The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
One Mighty WaiIop by Frenehman
puts British Champion Flat on
Face and Ends Prize
Fight
ONE CHANCE IN MILLION
Science Defeats Bulk in Battle Of
European Pugilists for Right to
Stand Before Jack
Dempsey.
[By Webb Miller, United Press Staff
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4 LILY "COO 4siAlSAs 1htNC0 l. go C~esAA
Correspondent
] LONDON, Dec. 5-Her hope blasted,
her national pride badly jolted. Lon
don was still rather dazed today.
| But they could hardly believe their
idol was broken idol. Joe Beckett,
THE fighter they had trusted with the
mission of bringing the worlds cham
pionship to England had uncermoni-
ousIy been showed back into nowhere.
| There was everything to remind of
1T, however. Hundreds of Americans
and hundreds more of Frenchmen.
who had crossed the channel to see
their poilu defend his crown. were still
recounting vtvidly as much as they re-
membered of that French panther's
activity during the seventy-four sec
onds Of that first round.
Verbal pictures were held up to the
Londpners of the mighty hulk Of
Beckett sprawled face downward try
| ing to get his legs and arms out of the
coma into which they had been
knocked by the wild right of the
French aviator.
| Beckett still does not know what hit
him.
Il hadn't started to fight when got
1t. / didn't realize what happened"
Beckett said today in explaining the
attempt he made to get away from his
seconds and go after the Frenchman
when he had been revived.
Manager Mortimer, who had
planned match with Jack Dempsey
for the worlds championship said:
Carpenter made good one chance
in a million, that's all he had" Fight
experts are making no attempt to be
little the feat of the Frenchman. No
talk is heard of a fluke or a fixed
fight. Carpenter has been acclaimed
a deserving champion with amazing
speed and hammerlike smashes with
good lick behind them
The blows that Carpenter showered
on the Britisher were not clearly reg
istered by the scorers, but it was
agreed that It was right swing to
the jaw delivered with a Jump of his
whole body that put Beckett on the
mat for ten minutes with wild, man.
iacal grin on his big. rough face.
Ringsiders disagree as to the length
of the bout. Berkeley of the Mail in
sisted 1t was fifty-three seconds: the
time keepers asserted 1t was seventy
four seconds; other varied as low as
thirty seconds.
Beckett's followers blame him for
walking into a trap like child By
the simplest ring generalship he could
have evaded the blows that rained on
him with thumps that were heard all
over the stadium. He was known to
flight wide open" and it is thought
he underestimate the kick of the
Frenchman At any rate he was out
wttted
Carpenter tented low with his left
and the big bulky Enlishman let his
defense drop. The Frenchman then
shot terrific right that seemed to
start from his knee 1t connected flush
on his opponents jaw with a crash
and Beckett went down.
Opinion agrees that 1t was a fast
working brain with perfect co-ordi-
nation of the fists that won for Car
pentier
Experts believe that the Frenchman
can put up great battle with Jack
Dempsey.
Commenting on the fight, the Times
said:
I'VE must look elsewhere for an
English worlds champion We heart
lily congratulate the very gallant con
Querer whose fast working brain over
came Drawn. We regret the defeat of
Beckett for we lose another chance of
bringing home the championship that
once belonged to England"