Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-25
CARPENTER BROKEN
AND BAT TERED IDOL!
No Match for Battling SenyaI-
ESQ, Who Put Him Out in
Sixth Round.
BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening.


Paris, Sept. 25.--Georges Carpenter,
Idol OF French fight fans, has at east
been topped from his pedestal. and TO-
day new king reigns IN tho Euro
pean heavyweight division.
Battling SKI, n Senegalese, hammer
ed the great Georges around the ring
in the new Buffalo velodrome last
night before a howiing mob Of spec-
tators and sent him down IN the sixth
round to stay. The bout was TO have
gone 20 rounds.
Besides the loss Of his prestige and
his title. Carpenter today was suffer-
ing from the hurts OF a badly battered
body. One OF his eyes was closed dur
ing the fight, his nose was broken and
he was otherwise beaten up. An effort
was made to save his titie for him at
the time OF the knockout BY ruling
from the referee that ski had tripped
him, and thus disqualified himself. but
the great crowd would not have i, and
with violent demonstration a reversal
OF the decision was demanded and f.
nally secured-an hour after the fight
| had ended following q consultation o,
the fight judges.
| sikh went into the ring an ap-
parently timd man. but he gained con-
! fdence as the minutes fed, and ~
finished strong and uhurt. Georgss'
blows seemingly could not make any
impression. Time after time the "a
nous Carpenter right crashed %
SKIS jaw, but ne shook it on and
sometimes even laughed at g.
The result, coming 50 swiftly, was
totally unexpected. Il had been gen
orally thought the champion would
play with Senegalese and Carpenter
smiled indulgently as he went 20 meet
mis- man. AS the bout progressed and
Ski found ne could take Carpenters
, blows as ne had taken those Of many
other fighters. Georges smile faded.
Sikh became confident. and n the third
round took the offensive From then
on the result never was in doubt, as
Carpenter at the end was helpless. He
: apparently tried several times to foul
the Senegalese 20 svoid knockout.
Carpenters manager. Francois Des-
camps is already out, however. for a
y return match with the victorious Afri-
0 can.
. 1T is all his fault; it is good les
q son for Georges Descamps said this
0 afternoon. II Carpenter had noe
. tried TO play with Sikh ne would not
0 have been hit in the third round by
. the lucky punch that dazad him."
Carpenter Is criticized severely by all
4 the sporting writer's for baking the
. fight az joke. They ren1atk that the
= ex-champion seemed TO think he had
= nothing to do but play to the gallery
!. for the benefit OF the moving picturs
4 men and that he could get" Siki
J. when he wished
None OF the writer's sl1ycevrs
however, that Carpenter could whip
Sikh in a return match. for they recog-
- nize the fact that the Senegaiese bat
y tier can apparently take unlimited
punishment. Many OF them, neverthe.
e less. express the opinion that Car.
e pentier could have finished the fight
e victor in the first or second round.
n yesterday when Sikh impressed them
. as being in a frightened condition
/ Now, they feel, his confidence would
L carry him through.
&c Carpenter passed a good night after
the hard hammering- he got in I'll.
: bout, Descamps told visitors. Tn,
. swelling OF the face il somewhat re-
duced. but the left foot is twice il,
'e normal size from twisting when ne feI
&c for the last time. Even his friends
= however, do not claim that ski foul
N ed him or that Georges could hayl
continued the fight.
. The ex-champion's thumb is out o
D. commission and his right hand i
K broken from the hard. but inef
lie fective blows ne placed on ski. VIII
L came out OF the fight fresh as
m rose