Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-12
CARPENT|ER HAS
QUICK VICTORY
OVER TED LEWIS
IN LONDON RING
French BattIer Retains Light
/ heavyweight Title By
Knockout in the First
Round,
DEFEATED FIGHTER WAS
0UTWEIGHED 20POUNDS
Lewis Was AggreSSof Until
Lucky Blow Sends Him
Down for Count; Demp-.
Sey Attends,

London May IL (by the Asso-
ciated PressA-Georges Carpenter
tonight knocked out Ted kid"
Lewis in the first round of what
was to have been 20-round
bout for the light heavyweight
championship of the world, held
by Carpenter. The end came
when Carpenter in breaking
from clineh, drove a sharp right
to the point of Lewis jaw The
Englishman toppled over back
ward and lay motionless on the
floor until the referee counted
ten. Then Carpenter picked w
his fallen foe and aided in car
rying him to his corner.
The spectators were slow to
realize what had occurred, but
when finally they comprehended
that the battle was over and
Lewis was defeated. there arose
a storm of booes and cries oc
foul" from all parts of the vast
auditorium, which drowned out
the comparatively little applause
Carpenter was receiving from
his partisans.
From the sound OF the gong
to the end of the referees count.
two minutes and fifteen seconds
interviewed. Carpenter weighed
175 pounds, the light heavyweight
limit, while Lewis tipped the
scales at 157 pounds with his
clothes on when the fighters
weighed in this afternoon. Jack
Dempsey, the worlds heavyweight
champion, was the first man after
Francois Descamps to congratu-
late Carpenter after the knock
out. Carpenter left the ring and
proceeded to his dressing room
through lanes of kissing and boo
ing fight fans.
The great Olympia amphitheater
held a record crowd, for the bat
tie had attracted widespread in
terest. Hundreds of handsomely
gowued women we're among the
spectators and eyiueed keen dis
appointment at the quick work
made of the British favorite by
the Frenchman. Among others
present were the Duke OF York
and Prince Henry, who were seat
ed at the ringside. Jack Demr-
sey was applauded as he entered
the arena, and was shown to a
seat near the royal personages,
to whom he was later introduced.
He chatted with them for mo-
ment.
When the gong sent the fight
ers TO the center Of the ring
Lewis took the aggressive. He
sent across right jab to the
neck, followed by left to the
body. There was clinch and the
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 a
clinch. jabbing fiercely, Palmer
forcibly pried them apart again.
and then administered a caution
TO both.
Lewis continued the agressor.
He got in two lefts on Carpenter
and the crowd madly cheered
him. Carpenter closed in and
held on.
Lewis forced the FfencnndH HN"
corner, and there was a rapid eS-
change of body blows in which
Lewis had the advantage.
Carpenter then forced his oppo-
nent off the ropes and into the CEN
ter OF the ring. The Frenchman
missed with right and Lewis sent
his right to Carpenters neck. An
other clinch followed. and the ref
cree stepped in and separated the
men. Carpenter uppercut Lewis.
He also sent in a hook blow az
they were coming out of the clinch.
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