CLIMBING THE LADDER

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1929, 11 December 1913, Page 7

CLIMBING THE LADDER

OF BOXING FAME, GREAT FUTURE HELD OUT FOR CARPENTIER. A LESSON TO BRITAIN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, December 9. Carpentior is preparing to meet "Gunboat" Smith lor a purse of £2000 at tlio Olympic Club in February or March. Wells's sensational defeat was a great disappointment. The consensus of opinion is general that his public career as a first-class boxer has ended. Carponticr has a brilliant future. Few heavy-weights ever possessed the same science and quickness, and he ought, considering his youthfulness, to develop into one of the world's greatest fighters. His victory leaves no bitterness, as Carpentier's skill and pluck made him popular in England equally as in France.

Tho keynote of the newspapers' comment is that Wells was suffering from nerves, and the fight was lost before he entered tho ring. Paris, December f). "Sam" Langford, in an interview, says that Wells is no champion, and ought to bo contented with giving exhibitions. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. London, December 9. The "Times," commenting on the result of tho bout between Carpcntier and Wells, says: "The secret of our discomfiture is partly duo to the pig-headed way wo cling to traditional methods, and our failure to realise that it is time wo learned from our pupils. Carpcntier won because he fought with brains added to fists. Wells's case is exactly typical of the present position ill almost all branches of athletics in England. Until wo learn that lesson we _ cannot hope to regain our old preeminence in the world of sport." ENGLISH BOXING TOO GENTLEMANLY. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (Roo. December 10, 6.30 p.m.) London, December 10. Tho press is filled with mournful articles on tlio decadancc of English boxing.- There is a general agreement that tho sport has been made too gentlemanly. "JOHNNY" SUMMERS MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS. EVADES HIS ENGAGEMENTS. (Rec. December 10, 7.20 p.m.) Sydney, December 10. "Johnny" Summers, tho English wel-ter-weight champion, who had been hilled to meet "Pal" Brown on Saturday, mysteriously disappeared from his quarters, leaving word to say that he did not intend to fill his engagement.