GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950)

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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856-1950)
A two-page, thirty-seven line, autograph transcript of an interview between the Sunday Chronicle and Shaw, in Shaw's hand, though unsigned, concerning the recent fight between Carpentier and Siki. "I think that Carpentier does not know how to fight a negro, and has a good deal to learn from him," he comments. "Siki made nothing of Carpentier's long shots, which dazed Beckett and made even Dempsey look serious ... like all negroes, he does what us white men dare do -- meets a straight lead by dropping his head neatly, and taking the shock on the ridge of his eyebrow, where it makes about as much impression as a mushroom on a minotaur." Having described the fight in detail, Shaw concludes: "On the whole Carpentier put up a much better fight ... what is wrong with him is that like a true Frenchman, he does not know when he is beaten; and that means Waterloo for him ... It was a legitimate knock out."

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