The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-10-13
Levinsky Takes Count Twice
in End; Georges Carries Fight
Levinsky Not Unconscious
, When Counted Out
In Own Corner
GEORGES WINS TITLE
Frenchman Becomes Worlds
Light Heavy Champ
to Box Dempsey

JERSEY CITY, oct. H. Georges
CarpontIor. European heavyweight
champion, knocked ont Battllnp
I,evinHky. holder os .Ne American
light t-hsavywoiGh title. In the
fourth round Of gchcdulod IL
round bout tonight Carpenter,
who holds the ght-honvwoight
champions ip tito OF Europe, thus
becomes the worlds titlcholdcr In
that division.
Carpenter with his manager and
seconds entered tho ring at O'bb and
received q welcome Of hearty cheers.
Levinsky followed two minutos
later and then tho mon were Intro
(, duced. Announcer Humphries stated
they wero to fight ~ rounds for tho
light championship OF
tho world. Photographers then be-
gan swapping pictures Of the men.
IcviislSy s Pounds Heavier.
Carpentior's weight waa announced
as 40 1-2 pounds and bevinskys
i75.
Harry Ertle Of Jersey city was In
trouuCed hS tno Ihi'l'u i'' t"'
main bouts.
When the first preliminary bout
was called every scat was occupied
and a fringe of humanity lined tho
boundaries OF tho outfield.
Babe" Asher, ST. Louis bantam
weight, had n shade Of merit over
his opponent, "Cupio". Collender OF
Minneapolis, in the siN-round cur
taln-raiscr.
In the second bout Frankie Burns,
veteran Jersey city fcath0rweight,
outfought and severely punished
Patsy johnson OF Trenton In six
rounds.
Lewis Beats Thomas.
Marcel Thomas, French welter-
weight champion. who trained with
Carpenter. and Ted kid Lewis,
who claims tho British title, were
principals In tho six-round Bemi-
final. Weights were announced an
LAT for Lews and i49 Ia for
Z Thomas. Thomas used clever
left hook effectively, but was out
olasscd. Lewis caught hrm off bal,
ance with hard left ana almost
put the Frenchman through th'
ropes as tho gong sounded In th'
second round. In tho third ant
fourth stiff right swings To tho fac'
staggered Thomas who fought pluck
, ily. Lewis kept pounding him tn
last two rounds and Thomas wa
bleeding from the nosc and moutl
after the sixth round. 1t was Lewis
. fight nearly all tho way through.
Early in 1918 Jack Dempsey. Whc
won the worlds heavyweight title
knocked out LovinslSy In tnree
rounds. Tonight Carpenuer failed
TO equal Dcmpsey's time but he Ia
the only ono outside the Champion
who has knocked out I.ovinsky.
Earns Right For Title 60.
by HE victory Carpenter has
earned the right b meet Dempsey
FOR tho worlds cha mpionshdp.
Both fighters were I'm splendid
condition. From the middle OF the
first round when the Frenchman
began to cut loose the outcome wac
iievitabie. Ills blows were wei
delivered and effective, while Le
vinsky's piucky returns were light
Twice In the second round. Carpen
tier sent Levinsky TO the floor WITT
bard light crosses During hts tnirS
session Carpenter slowed Up q hi
and seemed undecided as TO his mex
move. Whon he did start after III
an, however,, he used both hand
powerfully ard Ievinsky, who al
ways was credited with being abl
TO absorb punishment. was vistol
weakened.
Eaters LcNinsky.
In the final round. CIpenut
simply battered Levinsky into SUI
mission and whom the battler te
almost through the ropes In a net
tral corner. he was unable TO rls'
while Referee Ertle counted hl'
out.
Leunsky was badly punished b,
Carpenter Gid not show mar