Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-25

Georges occasionally shot wicked rights
against his opponent. which. however.
laiieI to slow him up. tn to this time
the Negro showed no marks of punish
mrnt.
IN the fifth round Sikh again sprorv
TO the offensive from his cornnr. in
tcndlng quickly to polish off the French
man carpenter met the attack with
a low blow and was warned by Rcfcree
bernstein. The low blow seemed 70
enrasc SKI. who went furiousy Mt
T,,adrn,E,n''rr. ,,d.n,, missing numerous swings.
with short hook to the law and rho
Frtmchman went down. ~
Carpenter. who was near tbe roma,
Srlpped them in rising and buttcd Sik;
in the stomach. The Frenchmnn wns
hciple|s. Again he wus warned bv tbc
referee for bntting. Mcanwhi'n the
crowd was yelling to the refers. ,n
stop tho encounter. When tbc beI,
rang Carpenter groggily staggered to
his corner. "
Carpenter Out in Sixth
When the gong rang for the si,tb
roNnd Carpenter came out hardly ohJn
to stand. A majority of the spccta tors
expected his second. Descamps, 70 throw
up me sponge. Il; the Frenchman was
unable TO put up his hands. A short
upPPercut from sikh sent Carpenter
rccIihG backwards. and then the Negro
4rove hard rights and lefts to the body.
.nrpehticr crumpl"d TO the floor. half
way through tho ropes. completely out
aiier one minute aud ten seconds Of
hsnting. Ski weighed ia pounds.
The Boxing Federation lutor do.
clarGd BATTLING Sikh the light heavy.
weight champion Of the world and
heavyweight champion Of France. II
announced that it intended sending n
regular chnlIcngc for him to meet nil
conrrs to the American boxing authori.
tics.
At III" end of tn" bout Sikh was re-
markabsA fresh and bore no signs OF
the encounter.
Sikh Wants to Fight Dempsey
Hon had better cable Mr.. Rickard
tonight that am willing to fight Demp-
S"E right away. said the Sencgalesc to
the Associated Press correspondent.
,,'This will be enough fighting for
today remark ked VI. Heller. Skis
nnnag"r. rs he quickly started his
protcgc toward his dressing room.
SKI fought clean and fair battle.
lie had the crowd with him in the last
,Wo ,, rounds. especially after he had
the Frenchman was vitlualiy hclpicss
in the. fifth round As he placed Oar.
p"nticr ON his feet the Frenchman
swung hlindly wicked left to Skis
Jaw. This caused the crowd to hoot
and jecr Carpenter.
Til" reversal of in" first decision of
IN" referee in giving the bout to Car.
pcnticr on an alleged foul probably
saved the boxing game in France from
black eye. as the crowd apparently
was unwilling to countcnance a fairly
defeated man. completely out and help
less. being declared the winner.
That particularly was true by reason
o. the fact that there had been two
other disquaiiirations in the prclimi.
hnricS, both fighters who proitcd by
the decisions belonging to the stable"
OF nrscampr.
IN" tw" men who received the favor
able decisions were Fritsch. who won
IN" pympi" f"athnrwcight title in 1870
when BILLY Merchant. of England. was
declared 10 have hit hin low in the
lhird round. and Charley lie Dux. who
was declared the winner over Benny
Thomas: of England. in the eighth
round for lack Of fighting spirit on
the par, rF the Englishmnn.
Police Protect Referee
Reforr" bernstein had his side Of tho
ring und"r the protection Of the police.
while judges We're doliberating on the
question of who was the winncr of the
bout. Dcscamps also was the object
of the anger Of tho crowd. Many per-
sons attempted to reach him, but he
mnde quick getaway.
Thc spectators in the popular seats.
which sold for seven francs each and
for which many persons mad been saw
ing their ccnliWcS for many weeks.
were especially bitter in drnouncing
the referee for his decision in declaring
tarpcn'ier the winner. \ ma jority of
the crowd. however. secIhod 10 take
great JOY in seeing one more idol shat
tered.
Skis victory over ISrpcnticr. it is
believed II French sporting circles, is
likely I" max" the big Scncgacsc more
lonih lhan ever 10 submit to regular
training. | p to Friday evening. al
though working two or three hours
daily at boxing, rope skipping and bag
punching. he was n regular patron
every evening of the brightly illumi-
mated cafes.