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BT ARTHUR WYNNE.
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i HEN' Bombardier Billy Wells,
England's pugilistic heavy
weight idol of pre-war day.
stepped to Lho center of the ring and
put up his padded mitts against
Ororgcs Carpentier of France, there
were a few moments of scientific
feinting, described In the languago
of the prize ring as "feeling out your
opponent," and then
"Thud! Bang!!"
The thud was the impact of Mr.
(.'.irpentier's left fist against the
angle of Mr. Wells' jaw bona. The
bang followed as a matter of course,
when the big British champion fell
forward on his face and was counted
out. -
The above interesting event took
place In London. England, on tho
night of December 8, 1313, and tho
finish, from the British point of view,
was extremely sad and sudden.
Almost six years later to a day, or,
to be exact, on the' night of Decem
ber 13, 1919, England's latest pugi
listic heavyweight Idol, Joseph Beck
ett, stepped to the center of the ring
and put up his padded mitts against
the same Georges Carpentier. Again
there were a few moments of scien
tific feinting, otherwise "feeling out
your opponent," and then
"Thud! Bang!!"
The Psychic Tower Behind the Fist.
Mr. Carpentier waited calmly and
politely until the referee had counted
ten, -and then he picked up his big,
beefy and very limp antagonist, slung
him on his shoulder as lightly as a
child, and carried him to his corner,
where, a few minutes later, Beckett
opened his eyes and asked when the
fight was to begin. .
The above interesting event also
took place in London, and it is still
fresh In the memory of all readers
of the sporting pages. The Frince
of Wales was there, Just home from
New York, together with much, of
England's nobility, gentility and
quality, to say nothing of the lower
classes. All bad backed Beckett to
win and to retrieve the honors lost
when Mr. Carpentier dropped the
Bombardier like a felled ox in the
first round. And because they lost
their bets and saw the Frenchman
win, the Britishers regarded the fin
ish of this second encounter as
equally sad and sudden.
Now, according to the programme
of future sporting events, the next
time Georges Carpentier gets up to
fight he will face Jack Dempsey,
vanquisher of Jess Willard. Mr.
T-empsey, it seems almost unneces
sary to state, is the champion heavy
weight pugilist of the world.
Mr. Carpentier, who smokes cigar
ettes even while he is training, seems
quite anxious to fight Jack Dempsey
for the world's championship. He
even says he is going to win. '..
His idea of the forthcoming battle
Is that there will be simply nothing
to it. To hear him talk, this is his
idea of what is going to happen:
"Dempsey will step to the center
of the ring and put up his padded
mitts. There will 'be- a few moments
of scientific feinting, and then
"Thud! Bang!!' ,
"I shall then assist Mr. Dempsey to
his corner, where his attendants will,
of course, see that he is properly re
vived." .
So much by way of introduction.
We hasten to assure the reader that
this' Is not a story about vulgar prize
fighting and brutalized pugs. On the
contrary, It. is intended as a strictly
scientific article dealing with psychic
powers, occultism, hypnotic Influ
ences and the mysterious impelling
force which a powerful mentality can
xert over a lesser one.
Xfe asychic power in this partlcu-
Note the helpleaa look on Joe Beekett'a
taken by moving-picture camera
began.
lar case is said to be possessed by
M. Francois Descamps, manager of
the French champion. It Is even
claimed that previous to the moment
when . Beckett was knocked out by
Carpentier a stealthy assault had
been made on the British champion's
brain and will power, filling him
with "one vast, uncontrollable, irre
sistible, all-pervading, supremely pas
sionate, overwhelming desire to lie
down and quit."
It is declared that from the moment
Beckett entered the ring at Royal
Albert hall he was subtly attacked
by a projection of personality from
Carpentier's manager. In other
words, poor Beckett was hypnotised.
Months of careful training went for
naught Muscles of steel, splendid
constitution, weight, sound wind and
science in the "noble art" were of no
avail against the, piercing- eye of
Two Notable Victories by Georges Carpentier,
the French Champion, Have Been Attributed
to the Casting of a Mysterious Psychic -Spell
Over His Opponents, and Now Carpentier's
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face. This pbotoKraph mi
as his flgrkt with Carpntier
Manager Descamps. Seated at the
ringside facing Beckett's corner, the
French fighter's manager fixed his
deadly eye on his new victim and
proceeded to hypnotize him into a
pulp.
One well-known English sporting
authority, Stuart Martin, witnessed
.the fight between Beckett and Car
pentier and immediately it was over
he wrote the following account of his
impressions for the London Mail:
"Descamps is a very excitable
man. He is a bundle o( nerves, a
typically French, overflowing person
ality, whose Individuality oozea from
every pore. He does not effervesce.
He exudes.
"Descamps is the man who made a
bet that his pupil would knock
Beckett out in six rounds. Descamps
says that when Carpentier meets Jack
Dempsey, Carpentier will win In six
"Silent Partner" Says
the next Victim Will
Be Dempsey.
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Georges Carpentier, who took less than two ml notes to knock out two British t'ham
. plon heavyweights.
rounds. Watch Descamps. - He is the
man who is aiding Carpentier with
all his mental force. His mentality
accompanies Carpentier Into the ring
in every fight. He Is his unseen,
silent partner, and to him as much as
to Carpentier is Beckett indebted for
the blow on the jaw which finished
the fight and took the championship
of Europe out of his reach.
"What was Deschamps doing as
Beckett came into the ring on Thurs
day? Those who were near him tell
me he was watching Beckett intently.
The fact is, he began to fight Beckett
as soon as Beckett stepped Into the
ring.
"Beckett was 'constantly glancing
round at Carpentier as he was getting
his gloves adjusted. There you have
the personality of Deschamps begin
ning to work: Impinging itself on
Beckett's brain and beginning its
"Descamps was
watching Beckett in
tently. There you hare
the personality of Des
camps beginning to
work, impinging itself
on Beckett's brain and
beginning its task of
confusing the English
thoughts."
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so
task of conrustng the English boxer's
thoughts.
"Possibly Deschamps is not quite
conscious of his own power, but It Is
there all the same. This projection of
personality is not hypnotism, but it
is to be seen operating everywhere.
"Have you ever noticed in a railway
carriage how a man engaged in con
versation with a friend will stop sud
denly and look around, losing the
thread of his talk because you are
looking at him? You can break up all
kinds of conversation if you project
your mentality into the seat of sub
conscious memory of a stranger. The
spot on which to concentrate is Just
at the root of the nose, between the
eyes.
"Numerous instances of this force
might be given. Bombardier Wells is
a victim to It. He is a highly sensi
tive man, and being sensitive he ab
sorbs the conflicting mentalities
which are concentrating- on him when
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M. Franrols Defirampn, manager of
(jeorgrs Carpentier. He has hern
railed Mthe man with the hypnotic
eye."
lie fights. The result is that his own
mind becomes confused, and people
who watch him say he is nervous. He
is not nervous. He Is sensitive, and
his mind Is absorbing personalities
until he has no personality left of his
own.
"Deschamps, they say, feels every
defeat of Carpentier as a defeat for
himself. If you took Deschainp's
mind to the' analytical table you
would make a first-class medium. He
Is a psychic subject. His personality
stands beside Carpentier In every
match, for he has trained Carpentier's
mind as well as his body. Carpentier
acts as Descamps wills."
There is tho whole thing in a nut
shell. Bombardier Wells, at the time
he met Carpentier, was England's best
heavyweight fighter. As recently as
last October 18 he knocked out Jack 1
Curphy in two rounds. Six years ago
hA was In his nrime. There were '
some who regarded him as tho com
ing champion of the world. Joe
Beckett, who succeeded the Bombar
dier as Britain's idol, knocked out
Frank Ooddard in two rounds last
June. Three months later he won
over Eddie McGoorty.
Will History Repeat Itself f
Both Wells and Beckett were brainy
fighters, hard hitters and tremend
ously powerful. In fact, they still are
when Carpentier and Manager Des
camps are nowhere near. Tet It took
Carpentier less than two minutes to
knock both of them out.
Wells went into the ring trained to
the minute and confident of winning.
Descamps was there. Intently watch
ing the Britisher, regarding him fix
edly and never taking his eye off him
for a moment from the very instant
Wells climbed through the ropes. And
right there. It is declared by the at
tendants of the Englishman, Wells be
gan to loss his "pep." Not only that.
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clured the winner in a fiKlit tb.it
really was all oxer oi'iorc ii - Meni
ally benan.
History, it Is dei l.i red, repeated tt -o!f
in tho more recent cat- uf Jie
Beckett. He. too, went down nn!
out In the first round; explaining
later that he hadn't tn-Kun to fiulil
when lie wnke up I" find it '
all over.
When Carpentier fitilits Jack I'emp
fey Manager Dei-camps expects and
Intends to have a ringside ncal her
he ran face Pempfey. It will he In
teresting to watch developments and
sen Just what happens when the
American champion of the world face
tho eye .which In credited with two
hypnotic knockout nhd many tenser
ones.
How One May Travel and
Yet Get Rich Told.
Theoretically, ml lat. It In ro.
Kihle to Turn I0 Inln I'M After
a Miort Hound Trip.
LONDON. March :0 Theoretically
it would worn possible to turn
10 Into 10 merely by taking a short
trip through France, Switzerland and
Italy, says a Swiss correspondent of
tho Daily Graphic. He gives this for
mula; Take a 10 banknote Into France
and change It for 420 sliver franrs.
With these enter Switzerland, where
they will buy 2100 Italian paper lire,
then pass Into Italy and cash Into
It.ill.ii silver. You now have 2100
Italian silver lire. Take these hack
into Switzerland and you have 2101
Sws francs, ns the silver lire are
accepted here as equal In value to
Swiss francs. Now buy French paper
money and you will receive 4:00
French francs. Kcturn to France.
where you buy English notes, and
you get 10(1, more or less.
Practically it is not so easy, as sil
ver coin in rare on the continent and
there Is the French prohibition to
carry more than 1000 francs out of
the country.
Hawaiian Monarchy First
to Have Prohibition.
Kamehama the t;ret. In 17M,
Issue I)rantlc ICilIrt Aaalnat
Drunkenness.
HONOLULU, T. H, March 20 Hi.
torlans of the Hawaiian Islands
assert that an Hawaiian monarchy
was the first government in the world
to put absolute prohibition into effect.
Kamehameha the Great, first king
of United Hawaii, in 1795, after hav
ing conquered all the other Islands,
issued an edict imposing prohibition.
Its penalties were drastic. An of
fender was stripped of his property,
real and personal, and was driven
from his village clad only in a loin
cloth.
In later years foreign nations forced
liquor on the Hawalians and Its sale
was general In the Islands until the
great war, when, with the opening
of the army training camps in the
Islands, prohibition went into effect.
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