BOXING MATCH

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18453, 14 January 1922, Page 9

BOXING MATCH

CASPEHTIEE t. cook. .. ___. , 1 ’ ’ 1 H ' WIN FOB THE FRENCHMAN, ' COOK KNOCKED OUT IN FOURTH round. _ . * :i ‘V Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 12. Georges Carpentier, the French boxer, knocked out George Cook ( Australia an the fourth round. * > . In tHo first round Carpentier’s left lead failed to reach ita objective, but Cbok rushed in and caught a nasty one in the ribs. There was much infighting. To-/ wards the end of the round Cook scored’ well.^ In the second round Carpentier lapsed a left hook on Cook's Jaw, and, easily " evaded Cook’s counter. Cook boxed well. v and got home two hard lefts.’ He .also got the better of the infighting. Carptejo- i tier tried to find an opening for his, right, but Cook cleverly prevented it. v In the third round Carpentier adopted - a crouching attitude, and landed a lightleft to the chin. Cook fought at ; close quarters, bub Carpentier had easily, 1 the better of the outfighting, and sooted 1 well towards the end of the round, with ri lefts and rights to the body It tu easily his round. Cook landed' a right’to - the jaw after the gong, which evidently he had not heard, and the referee cautioned him. * In the fourth round Carpentier lured Coot to rush in, and landed.a beautiful , straight left to the chin and then a ter-'; rific right to the jaw, followed by a lef(L^ Ecut and another right swing. These <; brought Cook to the hpards, and : he was on one knee at the count of, ten,- ' A. and N.Z. Cable. t _ r , r> ■, ' * A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.- , OPINIONS ON THE FIGHT. < LONDON, January 13, *' (Received Jen. 13, at 9.10 p.m.J ’ s ;;. Carpentier celebrated his twenty-eighth ’ * birthday by defeating Cook. 1 In an h?-} terview he said: 1 ‘ . * ’‘Cook is a good, game man. I fpundT it very difficult to hit hhn in the . right ■’ spot owing to his good cover. He exceedingly clever in ducking some of my right punches.” : ’ r ’ 1 f ? Jimmy Wilde, in an interview, safdsl, j "The fight was a good one. Cook boxed ■ extraordinarily well and gave Chrpenlier a lot of trouble.” „ The Morning Pest says that Cook 1 showed immense pluck, but was lucky to escape Carpentaer’s early punches and get into the fourth round. There was ? no comparison between the ■ work of. tbo ! two men. It was like a master sword?- ;; man overcoming an ugly opponent coming ‘ at him with a bludgeon.—A. and l N.Z. -* Cable. ■ Details of the fight: /, T CARPENTIER’S MARKED ' SUPERIORITY. ‘ ' . * A WINNER ALL THE WAY. . /, —~ ft.. /plj LONDON, January.'ij. ; (Received Jan. 13, at 7.40,p.m.) . ' The Australian Press Association’* ft** ! preservative' states that the Albert'’Hall was crowded in every part when the, non- ’ - test began, the attendance including a larger percentage of women than ordinarily. It was seen that Cook had plenty / of supporters, their cheers and cooeea 5 being vociferous as he entered the ring : and stuck a doll, his mascot, in J&e ■'corner. .^ The opening three'rounds promised a■. better fight than it turned out to-be,/but it soon .became evident that - Carpentier was only waiting an'opportunity for landing one of his famous rights: Many,of/ Cook’s barraokqrs were misled By, iia partial success in infighting, but there was ' no weight behind his blows to the .French-' man’s neck in the clinches. Undoubtedly*; Cook tfas flagrantly guilty of holding, in ■ the third round, and the referee cautioned him severely'.for his action. Carpentier spent two rounds in taking Cook’s measure and seeking an opportunity oUlajqiliqg a ( right,. He made several misses in. attempt- ■; ing to do this, and these miasek supported the erroneous idea, that Cook was going to give a better showing than was really the case. Cook landed more hits In 'in'- , lighting than the Frenchman in the .first two rounds, but the latter’s blows ; did ’ much more damage. Carpentier only .’began to warm up to earnest fighting in the third round. ( The damage which ha then ■ quickly inflicted was responsible "tor v the semi-dared manner in which Cook was guilty of hitting the Frenchman after the' gong. ' ■ ■ ■ The fourth round was only half over when Cook fell into the simplest trap and gave Carpentier the opening which h e had. ,been so patiently looking for " Carpentier with lightning rapidity .landed ■' a' nght swing to jaw, and as Cook- went ... down he repeated a similar right swing with such speed and cleanness'’that'manywrongly imagined he had hit when; Gook<; was actually down, resulting in .some / ,shouts of h Foul.” ’ „ ' . To sum up the position. Cook was quite } unequal as a boxer- to Carpentier’s calibre, ' and the contest intrinsically adds nothing to the Frenchman’s reputation. -He had littlq to beat and was easily the superior in science, intelligence, and skill, against' which Cook had only weight and a well-, trained body to offer. , . 1 - / Interviewed by the Australian Press Association’s representative as ho left the ring, Cook said: “It was the second right when I was falling that me.’’ "S, BEFORE THE-FIGHT, COOK NOT AFEAIi OF CAR- - PENTIER’S “ RIGHT.” * • LONDON, January 12. (Received Jan. 13, at 5.5 p.m.) , ] Cook arrived in Loudon from his training quarters before lunch. ' He was enthu- 1 siartically cheered as he entered his hotel 1 in the Strand. ' On the bonnet of his motor car was a mascot in the shape of a doll dressed as a ballet dancer arid with a yellow tab attached inscribed ‘‘Good . luck. Digger.” Other mascots inside,the; car included an Australian flag and »! model of a bulldog, while a pair of lady's evening shoes, hung behind. A,ftor .greeting his friends and posing for the photographers he lunched from a pound of - beefsteak, three eggs, bread and butter, and weak coffee. He then went to bed. Before going to Albert Hall in the evening he will eat a similar meal. Cook informed an interviewer* “I fed that I am going to have the fight of my life. When I face Carpentier I shall Joel as I do when I sit down to a big steak. I have been interested in all this wild talk about Carpentier’# terrible right.lt seems to me that it has 1 put the vfmd ; up’ the critics. It has jet to do,the same to me. Until Carpentier proves ho. •; can floor me I’ll think as I always have done, that hja punch is one of most ■ exaggerated things in the world.”—A. and • N.zT Cable. -f” r r .