Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-12
CARPENTER HANDS KAY0 TO
TED LEWIS IN FIRST ROUND
AS THEY PART FROM CL|NCH

Georges Carpenter tonight knocked
out Ted kid" Lewis in the first round
of what was to have been a 20-round
! bout for the light heavyweight boxing
championship Of the world held by
Carpenter. The end came when Car
pentier. breaking from a clinch, drove
right to the point of Lewis jaw.
The Englishman toppled over backward
and lay motionless until the referee
counted 10. Then Carpenter picked up
his fallen foe and aided in carrying
him to his corner.
When the spectators comprehended
that the battle was over and Lewis
was defeated. there arose a storm of
boos and cries of foul from all parts
Of the vast auditorium, which drown
ed out the comparatively little :p-
plause Carpenter was receiving from
, his partisans.
end of the referees count two minutes
and fifteen seconds interviewed Car
pentier weighed IFS 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 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 amphitheatre
held a record crowd including hum
dreds of handsomely gowned women.
They evinced keen disappointment at
the quick work made of the British
favorite. The Duke of York and
Prince Henry were seated at the ring
side. Jack Dempsey was spplauded
a. he entered the arena and was shown
to scat 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 the
referee, Joe Palmer. called upon the
men to break. He then jumped in be-
tween them and pulled them apart.
Immediately the fighters again went
into a clinch, jabbing fiercely Palmer
forcibly pricd them apart again and
then cautioned both.
Lewis continued the aggressor. He
got in two lefts on Carpenter and the
crowd madly chcered him. Carpenter
closed in and held on. Again the ref
cree reprovcd him. Lewis forced the
Frenchman into a corner. and there
was a rapid exchange of body blows, in
which Levi had the advantage.
Carpenter then forced his opponent
loft the ropes and into the center Of
the ring. The Frenchman missed with
a right. and Lewis sent his right to
Carpenters neck Another clnch fol-
lowed, and the referee separated the
men. Carpenter upper cut Lewis and
also sent in a hook blow as they were
coming out of the clinch. Lewis
glanced appealingly at Palmer. Then,
following the Frenchmans tactics,
Lewis stabbed as they separated.
l. appeared as if Palmer again was
going to warn the fighters as they
broke away. Lewis haG dropped his
guard and Carpenter tented with his
left and simultaneously flashed the
right from his shoulder to Lewis's
jaw. To those sitting at the ringside
| it seemed the meerest tap but it had
sufficient force behind it to send Lew
is backward upon canvass for 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 daZed, 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
ringside and protested to the referee
and the ring officials against the de-
cision. declaring it was unfair.
Before the fight Lewis got such a
prolonged ovation from the crowd that
the spectators did not see Carpenter
until he was climbing through the
ropes. The Frenchman then was ac-
corded a greeting but somewhat less
hearty than that given Lewis.
Descamps and Charlie Harvey,
manager for Lewis, each insisted that
the other should make the first selec-
ton of the gloves and after this for
mula had ended and while the band
aging of the hands of the fighters was
proceeding. Jack Dempsey was intro
duced from the centre of the ring. AS
he left the ring he wished good luck"
to both Lewis and Carpenter. calling
Carpentie'' "old pal" During the
preliminary bouts. Carpenter was
very business-like in his prepara-
tons and had no tirle for friends who
came to his corner to wish hiI"' well.
AS the ring was cleared and the
gong was about to sound for the
commencement of the main bout,
Descanps handed a watch to
French newspaper man at the ring