The Sentinel=Record

UNION LABEL
HOT SPRINGS
HURRAH FOR CARPENTIER!
We who have little respect for any
man who enters the pugilistic game
as a means of a livelihood, will begin
to see exceptions in the rule we have
applied when we consider the action
of Carpentier. We first became
familiar with this name when France
sent the gloved knight in against our
Gunboat Smith. In bar room circles
and barber shops there was
much talk about the two, indicating
they were accredited representatives
of nations at war. Of course, they
were more generally accepted as two
pugs footing and batting each other
for a fixed sum, and probably in
a fixed manner. But this Carpentier
the other day presented himself
to the recruiting agent of his country.
He was not boastful. He did not
make his identity known. He merely
wanted to fight for his country. He
had the brawn and the muscle and
he wanted to put it to good purpose.
and he did. It is something to know
that even a prize fighter has patriotism
and a willingness to turn what
nature gave him to something better
than the manner in which an American negro gives his time
who won money and curb fame for
the efficacy of his fist blows.