Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1920 — SIGNING OF CARPENTIER TO FIGHT LEVINSKY IS POPULAR WITH FANS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SIGNING OF CARPENTIER TO FIGHT LEVINSKY IS POPULAR WITH FANS

The signing of Georges Carpentier and Bat Levinsky for a bout for the worlds Hght-heavyw’eight championship Is hailed with approval by boxing fans throughout the country. Despite repeated assurance thqt he came here to fight—to meet Jack Dempsey, If possible—-many American boxing fans had begun to believe that Carpentier would eventually return to France without drawing on the gloves in a professional contest on this side of the pond. So his matching with Levinsky was welcome news. Levinsky, recognized as America’s light-heavyweight champion, should prove a worthy opponent for the

Frenchman. Levinsky combines speed and cleverness with quite a little punching ability, and though he has been In the ring for a number of years, and has always ranked as one of this country’s busiest boxers, he is a good trial horse for Georges. Will Be Title Affair. As Carpentier is holder of both the heavy aad light-heavyweight titles in Europe, his match with Levinsky will be a title affair and if he hopes to meet Jack Dempsey, he must defeat the battler—a task that none of the American heavyweights aside from Jack Dempsey has been able to perform decisively.