BOXING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2641, 4 October 1923, Page 2

BOXING.

BECKETT KNOCKED OUT IN FIFTEEN SECONDS. London, October 2. Carport! ier knocked out Beckett in the lirst. round. The huge menu at Olympia presented a remarkable spectacle for the o-real tight. Every one of its 15,000 seats were occupied, breaking all records for attendance in Britain and Europe. The vast, crowd lose as one man in giving an ovation to Beckett as he took the ring. Carpent ier also received a great ovation.

The light lasted If) seconds. It is recalled that their 1010 encounter lasted 111 seconds. When to-night's a Hair was over wilh such slnpifying swiftness, Ihe occupants of (lie higher-priced scats philosophically reached for their overcoats and helped ..on I their womenfolk, of whom many were present; but the majority of i lie huge audience remained and hissed, catcalled and howled as Beckett staggered from the ring. Critics class Beckett’s as the most pitiful exhibition a British champion has ever given. London October •!. Major Wilson, the. promoter of the Carpentier-Beckett tight, has made a statement that Beckett’s -bare of the purse money, which it is understood is £-1,000 has not yet been paid over. t A ITI ’IONTI Eli CHALLENGES . M’TIGUE. Columbus (Georgia) Get. 2. Georges Carponiier, the French hoxe ■. has cabled a, challenge to Mike M Tigue, to meet in the United Stales as soon, as possible. Acceptance of the challenge has been withheld pending the outcome of the M‘Tigue light on Thursday, with St iiiing, at Milwaukee.