anJ his associates. it was the lovely lake with its foun- field tha’ gave a helping This year it is the complete transformation of the area between Union Avenue and the former boundary of the course at Lincoln Avenue that has been improved so that the entire property of the asso- ciation presents a solid park-like ex- panse that must be seen to be appre- “What would the big league be without its Boston and Philadelphia?’ sneers a baseball scribe. And the correct answer is that it would be bottomless. Sisler, Bt. Lou! Stephenson, Cley Hellmann, ‘Detroit Speaker, Cleveland . O'Neill, ‘Cleveland . Collins, St. Louis. j Zachary, Washington . Cobb, Detroit talking horse, of the Rancocas Stable, peeved at not in on the wagers Coeur de Lion and ‘Thessaly earlier in the week, had read At that, occupying eighth place t+ a strategic position. tack you from the rear. Nobody can at early summer improvements stories really had no basis of fact, vestigation showed, and they are re- peated here simply to show the ani- mus that unfortunately {s becoming common on the track these days. Official information on the subject, important to the rank and file of race- forthcoming, hunted up Dave Leary, representative of Hildreth and agent for the stable, and got something like a real version of the situation. In effect it was this: Early yester- day morning Hildreth took a look at the entries and in his own way tried to figure out the chances of his horses in their respective races. y look very promising, excepting in the Hindoo Handicap at a malle, Johnny Shugrue Makes Debut In Local Ring Against Pilkington Fullerton, Boston’: Keefe, Cleveland Hooper, Chicago . Van Gilder, St. Yale ended her season in a blaze vi glory after starting like a false ala: ~ June-was the best month the Braves have had this season. teen days out of thirty. spared in carry- Hauser, ‘Philadelphia. It rained thir- Clarke,’ Detrolt Sheely, Chicago 6 e cal pacer caught up within a few y! of Seres, With only four miles toe the little rider went around and around Miller Huggins is after young blood. More blood and less bone would c tainly help those Yanks. hand to Nature. Uhle, Cleveland . L and the German Army haven't done very much since 1914. wonderful exhibition of ridin, always go best in the sum- which explains the Cardinals’ Falk, Chicago fink Ame! who finish One of the disad antages of being a big town like Philadelphia is that it can support two Phils and A's, The Red Sox aren't now to reach above the ankles. TWO OCEAN RACES SCHEDULED TO-DAY Two ocean cup races are on the pro- one of them a sail- ng race and the other a competition By a curious co- incidence the same number of boats, namely, eight, will start in each event, 4 each event is, ‘The sailing battle will be between three yachts of the New Ro- chelle Yacht Club Brooklyn Yacht Club Ocean Challenge Cup and five challenging yachts. to give him « hard battl lly training hard for {his con- . Sharkey ts getting into condition at Long Branch with Jimmy De Forest. Mickey Walker and George Ward, J, welterweight round bout at the Broad A. 0. of Newark, Thursday night, the better of It, cluding the Government tax of 10 per cent, Hach fighter drew down $2,842, which was Recent Conqueror of Dundee and Delmont Boxes To-Night at Commonwealth Club. gramme for to-day, By John Pollock. Johnny Shugrue, the popular junior lightweight of Jersey City PITCHING RECORDS. oe siteee ae power cruisers, Charley Welnert-Harry Foley fight at the club a few weeks ago drew a DEMPSEY AND WILLS victories over. Champion Johnny Dundee a . will make his first appear- in a bout in this He will take on Char ington of Harlem in the feature bout . the veteran fighter of Al- . N. ¥., who fights Carl Tremaine of Cleveland tn a twelve round bout, open air boxing show to be staged at the Centon Baseball Park of Canton, O,, on the afternoon of July 4, to put on the finishing touches to his train- defense of the LEADING BASE STEALERS. AMERICAN LEAGUE. has left for Canton around Block Island, thence southerly Long Island to and Island to a finish off the Atlantic Yacht Club The power cruiser event n that it is a joint affair between two the Columbia Yacht Club of this city and the Atlantic City Yacht The race is for the Cralg phy, for which there has been no com- in Gravesend Darcey of the Bronx will meet Johnny Charley White, Innhouse In the and Gene Delmont, have just been matched to m round bout, to a decision, at a boxing show the Chicago lightweight, the Memphis fighter, it in a twelve sganss, Cleveland Schalke ‘Chickgo distant elubs, An effort is being made by PAUL DOYLE KNOCKS OUT FENTOUR IN 9TH ROUND the night of July 20. As Delmont ts a battler, the scrap ought to be a hard . the fast Harlem lightweight, fifteen-round” battle at show to bo staged at the Veledrome in the Bronx the enrly part of next month. would make an attractive contest, three opponents v fan open-alr boxing and New "Jereey boats are SEVERAL COLLEGE STARS ACQUIRED BY GIANTS John J, McGraw yesterday announced list of college players who have ac- pted terms with the Giants » five of the coiles the fleld”’—as McGraw calls his 1922 lot Three of the newcomers are inflelders Fred Maguire, second baseman from Holy Cross; Wally MacPhee, Princeton infielder, and Tom Davies, man and star footbal versity of Pittsburgh Harry Houlihan of Middlebury College nton W. Blume of Colgate, are pitchers, and good ones too, Another bout . one of the leading con- tenders for Jack Britton's welterweight moved a step nearer that goal knocked out the which Matchmaker Flour- noy has clinched for the open air show at the Velodrome in the Bronx on the same ampion Johnny Buff fights Joo mwelght ‘tle, on July , will be an eight-round sargp between Johnny Drummie of Jersey City ord Harry * Brown of Philadelphia. night when he hard-hitting Harlem welterweight, in the ninth round of a scheduled twelve-round bout at the Surf Paul finished his man with a solid right hand to the point of Fentour was coming along fast until he met Doyle, who has a de- cision over Georgie Ward and 1s anxious to tackle Britton for the title. welghed 141 and Fentour a half pound Matchmaker Flournoy has just signed up the crack Harlem Me Fentour, Frankie Jerome, Avenue A. A. weight, and Kid Wolfe of Clove twelve rounds, at 120 pounds, e bantamwelght championship Johnny Buff and “the pick of hmaker of the Pioneer Sporti ppointed mateh- i boxing show tn battle between Champion Joe Lynch at the Velodrome on the er of the big open: Jersey City which will atage ! air entertainment at the Jersey City Base- Yall Park the second week in July, Does sertck expects to complete his card of bouts in @ few days. Harry Greb and Jeff Smith for the main the Brooklyn fighter, Billy Ryckoff will come together in the fea- ture bout of twelve rounds at the regular weekly boxing show of the Mid Sporting Club of Brooklyn to~ semf-final of ten rounds Chick Kanai meet Harry Mulcahy for ten round: will be a four an Happy Gorman, player of the Unt- ‘The two others sion, applied for a renewal of others, Ho fs trying MONROE BEATS BRANDT. LONG BRANCH, with the New York Athletic wie pee his which the solons grant + N. J., July 1.—At Ocean Park A. A. last night Red Monroe of Yonkers outpunched Dutch Brandt of Brooklyn for twelve rounds, slugging fest the entire route, with Mon- roe's heavy body blows slowing up the Brooklyn veteran. Silent Regan and Sam Murphy boxed a draw, outpointed Van Severn of Sandy Haok Jack Rafferty won from Murray La Jimmy Kelly, the Bronx welterweight, and Jay Lanahan of Staten Island will cla In the main go of twelve rounds at the show of the Brighton Box- aten Island, on otty Malcomb and Young bentamweighte, wemt-tinal of ten rounds. signed a contract ith the team now only Blume ha He and Maguire but the latter is not eligible to play McGraw also announced that Tr Jackson, whose shortstopping has been ‘a sensation on the Little Rock Club of the Southern League, by the Glante, ‘a etx round contest Champion Johnny Dundee, arkey in the main go of fift at Ebbets Field, Thursday night, Bud Sprately Monday night le getting Into condition at , for the contest. EX-GIANT, IS NOW PIRATES’ MANAGER George Gibson Resigns as the Leader After Team Is Whitewashed. y PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 1.—Baie- ball fans here were surprised last night to learn that a change of mana; gers in the Pittsburgh team had taken place. After yesterday's game, wfich the Pirates were shut out #4 defeated 6 to 0, George Gibson,’ tH manager, called the players together before they reached the shower batha and told them that he had decided te resign in the interests of the teant, hoping for a change of fortunes, Gibson said that he ‘had no blame for any one, but that he felt the ‘t should have another manager and mm possibly do better work, He thanked them all and said he was leaving withs out a fegling of resentment against any of them. He wished them all the tee possible and hoped they would reaoh’ h better position in the race. The piny' were surprised, as they had had ‘ho warning that “Gibby” was discouraged, They have been striving to get out of 4 rut for some time, but the pitehary have failed dismally In recent games and what good batting they displayed has gone for naught. Gibson left the club hotse and went to the office of Barney Dreyfuss, the President, where he tendered his resix- nation, and it was immediately accep!~ ed, giving the impression that it was mt least desired by the Pirate managements After he had departed for his home William B. McKechnie, the stant manager, was called in and appointed // manager. He takes charge at once, McKechnie ts a local boy and forme: played on the Pirate team, as well with the Giants, Cincinnat! Reds aril the New York Yankees. He also plaved for and managed the Indianapolis tewnt when it won the Federal League pém+ nant several years ago, and was then transferred to Newark, N. J. He- te popular with the players and it 1s. bay Neved that the team will take a bragy under his management. oe SERES WINS FEATURE RACE AT VELODRO! George Serés of France won the fifty- Kilometre motor-paced bicycle race,} the feature of the big meet at the \Ni York Velodrome last night. The rit rider covered the distance in 45 4f§n- utes 10 1-5 seconds. Frank cont Australia, after leading the pa twenty-three miles, got a pasture when he was three laps in front, and the time lost in fixing it cost him the race. a Corry, amid the cheers of 10,000 oo tators, re-entered the race, and foll Ing the dizzy pace set by his mechan at this positivn, signalling to Millers step on the gas. He rode up on. tl run to pass Seres, but lost his pacé?'to the great disappointment of the crdWd, which was yelling madly at Corryis Miller did not eee his human pace follower drop back and kept on golni Before he could pick up with his pacer again Corry had lost ‘three laps, Ate ed second, beating ovt Gaffoe: a's entry, and Linart of Belgiim. din’ that order. Eddie Madden and Willie Hantey won the two-mile open professional tape dem race. Verras and Lang were buts few inches in back of them, with ‘Tay! lor and Horan third. Reggie McNamara, riing from scrateh in the two-mile handicap, defi twenty-six of the best professionals rid- ing a wheel. The veteran Freddie Hi" also a scratch man, finished setend id Ray Eaton, another scratch mith, third. % The crack amateur Fred Spehver emulated the Australian MoNaniarit when he won the two-mile handicap amateur race from a field of fortws three starters, Spencer was scratch maw? a TO MEET ON JULY 8 TO DISCUSS BIG BOUT on Jack Kearns has set July 8 as_t) day upon which Jack Dempsey and’ hi will meet Harry Wills and Paddy Mullins, his ma: possibly make a match for the heavy- weight championship of the world, er, to discuss and Kearns is perfectly willing to make the match at once and to have thy affair settled before the year ts out, Tex Rickard, the man who promised, to promote the bout, does not want ito, tackle the job until next summer, em the work to properly present It traction, ound that the bout needs a year# an Ce Dave Driscoll, matchmaker for Ebbets, Field in Brooklyn, isn't of that opinions and he appeared before the Boxing. Commissioners yesterday and toid the Ebbets-McKeever Company promote the bout and put {t on not later than Columb: Day of this year. Kearmy's reason for naming July 8 fs because Dempsey and he are to leaye for the West to-morrow to re: theatrical work. They will be back New York by the eighth. Dempsey, who holds license No & teas