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Excerpt from the afternoon edition of The Barnsley Earwigger June 1905...Rather than accept a rematch with Georges Carpentier, EBU champion Tom Cowler has decided to take up offers from promoters in the rest of the Empire to engage in contests with their regional champions before touring the United States...Empire champion Bombardier Billy Wells appears about to sign articles to defend his title against South Afrika's George Boer Rodel in July...One of the most important contests in Glasgow for some time was decided in the Scottish National A.C. last night when Derek Beattie (13.9) of Perth met Colin Morrison (13.12) of Kilmarnock. The men were scheduled to go 10 three minute rounds with the Scots heavyweight title at stake, Beattie defending...Determined to prove that his win over Morrison last January was legitimate, Beattie forced the pace from the start, in the opening rounds particularly doing all the leading...Stunned by the force of the assault Morrison was placed on the retreat and took a heavy lathering with blows to the body and head...Beattie pressed the attack and soon had Morrison on wobbly legs barely able to protect himself...In the fourth round the one-sided shellacking ended with Morrison on his back taking a count, but he was up at four and the target of Beattie's renewed barrage of hooks and uppercuts as the crowd shouted to referee Dalgliesh to halt the slaughter...At 2:12 of round 4 the referee stepped in and the fight was over...At Eindhoven Jan De Groot (17-2-1) thrilled his countrymen with a fourth round knockout of Deutschland's heavily favoured Ernst Rosemann (18-4-2) and set himself on the path for a return go with Scotland's Battling Beattie...Eire's newest heavyweight sensations Bartley Madden and Jim Coffey are considering a permanent move to America on the advice of their trainer/manager Bill Gibson...The champion of that country, world-ranked Joe Jeannette, having recently retained his title with a win over the giant Jess Willard, is planning a tour of Europe this summer with an eye on a financially attractive rematch with the Frenchman Carpentier...