CARPENTIER'S WIN.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 11 December 1913, Page 5

CARPENTIER'S WIN.

COMMENTS BY THE TIMES. Time*' — 'Sydney Sun' Special Cable* (Beceived Dec. 10, 8 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 9. The Times, commenting on the fight, says: "The secret of our discomfiture is partly duo to the pigheaded way we cling to traditional* methods, and our-failure to realise that it is time we learned from our pupils. Carpentier won because he fought with brains added to fiats. Wells' case is exactly typical of the present position in almost all branches of athletics in England. Until we learn that lesson we cannot hope to regain, our ; old pre-eminence in the world of sport." Other newspapers, pay a tribute to Carpentier's - tremendous self-confi-dence. It ia agreed that Wells was excited and nervous. .Some papers attribute his defeat to the use of oldfashioned methods compared with Carpentier's Americanised style. THE NEXT MATCH. TO MEET "GUNBOAT" SMTH. (Received Dec. 10, 8 a.m.) LONDON. Dec. 9. Carpentier is preparing) to meet "Gunboat" Smith for a purse of£2ooo at the Olympio Club in February or March. Wells' sensational i defeat was a great disappointment. " The consensus of opinion is general that his public career as a first-class boxer has ended. Carpentier has a brilliant future. Few heavy-weights ever posesssed the same science and quickness, and he ought, considering his youthfulness, 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. The keynote of the newspapers' cdmment is that Wells was suffering from nerves, and the fight was lost before he entered the ring.