The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-17

s,i,inctively tried to land finishing
missed the wobblng Erenchman's left
ear. and grazcd tho top OF his head
Ecferee Corri Instantly Jumped I'm
That's all right: wait"
ire writer. 1T the ringsidc. WAS not
more more Than fifteen feet away from Corri
ne words distinctly. II was abso
futciy clear that CORR, realizing that
smith had supposed that carpentierr
me follow blow to the actual knock
9on punch un seeing that the biow had
Count WINS Not Made.
The count. however. was never made
voice. was scra'nbling through the
ropes almoct before Corri had finished
telling Smith to walt.
In another second the wildly ex-
Gittd Erenchm,am WAS on MS knees S,ss
a GS'u carr % to- his a y'"s 10 III
smiths corner she, shouted protests 70
Dcs camps TO the ring automatically
disqualified Carpenter.
/ Boxing wiseacres at the ringsidc
told them not TO enter the ring.
smith. in the meantime, was stand
ing with both hands outstrctchod.
/
| go on with the tight. But had Car
| pcnticr been able 70 stand on his feet
he never would have had Il chance.
| Within nvc seconds a score OF
| l'rcnchmen. half OF them in evening
dress. had swarmed through the ropes.
! all struggling for the honor Of helping
/ 10 carry The unconscious tighter To his
corner
among others in the mix-up in the
| rin, was the Official announcer. who
/ hndllY succeeded in lighting his way
I 10 Corrrs side.
The re, referee finally made his decision.
| above the din that SMITH had been
! disqualified.
VI. to the moment when Smith landed
| the knockout the night had been as
| pretty thing 20 watch as the most
ardent admirers OF both men could
/ have Anticipated
Carpenter Used New Tactics.
/ Carpenter electrified the huge crowd
at the very outset b. adopting tactics
| nobody ever before saw him use In
/ stead OF rushing across the ring and
! throwing himself upon Smith, he hard
| ly left his corner. waiting for the big
crouch that reminded one in mira
| tur" OF Jenries in his early days. the
! Frenchman stood stock still and let
/ Gunboat score the FIRST point with a
/ not vary these tactics during the Hrst
left Jab TO the face. Carpenter did
/ three rounds
! fast and smaller man failed complete
u. except IN olinchcs; when nc admin
/ istcrcd singing punishment 10 the
! Frcnchmans inids cotton.
/ Corri warned smith for striking low.
! but Gunboat told his seconds between
rounds that Carpenter was close 10
J the ground that he could not Judge his
blows.
several times the Frenehman gave
after lightning like straight left tabs
I ], was snbody's fight for the nrst
three rounds. In the fourth. however.
the American contingent got 4 terrific
surprise when Smith suddenly dropped
to hisJSnees Ike a log after a whtrl-
wind mix-up in the middle OF the ring.
/ The Frenchman finally had succeeded
in Landing that rish' squarely on the
pG PPM s Of the aT b ~ grd he e0 %a of
his feet, but the bell interviewed
Gunb2ai came back strong in the
lighting carefully, could not gain an
Inch or follow UP the. advantage OF
tho knock down ne had given.
i Then came the sixth, with Smith full
Of tight apparently having found him
self only the uuintentional foul blow
saved Carpentier from being counted
Considering the tremendous amount
! OF moncy--morc than SI5.ooo-spent by
The crowd e. witness this contest Of
about as unsat!stactory as could be
conceived
all OF them LAYING even money on the
American at the ringside.
Carpenter Issues statement.
Georges Carpenter, when seen a! his
hotel tonight after the nEht. looked
little the worse for his thrilling expert
cnce. lie dictated the following state
II want nobody to make any mistake
about the blow of Gunboat Smith which
Il was hi, hard when down and only
when down. had put all my strength
into a right hook which | intended for
miss made me over balanced and. heins
IN danger OF losing my footing, I
dropped on one knee II was then that
Of my head. 1t was terrinc blow.
'Gunboat is too clumsy and slow
nc remains so. although he is an un
commonly powerful hitter.
II thought had won the fight with
a knockout in the fourth round After
ed my. ability TO win.
"Still | Will be please TO meet Gun
boat again, or anyone else In the world
buckley Discusses the Fight
James BUCKLEY. Smiths manager. said
1T was highway robbery Smith
knocked carpentier out With a right or
Vent down. and smith, in making am =
other punch. could not pull himself
back and Just hit Carpenters face.
After the first two punches. | saw
tina, We were going TO get the worst OF
II. Corri. the referee. told Smith to
keep his hands up, although they were
up all the time. He wanted to heat
Smith. We have evidence that this was
intentional, and that he wanted Car
pentier 10 win"
Smith has issued a challenge 10 fight
Carpenter again within two weeks or
At any time.
Carpenter refereed the Johnson Mo-
ran fight at Paris, June %. and when
asked then If he would like TO take
on Johnson. said:
johnson is a little too heavy for
me AT present"
Rount The fight began at 1901
Smith led with right and clnched
Smith rushed and the Frcnch,nan
clinched repeatedly. Carpenter missed
hard right uppercut and hammered
body. Smith was warned for hitting
low, but repeated the offense a moment
later. Smith jolted the Frenchman
with left 10 jaw. Gunboat shot hard
right TO body. Carpenter missed right
swing. Smiths round.
Round 2-Carpentier rushed and
clinched. lie then shot both hands to