New-York tribune., 1922-05-12

LONDON. May II (By The Associ-
a;ed Press Carpenter picked UP his
fallen foe and aided III carrying him
20 his corner.
The spectators were slow 20 realize
what had occurred but when finally
they comprehended that the battle was
over and Lewis had been defeated
there arose 4 storm Of booy and cries
Of foul" from all parts of tho Va
auditorium. which drowned out the
oompa ratively little applause Carpen-
tier was receiving from mis- partIsans,
Dempsey was tho first man after
Descamps to congratulate Carpenter
after tho knockout. Carpenter lett the
ring and proceeded to his dressing SINS
room through lanes of Kissing and boo
ing fight fans.
at was merely matter Of a game.
little man against a good big man
Dempsey said after thc fight.
Dempsey was not looking at the ring
when the Knockout was scored. He
was busy autographinG program.
Therefore he declined to comment on
- ne fairness Of the blow which LAID
lewis low
Dempsey Match Discussed
On the other hand Jack kearns,
~empsey's manager. asserted that there
vas no question about the blow being
Nl clean" Knockout Kcarns added that
Carpenters sensational w.a enhanced
nc chances of a second Carpenter
Dempsey match being arranged shortly.
Je said however, the terms for sucA
= meeting had not yet been discussed.
With regard to other possible matches,
kearns said that one would be definite
~ arranged either in America or tu-
rope Descamps. when asked who
replied: Il don't know; perhaps Demp-
soy."
The Exchange Telegraph fight expert
considers the fight had most unsatis-
factory ending. He declared that there
was no doubt that Lewis had the bet
ter Of what little boxing there was and
no question that when the referee
called the men to break away, Lewis
automatically dropped his hands and
the Frenchman took advantage OF this
and put Lewis down for the count
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 Fyenchman then was ac-
corded a greeting, but somewhat less
hearty than that given Lewis.
Descamps and Charlie Harvey, man
acer for Lewis, each insisted that the
other should make the first selection
OF the gloves, and after this formula
had ended and while the bandaglnG Of
,he hands Of the fighters was proceed
ngs Dempsey was introduced to the
crowd from the center of the ring.
Descamps a Good Prophet
A the ring was cleared and the gong
was about TO sound for the beginning
of the fight Descamps handed watch
20 French newspaper man at the ring
side. you time the hgnt, ii won't
take long" said Descamps
Whcn the gong sent the fighters 20
the center Of the ring Lewis took the
aggressive. He sent across right JAP
10 the neck. follow ed by d left to the
hody. There was a ciinch, and the
referee called upon the men TO break.
nc then jumped in between them and
pulled them apart, Immediately the
aehters again went into clnch, Jab-
hing iicrcely Palmer forcibly pred
them apart again and then admins
tered caution to both.
Lewis continued the aecrcssor- He
got in two lefts on Carpenter. and the
crowds checred him madly - pen
tier closed in. and held on. A.ain tAe
referee reproved him. Lewis }orc the
Frenchman into corner. ana there
was a rapid exchange Of body blows IN
which Lewis had the advantage.
Carpenter then forced his opponent
Of the ropes and into the center of the
ring The Frenchman missed with q
,ight, and Lewis sent his right to Cal-
pontier's neck Another clinch fol
lowed, and the referec stepped in and
separated the men. Carpentier uppercut
Lewis and also sent in hook blow as
they were coming out Of the clinch.