BIG BOXING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10169, 26 July 1924, Page 7

BIG BOXING.

VERDICT FOR TUNNEY. AN UNFORTUNATE ENDING. FOUL BLOW ALLEGED. (Per Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, July 24. Tunney beat Carpentier on a technical knock-out when Carpentier failed to respond to the bell for the fifteenth round.

In the first round the Frenchman rushed at Tunney and peppered him with lightning blows. Tunney got a hard right to the Frenchman's jaw. In the second round the men traded rights. Tunney got in a long left to Carpentier's right eye, which was cut. In the third round Tunney's right landed on Carpentier's head, and Carpentier landed a beautiful right on Tunney's head. Rights were exchanged to the jaw. In the fourth round Carpentier scored a left to the jaw and a right to Tunney's head, which spun the American half-way round. Tunney responded with a stiff right. In the fifth round Carpentier landed lefts to the chin and head. Tunney landed a short left to Carpentier's jaw, which brought him to his knees, but he was up immediately. In round six Tunney landed a right upper-cut, and Carpentier staggered. Tunney landed with a weak right. In the seventh round Carpentier scored a hard right and tcok several lefts. Carpentier stumble." and fell to his knees in a neutral c<. r. In the eighth round Carpentier l:-ded a right to the jaw, and Tunney scored a left to the jaw. Carpentier showered rights and lefts, driving Tunney to the I'opes. In the ninth round Carpentier stung Tunney with a vicious right and drove the American to the ropes. The bell interrupted his advantage. In the tenth round Tunney knocked Carpentier to the floor with a right. He was up at the count of six, when he went down again to a similar blow and was up at the count of one. The Frenchman was weakening, and Tunney was trying frantically for a knock-out. The referee attempted to stop the fight, but Carpentier brushed him back and flew at Tunney and mixed furiously. The Frenchman was punch drunk, but kept 'boring in. A right dropped Carpentier again, but he was up at the count of eight. Carpentier fell to the floor at the bell. In the eleventh round Tunney staggered Carpentier with a left, followed by a right and left to the body, and forced Carpentier to hang on.. Carpentier landed a left to the jaw. Tunney rushed the Frenchman to a corner with a left to the head. Carpentier stumbled to the floor, but was up immediately, and clinched in a neutral corner. In the twelfth round Carpentier landed a pretty right to the jaw. Tunney was warned for hitting low. Carpentier landed a right to the jaw and Tunney countered with a harder right to the face. Carpentier's left staggered Tunney. Tunney's left found Carpentier's jaw at the bell. In the thirteenth round Carpentier rushed Tunney with rights and lefts to the head and he clinched. Carpentier was warned for hitting low. Carpentier staggered Tunney with a right cross. The American countered with a right which shook Carpentier's head. Both landed rights to the head. Both fought furiously at close range and were in a clinch at the bell.

In the fourteenth Tunney rushed Carpentier, who ducked and lifted Tunney off the floor, swinging him around in mid-air. They exchanged rights to the head. Tunney landed a right uppercut to Carpentier's mouth, which was bleeding. Tunney landed a body blow and Carpentier yelled "Foul!" Carpentier's handlers rushed into the ring and dragged him to his corner at the bell and Descamps attempted to argue with the referee, who ruled that the blow was legal.

CARPENTIER CHEERED. SYMPATHY FROM CROWD. NBw"yORK, July 24. The blow at the end of the fourteenth round which Carpentier's handlers said was low sent him to the mat writhing with pain, but the referee ordered Carpentier to continue. When the bell sounded for the fifteenth round the Frenchman came out but sank to the floor and doubled up in apparent pain. He groped around the ring attempting to find Tunney to renew the battle in a semi-crouched position. The referee waved Tunney to his corner with the idea of stopping the match and Carpentier rolled on to the floor. The ringside was a bedlam of confusion. Descamps rushed to the referee yelling "Foul!" while the announcer lifted Tunney's arm in token of victory. Many of the spectators thought the final blow foul and booed the decision and cheered Carpentier to the echo as he was assisted through the ropes.

LU!S FIRPO. DEPORTATION DEMANDED. NEW YORK, July 24. ■ The deportation of Luis Firpo is demanded of the United States Attorney by Canon William Chase, head of the New York Civic League in the interests of clean sport. Mr Chase says that Firpo came to the United States with Blance Lourdes who was held at Ellis Island and finally allowed to go to Cuba. The Canon says he is unable to understand why she was refused permission to land and Firpo allowed to enter.