Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1920 — GEORGES CARPENTIER’S BID FOR TITLE FIRST BY FOREIGNER IN RECENT YEARS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GEORGES CARPENTIER’S BID FOR TITLE FIRST BY FOREIGNER IN RECENT YEARS

Should Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier meet Jn the ring during the coming year, as appears most probable, it will be the first time since March

22, 1898, that a foreign heavyweight has been a serious contender for the world’s championship in this class. On that date Jim Jeffries knocked out Peter Jackson in three rounds, and while the famous Australian negro was but a shell of his former self, he still carried the European heavyweight honors. The victory gave Jeffries the right to the world’s heavyweight title beyond dispute. Jackson was the first Australian heavyweight champion. Later he added the title of English champion by knocking out Frank Slavin in London, and when he entered the ring against Jeffries he was the holder of European honors while Jeffries held undisputed title to the American championship. Jeffries’ honors in turn passed to Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, and on July 4, 1919, to Jack Dempsey. Carpentier by his two defeats of Bombardier Wells and his latest vic- . tory over Joe Beckett holds the title of European champion. Should he face Dempsey during the next few

months the French pugilist, who began his ring career as a featherweight, will be the first foreign heavyweight In several decades to enter the arena against an American with anything like a fair chance of winning the world’s heavyweight championship.

Georges Carpentier.