Evening star., 1914-08-01
BY T. S. ANDREWS.

Special Correspondent I The sfar.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. August 1.-Hao
Gunboat Smith, the American Wnlee
heavyweight champion, been compelled
to observe the rules as laid down oy the
MARQUIS of Queensbery In his nehe win
Georges Carpenter in London last "een
the chances are he would De recosn
TODAY as the worlds champion "hite
heavyweight. According to all repoi. .1
received from the scene of the oattie
and also according to the pictures .ah.l
If the fight there Is no doubt that smleh
hi+ carnentfer when he was down. OF
,o+ber on one knee. The rules s1aee
,sry nlainly that the moment one ooAel
scores a knockdown that he snail fe.iie
n his corner: or, if the knockdown oe-
ours In his corner, then he shaii re'ife
= -+he. opposite corner OF the ring, "
= , neufral corner. An incident OF In.A
t'ira occurred recently at HUDSON, wS-'
and 7 dwelt upon the rules IN theye is -
umns at the time. 1t now appiie' ~
Smith e. c,,;th stand
ine 40 near his fallen opponent eaa. :
he should lose his head ano oeil a,+h
blow while the man was aown. ~ =
should have retired to his corner S .ns
moment he scored IL the .he snefe" referee to see
tbat he did retire. OF course, II ~
hard matter for a referee to Watch noel,
men at the same time, tnat Is, ~ s'anu ~ =
over one man and count ana "alcn Inc =
other to see that ,h ne he Goes e,ause as Whereby
!. aou' raf.ren couId penalize boxer for vio-
lating this rule .,,t ,f q
boxer. after scoring a knockdown, 1ailee
to go to his corner the IeIerse So. ~ =
ston counting long enough TO seho tns :
man TO his corner and thus ne Woulo
lose the count from where the re1eree
stopped and started again. which might
cost him the battle by knocKdoWn.
The referee should be more par.lcuiad sd
take particular pains to warn tnem
ahout a violation of this very point.
smith has no one to blame but him
self in this instance, as he should know
the rules thoroughly.
According to the accounts, Carpen-
tiers seconds also committed foul In
entering the ring while their man was
down. Referee Corri has stated that
he did not see the seconds get into the
ring until after he had awarded the
fight to CARPENTER on a foul, but that
had he seen them he would have dis
qualified Carpenter just as quickly as
he did Smith.
The adherents of Carpenter claim
that smith was QOW IL loE lhlIl lCCi oSS-
onds in the fourth round and their con-
tention is upheld by the tfmekeeper.
Mr.. Hulls, who said that he called the
attention of the referee to the fact that
Smith was down practically fourteen
seconds. However, the referee took his
own count, which in this case appeared
to be slower than the watch.
If these deductions are correct, then
it appears that Carpenter was entitled
to the verdict, for he really scored a
did not come into his own until awarded
the fight on foul in the sixth. Smith
and his manager, Mr.. Buckley. have also
claimed that they were deprived Of
sure victory, alleging that Carpenter
was on the point Of being knocked out
them, on a foul. From an outside
standpoint it appears that both sides
are to blame to a certain extent ana the
excitement prevailing at the time was
responsible for this.
The fight certainly stirred up the fol-
lowers of the game throughout Europe
and, while the ending was unsatisfac-
tory, still it will be the means of boost
ing the boxing game to q considerable
extent. 1t will mean another match be-
tween the two men during the coming
fall, after which the Frenchman will, no
doubt, be Obliged to quit the ring for
"A time and join the army, which is
compulsory in France.
Jim Dougherty, who has been mixed
up with boxers for a number OF years
and who makes his home at Crum
lynne. Pa. thinks he has developed a
Young fellow who will prove himself
the best of all light heavyweights or
rniddleweights in the business. The boy
referred to is Willie Adams. He is only
Il youngster, but scales around 15S or
100 pounds, and, judging from the con-
tests he has been putting up against
such men as Knockout Baker of Phila-
delphia, Johnny Howard of Brooklyn
and Jim Williams, he has right to f1g-
ure himself among the real good men in
that class. Adams recently fought
Baker, who is considered a very tough
proposition, in Philadelphia and. ac-
cording to good judges of boxing, he
made the Quaker look like a novice,
Adams had a straight left jab that
Travelled with such speed that Baker
could not get away from 1t. He ap-
pears to have all the science necessary
and he hits as hard as a heavyweight
The chances are that he will not long
remain Il middleweight, as he Is young
and growing.
Dougherty, who knows all the tricks
of the trade, thinks that Adams with a
little more experience will be able to
beat Billy Murray, AL Mccoy and such
men without any trouble. If Adams