THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 23, 1921.
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GAMES
HORNETS II
ST OF SKIES, 3 TO 1; AUGUST! 1EGI
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Gheen Too Much For Spinners
While Hornets Give Him Fine
Support And Hit In Pinches
Greenville, June 23. Charlotte took
the last of the series from Greenville
here Wednesday afternoon, 3 to 1.
Gheen was too much for the Spinners,
while the Hornets played a startlingly
good game in the field. They landed
on Cothran for 13 hits.
Charlotte opened the game with a
run. With a couple out In the frst
frame. O'Connell lined to left field.
Milner dropped the ball, O'Connell
going to second. Paschal walked and
Kirke singled, filling the bases. King
ston hit safely, scoring O'Connell.
In the fourth inning the Hornets
crossed the plate twice. Kennedy got
on by Huber's error. Gheen fanned.
Day was out on a fly to left. Williams
hit for two bases and O'Connell sin
gled. Kennedy and Williams scoring.
The Spinners made their lone run m
the eighth inning cn two hits, a base
on balls and a long fly.
The box score:
CHARLOTTE: AB R II PO A E
Day. rf 500001
Williams, 2b ...... 5 1 3 5 1 0
O'Connell, ss 5 1 1 4 5 0
i Paschal, If 4 0 1 5 0 0
Kirke, 3b . . 4 0 2 0 0 0
Kingston, cf 4 0 2 1 0 0
! Martin, lb 4 0 1 6 0 0
.Kennedy, c.. .; .. 4 1 2 6 0 0
Gheen, p .4 0 1 0 1 0
Totals 39 3 13 27 7 1
Greenville: AB R H PO A E
Koval, ss 4 0 0 1 1 0
Hunter, 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0
Folmar; cf 3 0 0 2 0 0
Bankston, rf 401100
Huber, 2b 4 0 1 4 21
Wendell, c ...... 4 '0 1 5 1 0
Crouch, lb 4 0 0 8 3 0
Milner, If 412601
Cothran,. p 2 0 1 0 10
x Devinney 1 0 1 0 0 0
Surratt, p 000000
Totals 33 1 7 27 9 2
x Batted for Cothran in eighth and
singled.
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Score by innings:
CHARLOTTE ..100 200 0003
Greenville 000 000 0101
Summary: Sacrifice hits, Folmar,
Two-base hits, Milner, Williams, King
ston. Double plays, Crouch to Huber.
Left on bases. Crouch to Huber. Left
on bases, Greenville 7, Charlotte 11.
Struck i out, ,by Gheen 7;; by Cothran
2. Base on balls, off Gheen 1; Coth
ran 1. Hits, off Cothran 13 in 8
innings, off Surratt 0 in 1 inning.
Time of game, 1:41.. Umpires, Johnson
and Hoey.
YANKEES SPLIT
WITH RED SOX
Cleveland Beats Chicago in
Pitching Duel Detroit
Breaks Losing Streak
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Club: Won. Lost. Pet.
Cleveland .. M .. .. 39 .22 .639
New York 35 28 .556
Washington 36 29 .554
Boston . 31 26 .544
Detroit 30 34 .469
St. Louis 26 33 .441
Chicago 25 32 .439
Philadelphia 21. 38 .356
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS,
Boston 2-5; New York 5 8-1.
Chicago 2; Cleveland 3.
Detroit 7; St. Louie 6. ,
Philadelphia 4; Washington 5,
TODAY'S GAMES
Cleveland at Chicago.
St. Louis at Detroit.
Washington at Philadelphia.
New York at Boston.
EVEN BREAK.
Boston, June 23. Boston and New
York split even Wednesday, the visi
tors winning the first game 8 to 2,
with4 Quinn holding the Sox to six
hits 'and the Red Sox taking the sec
ond, 5 to 1. In the second game Rus
sell bettered Piercy.
FIRST GAME.
Score by innings:
New York 120 210 2008 15 0
Boston 000 000 020 2 6 4
Quinn and Schang; Jones, Kerr and
Ruel.
SECOND GAME.
Score by innings:
New York ......000 100 000 1 C 2
Boston .... ....100 000 04x 5 8 -0
Piercy and Schang; Russell and
Walters.
PITCHING DUEL.
Chicago, June 23. Cleveland defeat
ed Chicago, 3 to 2, in a bVilliant
pitching duel Wednesday between
Faber and Bagby.
Cleveland 010 001 010 3 8. 0
Chicago .. .. .. ..100 000 0012 6 2
Bagby au4 Nunamaker; Faber and
Schalk.
SENATORS TRIUMPH.
Philadelphia, June 23. Judge's two
hits gave Washington an eleven in
ning victory over Philadelphia Wed
nesday, 5 to 4.
Score by innings:
Washington ...020 001 001 01 5 12 4
Philadelphia ...000 020 110 00 4 7 2
Zachary, W. Johnson and Gharricy;
Keefe and Perkins.
LOSING STREAK BROKEN.
Detroit, June 23. Detroit broke its
losing streak Wednesday, defeating St.
Louis, 7 to 6.
Score by innings:
St. Louis 020 300 001 6 8 0
Detroit ..102 110 0117 li '5
Palmero, Shocker and Severeld; OM
ham, Middleton and Ainsmith Bassler.
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SALLY LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS:
Won Lost Pet.
Columbia 36 17 .679
Greenville 35 20 .636
Charleston 29 26 .527
Augusta .. .. .. 25 27 .481
CHARLOTTE 22 34 .393
Spartanburg 17 39 .304
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. .
Charlotte 3; Greenville 1.
Charleston 7; Augusta 6.
Columbia 9; Spartanburg 7.
TODAY'S GAMES.
Charleston at Spartanburg.
Columbia at Greenville.
Augusta at CHARLOTTE.
Southern League
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Club. Won Lost Pet.
Memphis 41 21 .661
Little Rock 37 26 .587
Birmingham 38 29 .567
New Orleans 39 30 .565
Atlanta 31 32 .492
Mobile 31 38 .445
Nashville 27 40 .403
Chattanooga 18 46 .221
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Mobile 1; Memphis 6.
New Orleans 2; Nashville 4.
Atlanta 2; Little Rock 3.
Chattanooga 1; Birmingham 5.
TODAY'S GAMES.
Little Rock at Atlanta.
Birmingham at Chattanooga.
Memphis at Mobile.
Nashville at New Orleans.
THREE STRAIGHT.
Chattanooga, June 23. Birmingham
made it three stragiht over Chatta
nooga Wednesday afternoon, winning
5 to 1. The game was a pitchers'
battle.
Score by Innings:
Birmingham 020 000 003 5 10 0
Chattanooga . 100 000 000 1 4 1
P. Morrison' and Gooch; Noel, John
son and Neiderkorn.
BREAK WINNING STREAK.
New Orleans, June 23. Nashville
broke New Orleans'' winning streak
by winning Wednesday's game, 4 to 2.
Warmoth and Phillips came to blows
in the sixth inning.
Score by innings:
Nashville 012 010 000 i 9 2
New Orleans 002 000 000 2 6 1
Lankenau and Smith; Martina and
Meyers.
THREE STRAIGHT.
Mobile, Ala., June 23. Memphis won
the third successive game of the series
here Wednesday, 6 to 1. Zahnizer
was effective throughout while Sigman
was hit opportunely.
Score by innings:
Memphis ".. .. ..200 000 211 6 12 1
Mobile .... 100 000 000 1 9 2
Zahnizer and Dowie; Sigman and
Pond.
PEBBLES WIN.
Atlanta, Ga., June 23. By scoring
three runs on four hits in the ninth
inning, Little Rock defeated Atlanta
3 to 2 here Wednesday.
Score by innings:
Little Rock 000 000 0033 12 0
Atlanta 000 101 000 2 6 1
Hengeveld and Koon; Suggs and
Rariden.
Piedmont League
CLUB STANDINGS.
"Won Lost
Greensboro ..28 19
Raleigh . . . , .. .. 28 20
Durham .... . . . . 24 22
Winston-Salem .. .. 22 27
High Point .. .. .. 21 26
Danville 19 26
Pet.
.59C
.583
.522
.449
.447
.404
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS.
Raleigh 4; Greensboro 8.
Winston-Salem 5; Durham 3
High Point 9; Danville 4.
TODAY'S GAMES.
Greensboro at Raleigh. 'r
Danville at High Point.
Durham at Winston-Salem.
FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE,
At Orlando 5-0; Jacksonville 2-1.
At Tampa 13; Lakeland 6.
At St. Petersburg 4; Daytona 9.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Petersburg 9-5; Newport News 14-0.
Portsmouth 0; Rocky Mount 2
Suffolk 3-3; Richmond 1-6.
Wilson 4; Norfolk 3. "
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Jersey City 12-14; Buffalo 0-13.
Newark 3-2; Toronto 2-8.
Reading 2-2; Rochester 12-4.
Baltimore 6-6; Syracuse 5-7.
JACK DEMPSEY AND
GEORGES CARPENTIER IN
"T1IE FIGHT OF THE AGES."
MACK LINDER IN "SEVEN
YEARS BAD .LUCK"
BROADWAY. '
Thursday FridaySaturday
I Jack Dempsey, Champion J
SPARTANS LOSE
IN GAME MARKED
BY FREE HITTING
Columbia Hurlers Draw
Better Support, However,
and Comers Win, 9-7.
Spartanburg, June 23. Spartanburg's
pitchers were weak in ' the game with
Columbia here Wednesday and Colum
bia won, 9 to 7. The game was marked
by free hitting, but the Comers gave
Fried fine support.
The box score:
Columbia: AB R H PO A E
Nally, If, 4 2 2 0 1 0
Pennington, rf .... .. 5 1 2 1 0 0
Harbison, lb.;. ...5 0 2 9 0 0
Goslin, cf 5 1 3 4 0 9
Beck, 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0
Lacy, 2b .. 5 1 0 5 4 0
Tavenef, ss 3 1 2 3 3 0
Casey, c ........ 4 1 1 4 0 0
Fried, p... 3 0 0 0 1 0
Perritt, p .. .... ..0,0 0 1 1 0
Totals 39 9 14 27 10 0
Spartanburg: AB R H PO A E
Benton, 3b 6 1 2 0 3 0
Achinger, ss ....... 6 -0 2 5 6 0
Kolseth, lb ,5 1 2 11 1 0
Witry, c . .51 2 4 1 0
Brooks, cf . .. ... 3 2 1 2 0 0
Seaborn, rf 5 02 0 1 0
Braun, 2b ........ 4 1 3 4 6 0
Utt, If .. ... .. ..5 1 1 1 0 0
Thomas, p .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garvey, p .. .. ..3 0 1 0 10
Kinlep, p 1 ' 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 17 27 19 0
Score by innings:
Columbia .... ....311 012 1009
Spartanburg d... ......020010 0137
Summary:. Stolen bases, Goslin,
Nally. Two-base hit' Goslin, Harbisor.
Three-base hit, Harbison, Tavener, Utt,
Witry, Kolseth. Base on balls, Thom
as 1; Garvey 1; Hinkel 2; Fried 1; Per
ritt 1. Struck out, Thomas 0; Garvey
3; Hinkel 1; Fried 1; Perritt , 1. Hits
aportioned, - Thomas 3 in 6 . innings;
Garvey 9 in 6 innings; Hinkel 2 in 3
innings; Fried 14 in 8 innings; Perritt
3 in 1, inning. Double plays, Braun
to Kolseth; Tavener to Lacy to Harbi
son. Hit by pitcher, Hinkel by Fried
Time of game, 2:15. Umpires, Morgan
and Kelly.
TRY TO EXPLAIN
SLUGGING WAVE
Heydler Says That Every
body is Trying to Be a
Babe Ruth.
Chicago, June 23. Here are reasons
advanced by some of baseball's lead
ers in explaining the increased lomr
distance hitting: . ,
Tris Speaker, manager of the world
champion Cleveland Indians: "Ineffec
tive pitching is the cause. They've bar
Tu thf emery balU the spitter and all
the old deliveries. 'The pitchers haven't
anything left but a glove and a prayer
and they work the prayer overtime."
Ty Cobb, manager of the Detroit
Americans: "Baseball moves in cycles.
We had the cycle of great base rur
ning, the cycle of great pitching and
now we have the cycle of heavy hit
ting. It won't last long."
Johnny Evers, manager of the Chi
cago Cubs: "It's the lively ball. The
ball is so fast the players can't handle
it and the force that used to be usai
in bunting now puts the ball out of
the infield. The fast ball is crippling
lnfl elders 'and spoiling the game."
John Heydler, president of the Na
tional League: "Babe Ruth caused h
Babe made every one think it was
easy to hit homers and now the batters
swing their hardest. Everyone takes a
full swing at the ball; result, more long
hits than ever." ,
Kid Gleason, manager of the Chi
cago White Sox: "It's, partly the fast
ball and partly the fact that the weath
er has been so bad in? the central west
that the western clubs' pitchers are
not in condition. Most of the heavy
hitting has been in the east by east
ern clubs against western clubs' pitch
ers." Frank Navin, president, Detroit
American League club: "It's not the
lively ball, for there is no such thin.
The halls are all the same. The hit
ting is caused by the rules prohibiting
a pitcher from doctoring the ball a lit
tle. He'd rub dirt on it to roughen it
up a little spit on it and do lots of
other things to enable him to get a
better grip. These things are barred
now, and the pitchers are ineffective
as a result."
FINN MOVES FAST.
Stockholm, June 23. Paavo Nurmi,
the Finnish champion - long distance
runner, covered six miles in 29 minutes,
41.2 seconds, here yesterday. He ran
ten kilometres, or 6,2137 miles in 30
minutes, 40.2 seconds. . Both are claim
ed to be new world's records. ' '
THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
Ruth made his twentieth home
run off Shocker at St. Louis. .
National League voted to restore
agreement with the minors.
Yrale beat Harvard 4 to 2.
California beat Michigan 7 to 1.
CHARLOTTE
Devereaux, rf
Williams, 2b
O'Connell, ss
Paschal, If
Kirke, 3b
Kingston, cf
Martin, lb
Carroll, c
Wilson, p
AUGUSTA
Tref ry, If
Ramsey, rf
Bass, cf
Huhn, lb v
Strand, 3b
Walsh, 2b
Parker, ss
Agnew, c
Masters, p.
HORNETS START
A SERIES WITH
AUGUSTA TEAM
Four Games Here, Then
Road Trip Pitcher Hig
gins Reaches City.
Midkiff's Insects start a four-game
series with Augusta at Wearn Field
this afternoon, ending up with a doa
bleheader Saturday afternoon, after
which the Hornets go for a nine-game
road trip.
Rube Wilson is slated to do the hurl
ing for the Hornets this afternoon.
The Hornets put up a lovely ex
hibition of baseball in Greenville Wed
nesday afternoon, being- able to come
across in the pinches. It has been in
ability to do that that has cost" them
games, and the fans are expecting tho
fighting spirit that Ezra Midkiff hoa
injected into them to show in results
from now on. Midkiff is a . tower cf
strength to the team, also being abie
to pinch hit in crucial moments.
Higgins, the Raleigh pitcher that Fri
day was traded for, arrived at Hornet
headquarters this morning.
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Ring Battles of
Jack And Georges
EASTERN INVASION
When Dempsey, from training and
boxing with men who knew every twist
and turn in the game, had absorbed
considerable experience, Kearns adjudg
ed him ready for another invasion of
the East, this time under more ex
pert supervision.
Tho trip was a triumph from the start
Dempsey literally fought his way across
the continent. Boxing, at least once,
sometimes twice a week in cities of vary
ing sizes, he hung up a . great record.
"Fireman" Jim Flynn, Bill . Brennan,
Arthur Pelgey, Fred Fulton, Porky
Flynn and Battling Levinsky were
among the victims. The only reverse
decision registered against him during
the year was a four-round bout on The
coast in which Willy Meehan beat Dcmp
sey on points.
The second battle with "Fireman"
Jim Flynn was one of the early bouts
of the trip. It was staged in a west
ern town and Dempsey 'knocked out
Flynn in the first round, thus aveng
ing the earlier one-round defeat at
the hands of the veteran.
An anecdote concerning that battle
shows the confidence which Kearns al
ready had acquired in his new charge.
Flynn's manager beliaying th.it Demp
sey again would be an easy victom, of
fered to wager Kearns any amount on
the result. Kearns .was willing, to
wager not only on the result, but bet
that Dempsey would win in one round.
The outcome proved the correctness of
his calculations.
IN FAST COMPANY
The battle with Loughrcy in 1SH
sent Carpentier into "fast company"
in boxing. From that time on, he was
a participant in main bouts in France
and England, instead of preliminary
contests. He knocked out Jack Gold
swain and defeated Eyernden and Young
Josephs, winning the British welter
weight championship.
Two bouts with leading American
welterweights were fought before the
close of 1911. In one, Carpentier, was
victorious ' over Harry Lewis in 20
rounds. In the other, the Dixie Kid,
remembered in this country as one of
the most furious two-handed welter
weights the ring has, seen, beat the
Frenchman in a five-round bou. Henry
Piet, in 10 rounds, scored the other
victory marked up against Carpentier
in 1911.
Despite his losing to the Dixie Kid,
the year, bringing the British welter
weight, title to Carpentier, had been he
most successful experienced by Georges
and he was even more successful in
1912, when he encountered, for the first
time, middleweights of the first-class.
PLAY 36 HOLES AT
NASHVILLE TOURNEY
Nashville, Tenn., June 23. Thirty
six hole matches instead of tho 18 hole
ones, were reached in the second, round
of match play for the Southern amla
teur golf championship on the Belle
Meade Country club course here today.
, The winners of the first "pair and of
the second pair will meet in the semi
finals, Friday, with the final match for
the title, now- held by "Bobby" Jones,
Atlanta, who is in the British open
championship, - to be contested Satur
day. . -.
THOMAS II. tNCES
Great Drama of Life and. Lore,
"LYING - LIPS"
BROADWAY
Mon . Tues., Wed., Thurs. .
( Carpentier, Challenger j
J0 0
BLOWS IN NINTH
GIVE PALS GAME
WITH GEORGIANS
Von Kolnitz and Swacina
Deliver, Charleston Win
ning, Score 7 to 6.
Charleston, June 23. Charleston ral
lied in the ninth inning of the game
with Augusta here Wednesday after
noon, a triple by Von Kolnitz and ; a
single by Swacina accounting for the
winning run, the final count being . 7
to 6. :
The box score:
Augusta: AB R II PO A 15
Trefry, If .. .. .. 5 1 2 3 0 0
Ramsey, rf ........ 4 0 1 1 0 0
Bass, cf . . . , . . .. 2 3 1 3 0 0
Huhn, lb .. .. .. .. 5 1 3 5 0 0
Strand, 3b 4 0 2 1 2 0
Walsh, 2b ...... 5 0 1 8 10
Parker, ss ... .. .. 5 0 2 1 5 0
Agnew, c ........ 4 0 0 1 3 0
Kahloff , p .. .. ..10 0 0 0 0
Songer, p .... ..211 i 2 0
Totals .. '.. ..37 6 13 24 13 0
Charleston:
AB R H PO A E
Roche, 2b .. .. ....Ill 2 0 0
McCormick, . cf ..... 3 0 0 3, 0 0
Felix, If .. .. .. ..8 1 1 3 11
Von Kolnitz, 3b .... 2 1 112 0
Swacina, lb .. .. .. 4 117 1 0
Marshall, c 3 .1 1 4 1 0
Allison, rf ...... 4 0 1, 2 0 0
Clauser,: ss . . .. . . 4 . 2 1. 4' 2 0
Johnson, p . ; .. 4 0 ' 1 11 0
Totals .. f 1. .." ..28 7 8 27 8' 1
Score by ninirigs:
Augusta .... .... ....200 020 002 6
Charleston . . ... ..... . . .013 110 001 7
Summary: Two-base hits, Trefry,
Roche, Marshall, Clauser, Johnson.
Three-base . hits. Von Kolnitz. First
on balls, Kalhoff 5; Songer 6; Johnson
3. Struck out, Songer 1; Johnson 3.
Hits, Kahloff 2 in 2 2-3 innings (4 runs).
Sacrifice hits, Bass, Strand. Stolen
base, Roche. Left on bases, Augusta" 10;
Charleston 10. Wild pitch, Songer.
Losing pitcher, Kahloff. Batter hit,
Swacina by 'Kahloff; Marshall by
Songer. Double "play, Songer to
Walsh; Johnson to ' Clauser; Felix to
Clauser. Time, 2:00. Umpires, Black
burn 'and Guy on.
INVASION BEGUN
BY BROWN BOYS
Jap Team is Playing Fast
Ball and Hitting Especial
ly Well.
Chicago, June 23. The Waseda Uni
versity baseball team Of Tokvn. .Tflnnn
which has just started a second invas
ion or tne eastern states on its fourth
Quadrennial American 'tour. left. "Phir-a-
jro with a nercentaee of 27K in eamoa
won but had almost an even break
on points scored, ' with 62 runs to 63
for their opponents. In the hit column,
the Japanese outnumbered their oppon
ents 112 to 104.
The Japanese have played practically
every large college and university in
the country since they landed in San
Francisco on April 30. All of thir
games have been close, no opponent scor
ing more than nine runs in a game,
while Waesda took Northwestern to
a neat trimming; of .17 to 1. The Japs
lost to Harvard, Yale, Illinois and Penn
sylvania ' by one point in each . game.
Baseball,: as played by Americans, is
exactly the same as played in Japan,
but the teams are, as a whole, much
faster, according, to M. Nakamura,
graduate manager and scorekeeper of
the Waseda nine. ' .
"And your western teams are strong
er than the eastern ones," he u.dded.
"Illinois has a much stronger team
han Harvard or Tale, I think."
When the Japanese team completes
its second trip through the eastern
states the men will return to Seattle,
where they will be the guests of the
University of Washington for . 10 days
before: sailine for- Jaoan r on '.Tniv n.
This is the ' first trip abroad v for the-
present team, although Waseda has pre
viously sent, three teams to . America
paying a return visit the year follow-1
ing the University of ; Chicago's Jap
anese : tour every four i years:
The team is accompanied 'by Prof ' 'I
Abe, known as the "Father -of Japanese
Baseball", who is dean of - the depart
ment of political science at" Waseda
and H. B. Benninghoff, an American
and professor of political scenes, yvho
is acting as business manager
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Carp Will Knock Gut Dempsey
New York,-June 23. Georges Car
pentier, to the French people," is the
"Man of Destiny". No more do they
doubt the ability of this man, iecorat
ed for bravery during the World War,
to defeat Jack Dempsey on juij
then they doubted the ability oi me
AUred armies finally to overcome er-
many, iney rave iouoweu ai.va.m
rise of the young pugilist from the days
when, as a bantamweight, he nrsu
gained national note. They nave stud
ied account:; of hie history before tnat
time. I'i their minds, . Dempsey win
be unable to fell this national hero,
just as G-srraan machine guns wnich
are salJ to have riddled his plane re-
peateilj', were unable to bring him
down.
Carpentier's official war record, Inves-
titrated recently, revealed that the box
er spent 18 months at the front, f ly-
ine a two-seater observation plane.
He received the Croix de Guerre and
the Medallle Militaire.
The record shows that Carpentier, en
listing as a chauffeur in August. 1914,
received a license to pPot a Farman
airplane in May, 1D15. He was sent
with a squadron to the front, remain
ing three months and then was assigned
to general reserve aviation as a spare
pilot.
On August 28, 1915, Carpentier suf
fered a leg injury but recovered rap
idly and was sent to the front with
the Farman JE3scadrille for reconriaisance
work in 'preparation for the Champagne
offensive, which began September 25,
1915.
HIS CITATION
Carpentier's citation, which resulted
in the award of the Croix de Guerre,
reads: "Sept. 25, he did not hesitate
to fly during misty weather and rain
less than 200 yards above enemy lines.
He has given proof in all circumstances
of sang froid, never returning until
his mission was accomplished, often
with his machine riddled with bullet3
and shell splinters".
On Nov. 5, 1916, Carpentier receiv
ed the Medaille Militaire for heroic ac
tion. In December, 1916, he was forc
ed to quit the front because of illness
and never returned, in May 1917, . be
ing declared physically unfit to con
tinue as a pilot. He was detached from
aviation ' and detailed as army pnyslcal
instructor -near Paris. Six .months af
ter the armistice, he was transferred
back to the aviation and demoblized.
Carpentier's courteous demeanor and
evident culture, unusual in a boxer,
have created the impression ,in Ameri
ca that he is the son of wealthy par
ents. Then is not so.
The son of a miner, Carpentier was
born in Lens, the coal-mijiing center
of France on January 12, 1894. He
started work as an office boy in a brew
ery. The ring called at an early age,
however, and when only 14,. he took
up boxing, then , being popularized in
France by the visits of "Kid" McCoy
and other American fighters. At the
same time, he was dancing and sing
ing in the cafes and restaurants of his
native Lens, with Francois Descanip
who discovered in Carpentier the re
quisites of a potential boxer. He at
tempted, one day. to punish the youth,
using boxing gloves rather than the
American "switch". In the midst of
the "scheduled -punishmeht'i " Descamps
relates that "Georges sidestepped with
agility and pouf! the lights suddenly
went out on me".
From that moment, Georges was a
PIRATES WIN AS
THE GIANTS LOSE
Pittsburgh Wins 12-Inning
Game from Cincinnati
Dodgers Beat Phillies.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
Club Won Lost Pet.
Pittsburgh M .. 39 18 .684
New York ..... .... 36 24 .600
Boston .... 32 26 .552
St. Louis .... ...... 30 28 .517
Brooklyn 29 32 , .479
Chicago .... .... .. 25 31 .446
Cincinnati .... , 25 35 .417
Philadelphia 17 40 .293
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS,
New York 5; Boston 9.
Cincinnati 2; Pittsburgh" 5.
St. Louis 3; Chicago 5.
TODAY'S GAMES.
Chicago at Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis.
Boston at New York.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
PIRATES BUNCH; HITS.
Cincinnati, June 23. Pittsburgh won
a 12-inning game from Cincinnati
Wednesday, 5 to 2, by bunching three
hits with, an error by Hargrave in
the last inning and scoring three runs.
Score by innings:
Pittsburgh ...100 001 000 003 5 13 l
Cincinnati ...000 002 000 0002 10 2
Cooper and Schmidt; Rixey and Win
go, Hargrave.
BRAVES HIT HARD.
New York, June 23. Boston con
tinued its .hard hitting here Wednes
day and defeated the New York Na
tionals 9 to 6. .
Score by innings:
Boston .. ....102 203 0109 11 1
Ne,v 020 100 020-5 8 3
and Smith. WQy; .Ryan
CADORE STEADY.
Brooklyn, June 23. Brooklvn
nfl.Cadore was stead
t,50!6. innings:
5S?,eIphla ' -000 000 011-2 9 5
T nicx, xvrueger.
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boxer. Descamos. somowKo
fight
; : ' r , . -uui-n into hk
to
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vunvi j uauLico in mat
and his total ring -earnings
io- i.o. xie wm receive ue
for each two seconds of his hrn h
Dempsey, provided the match Ji Vl'itil
scheduled 12 rounds. Eoes the
Since that time. Cn
ed steadily and slowly. SomClirnb
me progress Vino v.
gained his first knockout in We He
as a bantamweikht, he stopped
ereau in three rounds. The sairi n
he deafeated Salmon, one of"pnVear
cleverest little men, in 18 rounf0ands
short time later, he knocked ,V ,A
one round Wetinck, a lad who L in
most held him even two yPar k3 a!
xt. vao ui max uarpentier
ed Charlie Ledoux famous French If'
" was..ln that Carpentier Z ?'
tamweieht and the mftit v...
the lad had met up to that timeM3'
fame followed when he defeated
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j.m.1 m iv iuuiius, uui soon alter Gen
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rounds.
Carpentier met his first American
ponent, Frank Loughrey, in MaviS"
winning a decision. Meeting the h
of American boxers, including w,!!'1
Lewis, a well-known middleweight .
Dixie Kid, by whom he was knock!
out in five rounds, he nevenheC?
veloped steadily, gaining in Weii
strength and cleverness until .
ie-atA .Jim KullWan v, jo,, "c Qe-
Two defeats at the hands of the An,
ericans Billy Papke and Frank Ki'
marked his 1912 record. Papke stop
Carpentier in 17 rounds and pS
Klaus beat him on a foul when th
nimDie Drained uescamps clamber
xik ure nnfe i-w oavc ms protege fmm
a knockout. m
GREAT GAMENESS
The two bouts with Bombardier Wells
both of which the Frenchman won k
AuwiiuuiD, icatuiru ins 1313 battles
his first fight with Wells when he was
knocked down for the count of nine
in the first round but came back to
win in" the fourth. In the same year
he knocked, out Cyclone Smith, Bands
man rtice ana tieorge uunther.
Carpentier lost no ground in tho
eyes of ring followers when defeated
by Joe Jeannette, the American negro
heavyweight early in 1914- It was to
his credit that he twice sent the negro
to the mat for counts of nine.
But the war was close aj hand and
his six-round . victory over Gunboat
Smith on a foul was his only important
name Detore the young Frenchman
exchanged boxing gloves fbr an air
plane and machine gun. Exhibitions
behind the lines composed his entire
boxing activities until 1919 when, short
ly after being discharged from the serv
ice, he ' knocked out Dick Smith In
Paris. Since that time, his battle with
Joe Beckett, of England, which he won
in a round and that in which he knock
ed out Battling Levinsky "in four rounds
at Jersey City, N. J., last summer, have
been his only contests of importance.
The Levinsky fight is the only one In
which Americans have seen Carpentier
in formal action on this side of the wa
ter. It was a fiasco,, so far as a cham
pionship test" isr concerned; . The French
man will climb through the ropes on
July 2 an unknown quantity, so far as
the first-hand information of American
boxing fans is concerned.
Title Battles of
The Heavyweights
After Jess Willard won the heavy
weight champion of the world he be
came a circus preformer.
In an off-season for circuses in 1315,
he foueht ten rounds with Frank Mo
ran at 'Madison Square Garden and
won a popular decision. Moran, ioi
lowing his defeat by Johnson had tri
umphed over Jim Coffey, another as
pirant for the championship, and was
considered eligible for a crack at tne
title holder.
He was no match for the Kansan
giant, who outweighed him almost 50
pounds. Willard allowed the chiller
ger to do the leading but Moran could
not inject sufficient punitive power a
his blows to even leave a scratch upon
his big opponent.
In a manner of speaking. "Willard
whipped Moran with one hand, and In
a literal manner, too. The forefinger
of' his right hand was broken in the
third round In a collision with Momans
elbow and after that only the left fist
was of much use to him. With tint
alone he could not knock out his op
ponent, so the last round ended just a?
Pollyanna would have wished. No one
had been hurt and both men were a
great deal wealthier than before Uicj
met- i ,
'-Willard salted away the $47,500 whicn
came to him from the purse and wem
back to the circus unworried t
the future held in store.
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