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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1921
Page
14
Georges Carpentier and manager Francois Descamps meet promoter Tex Rickard in New York to discuss a light heavyweight title defense. A possible October bout with Tom Gibbons was considered but no firm decision reached.
Carpentier will spend about a month with his wife and baby in Dieppe France before returning home. A conference is set for tomorrow afternoon between Rickard and Descamps, after which the Frenchmen will join Rickard to Newark to view last Saturday's championship bout pictures. Carpentier’s popularity remains strong despite defeat as crowds in New York cheer him and seek autographs. Harry Greb also seeks a match with Carpentier.
The piece notes Arthur Duffey and Fred Mitchells Braves arrival. Yale sprinter Campbell heads east after Pasadena. Dempsey’s legal troubles ripple through boxing. Briton A G Hill may visit for track meets. Eastern officials debate venues and schedules as Harvard Princeton Cornell align for Oxford Cambridge events and coast relays.
Orange High, holder of the State high school baseball title, hosts the All-Scholastic nine chosen by the Post on Saturday. Orange reported a 20–2 spring record, 306 runs for, 31 against, and a 60–6 over three years, with no home losses last season and 22 straight at home. Athol was the only team to beat Orange this spring in four outings, while Cambridge Latin declined a mutually priced clash.
The New York National League club released substitute infielder William Patterson to Seattle of the Pacific Coast League as part payment for outfielder Cunningham, purchased yesterday by New York from Seattle. Other notes list American League and National League games including Detroit at Chicago and Brooklyn at New York.
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