The evening world., 1922-10-26
Skis Decision to Stay Abroad
Spolls Plans to Bring Light
Heavyweight Title to This
Country.

The match between Rafting SKI
and Joe Beckett in England showa
that either Sikh or his manager has
a lot Of sense. The wise promoters
on this side had II all planned and
arranged to bring sikh over here and
"ntve hin, tho works" thus retrieving
the light heavyweight title carried by
Georges Carpenter after beating Bat
Levinsky.
I don't mean that the promoterial
gentlemen planned doing anything
crooked. Perish the thought. Such
proceeding would be entirely unneces-
sary, according to the Sikh dope that
has come over here. Sikh. 1t seems,
is a big, strong guy with hard jaw,
no skill and not much of a punch.
The I ople who planned an American
trip for him were simply going TO
stack sikh up against somebody whose
reputation wouldn't frighten him
away. like Norfolk, but who would
have sufficient class to trim him, as
Norfolk probably would.
OF course there would be a good
niece of change in any fight starring
!,ikl here for the first time. Besides
which any kind of a world title Is
nice thing to have kIc.dng around. 1t
helps the gate. AS long as Ski ls
worlds champion in the light-heavy-
weight class that title is out OF play IN
New York. Bring it back through
Norfolk, and the class would be big
draw here again. First there'G be
ght heavyweight white hope class
while Greb and n few other light
neavyweights went after Norfolk, ana
after that more light heavyweight
cham mp!onship bouts while interest N
he class was keen. Or If Sikh won
his first bout, by some accident or,
other, he could be matched along and
would draw big crowds until some-
one beat him. Under these circum-
stances a Siki-Greb contest would
pack any arena in the country.
But sikh intends TO keep grip on
his two titles for a while. He isn't
taking any desperate risk in fighting
Joe Beckett, whom Carpenter once
knocked out in a punch.
CARPENTER WILL BE ROOFING
FOR BECKETT.
1t wouldn't be surprising now TO sec
Carpenter Offering to coach Beckett
for the fight with Sikh. II Beckett
beat Sikh Carpenter would get back
into the position OF a contender for
the European heavyweight title. II
would result ~ triangular situation,
| ike this: Carpenter knocked out
Beckett, SKI knocked out Carpenters
Beckett knocked out Sikh. That
| 'ould look good enough for Carpen-
tier TO give him a match with Beckett
Then the European heavyweight
crown would probably go back TO
| France.
| Golfers a. the Evanston course,
| Chicago. win have TO drive without
getting their hip into it, Nothing
on the hip is q new club rule.
Joe Choynski is going into pictures
in Los Angeles. Joe was one or the
greatest fighters of his day. which
| was about a quarter of q century ago.
He once fought a twenty.round draw
with Jim Jeffries, and jeff aftcrward
told everybody that Joe hit him the
hardest punch he ever received In his
life. Joe also fought Fitzsimmons,
Maher, Mccoy and scores OF other
heavyweights. He never weighed
more than 1876 pounds ringside. but
he didn't care how big the other fell
low was.
| Among other old time fighters now
in the movies III Los Angeles are Al
Kaufman, Billy Elmer, Tom Kennedy
and Leach Cross. Jack Dempsey did
some movie stuff there, and jim
JefHries has nearly been persuaded on
two or three occasions to try TO out
stunt Doug. Fairbanks.