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From the sporting pages of the evening edition of The Glasgow Herald October 4, 1904...There were several interesting glove contests during the previous weeks, first amongst them the sensational first round knockout of Norway's Bjarni Thorsen (14st 2lbs) by Georges Carpentier (12st 9lbs) in defence of his EBU title belt..Thorsen was caught completely by surprise by the rushing tactics of the Frenchman, and two swift blows to the head proved his undoing...The end came some fourty-five seconds after the opening gong and left many of the Salle Wagram's patrons in shock...The second match of significance to British fans was Tom Cowler's victory over the Battling Scotsman, Derek Beattie which was stopped in the 8th inning due to a worsening cut above the eye...Based on the referee's scoring up to that mark, it would have taken a knockout for Beattie to overcome Cowler's lead on points...Curious details have emerged regarding Tommy Burns' recent defence of the Empire title at the NSC...It appears Boer Rodel's manager approached Burns prior to the fight and asked him to carry Rodel for a few rounds for the benefit of moving pictures, part of the profits of which were going to Rodel...In the second round, perhaps spurred on by the urging of the assemblage, the South Afrikan attempted to deliver a knockout blow and sent the champion to the canvas...When Burns regained his feet Rodel charged at him and received a terrific right hander to the jaw, and from then on Tommy made the bigger man pay for his attempted double-cross, finally putting a finish to it with four rounds remaining...A new European threat appeared in a Paris ring last week when Germany's Otto Flint demolished local hero Alphonse Dumoulin in front of a packed house of his rabid fans...Flint (13.5) is now 16-2-0 with 8 KOs, Dumoulin (13.11) falls to 16-4-1(9) with his second consecutive knockout loss...At Dublin's Theatre Royal Jim Coffey added to his pugilistic fame with a fairly one-sided knockout of rival Packey Mahoney, perhaps setting up a bout with uncrowned Irish champion PO Matt Curran...England's Bombardier Wells suffered a crushing defeat at Holborn Arena when, after leading by an enormous margin, he walked into a desperate swing from American Alf Langford and was laid out flat on his back taking the full count before being carried back to his corner...