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Morning Extra edition of The Glasgow Herald May 16, 1905... Major Upset At White City Stadium...lightly regarded Tom Cowler of England captures European heavyweight crown with surprising win over Frenchman Georges Carpentier...Cowler (14st 10lb) hurts Carpentier (12st 9lb) early on then scores finisher in last seconds of round ten...English giant suffers ugly cut in round six that very nearly ended his chances, while now ex-champion battles on with one eye completely closed unable to see knockout blow...Carpentier is carried from the ring and regains senses fifteen minutes later...At London's National Sporting Club Bombardier Billy Wells (14st 2lb) defends Empire title with lopsided win over a worn-out James "Gunner" Moir (14st 8lb) at 1:54 of round seven...In an elimination battle to find a challenger for the Scottish heavyweight title Colin Morrison of Kilmarnock KO'd veteran Sandy MacNab of Inverness in round nine at the Scots National A.C. and will have a return go with the current titleholder Derek Beattie in July...Beattie is coming off a fifth round stoppage of top European contender Jan De Groot of the Netherlands...De Groot was 17-1-1 going into the scheduled 10 round bout and a win would have assured him a crack at the EBU title sometime this year...Bartley Madden handed America's Soldier Kearns a terrific beating last Thursday hours after fellow countryman Jim Coffey did the same for Alf Langford the Boston heavyweight who claims to be the great Sam Langford's cousin...In Berlin Ernst Rosemann ended the eleven bout unbeaten streak of Hungary's Charlie Weinert 2:12 into the first round...In less sensational fashion, Otto Flint thrilled the hometown volk at the Hamburg Sportplatz by earning the decision over Fred Storbeck of South Afrika...George 'Boer' Rodel may have ended Bill Lang's chances of regaining the Empire title by putting him away in four rounds at the Royal Albert Hall...