Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-05
Frenchman Consumes Less
Than TUo Minutes in
Knocking Out British
RiUdL With Hook to Chin
EIGHT IN LONDON

London, Dec. 5.
CUBLIME confidence, speed, knowI.
- edge of the fistic art and perfect
physical condition were the assets
that were combined in Georges Car
pentier last night to win for him the
heavyweight boxing crown of Euroue.
Joe Beckett, the British heavyweight
titleholder, was knocked out in less
TRAN two minutes by the French
man because he did not possess those
four necessary qualities that go hand
IN hand with success in the roped arena :,
After the 1000 spectators, distin-
guished and otherwise, had drifted out
OF the Ho'born Stadium and Beckett
had sufficiently regained his blurred
mental vision to glance back into the
ring where he had been SO iguominiously
defeated, the Britisher himself gave the
most potent reason for his downfall.
II thought / would just mill along
through the first round to get my
bearings" is the way he put it. And
while he was engaged in this style
of milling, Carpenter was engaged in
another style of milling-to be exact
the American style, which is q Whirl-
wind attack, taking advantage of every
opening.
The finish of the fight came so quickly
after the beginning that for several
seconds every man and woman-and
there were many women there in dress
attire-sat breathless and speechless.
Then when it was fully realized that
the idol of British fghtdom had been
hammered into present insensibility and
future boxing oblivion, cheer after cheer
echoed through the stadium, a prolonged
verbal acclamation of new boxing king
Of Europe.
Frenchman Outweighed
Overcoming a handicap of fourteen
pounds of British beef, the clean cut
and energetic Frenchman started a
storm of blows just after the handshake
that quickly overwhelmed the astounded
Beckett.
Taking the aggressive, Carpenter
landed jab to Beckett's face an
easily dodoed a right handed uppercur
that the Britisher started in return.
After a bit of boxing, in which the
Frenchman clearly outpointed his leth
argic opponent, Carpenter shot a
y right handed uppercut with every BIZ
of his strength behind it.
he fell as if pole axed. He was SO
dazed that he lay motionless hulk of
Drawn as the referee counted over him.
After the fateful "ten," Carpenter
helped the arbiter in lifting the van
quished Britisher to his corner.
1t was one of the quickets champion
ship fights ever held under the Marqu.
of Queensberry rules.
Prince Cheers, Too
Carpenter was hoisted to the shoul-
ders of the first of the crowd
reached hinf Everybody in. the stad
ium was cheering, including the Prince
of Wales, while tens of thousands OF
patrons who had gathered outside
the street were shouting their tribut'
to the victor.
The only effort made by Beckett in
the fight was to cut loose a vicious
uppercuS with his right hand afte
had received the first jab in the face.
The blow missed by more than foot.
From the moment the referee, B. j..
Angle, called time, Carpenter had the
battle in his own hands. Beckett never
had a chance of hitting the agile
Frenchman, who landed blows with
enormous strength whenever he felt in
clined.
Amid absolute stiffness most of the
spectators could hear the terrific crack
of the swing that put Beckett to sleep.
The contestants presented a notable
difference in appearance when they
stripped and were introduced. Beckett,
swarthy and muscular; Carpenter,
white skinned, with a slight figure.
Carpenter looked about him as though
accustomed to his surroundings; Beckett
seemed somewhat nervous.
Peers and peeresses, members of the
House of Commons, high officials OF
state, many women, most of them in
evening dress. and the Prince OF Wales,
newly returned from his American trip,
looked the fighters over critically as
they squared up. :.
Beckett entered the contest a slight
favorite, odds of to 4 and 10 to $
ruling at the ringside. Supporters of
Carpenter quickly covered all the Beckr
: ett money they could find.
The British champion was the hrst tc
enter the ring, and the crowd gave him
tremendous ovation. He looked wei
set up and trim for the fight. A few
minutes later heswas followed by Car
pentier, and he, too, was given a great
welcome. The Frenchman looked MT.
When Deschamps, the manager OF the
Trenchman, was asked if Carpenter
would fight Dempsey, he replied
I,Yes, and beat him, too.
@. B. Cochran, who promoted the
6eht. announced he would give $175, ,O0t
for Dempsey Carpenter match II
Olympia here next June or earlier.
Mail Scores Beckett
Experts in commenting on the fight
concur in saying that victory went to
the best man because of speed and
aggressiveness.
Beckett's manager says Carpenter
''brought off million to one chance,
but the Daily Nails critic accuses
Beckett of "sheer stupidity"
Beckett had by a long way the
best of the handicap" this expert
writes. ''He was superior in height,
weight and reach. He is great tel
low physically, but the less said about
his judgment the better. Perhaps he
was overconfident, but anyway he gave
his opoonent chance which no novice
would have offered, The blow with
which Carpenter Won was too simple
for words. 1t could have been easily
avoided and the counter to it would
have been IN extremely dangerous blow
vet Beckett walked right into the dan
ger zone. What he did was simple
and stupid, and there is no excuse tor
him."
After Carpenter had been carried
around the ring the Prince OF wales