The Washington herald., 1922-05-12

ter fouled me: he hit me while
the referee was holding my left
hand. breaking US out Of a clinch,"
said Ted (Kid) Lewis after the
fignt. THE next thing I knew
j was struggling to get up.
fought a clean fight and expected
Carpenter to fight clean"
Carpenter said: II knew
would win, but / did not expect
to win SO quickly"
LONDON. May IL. - with a
smashing right-hand punch on the
jaw as they broke out of a clinch
in the first round, Georges Carpen-
tier. light heavyweight champion of
the world. knocked out Ted kid"
Lewis. his welterweight challenger
and holder of the British titles
from weiter to light heavyweight.
amid riotous outcry of Foul!
Foulr from a crowd of $4,000 peo-
pie in the Olympic Arena tonight.
The great crowd seemed to be
stunned by the suddenness with
which the bout ended. although the
best-informed sport experts had
been reiterating for two weeks that
Lewis, a courageous and clever box
er. was simply no match for the
big Frenchmsn, also one of the
cleverest boxers in the world and
the possessor of a proved knock
out punch.
As the coun, progressed. how
ever. with Lewis on his back. the
sporting instincts of the big throng
suddenly rebelled at Carpenters
method Of landing the knockout,
and the Frenchman. for the first
time in all his long career before
the British public, was booed and
hissed as he left the ring for his
dressing room accompanied by his
manager. Francois Descamps.
Violated British Code.
The crowd objected to Carpen-
tiers having struck Lewis as they
parted from a clinch. Under the
rules of boxing In Great Britain the
breaks are supposed to be clean. but
Carpenter shot out his right fist
in a straight, swift blow precisely
to the point OF the chin as Lewis
stepped back at the referees COM
mand, Break
II the blow actually was foul the
referee either missed or overlooked
the technicality, however, for he
took no action and bets were paid
of on the basis of a knockout in
the first round.
Lewis began the fight with a
rush. apparently trying TO sweep
the Frenchman into a defensive po-
sition. But Carpenter locked
Lewis arms and the referee or
dered them to break.
Blow Landed on Jaw.
Lewis then sent a couple of light
lefts to the face. and then shot
over his right. Carpenter did not
appear to be bothered by the blow.
Lewis was working at top speed,
with the obvious object of moving
too rapidly to be caught by Car
pentier's deadly right. Again they
clinched. and the referee broke
them. warning both fighters. AL
most Immediately they went into a
third embrace, and on this break
away the knockout plunked against
the Ted Kids unprotected jaw.
Topping him cold nn the canvas.
As Carpenter left the ring there
was a demonstration against him.
unlike anything ever seen before in
British boxing exhibition attend
ed by so distinguished gather
ing. Spectators swarmed about the
victor in menacing manner. and
Carpenter lost no time in making
his way out of the amphitheater to
the security of his dressing room.
Lewis, meanwhile had been placed
on the chair in his corner, and re-
vived. He sat there shaking his
head wearily and blinking his eyes
as though amazed by the entire
proceedings. The crowd had little
expectation that Lewis would stay
the twenty rounds, and still less
idea that he would win, but there
seemed to be a general Impression
that he would carry the union jack
safely through at least three or four
rounds.
Shattess EngIand's Last Hope.
When the Ted Kid went down he
carried with him the last hope OF
the British Isles for high position
in the ranks of the heavier boxers
Joe Beckett. Bombardier wells and
George Cook all had gone down
under the crashing blows of the IA
nous right mitt of the Frenchman,
and there was a somewhat desper-
ate hope that the returned son Of
Shoreditch. who made his reputa-
tion and won and lost the worlds
title in America, would outsmart
the invader, and either outpoint him
or by some miracle fnish him In a
twenty-round fight.
Lewis weighed in below the
weight Of 175 pounds. stepping on
the scales in his street clothes. Car
pentier was just ITS pounds in his
ring togs. The official time of the
frht was two minutes fifteen sec
onds.
Jack Dempsey was at the ring
side as a spectator. He was intro
duced to Prince Henry before the
ring was cleared. and the fighters
were sent away on their career OF
clinchinr and cloutine. After the
crowd had cooled OF the better eIe-
ment of sportsmen who predomi-
mated in the throng unanimously
deplored the unfriendly demonstra-
ton which sped Carpenter from
the amphitheater.
The men had broken away clean.
1t was agreed and Carpenter
flashed in with his right on the
very instant.
Blow Travelled Only sf1 Inches
Technical requirement Of the
clean break had been observed.