THE BIG FIGHT

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 January 1922, Page 3

THE BIG FIGHT

Carpentier Wins COOK KNOCKED OUT IN FOURTH , ROND. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) London, January 12. Carpentier knocked Cook out in 'he fourth round.

Writing just prior to the fight, 'he Pall Mall Gazette stated that there was a distinct modification of public opinion regarding Thursday’s fight. Cook was no longer regarded as a forlorn hope. On the contrary, the general estimation was that he has about an even money chance, but the big bettors were still laying good odds on Carpentier. They know the things he has accomplished, and though he was so badly beaten by Dempsey, (hey count him in a superior class to Cook, whose form against Curphey and Goddard did not reveal him within a mile of the championship class. Those with an intimate knowledge ot boxing do not believe it possible that within a few months in the privacy ot the gymnasium Cook can have developed into a championship proposition. Still it was possible that the layers of the long odds would experience many moments of cioubt and unhappiness. Cook had made a real and marked improvement during his training, and if he was not beaten before (he half distance was gone, he would not be beaten at all.