Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-12
CARPENTER KNOCKS
LEWIS OUT IN BOUT
Puts British Light heavyweight
Champion to Sleep in
One Round.
nv Associated Press to Every Evening.

nv Associated Press to Every Evening.
London. May i2.-Gcorges Carpen-
tic, last nisht. knocked out Ted
t"kid'D Lewis in the nrst round of
What was To have been 20-round
bout for the lisht heavyweight cham
ricnship OF the world. held by Carpen-
tier. Tho end came when Carpenter.
In breaking from clinch. drove "A
sharp right to tho point OF Lewis jaw.
Tho Enslishman toppled over back
ward and lay motionlcss on tho floor
until the referee counted ten. Then
Carpenter picked up his fallen foe
ana aided In carrying him to his
corner.
The spectators were slow To realize
what had occurred. but when finally
they comprehcnded 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 audi
torium. which drowned out the COM
pnra'iyoly little applause Carpenter
was receiving from his partisans.
From the sound of the gong to tho
end OF the referees count two minutes
aud Is seconds intervened. Carpenter
weighed i1S pounds. the light heavy
weight limit, while Lewis tipped the
scales NJ iS1 pounds with his clothes
on when the lighters weighed In this
afternoon. Jack Dempsey. the worlds
hcavywcisht champion. was the first
man after Francois Desvamps. To con-
gratulate Carpenter after the knock
out Carpenter left the ring and pro
cccdcd to hts dressing room through
lanes of kissing and hooing fight fans.
london. May 70 The blow which
Georges Carpenter knOvked out Ted
tkid) i.ewis IN the fret round of
their championship bout here last
risht was perfectly fair and aesiti-
mate. IN the judgment of all the ex-
ports who report the tlght for this
mornings newspaper. Cries Of foul
came from ali parts OF the Olympia
auditorium when the decisive blow Wa :
struck. and the writer's GO out Of their
way to prove that the Frenchman
used nothing but fair tactics.
Joe Palmer. the referee. - quoted
m the "Dany Telegraph" as saying;
Tho blow was perfectly fair. The
mon had broken from a clinch" and
a was LOWS business 20 protect
himself This he failed to do"
1, IL asserted by some of the news
paper writer's that Lewis had himself
several times delivered blows on pre-
vious breakaways. though they did
not sc; home. and his failure to
gunrd himself in the Anal break ie de-
clarcd an amazing blundcr which con-
trihutcd 10 his defeat.
one or two ~ the commentators.
however. while Conceding that Car
pcnfier by the strict lettec of the rules
plain that his conduct lacked regard
for the spirit Of tho regulations which
tho rrcnchuan has invariably dis
played IN His previous lights. While
agreeing that no was rightly pro
claimed winner. they Trophesy that
the legitimacy of Knockout during
a hv~esaway will be long debated, and
that Lewis supporters are hlSefy 90
adhere 90 their orinion mat the blow
WAS = foul one. especially as rhey can
argue that Lewis was NJ the moment
listening 20 the referees afmonitions
For the nrht as a fight. however
nobody has praise. The Times critics
cav the contest was as bad as IL could
have been. and must have ended In
disqualificat,o II 81 had not termnat-
cd as Il did. The Daily Chroncle ex-
pert describes u as a r.1eitive travesty
on boxing. and says both participants
were equally guilty Of tactics outsid,
tho legitimate
The Daily Tcleeraph's correspond.
ont declares he never wants 20 sc.
anything like Il again, and says 4
offended the senses of every gooC
sportsman whom witnessed IL.
The men were locked in holds
ru'ling and tugging and clinging {,
each other Ike men posse ssed. bol
refusing repeatedly 20 obey the refer,
90. orders 90 break. he writes. 1T Wa,
only worthy OF street fighting"
Fee this unsatisfactory display
some critics hold Lewis responsible
saying that when the champion tries
10 pull away. Lewis held on and hit
and that Carpenter. finding ne wa
being punished on what was apparent
~ some new eort Of rule, seemed {,
make up his mind 20 do the same
Another view is that Lewis, recog
nlane HE handicap in weight an,
s,ze. resolved 90 rely on infighting. II
which he proved much the superio