Evening star., 1922-09-03

The arena in which the fight will be
held is new structure which will be
permanent. Descamps and Carpenter
are stockholders in the stadium.
whereby 1t may be gathered that the
two Frenchmen learned more than
they admitted as a. result of their
sojourns in this country.
Sikh for some months has been the
sensation of the Partisan boulevards.
He beat up a lot of third raters and
such was his prediction for COM
bat that more than once he provided
free entertainment for the patrons Of
! cabarets and street pedestrians. His
style in the ring is pronounced by
those who have seen him as amazing.
and a fighter who is not sufficiently
skilled to avoid material damage.
Every one expects that shortly after
tier he will know nothing until his
seconds bring him to and explain in
painstaking manner just what hap
pened to him.
May Engage Dempsey Again.
After Sikh, the Dempsey Carpenter
bout will begin to loom. But before
that the champion Of the world will
be called upon to fight in this country
The chances are that Bill Brennan
will be his opponent and that the fight
will be held in the big arena on Boyle's
Thirty Acres. in Jersey City. The
present hitch in making the match. 1t
is whispered. is due to difference of
opinion between Kearns and Rickard
as to the drawing powers of bout of
Kearns feels that the crowd will turn
out to see his champion in action no
matter who the opponent may be.
Rickard is not so certain. He Is a
clearer Snowman, is Rickard. but even
If he were mediocre. he would prob
ably have no difficulty in recognizing
that a Dempsey Brennan bout Is not
likely to prove popular with the pub
lie. That is, no forty. fifty or sixty
TSirty9 nay pefhsps ea
1t is not dificult to see that Kearns'
expectations and Richards dope re-
/, suit in two different sets of figures in
estimating the problematic returns
from the fight. This being so. Demp-
sey's manager, thinks of terms that
| do not appeal to Rickard at all.
AS for the Dempsey-Wills fight, no
one knows what is cooking there,
except this: Sufiicient time for work
ing up public interest to white heat
will be allowed. Dempsey may be ex-
pected at strategic intervals to regis
! lie as fear of the big negro. Then in
due and proper time the two will en-
ter the ring and the stands will bulge
with spectators.
Moran Loses His Place.
Frank Moran has been displaced in
tho minds Of the British fight public
as Z great prize ring character. His
place has been taken by Soldier Jones,
the Canadian heavyweight champion,
all over England in the past Few
months.
|. Jones is q humorist who evidently
values the laughter of the. ringside
crowd more highly than that applause
that follows the knockout wallop.
opponent of Gene Tunney the after
noon that Dempsey fought Carpenter
in the arena at Boyle's Thirty Acres.
Upon that occasion Jones came into
the ring with complaceent smile and
amused the spectators by sitting be-
over the other knee-a ffne comforts
able position in q chair around the
village stove. but warranted to shut
Oh circulation and otherwise hog-tie
q prise fighter. Tunney beat him up SO
badly that he had neither chance nor
tendencies. but over in England he
has given them full play.
In his most recent battle against
George Cook, the Australian, In the
Holland Park Rink, Jones started OF
with a clear lead and was punching
he decided to inject humor Into the
proceedings. GrimacinE at the crowd
he would point TO certain spot with
his glove and then tell Cook to stand
there second and look pleasant while
he took one on the beak. a4
Finally Cease to Be ESnny.
This crowd laughed for . while but
finally. In the British way. declded
th.t. jones' Tss s. uGs 1unny ous In I'M
Whether this threw Jonee Oh, or
whether hiss mood of iightnssy pre-;