CARPENTIER AS A HERO.
4* (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) PARIS, December 16. , Carpentier, the boxer who defeated Bombardier Wells,' was entertained, by the French sporting: world at luncheon at the Boulevard Cafe, Paris, and presented with a valuable testimonial. The Boulevard . outside was rendered . , impassable by an immense crowd, which assembled to catch a glimpse of the champion, Carpentier is "receiving £800 weekly at the Folies Bergeies m Paris, and has declined a similar offer from the London Paladium. SYDNEY"? December 16. Carpentier has accepted "Snowy" Baker's offer for three matches m Sydney. Baker is negotiating to secure Gunboat Smith as an opponent of Carpentier for the white man's championship.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19131217.2.59
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13258, 17 December 1913, Page 3
Word Count
111CARPENTIER AS A HERO. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13258, 17 December 1913, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.