The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-12
CARPENTERS
BLOW NOT FOUL
Victory Over Ted Lewis in
First Round Legitimate,
Says Referee
KNOCKOUT GIVEN
IN A BREAKAWAI
Sporting Writers in Lon
don Criticize the Bout
Severely

innate, in the Judgment OF the ~
called experts who reported the hsil',
Cries of foul came from all parts OF
the Olympia auditorium when tne ue
eisive blow was struck
Joe Palmer, the referee, IS quoted
in the Daily Telegraph as saying Inc
blow was perfectly fair. The men aad
broken from clinch and it was Lewis
business to protect himself. This nc
failed to do
II is asserted by some OF the news
paper writers that Lewis had severat
times delivered blows on previous
brea kaways, though they did not get
home, and his failure to guard INN
self in the final break is declared an
amazing blunder which was IN defiance
of the clements of boxing
One or two of the commentators,
however, while coneeding that CarpenT
tier bv the strict letter OF the rules
was entitled to act as he did, complain
that his conduct lacked regard for the
spirit Of the regulations which the
Frenchman has invariably displayed IN
his previous fights.
While agreeing that he was rightly
proclaimed winner, they predict that
The legitimacy of Knockout during a
breakaway win be long debated and
that Lewis supporters are likely 70
stick to their opinion that the blow
was foul, especially as they can argue
that Lewis was at the moment listen
inc to the referees admonitions.
For the fight as fight, however,
nobody had praise. The Times crltl-
eizes that the contest was as bad az
il could have been and must have end
ed in disqualification ii it had not ter
minated as it did.
The Daily Chronicle expert describes
il as a positive travesty on boxing
and SAYS both participants were equal
Nv guilty of tactics outside the legit-
innate.
The Daily Telegraph's correspondent
declares he never wants to see any
thing like it again, and says il Of.
Tended the sense of every good sports
man who witnessed it.
ssThe men were locked in holds, pull
ing and tugging and clinging TO each
other like men possessed, both refus
ing repeatedly to obey the referees
orders to break he writes. 1T was
only worthy of street fighting
For this unsatisfactory display,
some critics hold Lewis responsible,
saving that. when the champion tried
to pull away Lewis held on and hit,
and that Carpenter, finding he was
being punished under what was appar.
emily some new sort of rule, seemed
to make up his mind to do the same.
Another view is that Lewis, recog-
nizing his handicap in weight and
size, resolved TO rely on in-hghting, IN
which he seemed superior. Carpenter,
according to sporting Life" had an
unhappy time of il until Lewis un-
wariness gave him his opportunity.
The champions body was Redeemed all
over where Lewis blows had landed
and he was obviously worried. The
writer believes that If Lewis had not
made his fatal mistake he would have
given Carpenter a deal OF trouble
The Fight.
From the sound of the gong to the
end OF the referees count two minutes
and fifteen seconds interviewed. Car
pentier weighed l75 pounds, the light
heavyweight limit, while Lewis tipped
the scales at l57 pounds with his
clothes on when the fighters weighed
in Yesterday afternoon. Jack Demp-
sew was the first man after Francois
Descamps to congratulate Carpenter
after the knockout. Carpenter left
the ring and proceeded to his dressing
room through lanes OF kissing and
booing fight fans.
The great Olympia amphithestre
held a record crowd, including hun
dreds of handsomely gowned women
They evineed keen disappointment at
the quick work of the British favorite.
The duke of York and Prince Henry
we're seated at the ring side JACK
Dempsey was applauded 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 70
the center Of the ring Lewis took the
aggressive. he sent across right
lab To the neck followed by a left
10 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 clinch, jabbing hereely.
Palmer forcibly pried them apart
again. aud then cautioned both.
Lewis continued the aggressor. He
GOT in two lefts on Carpenter, and thc
crowd madly chesred him. Carpenter
closed in. and held on. Again the rel
cree reprovcd him. Lewis forced the
Frcnchman into corner. and there
was a rapid exchange Of body blows.
in which Lewis had the advantage.
| Carpenter then forced his opponent
of the rupes and into the center Of
the ring. The Frcnchman missed with
right and Lewis sent his right 20
Carpenters neck. Another clinch fol
loved and the referee separated the
men. Carpenter upper-cut Lewis ard
also sent in book blow a. they were
coming ont Of the ciinch. Lewis
slanecd appealing az Palmer. Then
following the Frenchmen's tacties,
Lewis ishbed - they separated
II appeared a. g Palmer again Ess