BIG MONEY FOR BOXERS.

Northern Advocate, 9 January 1920, Page 6

BIG MONEY FOR BOXERS.

Carpentier tells me that everything has gone smoothly at Stanmore, and that he has got thoroughly acclimatised. He frequently takes a run to London in his car, and when you come

to remember Hint only a few days ago to pass lief ore he enters into the fight of his life his gaiety is extraordinary. Beckett is saying nothing. He is just carrying on at Southampton after tho manner of a real workman, and remains favourite. When Desca.mps was asked Ihe other day whether he wanted any more bets, he let it be known

iliut lie had i-losi'.l his .-p.-i-ulatious. 11' i.'iirpi'Uln-i A\ins In- and In party will Like Loi-1. tu Fi'alu'e i[Un. :: Cudple i.l' ilioilsniid piotnds ill bi-ls. t.'arpeniier i- being paid and I shall In; surprised if Leekeli gets ii penny lcs> than AMUUti. And despite till Ins expenses, 1 have an idea t?»rtl <'harles li. Cm-hian, though In' litis In this light in the comparatively small .Stadium in llolbom, will make a handsome proiit. Prodigious sinus of money tu',' now being asked for lickets hy those who are fortunate to have them. At (he leasl 1 expivi there will be a £L'o,<Hi(i house. Carpentier, last Friday, was iutro(Uii'ed to Captain Victor AlcLagleu, who is to meet Prank Uoddtird itt the National Sporting Club on Monday night. The tremendous size of McLagleu made a deep impression on the Frenchman. It is quite possible that, if AlcLaglen beat Uoddard (Uoddard beat AleLaglen easily—lid i I or). Carpentier will be invited by Mr Peggy Hettinson to meet him in the near future at headquarters. That, is, if the Frenchman is .successful against Heckett, who, 1 understand, is to have a contest with Dick Smith on Boxing Day at the Albert ilall. Should Carpentier be beaten on December I, the probability is that In' will set out for the lightweight championship of the world, and ia any case ii is not unlikely that in Ihe near future he will have a fight with J'.niUing LevinsLy, ihe American liglil-heavy. Carpoiilier intends to get as many contests as possible during the next couple of years, and hopes then lo retire with a \ery comfortable fortune. His ambition is to set up as a gentleman larmei. He jusi loves the count ry. i! v ill In- de.-idedly in I eresi ing to see how McLagleu shap.-s on Monday. He has nol had a light .-im-e early in HH4, when he me! the Scotsman, Don McColdrick. 1 was the referee. McLagleu was then raiher cumbersome, and 1 doubted whether he would develop into a champion. Bui he had not trained properly for his affair with McCohlricK, and now. despite his long absence from the ring, I lliink he is a vastly better man than before the war, in which he rose to ihe rank of captain, and was, for a considerable period, assistant-provost marshal in Mesopotamia. Goddard lias been lying I very low since he was toppled over by Beckett. it is said ihat lie has been taking hying lessons, and is now not

ipiile so sure that he has a jaw and t lame of iron. We shall see.