The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13
Corri Tells of New British
Heavyweight Champions
Victory Over Goddard.
KNOCKOUT IN THE SECOND
Bout Lasted Less Than Five
Minutes, With Smaller
Man the Victor.
By EUGENE CoRRI.

as HBnInlnS a rlgnt, ana FRANK 1OuuaIu,
the soldier giant, was fiat on his back
and counted out. beaten by Joe Beckett
Of Southampton in trihe less than FIVE
minutes. And some $4,000 persons who
had come to Olympia were for a moment
flabbergasted. Then they stood up and
shouted and cheered; many men, top
hated who had come from the glories
of Ascot, rushed from their seats and
struggled to shake Beckett by the nand
A big slice of Southampton roared and
seemed to yell, ''T told you So
The victory OF Beckett was as de-
served as it was popular. He completely
conquered the feeling that he must have
had that he had been previously beaten
Ivy Goddard.
The memory of knockout Ia inefface-
able. j am wondering what Goddard
thinks about II. l can imagine him pull
ing and Juggling at his chestnut colored
hair and wearing more wrinkles in his
expansive forehead than ever before in a
voyage of discovery OF how 1t came TO
be that he found himself measuring his
colossal length on the mat; that his
long. heavy arms would not work, but
only hang Imply by his side.
why Goddard Lost.
Will tell SnOulQ ne not al
ready know. why he was beaten. For
the first time in his short and meteoric
career he happened across an opponent
who knew how to hit man who found
THE spot" readily and surely. Curpney,
the week before Whitsunday. had
chances similar to Beckett. at the Ma
tional Sporting Club, but he hammered
at the wrong place and so tired himself
out that Goddard won-because, every
To- ia oil ~.
could hurt him Goddard himself be-
lieved he was invincible because of his
prodigious strength.
He has always laughed when he was
reminded that he was no boxer; that
he left himself wide open. and was
forever counting disaster. His manner
said: Il know all about that; but here
l am-never been beaten. boxer I
have never pretended to be. 1t is a
fighter that am. Fighting is my game.
and there you are"
IL Goddard by his experience has not
been brought round to different point
OF view, then there Is little hope of
his atoning for his defeat by Beckett.
1 would have 1t understood that Beck
EFT won the triumph of his life at
Olympia. He did indeed, and Southamp-
ton must be especially proud of him.
1t could never be easy for Beckett, or
any other man, to defeat Goddard. poor,
at times wooden, boxer that he is. for
he is really one of the Simpsons Of
the ring; and. as for fear. he has
never heard of It.
Short and Sweet.
The fight was sensational, and in this
respect 1t was precisely what most of
US thought and expected 1t would be
II presented such a drama as TO recall
anfN
tween Billy Wells, who by the way was
present, together with all notabilities,
and Georges Carpenter. And as at the
N. 5. c. then. so on Tuesday night at
Olympia. 1t was all over when some
ticket holders were still arriving. Many
a man had planted down ten guineas
without getting even a glimpse at God
dard.
Few of Becketts nights 1 have not
seen. Many OF them I have refereed, so
that 1 may claim to know him well.
j am bound to say that never have l
seen him In such form as on Tuesday
There was no hesitancy about him; and
on this occasion, from the moment he
put up his hands, he looked the win
ner. Goddard. by comparison. was
painfully. Nnbelievably SLOW
It was supposed that II Goddard was
really good insone particular It was as
an infghter: but half way through the
Arst round he was like a novice com
pared with Beckett, who at close quar-
tiers shaped like a master He had the
Eddie McGoorty left hook. with which
he shook Goddard in the first minute, and
there was IN immense power In his right
hand.
Goddard Grogsy
Once Goddard hit Beckett hard Just
a he hi hot
he had been hurt; indeed. he hammered
only harder and more furiously than
ever. Goddard. when half a minute had
gone. rocked and wabbled about the
legs. Beckett was all over him People
shouted many stood up, expecting to see
Goddard fall. The gong saved him from
being put out in the opening round; II
was the nearest thing in the world.
have always said that when Beckett
convinces himself that he has his op-
ponent in a bad way he Is a demon
fighter. Well, when he took his corner
at the end OF the first round he knew
and his seconds told him so, that al
ready he was we'll on the highway Il
success So he snapped his teeth
clenched his fists and when time wal
shouted he hurled himself at Goddard
who was punched terrihcally. mostly on
the body. but moro than once In the
nsighborhood Of the mouth, which started
to bleed.
The excitement was intense; IL burs'
into fury when Beckett sent Goddard
down with his left. On the boards the
Guardsman first sat and then knelt fol
eight seconds. He did not know clearly
where he was or what had happened
when he rose. He was helpless. anc
Beckett, with right and left. finished the
sob like an expert.
Winner Outdid Himself.
Believe me. Beckett excelled himself II
every way his show was perfect II Il
not every man who will stand up to God
dard without. trepidation-his very huge
ness must be appalling to the averag,
man. But Beckett very properly cared
neither for the bigness Of Goddard mol
his much advertised strength.
He fought in natural way, attempt
ing nothing but what he knew he could
DO, and, better still. he has proved tina
Great Britain has got a man who. II
September. will show himself to be thu
best fighter that could be found fo
4 Georges Carpenter.
Z II would be interesting TO know wha
Descamps. the Frenchman's manager
thinks about Beckett. Descamps cam,
over for the fight and he sucked In every
little detail. / can imagine him telling
Carpenter what he must expect.
What a fight this should be- Ever
Olympia will hardly be big enough L
accommodate all the people who viii
want to see the contest. Beckett Is ter
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