The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-12
TED LE EWISLASTS
A ROUND IN FRONT
OF CARPENTER
Celebrated Right to Jaw Quickly
Ends Fight
BOUT GOES TWO MINUTES
Both Boxers Hit in Clinches and
Were Warned by
Referee

lLOuNUut Way bNbl ht0 Val HEll-
tier last night Knocked out Ted
CKidD Lewis in the first round of
what was to have been 20round bout
for the light-heavywelght boxing cham
pionship of the world, held by Carpen-
tier The end came when Carpenter.
breaking from a clinch, drove right
to the point Of Lewis jaw. The Eng
lishman toppled over backward and
lay motioness until the referee
counted TO- Then Carpenter picked
up his fallen foe and aided in car
rying him to his corner.
When the spectators comprehended
that the battle was over and Lewis
was defeated there arose storm Of
boos and cries of four from all
parts Of the vast auditorium, which
drowned out the comparatively little
applause Carpenter was receiving
fro mhis partisans.
From the sound Of the gong to the
end OF the referees count two minutes
and Is seconds intervened Carpen-
tier weighed 175 pounds, the light
heavywe .ght limit, while Lewis tipped
the scales at 157 pounds with his
clothes on when the fighters weighed
in this afternoon. Jack Dempsey was
the first man, after Francois Des-
camps, to congratulate Carpenter
after the knockout Carpenter left
the ring and proceeded TO his dressing
room through lanes Of kissing and
boolng fight fans.
THE great Olympia amphitheater
held a record crowd including hun
dreds Of handsomely gowned women.
They eyinced keen disappo at
the quick work made OF the British
fayorite. The duke of York and
Prince Henry were seated at the
ringside. Jack Dempsey was APP
plauded as he entered the arena and
was shown TO seat near the royal
personages, to whom he later was
introduced
When the gong sent the fighters
to the center OF the ring Lewis took
the aggressive. He sent across a
right jab to the neck. followed by a
left to the body. There was a clinch,
and Referee Joe Palmer called upon
the men to break. He then jumped
in between them and pulled them
apart Immediately the fighters
again went into clinch, jabbgng,
fercely. Palmer forcibly pried them
apart again. and then cautioned both.
Lewis continued the aggressor.
He got in two lefts on Carpenter
and the crowd madly cheered him.
Carpenter closed in. and held on.
Again the referee reproved him,
Lewis forced the Frenchman into
corner. and there was rapid ex-
change OF body blows, in which Lewis
had the advantage.
Carpenter then forced his oppon-
ent off the ropes and into the center
Of the ring. The Frenchman missed
with a right, and Lewis sent his right
to Carpenters neck Another clinch
followed, and the referee separated
the men.
Carpenter uppercut Lewis Ind
also sent in a hook blow as they were
coming out of the clinch. Lewis
glanced appealingly at Palmer. Then
following the Frenchman's tactics,
Lewis jabbed as they separated
II appeared as II Palmer again was
going to warn the fighters as they
broke away Lewis had dropped his
guard and Carpenter feinted with his
left and simultaneously flashed the
right from his shoulder TO Lewis
Jaw. To those sitting at the r.ngslde
II seemed to be the merest tap, but It
had sufficient force behind it to send
Lewis backward upon the canvas Tor
the full count and for the fifth
knockout victory for Carpenter in
| less than a round
When Lewis was taken to his cor
ner. he sat daZcd, but with his eyes
blinking. as Carpenter walked about
the ring smiling and acknowledging
the mild applause accorded him. sup
/ porters of Lewis crowded about the
ringsde and protested to the referee
and the ring officials against the de-
c!slon, declaring II was unfair.
Before the fight Lewis got such
prolonged ovation from the crowd that
the spectators did not see Carpenter
until he was climbing through the
rnpes The Frenchman then was ac-
corded greeting. but somewhat less
hearty than that given Lewis
Descamps and Charlie Harvey man
ager for Lewis. each insisted that the
other should make the first selection
of the gloves, aud after this formula
had ended and while the bandagIng
of the hands of the fighters was pro
ceeding, Jack Dempsey was introduc-
ed from the center of the ring. AS
he left the ring he wished good luck
to both Lewis and Carpenter calling
Carpenter cold pal During the
preliminary bouts Carpenter was very
businessike in his preparations and
had no time for friends who came to
his corner TO wish him we'll.
As the ring was cleared and the
gong was about TO sound for the
commencement Of the main bout, Des-
camps handed watch to a French
newspaperman at the rlngside. You
! time the hght--it won't take long, "