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Show ILLS KNOCKED CUT II THEjW ill Carpentier of France Completes Com-pletes Job in One Minute and 13 Seconds. ' LONDON, Dec. 8. Georges Carpentier of Franco knocked out Bombardier "Wells of England In tho first round of a contest con-test at tho National Sporting club tonight for tho heavyweight championship of Europe. Eu-rope. Tho actual tlmo of fighting was ono mlnuto and thirteen seconds. Carpentlor mado it a hurricane affair, concentrating his attack on Wells's weakest point, hla stomach, and soon had thb Englishman groggy. Then, with a tremendous swing to tho Jaw, followed by a smashing left and right to tho ribo, Carpentier sent Wells down for tho count. Throughout the brief contest tho Englishman Eng-lishman did not strlko one effective blow. The fight was for a purso of 15.000 and a sldo slake of $5000. It attracted great Interest nmong sporting mon because it was tho second meeting between the British Brit-ish heavyweight and tho Frenchman within with-in a few months. Their last fight took placo at Ghent, and Carpentier knocked Wells out in the fourth round aftor tho Englishman had had all tho better of the first two rounds. Well3's showing was a painful shock to English sportsmen, who, under the Impression Im-pression that his Ghent reverse was due to a fluke, made him a strong favorite. Ho was backed freely, the prevailing odds being 5 to 4. i Tho match attracted more interest than j any fight held in England since the! Slavln-Jackson contest. The National i Sporting club was packed and extrava-1 gant prices wero paid even for standing room. Tho crowd "booed" Wells at tho end) of tho fight and their fallen Idol had some trouble in getting a hearing to explain why ho was unable to withstand Car-"pentler's Car-"pentler's tcrrlllc assault on his midsection. |