Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-09-25
HIS HYPNOTISM
FAILS TO work
ON BURLY SKI
French Ring Idol DOwned
Before End of Siyth
Round
CARPENTER IS "RLUE"
Senegalese Battler Turns Eyes To-
ward America in Attempt to Spy
Next Victim Work on
x-Champion Who is Badly Bruised
CBy United PreKsl

(By United PreSs.l
Paris, Sept. 25.-Beater almost be-
yond recognition, Georges Carpenter,
former ring idol of France, tossed
all night on his bed and in delirious
frenzy yelled for revenge and another
chance against Battling Sikh, the
giant Senegalese heavyweight. who
knocked him out yesterday in the six
tn round of a fight scheduled for
twenty rounds.
Ministrations of his doctors, his
heartbroken wife and his faithful
manager. Descamps, availed nothing.
He wept and pleaded that arrange
ments be made Immediately for an
other meeting with the black man.
No outsiders were permitted near
Carpenter but Doctor Martel, his
physician said that both his eyes were
completely closed, his lips were swol-
len immensely, his nose was broken,
a long cash was cut in his cheek, his
right hand was fractured in two
places and his left hand in one place.
The effort to talk was obviously
painful, but he persisted in punish
ing himself and refusing to heed the
advice to remain quiet.
81 made the mistake Of trying to
study Sikh in the early rounds: He
got over lucky punch and took all
my strength away. | hit him With
everything | had. He has wonderful
powers of recuperation. His race is
not made like mine," Carpentict said.
Georges has himself to blame, He
started playing with Sikh at the be-
ginning of the fight and it is bad to
tease panther Descamps, his
manager, said.
Sikh, the wild man from Senegal,
directed his eyes and ambition to the
United States today.
The giant black French colonial
announced his plans as;
"Jack Dempsey and any of them
over there that want to fight me-
Sikh came into the ring at ia
pounds and his victory gave him the
worlds lightheavy weight champion
ship and the European heavyweight
championship. Carpenter weighed
1912 pounds.
The French Boxing Federation an
nounced it not only would recognize
Ski as the double title owner, but it
would issue a challenge on his behalf
to the National Boxing Association of
the United States against any Ameri-
can heavyweight.
Carpenter is not through with the
ring. The first thing we do IS to chal-
lenge Sikh for return fight," Des-
camps said today in an interview with
the United Press.
Georges should have knocked him
out in the first two rounds but he
made a big mistake in playing with
him. He is suffering greatly this morn
ing. He will not see anyone for forty
eight hours, then we are going to the
country. The right hand which he
broke against Dempsey was fractured
in two places and is giving him great
pain He also has a spralned ankle
which is causing him much suffer-
ing"
Grave political questions became a
second issue in the excitement that
held over the battle between the form
er ring idol of the French nation and
the previously disregarded "bad man"
from the colonies.
Even Carpenters staunchest adj
mirers refused to believe anything
but that the former heavyweight
champion of Europe had been fairly
beaten by cleaner fighting opponent.
After starting out as if he would
be an easy winner, Carpenter was
beaten almost into pulp by the
heavy hitting wild swing-Senegalese.
In the early rounds Georges dropped
his opponent three times to his knees
and he did not try to conceal his sur
prise that his huge antagonist failed
to stay down for the count.
Ski started in the fourth round and
from that time on it was just ques-
ton of how far Carpenters heart
would carry him before he would have
to give up. When he went down from
terrific body punishment and hard
right and left to the jaw in the SIX
tn. Descamps claimed that Sikh had
tripped him. The referee, Bernstein.
sustained the claim and declared Car
pentier the winner.
Fifty thousand spectators in the
New Buffalo Stadium became as one
in raising tumultous protest against
the obvious attempt to take victory
sway from deserving winner.
Angry customers menaced Des-
camps and he had to seek safety in
flight. Carpenter, helpless, was de-
serted in his corner. Gendarmes sur
rounded the referee and fought to
keep back the mob. Finally the judges
obtained q hearing and peace was re-
stored when it was announced that
the Judges would review the decision
and return verdict in twenty min
utes.
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