Bisbee daily review., 1922-09-26
.IDOL OF FRENCH FANS K. O'D BY
 BAT TL|NG SKI.
Senegalese Fighter All Over Carpentier; Georges Blows
 F ail to Stop Negro

PARIS, Sept. 25.-(By the Associat l ed Press)-Georges Carpenter, the heavyweight champion boxer of Flu rope and idol of France, we defeated Sunday by Battling Ski, the Sengelese fighter. in the sixth round of what was to have been 20-round fight.
 Carpenter never had chance after the third round. He was barely able to respond to the bell at the beginning of the sixth With his right eye com pletely closed and his nose broken he was unable to put up a guard. In the sixth the negro fighter plant ed series of terrific rights to Car pentier's head and the French idol sank to the floor. One of his legs caught between the legs of the Sen gelese as he fell.
 The crowd the largest that ever wit messed a boxing contest in France, sensed the end. Allwas uproar.
 In the first round Ski rushed out of his corner to meet Carpentier h. fore the Frenchman was fairly off his chair. Carpentier, however, caught the black man with two straight rights. \Siki covered up and then went | down to one knee from a light left. The referee ordered him up.
 i Carpenter then swung two hard rights to the jaw. Siki took them merely shaking his head and bored in | Carpenters face wore puzzled eX- pression, although plainly he was hold ing back. Siki did not land clean blow.
 In the second round Carpenter, with look of disdain on his face, re- peatedly jabbed Ski with his left with out return. Then, as Ski was rushing in he caught the negro flush on the jaw with terrific right swing. Car pentier drew back, expecting Ski to drop under the blow. Siki however instead rushed in and shot two short hooks to the body This surprised Carpentier.
 Just before the bell Carpenter again caught Ski flush on the chin but the negro merely grinned at him It was easily his round, but the Frenchman was puffing hard as he wandered to his corner. Also he had lost his confident smile.
 In the third round Ski rushed from his corner toward Carpentier. Car pentier backed away and spared eau tiously. Then he feinted with his left and. obtaining an opening drove a hard right to Skis jaw. The negro dropped to one knee and took count of seven Then he jumped and caught Carpenter with left and right swings to the stomach. Carpenter went dowr and took a count of four.
 When the Franchman arose he f plainly was groggy. Siki seeing his l advantage, showered rights and lefts :, upon him, always playing for his ston n ach. He had Carp" gasping fol S breath and staggering at the end o g the round
 l In the fourth round Siki pummele( l Carp" all over the ring. The Frencl man was barely able to withstand the punishment He was bleeding, hi: l right eye was closed, his nose wa: T flattened and his mouth wide open Q Carpenter resorted to all the knowI t tricks of his long experience. He en deavored to hold the arms of the ne gro under his own armpits. Ski, owe anxious to finish his man, missed many blows that would have ende' the bout had they landed. Meanwhil Georges occasionally shot wicke rights against his opponent, which however, failed to slow him up.
 Tn the fifth round Siki again spran to the offensive from his corner, ir tending quickly to polish off tn | Frenchman. Carpentier met the al tack with a low blow and was warne by Referee Bernstein. The low bloV seemed to enrage Siki, who went fl riously at Carpentier, missing numel ous. swings. Finally, however, h caught Carpenter with short hoo
 to the jaw and the Frenchman wen down. Carpenter, who was near tn ropes, gripped them in rising and bu ted Siki in the stomach
 The Frenchman was helpless. Agai he was warned by the referee for but ting. Meanwhile the crowd was vel l ter. When the bell rang Carpentie groggily staggered to his corner.
 When the gong rang for the sixt
 round. Carpenter came out hardl able to stand. A majority of the spec tators expected his second, Descamp to throw in the sponge. as the French man was unable to put up his hands A short uppercut from Siki sent Cal pentier reeling backwards and the
 the negro drove hard rights and left to the body Carpenter crumpled t
 the floor half way through the rope. completely out, after one minute an
 10 seconds of fighting.
 PARIS. Sept. 25.-(By the Associa
 ed Press)-One million francs is wha