SUNDRY SPORTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 85, 10 December 1913, Page 3

SUNDRY SPORTS.

1 BOXING, 1 1 t If i.'/.. j_j -y .<;• : , ■ CARPENTIER v. WELLS FIGHT. CARPENTIER’S PROWESS. AFTER OtfNROAT SMITH. Bt EIKOTBIO TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT] [United Fbebb Association.j (Received 9.10 a.in.) London, December 9.

CarptMtieF' is '‘p'rfeparmg. to. meet Gunboat Smith for a purse of £2OOO at Olympia in February or March.

Wells’ sensational defeat was a disappointment. There is general consensus of opinion that his public career as a first-class boxer has ended.

Carpentier is considered to have a brilliant future. Few heavyweights ever possessed the same science and quickness, and he ought, considering his youth and fulness, to develop into one of the world’s greatest fighters. His victory leaves no bitterness, as Oarpentier’s skill and pluck made him equally popular in England as in France. The keynote of newspaper comment is that Wells was suffering from nerves, and the fight was lost before he entered the ring. ■ •• • CARPENTIER’S CONFIDENCE. ' .. . London,. December 9. The newspapers pay a tribute to Car pen tier’s tremendous self-confi-dence. They agree that Wells was nervous. Some attribute Wells’ defeat to his use of old-fashioned methods as compared with Carpehtier’s Americanised style. ‘THE PIGHEADED WAY.” • * Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables. (Received 8 a.m.) London, - December 9.

The Times, Commenting on th© fight, says the secret' of our discomfiture is partly due to the pigheaded ' way in which we cling to traditional methods and fail to realise that’it is time wo learned from our pupils. Carpentier won because he fought with Ids brains and added his fists. Weds' case is exactly typical oi the present position of almost all branches of athletics in,England, and until we learn the lesson, w cannot hope to regain the o>l preeminence in the world of sport.■

CYCLING.

THE SIX DAYS RACE. [United Press Association.] New York, December 9. At the end of >23 hours, the teams in the six-days’ cycle race had covered 512 miles. Several dropped out, including Bedell, whose partner, Corry, of Australia, made a new team with Pve. Both, under the rules, were penalised one lap. RUGBY FOOTBALL. CAMBRIDGE BEATS OXFORD. (Received 10.40 a.m.) London, December 9. At Rugby football, Cambridge beat Orford, scoring a dropped "goal and three tries to a try, which was .scored by Southee after a brilliant sprint.