Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-17
CARPENTER WINS
ON SMITHS FOUL
Referee in London Bout De-
clares Frenchman Victor
on a Fluke.
AMERICAN GOING STRONG
Hating Of Battle in Sixth Round An
gers crowd-soth scrappers
Make Statements.
Statements of Principals in the inter
national Bout

Statements of Principals in the inter
national Bout.
BY Gunboat Smith: ! did not foul
Carpenter. and the decision was plain
robbery. / knocked him out, but was
unable to halt my next blow and my
glove barely touched his face when he
was down. / am not going to be salts
fed until l meet Carpenter again.
By Georges Carpenter: 1 knew I
would win, and 1 believe that had the
fight gone longer Smith would have
been stopped or badly battered.
would have been more pleased had the
decision been brought about different
". The showing of Smith has given
me greater confidence in my own abil-
ity, but I still believe that l am little
to light to box Jack Johnson.
London, July 17.-Georges Carpen-
tier, the young French champion and
the only pugilist of premier rank
France has ever contributed to the
game, was awarded the decision last
night over Gunboat Smith, the Ameri-
can fighter, on foul in the sixth round
of the fastest heavyweight fight Lon
doners have seen in many years.
The match between the two heavy
weights was fought at Olympia and
was scheduled to go 20 rounds. To
Smith and his supporters the finish
was a tragedy, because the blow for
which the American was disqualified
was neither studied nor Intentional. 1t
was launched in the heat of the whirl-
wind fighting when the Frenchman had
slipped to his knees and the specta-
tors saw the gaunt sailor recoil and at
tempt to draw back almost as his arm
flew out.
Causes Bad Feeling.
Nevertheless. the ending of last
nights fight adds another to the unfor-
tunate chapters of International sport,
because it has kindled bad feeling and
is likely to be followed by long drawn
out arguments.
There has been an undercurrent of
prejudice against American boxers
among English ring followers, and
however unintentional Gunboat Smiths
breach of the rules was it probably
will be cited IN support of this preju-
dice.
The popular judgment awarded Car
merits. Pitted against such powerful
antagonist as Smith it was evident that
the Frenchman's marvellous quickness
had not been exaggerated. He showed
left lead like fash of lightning and
powerful and equally swift right. His
footwork was wonderful and, although
Smith was remarkably quick for a big
man, he was noticeably slower than his
younger opponent.
Spectators in the Ring.
When the French contingent carried
Carpenter to his corner in the sixth
round the utmost confusion reigned
The ring was crowded with excited Off
Gals and seconds and thousands of
spectators were on their feet shouting
and grooming. In this round Carpen-
tier, after playing for an opening while
keenly watching the Americans right,
had tented cleverly with his left and
then brought a powerful right across
Smiths jaw.
The punch did not land squarely, but
glanced off, and, carried by the force of
his blow, Carpenter swung around and
slipped to his knees.
Quickly Smiths right shot forth. He
drew back and plainly would have
withheld the blow on second thought.
Then he stepped back and waited for
the Frenchman to rise.
Just what happened to Gunboat's
right is likely to be an everlasting
cause of controversy. The men near
est to the ring disagree widely. Some
say that it jolted Carpenters spine
hard at the back of the neck and 9TH
ers say it missed entirely.
The Fight by Rounds.
First round-Both men shook hands
at exactly 10 o'clock. Smith got two
right iabs to the Frenchman's body.
In the first clinch. which followed
soon, Carpenter gave Smith a hard
drive on the cheek with
his left Both lodged right-handers.
Smith gave the Frenchman a hard
one on the face with the right. A
right and left body blow in infighting
were Smiths offering. Smiths blows
were harder than the Frenchman's.
whose footwork had not yet been in
evidence.
Second round-Carpentier took the
aggressive, but made no impression
on Smith. Each again ducked a hard
from the other. Smith
landed on the kidneys with right in
a clinch. Carpenter landed a left
on the jaw Carpenter was playing
for the body at short range when the
round ended. His lightning quickness
was beginning to count.
Third round-TkS referee warned
Smith for fouling. Carpenter landed
a left on the face. Smith got in two
body blows at close range. Carpen-
tier barely missed a clever left, which
slid of. Smiths cheek. This round