CARPENTIER BEATS LEWIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18089, 13 May 1922, Page 9

CARPENTIER BEATS LEWIS.

KNOCKOUT IN ONE ROUND.

"TRAVESTY OF BOXING."

CLAMOUR FROM SPECTATORS.

By Telegraph—Presa Association— Copyright. (Received 8.50 p.m.) A. *nd K.Z. LONDON, May 12. Georges Carpentier met Kid Lewis, the English middle-weight champion, in a match for the championship of Europe last night. There was a crowded attendance at Olympia when the match began, but tho spectators got very little for their money. Immediately after the preliminary handshake Lewis rushed in, and the men clinched. The referee thereupon stopped the fight and warned both boxers. After this Lewis again rushed in and caught Carpentier a couple of lefts and a right. Carpentier held on, and was warned. Ho then tried his right, but just missed reaching the jaw. Again they clinched, and in the break Carpentier shot a right to the jaw, which connoctcd and sent Lewis, to the boards, where he was counted out. A great clamour rose from the spectators, and there were many calls of foul, with some hooting, as Carpentier returned to the dressing-room. Seventeen thousand people were present, including the Duke of York. The final blow was a short, sharp hook, planted artistically. Carpentier held Lewis with his left and delivered the Mow with his right. The winning hit was the natural outcome of the contest, which was a positive travesty of boxing as known in England. At the beginning Lewis held, and hit, Carpentier not attempting to get away. The referee phouted to the two men to clear and fight legally, but Lewis continued holding with one hand and punching with the other. When Carpentier tried to get clear and start afresh, Lewis continued tc hold and hit. When Carpentier realised he was being punished under a new sort of rule, unknown to British boxing, he appeared to decide to disregard the rules like Lewis.

Carpentier pushed his face close to Lewis' chest and twice raised his head beneath Lewis' chin. This annoyed Lewis, who retreated, but a few seconds later lesumed his old tactics of in-fighting and holding, Carpentier again keeping close. Then apparently he decided to do what Lewis did half a dozen times, and hit on the breakaway. Lewis tried to get away, but Carpentier prevented this. Pulling Lewis with his left, he delivered the knockout. After the count was over Carpentier tried to shake Lewis by the hand. Lewis snatched his hand away, and tried weakly to punch the Frenchman. The disgraceful and unsporting demonstration by the supporters of Lewis against Carpentier and the referee after the fight is generally denounced. Everybody, including vVilde, Dempsey, and Wilson, except Lewis and his backer, agree that the decision was fair.

The newspapers, through Marconi House, spread broadcast reports of the fight by wireless telephony. Amateur listeners over a wide area north to Leicester and King's Lynn and westward to Gloucester, heard the reports successfully.