The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-19
CARPENTER FAR BETTER MAN
IN RING THAN --COULON
NEGRO FIGHTER not EVEN a
FIRST 1ATEH AND WOULD -
EASY TOR ANY NUMBER OF
AMERICAN HEAVIE6
Siki . Rough and Tumble Fighter WIN
No Science at AH-Anxious 10
Learn Ono Good Point.

Whom taking with Johnny CouIon
former nau;amwe!gmt champion "nch
= vas in this city last week. natura''E
~, conversation lead 20 lighters ana
fights With tho carprCtier-SiKi sQua"
bic In tho lime;iXht aud the possln'!i'y
.c another fight between the two. Johh-
nv was asked his opinion. II any Amer
.can should know anything a0ou' AR
u,u;icr i, should bc Johnny. for the
cx-han;am king spent clos" TO year
touring with the French heavy.
II have seen the negro IN acN"h az
least 4 dozen. lines" said Johnny OUT
in rnr opinion. Ski iSu'i even a mrs.
roter and believe today that there
are at least t-n OF dozen American
n,ay.cs who could tax" his measure
rtis. nr course. is not taking in Cham.
rinn Jack Dempsey. for one couihh
,v> mc,tion ;hc two IN til" SAM
,r,o,h. Int other hcavics aud even
lighter mca.
THE last tim" saw sikh nghi wae
:, little over year ago. and he dion :
,r.rrcss me as being much more than
-, n.!,, rough. tough chap without any
thing better than Il general KnoN'euE'
81 tho lighting game. II Is incoh'eN-
able to me that 4 man could Improve
a. much In single year rs TO jump
',Or y third rate into the ranks where
H. is enabled 10 whip boxer OF Car
"e-.icr's type. II Is my opinion that
Carpenter was n mighty bad hHhter
liza, r!gh;--Siki vas not so good but
rarrcn;icr was simply all in due &c
uN,r-coniidsncc.
"!urthrr, six! ~ net Of the type
,ncn,al.y that il apt % imrrur" mu&h
h,,vcud his natura! physical r:lpahili.
ln,'
hut he has one fatal defect in his box
ing. al least nc had when | saw him
fight. He was far too pnnderuuS AMI
100 SLOW in hiA work IL cop" with the
.rnrd that II necessary Ia win IN the
american ring THa:'s why | say there
eve mon o"cr here that are capable 81
lnx;rr rings around him and making
Am look bad
Anxious to Learn
There il one good point about SIX!
that is always cOmmeadAhle In BOXING
lie - anxious % learn. When ] Was
IN France and met him | tried to Sho"
nm many tricks to tho game. ! gave
him "ra!unS C,r every NOV" aud he
seemed 10 study each matter deeply
lie is most friendly chap. always
trimming and boxing. extremely poll 4,
u.d willing 1" mix witt rN"rEh"dy.
"Many r,opie in this country have
III :d.a shat S'ki is an American negro
merely musuuerading ~ S"n"gheSr
,,l .,inr away with l.. That is not
tr,,,. for SKI speaks nothing hui French
,u,I uutil he came 10 France with troops
ION his native country. he had never
l. en- ,u,s,dr hi. own lind. He ranno!
a,.ak , word If English except whaf
-. has pickcd M since u"inE H. Paris.
Carpenter Bettcr Mall
"Tr hc IS The ..lme Ski tnL; | saw
t.h, 81 often when over there he 10
.,n. ia hc compared with Carpenter. ]
,.rnv. Georges w"!l. and by H. Q; | mean
personally as well nc hoE"r II" 10
:, mos,cr Of ring science and has =
,.,,ucN in both h&H'i". h"."N" IT nc -
;ryt he'd with S.hi "ga!r the result
VIII ~" .ntali% Iiic'r"m, for Ia" French
,,r,u will rc;tliH, this time nat although
IL, l.. nghiug :! third ratrr. the sam"
SKI il r;r' FROM a duh In III" hest of
,n,C,tjon. Carpenter. with MIS- rln"
..nnwledge and The kn"Wl"dG' "t S'.N
gained in th,ir it"hi. sa"nih "iS|!aF
marked and wide superiority over the
IIrrO.
When asked about Dempsey and hls
r,ot,.h WITH t'urp"n'ic:. Coul"m replied:
."rherc never WIS :!ncr lack became
,.,rmriuu. and doubt Il thn"e Is nov
g. ,n;n who can whip him. Perhaps. 4
,,arn.uIjer had been wis" and had been
.,,ut,n. 20 box Dempsey. he may have
Listed 10 rounds or the ent'r" distance.
Int. instead az that hS tacics. 9!p-in
hit and S!ip-nack ont. aggravated the
American. and YOU know the result
dempsey sci himself. determined and
r.arlcss. and rusi.cd ana pounded car
RENTER until he wen. ont. Th"rr ls no
,omnarison between tho two.