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The Cordova Daily Times
Cordova, Alaska
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Georges Carpentier, the French boxer set to fight Jack Dempsey, lost all property in Lievin during WWI and was penniless afterward, but has earned over 3 million francs through fights and tours in Europe and Africa since his 1919 bout with Dick Smith, managed by Descamps on a 40% agreement.
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PARIS, June 4 (by Associated Press).-Georges Carpentier, now in America to fight for the world championship with Jack Dempsey, emerged from the war ruined and practically penniless, but now reported to be worth more than 3,000,000 francs, or a little over $200,000 in real money, all of which he has made since his fight with Joe Beckett.
All his property in Lievin, just outside of Lens, was destroyed during the war and while mobilized he spent what savings he had to keep his mother and family, even getting into some debts, which his share of the purse for his fight with Dick Smith in June 1919, just evened up.
Carpentier has been touring Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Northern Africa and Spain and, under the keen business management of Descamps, has been raking in the paper francs.
Descamps is working with Carpentier on a 40 per cent agreement.
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Paris
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June 4
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now reported to be worth more than 3,000,000 francs, or a little over $200,000
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Georges Carpentier emerged from the war ruined and practically penniless after his property in Lievin was destroyed; he spent savings on family and incurred debts, evened by his 1919 fight with Dick Smith; has since earned wealth through fights and tours in Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Northern Africa, and Spain under Descamps' management on 40% agreement.