Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-13
CARPENTER KNOCKS OUT
LEV|NSKY IN THE FOURTH
Frcnchman Had Best of Battle
From Tap OF Gong--Gocs Down
Twice in Second Round.
HARRY ERTLE REFEREES
Ted kid" Lewis, British Wcltcr-
weight, Whips Marcel Thomas,
Who Trained With Georges, in
Good Preliminary.
Inv Assnclntclprnss l

Jersey CITY. \. j.. oct. 1c.-
Georges Carpentier; Eur,opean heavy
| Ting Levinsky. holder OF the Ameri-
can lightweight title. in the fourth
round of scheduled l2-round bout.
| Carpenter, who also holds the light
| heavyweight championship little OF
Europe. thus becomes the worlds
title holder in that division.
weather conditions were conducive
/ TO the comfort OF the spectators.
precautton OF bringing ovcrcoats or
! wraps to protect them through 4
Lengthy sitting in the open air.
! When the hrst OF the preliminary
| park was occupied, and n fringe Of
humanity lined the boundaries OF the
| Babe" Asher. ST. Louis bantam
! weight, had a shade of merit over his
! opponent. ''Cup!e" Collendcr. of Min
neapolis. in the sixth round curtain
! raiser.
Lewis Whips Thomax.
In the second bout frankie Burns,
/ the veteran Jersey City feather
weight; outfomght and severely pun
/ ished Patsy johnson, OF Trenton, in
every one of the SIX rounds.
Marcel Thomas. the French wclter-
weight champion, who trained with
Carpenter. and Ted kid" Lewis, who
the PRINCIPALS in the siX-round semi
| hnal. The weights were announced
ms Ia for Lewis and 1i9 IL for
| ,hhomas; Thomas used clever left
NOOK effectively, but was outclassed
Lewis caught him off balance with a
| hard left and almost put the French
man man through the ropes as the gong
round. In the third and fourth stiff
light swings TO the face staggered
Thomas. who fought back pluckily.
Lewis kept pounding him the last two
rounds and Thomas was bleeding from
the nose and mouth at the end Of the
sixth round. 1t was Lewis Ocht
nearly all the way
Pose for Cameras,
Carpenter. with his manager and
seconds entered the ring at 9:55 and
received welcome of hearty cheers
10 which he responded by gracefully
bowing several times.
Lcvinsky followed two minutes In
yer ana then The men were formally
introduced. Announcer HUMPHREYS
S SonnIs 'HeS were 10 fight twelve
championship OF the world. 4 corns
.oi photographers then began snap,
I'ping, pictures OF the mon as they
s[Tocn 'osether in neutral corner
The men shook hands at 1920.
First Round.
Carpenter led left and right. land
Ing Ing hgh( h Levinsky sent left and
Pentier landed hard right on the
lorehead and blocked right cleanly.
carpenter sent right and left to body.
Levinsky countcrcd right on head
Carpenter crossed his right to face
ana hooked left 10 stomach. Both
were very coo! and sparrins at bell.
Carpenters round.
Hound Two.
They exchanged body blows. Car
pShtier stood OFF and motioned Levin
shy. 10 come in. Carpentier sent
a disn.s IA ana J.; let's 70 face. Then he
with left and right TO the jaw, send
ing l-evinsky down in his corner for
I a count OF eight.
Again with sun let's and right
swing to head Carpenter sent To.
| nitnssky down for another count OF
eiShs. l.cvinsky was groEsy. bur
weathercd the round.
| Round Three,
| Carpenter rushed and landed bir
rant TO head. Levinsky ci!nched.
carpenter missed right and left for
Inc "a f Mead. Leyinsky jabbed three let's
10 mead Carpenter hooked left 10
ia ne and slowed up a bit while Levin
! SKY kept him off with right lcfis
Earpentier was waiting for an omen.
~; whwn the bell rang. Carpen-
Round Four.
Poth hdu!s Tor thirty seconds. Thea
narpenuer drove Levinsky across the
finally sending Lcvinsky down In .
corner for the full count. Lcvinsli y
was not unconscious. but ne was ian.
Etcu up IN a corner on the ropcs
round. 1907 'e ~
tarpentier's weight was announced
1sr - pounds and l.cvinsky's at
-. larry Ertle. of Jersey CITY. was
bout 80 main
Early in 1913 Jack Dempsey, who
won the worlds heavyweight cham
H,."is"!p' knocked out Levinsky in
B, a
niGht Carpenter failed to coual
Ptinpsey.s time in finishing I.eyinsl,v
III mhe IS The only one outside OF
Lcyinsky since " , has ,i Knocked d. out
f'1m!H.nt Az fighter.
~ ms victory over LcviEsky Car
p,nS!.r nag earned the right to meet
S'inpseE Tor the worlds chafnpion
Both In Good Condition.
III '''sh was III splendid condition
80 80 was Carpenter. From in,
iglGnie OF The hIst round. when H.
!. r!eh,hm'n began to cut loose thS
".,.'". Vas inevitable His blows
wwgIfo Ts!! delivered and effective.
"n,e l'eEIHSkS returns were too
liEht 70 do damage. Twic, in -"
second round Carpenter sent Levin
S"Hest 20 ths hnor with hard rieh,
E"ipentirr slowed up a bir AMI
"t.incd undecided as 10 wha, bis
H.Ml i iys.v,, should be When he did
''N'i lls- man, however IN
both fists powerfully. ana / uSr,
:, Mhto a'waEs was credited with bcinr
, "D't L" TAX" punishment. was yisibiS
! Weakening.
In the final round Carpenter sim.
Ply battered LcvIusky into subInis
ttuh ana when the baitier fen a,mns
: .hIoIGh the roRcs in Il neutral cor
. nei ne vas unable to get 10, whit,
. Eft!e counted him out.
= thfN!hSHy was badly punished
u Min.t Satpeniier did not show ;
sins.e mark when he left the ring
sixteen persons were injured snvr,
., me-! seriously. when an improviset
EIdhdsiand collapsed during the .prop
: ,ess OF tns Carpenter Levinsky Hgh
: here tonight h
! me stand. which had been erected
ouniae me ball park, where the box,
> ing bouts were staged. gave way I'm.
,der AN overload NJ tight fans. MANY =,
y whom were caught and crushed md
'h'e weight OF fallen tiYyers.