Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-05
WINS
BY K. 0. IN FIRST
Beckett, British Champion,
Lasts | Minute 10 Seconds
Against Frenchman.

LONDON, december 5-1eoISes
Carpenter, the French fighter, won
the heavyweight championship of Eu-
rope here last night by defeating Joe
/ Beck EFT, champion of England. knock
| ing him out in the first round. after
one minute and ten seconds of fight
| ing.
The men entered the ring at 9:44
O'Clock. Both were heartily received,
Carpenter, however. getting a slight
| ly better reception than Beckett.
The fight began at 1914 o'clock.
! After n short hand shake the men
faced each other. Carpenter smiled
! confidently. He darted in quickly and
! planted left flush on Becketts face.
| y brief bit of sparring followed.
| Beckett Slow in Comparison.
Carpenter finally darted in again
with his left. Both his footwork and
| handwork were much quicker than
his opponents. The Frenchman again
scored with two swift leftS in sue
cession to Reckett's face. Carpenter
got away again out of reach before
Beckett had time to counter.
Coming together again the men
| went to short clinch. In the break
away Carpenter was in like a flash
with left straight to Beckett's head
A terrific right to the jaw knock ed
Beckett face downward to the boards.
Blood spurted from his mouth from
| Ills anu previous punches.
| Carpenter helped to carry Beckett
to the Englishman's corner. Beck
etts eyes opened as this was done
and his second said to him: Joe,
you're out"
Beckett was unable to understand it
all for a moment, but he seemed to
comprehend when the crowd began to
| invade the ring.
LiOnized by the Crowd.
Va
| derS of the first of the crowd that
| reached him. Everybody in the stadi
UNI was cheering. including the Primo
OF Wales, while tens of thousands q
persons who had gathered outside
| the street We're shouting their tribute
| to the victor.
The only effort made by Beckett
| the fight was. to cut loose a viciou
| upper-cut with his right after he III
received the first jab to the face. TIL
blow missed by more than a foot.
Holburn stadium was packed at
| o'clock with distinguished gather
| ing to witness the bout. Even the
standing room at five guineas admis
| sion was crammed.
Experts Agree Best Man Won.
! LONDON, December 5.-Experts. in
commenting on last nights fight, con-
| cur in saying that victory went to the
best man because of speed and cieV-
erness.
| Beckett's manager says Carpenter
| brought off q million-to-one chance"
but the Daily Mails critic accuses
Beckett of sheer stupidity"
Beckett had by a long way the hes
of The handicap" this expert writes
| HE was superior in height, weigh
| and reach. He is great fellow phys
ically, but the less said about his
judgment the better. Perhaps he was
| overconfident, but anyway he gave
his opponent a chance which no now
ice would have offered. The blow
! with which Carpenter won was toe
simple for words. 1t could have been
| easily avoided and the counter to it
would have been an extremely dan
| gerous blow, yet Beckett walked right
| into the danger zone. What he did
! was simple and stupid, and there is
no excuse for him."
| After Carpenter had been carried
around the ring the Prince of Wales
cordially shook his hand-an congrat-
! ulated him. The prince also shook
Beckett,s hand, saying: Better luck
Great Enthusiasm in Paris.
PARIS, December 5.-Carpentier's
victory over Beckett created great
enthusiasm here last night in the
crowds that waited on the boulevards
and in cafes for the result. All
French sportsmen were confident that
Carpenter would win. but were sur
prised when he did it so quickly
Englishmen mingled their ''hurrahs''
with the French ''bravos" and sang
God Save the King" while the
French joined in the 'Marseillaise."