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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1921)
v5- r e e e o SIDAY, JUNE 1921 e e LA rtttANDE KVENINfl OBSERVER PAGE THREE ' iPENTIER .LOSES HIS FORTUNE ATI' EN ION. 4 ; - O mass mwtt'f at NOW OPEN " . O ' I fti not forMt thp pun-nuseu an inu'rrsi in ine-mirM1 ai tht,8t,lr Theatre, BrUtayV June 3rd. ln in which he worKPil as h buy. ut g p, m jf yOU This fortune of a million francs was 'gurdiii)? any of the pre iu doubt re fills it be voted lost through the vur &a! (ieuiyes it' on June 7lh, be (invito at A nd, s all - "I :!j entered the riliK, after K'-ce came, lehuild it. measures will be th y explain- I. I.A GRANDB LABOR OlNCIL, PST NTRAL (The next story carries Carpentier LA (iliANDhJ to the chnmpioiiKhip ofaKurop.) AMKRKfc l.KClION. SHERRY'S L i UNION HOTEL AT uVqN, OKKGON Tkpw OU1 V-t'jfoii Tt'dil ' Voui'Tiiime Aiy From Homo rout II 5- BY HAL COCHRAN. JARPENTJER SERVED IN THE FREXCII AVIATION SEC TION DURING'-, TPtE WOULD WAR. HE HAD PILED UP A FORTUNE IN THE FIGHTING GAME BUT LOST IT DUU ING THE WAR Georges Carpentier has come to the notic eye'' on opponents. It traced United States from France to f iuht ! back to the early days when the two Jack Dcmpsey tor the heavyweight played master and pupil in "thought title less known than any fighter reading" performances, who ?ver went Into a world cham- I (ieorges Kxplains. poinship fight. Cothrau, in this story In connection with this Georges of Carpentier'a life written for the I--, 'says: Grande Evening. Observer, tells of j "Ik'scamps takes away from me, the struggles of the one-time mine pit by his very influence, all my cares boy in rising to the light-heavyweiaht and troubles when I am scheduled to championship of the world. - Ifitrht, leaving nic to enter the ring !with only a fighting mind., j "He subtly convinces me that he ' ' '.. , CHAPTERS. . is actually fighting it the-same time . '. ,1 am, and fighting for me." All question ns to Georges Carport- i . Su much for the "'hypnotic eye." tier's right to the claim of champion JU.waaarnentier'. wallops that, work 'of France was settled when he woii carrying him to victories. j from Marcel Moreau in eight round-,. His first battle in I!)I4 resulted in' and later won from Albert Lurie, of-,a knockout of Pat O'Keefe, in two! ficial heavyweight champion. I rounds. George Mitchel, Hubert Roc Bouts Had been pnying tiro French ami Phillipe Robinson also went out' team, Carpentier-Descnnips, well, and over the sleep route. J Georges became a real idol o'. his, Gunboat Smith, topnntch American country, while his manager reaped a! scrapper, then journeyed to Paris and financial harvest. ! lost to Carpentier in the sixth round, j Six knockouts in a row were next!0" B fou1-. Another foul gave fieor-1 added to the long string of wins Pos win over Kid Jackson in four j Carpentier had accumulated. Hands- T0,mus- j nwn, Rice, Cyclone Smith and George Then Joe Jeannette, prize Amcri Cunther fell in order, in 1, 2, 1, and -can negro husky, crossed the pond 14 rounds. . ' 'and handed the Fiem-h wiz a lacing ' Jars Englands Pride. j in 15 rounds, i Bombardier Wells,' English heavy- . Served As Aviator, weight, then took the count in fo.irj This ended Georges' pre-war bat frames and Albert Lurie and A-.hl"v i ties except for a few exhibition bouts. Williams, both Frenchmen, toppled in 1 When France went to war with Gel- three and four frames respectively. ; many, Georges enlisted in the avialien , The Wells defeat was a blow to branch. He was twice decorated. Dm-1 England's fistic' pride. A youngster ing the fighting days he gave puny several Inches shorter and ninny boxing exhibitions for American pounds lighter had trimmed one of its troops in France. ! leading battlers. The fighting game had pile.d up a j In the meantime Jeff Smith, an fortune for Carpentier. lie hd even ! American, had run up a list of win in Paris. Geyrges look him on and ( won in 20 rounds.; - This .name was followed with a knockout of M. AboU ii. three rounds, and a second knock-! out'f Wells, in one round. That was the last battle of 1913. Throughout Carpentier's fighting i career there had been gossip of Ies camps and Georges working the "hyp Mr. Curtis Talks. This Is what Mr. Curtis, engineer on the O.-W., aays of Cleveland. ().. Detroit, Mich., and oil the Chicago district opuntry, having just returned j from there to his home town: "uur prices om soda water and ice cream are' murn lower than back in that country, lice creim .there is l c dish and 4ome plufcs as much as 2-"c a dish is! chart? Ji. Ice cream sod'i there is 21c aniliere, at our popular Palace CoifectyWry, it is only l.'tc, and all othVrtila water material, as well as many other items, are much -higher than in La Grande or on the Pacific Coast."' Palace Conlecltonery Co. 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