New-York tribune., 1920-10-13
Overland Right Hook to
Jaw Sends Battler Down
for the Count; Floored
Twice in Second Round
$4,000 See Bout;
Gate of S350,OOO
Levinsky, Battered From
First Gong, Fails to Make
Contest Of the Battle
By Crantland Rice

Jersey CITY BALL PARK, N. j.,
Oct. - Under the white fare OF great
s-c lights that shut out the stars
Georges Carpenter. heavyweight cham
MON Of Europe. knocked out Battling
reyinskv tonight in the first few sec
ends of The fourth round. A right
hook to the jaw was the winning
smash.
Thirty five thousand fight fans, from
the highest to the lowest brows in
The metropolitan circuit, paid out more
nan s35000O to see the fast Frerch-
nan battle and bewilder the shrinking
levinsky, who made TO effort to fight
back at any stage.
Carpenter, pale and wan-looxing,
vent on with half smile and wide
extended eyes. He rushed Levinsky
of his feet in the drst round knocked
him down twice in the second, loafed in
.he third and then closed out the joke
contest within twenty seconds after
he fourth round had started
Leyinsky Beaten at start
The grea. crowd leaned forward with
a thrill Of interest as the Freuchnan
rushed the Battler at the start, bat
this interest faded out before the hrst
round ended when il was seen that Le-
vinsky had no intention of giving
battle.
Ea-ly In the second round Carpenter.
starting with n fast left jab, hooked
two rgh. srashes to the Jaw, and the
crumb.inc Levinaky sank heavily, reach
ing 1elplessy ron the ropes as he
sagged 10 tho floor. Nine seconds later
Levinsky rose heavily to mis- feet, auE
while the $4,000 roared for q knockout
Carpenter again danced n, cracked
Levinsky or the jaw and once again
Americas hgnt heavyweight champion
buckled mp and foundered to the CAL
vas a the frenchman stood over tnn
with his wide staring eyes alert FOR
tke aeXt move. 1t was q pitiful spec
;acle all The way and in no sense 4
contest
Early in the fourth frame Carpenter
landed lightly on the jaw with alt
other RIGHT overland hook, and th,s
tne his opponent wabbled half way
through the ropes as he sank TO the
edge OF the ring There he lay until
the final coun, was made, and the
lrenchman rushed over to help him to
his feet
Carpenter looked to be extremely
last all through the fight. 1t was his
rushing aggressveness that made the
battle, and when lie landed with Il
right or left hook you could sec
Levinsky's blond head snap back with
jerk.
Carpenters Blows Heavy
There was a world of Furnishing
power in the foreign champions hooks
and jabs, but one had more Of the
impression all the way through that
ne was Jabbing away at a swaying
dummy stuffed full Of sawdust rather
than at human opponent who was
expected to exchange few blows in
return.
Through the third round, while the
eiig crowd ieered and cheered in an
alternate chorus. the French tighter on
TWO occasions extended his unprotected
law, smiling sardouically, as Levin
sky tapped it lightly.
Carpentier's defense was entirely
100 open to last many minutes against
dempsey, but it may have been that he
Saw early how little he had to fear.
Iarpentier had way of diving at
MS opponent, but at times he had to
ave six or eight feet to get within
punching range
At the end Of the fight two notable
announcements were made. Deschamps,
Harpentier',s manager, proclaimed from
Ine rlngside that his fighter had been
SICK for three days and that he had
entered the ring in the throes of q
Violent case OF Indigestion. Later
LLevinsky gave out word that the French
POKER could hit twice az hard as
ppeempsey and that the first few punches
Killed his stamina.
The vast crowd that packed the Jer-
sey City bali park was composed of
persons from every walk of metropol-
ian life, from kings of finance to un-
NnCwns low, without collar.
lhlrty, seconds after Carpenter
nunched his first aggressive rush it
vas was easy to see that Levinsky had no
nance. nn HIS inability to put Carpen-
"e' TO the test failed to take any