Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-12
f.,cis at Fault for Not Pro.
,ecting Himself Against
Final Blo,u in First
Round After Break
por1T DISAPPOINT

,.so, May 1.-THE. blow with
lCnocn, ,roes Carpenter knocked out
Shicn1 cn1..M1s;J'I Lewis in the first rounG
Ied Il. championship Bout here last
tnen .s nerfectly fair and legitimate.
lisnt N,ndanent OF all the experts who
y u.,ort t%t the fight for this mornings $
'secslpspof" sCslns of foul" came from all parts
OLIs' ho olympia auditorium when the
t.e bicw wns struck, but the writ
oec's,, so ont of their way to prove that
lHs - t.encbman used nothing but fair
'tacrics: Aim referee. IA quoted in
sonTo,iv ~ Telegraph as saying: Tie
s,, tne vas "os perfectly fair. The men had
eV,scn poS from clinch) ard It was
gSmis' SI' business to protect himself.
H. he failed to do
III, 10 asserted by some OF the news.
..nor writer's that Lewis had himself
pape. times delivered blows on pre-
1--we sssesh hrcakaways, though they did not
WV, W. home. nnd his failure to guard him
3, ~, T., Tho final break is declared an
sm.zinp blundcr which contributed to
hs defeat.
VIII Debate Blow
One or two of the commentators.
,,wsver. while conceding that Carr
ssrtier. BY the strict letter of the rules.
~ entlIad to act as he did, COM
s,.;r thnt his conduct lacked regaru
The spirit Of the regulations which
y. H. Erench,nan has invariably displayed
~ ~ his previous fights. While agree
mv that he was rightly proclaimed
rinner. they prophesy that the legiti-
macy Of a Knockout during a breakaway
rSii be long debated, and that Lewis
s,nporters nre likely to adhere to their
sn;nion that the blow was foul one,
sspecially as they can argue that Lewis
xis nt the moment listening to the ref
eree's admonitions.
For the fight as fight. however, no.
body has praise. The Times critic says
fhe contest was ms bad as 1t could have
been. and must have ended in disquali- =
6cstion. IL It had not terminated as it
did, The Daily Chronicle expert de-
scribes it as n positive travesty on box
ins and says both participants were
equally guilty Of tactics outside the
legitimate.
The Daily Telegraph's correspondent
declares he never wants to see anything
IKE 1t again. and says it offended the
\senses of every good sportsman who wit
messed it.
Wrest.c. Pull and Hold
"The men were locked in holds. pull
iny and tugging and clinging to each
other like men possessed. both refusing
repeatedly to obey the referees orders
10 break he writes. "It was only
worthy of street fighting'
or this unsatisfactory display, some
critics hold Lewis responsible, saying
that when the champion tried to pull
away. Lewis held on and hit, and that
Carpenter, finding he was being pun.
ished under what was apparently some
new sort of rule, seemed to make up his
mind to do the same.
Another view Is that Lewis. recogniz.
Ing his handicap in weight and size. re =
solved to rely on infighting, in which he
proved much the superior Of the two.
Carpenter. according to Sporting Life,
had an unhappy timc of 1t until Lewis
unwarincss gave him his opportunity,
Tor the champions body was reddened
oil over where Lewis blows had landed,
and he. was obviously worried. The
writer believes that IL Lewis had not
made his fatal mistake he would have
even Carpenter deal Of trouuie, even
he did not win.
From the sound Of the gong to tho
end OF the referees count two minutes
and fifteen seconds intervened. Car.
pentier weighed 175 pounds, tho light.
heavyweight limit, while Lewis tipped
tne scales at 157 pounds with his
ciothes on when the fighters weighed in