The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-03
MCGO0RTY KNOCKED OUT BY
 JOE BECKETT IN FIERCE BOUT
English Audience Goes Wild As FayOrite Puts American Away in I7th FOund-FultOn
 Stops TOwnley in Eirst

London, Sept. 2.-Joe Beckett, Eng lands heavyweight champion, last night won the plaudits of boxing en- thuztasts by Knocking out Edie Me Goorty, the American light heavy weight. iu the seventeenth round of what was Co havo been a twenty round bout before a. large crown at tho Olympia Coliseum. A hard right over tho heart, followed by left hook Co the jaw put the Yankee out.
 Tho American landed one of his famous left hooks flush on the jaw uf tho EuElishman iu the third round and for an instant it was thought Beckett was hurt The blow jared I.u and momcntariIy sent him back. nut he recovered uIcllIy and continued Jo battle with renewed viEor.
 T. was the only hard thump which GTcGoartv landed during the contest, and the fact that it failed to bring down the Eritou appeared to disCour- ago the Wisconsin boxer, who fought ludIfferantIy during the rest of the bout
 Beckett outbuxed NfcGoorty from the opening round to the close, reach ing his man in the opening session with straight lGsJs to the face and heavy rights to tho body.
 Beckett drew first blood in the sec o1l round. a. hard left to the mouth turning th- trick After Beckett had recovered from inc left hook which cIcG1orty landed in tho third, the the American with a fusillade of heavy blows
 From that time on there was no
 aF C0rty steadily grew weaker under the heavy attack of his bigger opponent, and in the last ten rounds was purely ou the defensive.
 The capacity of the American for punishment was remarkable, and while lr seemed that he could not last ten rounds he kept on boxing till tho seventeenth, when a right over the heart put him iu a position for an easy knockout Beckett weighed l87 and LcGoorty ITO.
 Fulton Scores Quickly. The surprising feature of the nights boxing was the summary defeat of Arthur Townley, sparring partner of Beckett, by Fred Fulton, the lanlfy IiuuesOtan, who was knocked out by Dempsey in IS seconds.
 EuElI5hmen, who do not regard Dempsey as a great heavyweight, could not believe that Fulton, being inferior to the present worlds cham i piOn, could possibly dispose of Town Icy in short order, and backed the latter to stay the limit of ten rounds 1 and win the decision on points. As Fulton knocked out Townley in les than thirty seconds, the critics of Dempsey are now wondering if ] their estimate of him Is correct.
 Fulton whose speed and boxing i skill amazed the onIookers, wasted ! no time when he got the bell for the 1 first round The pIasterer wadcd in- ! to T0wnloy, feiated him to a confused 1 condition and then shot his left half ] dozen times to the face of the Briton. ] TOwnley assaycd to CIinch, but Full l ton shook him off and sent home a ] heavy Iert hook 10 the jaw. TowuIey l toppled over nd was counted out Full ton was loudly appTauded as he left ! tha ring.
 : There was to have been a twenty ! round bout between Charley Iseoux i of France, the bantamwetght cham ! pion of Europe. and Walter Ross. ban ] tamweight champion of England. but 1 it was called off this morning. NC ! reason was given for the cancellation