The New York herald., 1922-09-25
SIKH KNOCKS OUT
CARPENTER in 9Th,
FRENCH JEER IDOL
Senegalese Wins Two Titles
by Battering Georges
Insensible.
UPROAR FOLLOWS END
Judges Overrule Referee,
Who Gives Frenchman
Fight on Foul.
$4,000 WITNESS THE BOUT
Carpenter Swings on Victor
When Sikh Carries Him
to Chair.
$4,000 WITNESS THE BOUT


COPYRIGHT, 1899, by THE New YonK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. Sept. "a.
Battered and beaten beyond recogni-
ton. Georges Carpenter, thanks to
the Senegalese, Battling Sikh. to-day
lost both the light heavyweight cham
pionship of the world and the heavy
weight championship Of Europe Sikh
refusing to play the role Of an actor
in an alleged frame-up. from the first
round began hammering his opponent
until, at the end of the fifth, he had
drawn blood from the champions
nose mouth and ears and closed up
both his eyes.
In the opinion of the $4,000 persons
who gathered to see the Frenchman re-
sumo his fighting in Paris after three
years. they saw Carpenter at his worst.
Brute force again beat science. Sikh,
with little idea of the art OF boxing, but
with terrifically powerful blows, turned
the tables upon those who jeered and
laughed at his crouching attitudes when,
in less than twenty minutes fighting.
Jeers for Fallen Idol.
Cheers and jeers again intermingled
when first, Sikh was given the decision
by the referee, and later when the latter
changed his opinion, awarding Carpen-
tier the victory because the negro was
supposed to have fouled. No one had
seen the so-called foul and sarcastic
cries of Carpenter went UP from al
sides. But the change in the decision
was not permitted to stand for the
judges decided that there had been no
foul and overruled the referee.
The inglorious ending of his career
had come. The French fans accepted
the Dempsey defeat Internationally, but
the whole country to-day considered that
Sikh had met the champion simply In
order to afford the latter chance to
fight once again in his home country.
That Carpenter underestimated the
challenger of his titles was the general
opinion in the Buffalo yelodrome to-day.
He thought he had merely to hit to
srock out his negro opponent. And
many consider that the French cham
pion in the second round had excellent
opportunities for getting home a deadly
right blow to the chin, like the one that
shook Dempsey and that which knocked
out Britain's heavyweight champion.
Severe oensure of Carpenters fighting
methods was heard toward the end of
the fight, wherein, on at least two occa-
sions, when he undoubtedly saw him
self beaten. he butted the negro's
stomach.
sikh Down I'm First Round.
ROUND oNE-Silxi rushed and then
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several rights and lefts to the face
which Jared sikh Sikh then received
two lefts to the stomach and went to
the canvas on one knee for few sec
onds while Carpenter. smiling, looked
upon what he considered easy prey. Be-
fore the round was finished Carpenter
punished the dusky fighter consider
ably and the latter went to his corner
looking tired.
ROUND TwO-Both came out of
their corners with a jump and imme-
diately went into a clinch. Sikh was
holding on when Carpenter tore loose
and kept jabbing the black and making
him appear foolish. Sikh found an open
ing and sent In a hard right TO the Jaw.
followed by left to the chin. The
blows Jared Carpenter considerably.
whcreupon the Frcnchman stopped his
ulaying and settled down to business.
Sikh landed two effective blows to the
head. while the punches the Frenchman
managed to put in did not seem to
trouble Sikh much.
ROUND TIIREE-Shortly after the
start of this round Sikh went down under
hard right on the jaw. He took a
count of seven and was up again carry
ing the fight to Carpenter He landed
a right to the jaw. which sent the
Frenchman down for count Of five.
Sikh then began to get the upper hand
and landed body and head blows Of all
descriptions, with Carpenter hanging on
like grim death whenever he could. At
the bell, Carpenter went to his corner
looking like well beaten man.
ROUND FouR-Siki started the pro-