New-York tribune., 1922-09-25
Carpe pentier
Knocked Out
I'm Six Rounds
French Boxing Idol Loses
Championship of Europe
in, Furious Battle With
Sikh. Senegalese Pugilist


to one knee from a light left The ref
cree ordered him up. Carpenter ther
swung two hard rights to the jaw
Sikh took them, merely shaking his
head, and bored in. Carpenters face
wore puzzled expression, although
plainly he was holding back. Sikh die
not land clean blow.
In the second round Carpenter, with
q look of disdain In his face, repeatedly
jabbed Sikh with his left, without re-
turn. Then, as Sikh was rushing in, he
caught the negro flush on the jaw with
a terrific right swing. Carpenter drew
back, expecting Sikh to drop under the
blow. Ski, however, instead, rushed in
and shot two short hooks to the body
This surprised Carpenter.
Negro Grins at Blows
Just before the bell rang Carpenter
again caught Sikh flush on the chin, but
the negro merely grinned at him and
said: you don't hit very hard, Mr.
| Georges" The round was Carpentiers
| by wide margin, but the Frenchman
was putting hard as he wandered to his
corner. Also he had lost his confident
smile.
In the third round Sikh rushed from
his corner toward Carpenter. Carpen-
tier backed away and spared cautious
ly. Then he feinted with his left, and
obtaining an opening, drove hard
right to Skis jaw. The negro dropped
to one knee and took count Of seven.
Then he jumped up and caught Carpen-
tier with left and right swings to the
stomach. Carpenter went down and
took count Of four.
When the Frenchman arose he plain
IL,
vantage, showered rights and lefts upon
He had Carpenter gasping for breath
and staggering at the end of the
round
In the fourth round Sikh pummeled
Carpenter all over the ring. The
Frenchman was barely able to with
stand the punishment. He was bleed
ing, his right eye was closed, his nose
was fattened and his mouth was wide
open. Carpenter resorted to all the
known t7:cks Of his long experience.
He endeavored to hold the arms of the
negro under his own arm pits.
No Mark Shows on Black
Sikh, over anxious to finish his man,
missed many blows that would have
ended the bout had they landed Mean
while, Georges occasionally shot wicked
rights against his opponent, which.
however, failed to slow him up Up to
this time the negro showed no marks Of
punishment.
In the fifth round Sikh again sprang
to the offensive from his corner, in
tending quickly to polish off the
Frenchman. Carpenter met the attack
with a low blow and was warned by
Referee Bernstein. The low blow
seemed to enrage Sikh, who went fu-
rlously at Carpenter, missing numer-
Gus swings. so7 Finally, however, he
caught Carpenter with a short hook to
the jaw and the Frenchman went down.
Carpenter, who was near the ropes,
gripped them in rising and butted Sikh
in the stomach. The Frenchman was
helpless. Again he was warned by the
referee for butting. Meanwhile the
crowd was yelling to the referee to
stop the encounter. When the bell
rang Carpenter staggered groggily to
his corner.
When the gong rang for the sixth
round Carpenter came out, hardly able
t. stand. maj ority of the spectators
expected his second, Descamps, tc
throw up the sponge, as the French.
man was unable to put up his hands. A
short uppercut from Sikh sent Car.
pentier reeling backwards, and then the
negro drove hard rights and lefts tc
the body. Carpenter crumpled to the
floor, halfway through the ropes, com.
pletely out, after l minute and 10 sec.
onds of fighting. Sikh weighed 174
pounds.
At the end of the bout Sikh was re.
markably fresh and bore no signs OF
the encounter.
Ready to Fight Dempsey
loI
tonight that am willing to fgh
Dempsey right away" said the sene.
galese to The Associated Press CORE.
spondent
This will be enough fighting fo,
to-day" remarked NJ. Heller, siki's
manager, as he quickly started his
protege toward his dressing room.
Ski fought q clean and fair battle
he had the crowd with him in the last
two ,roupds, especially after he had
iifted Carpenter from the floor when
the Frenchman was virtually helpless
IN the fifth round: AS he placed Car
swung blindly a wicked left to Sikis
jaw. This caused the crowd to hoot
and Jeer Carpenter.
1he reversal of the first decision OF
the referee in giving the bout to Car
pentler on an alleged foul probably
saved the boxing game in France from
black eye, as the crowd apparently
was unwilling to countenance a fairly
defeated man, completely out and help
less, being declared the winner.
Decisions Favored Deschamps
This particularly was true by reason
of the fact that there had been two
other disqualifcations in the prelimi-
mares poth lighters who protited by
the decisions belonging to the STABLE
OF FRANCOIS Descamps, Carpentier's
manager The two men who received
the favorable decisions were Fritsch
who won the Olympic featherweight
title in 1920, when Billy Merchant, of
England, was declared to have hit him
low, IN the third round, and Charley
Ledoux, who was declared the winner
over Benny Thomas, Of England. in the
eighth round for lack of fighting spirit
on the part Of the Englishman.
=, referee Bernstein had his side OF
the ring under the protection of the
ponce while the judges were deliber-
atlhg on the question of who was the
wlnner of the bout. Descamps also
was the object of the anger of the
crowd Many persons attempted to
reach him, but he made q quick pet.
away. The spectators in the nnn,,io e., !,
seats, which sold for 7 francs each. and
| for which many persons had baen savl "nu
ing their centimes for manv weeks
were especially bitter in denouncjno q
the referee for his decision in declar.
ing Carpenter the winner. A maiority
OF the crowd, however, seemed to tpke
great Joy IN seeing one more idol shat
| tered 'Hoi shae
/ Skis victory over Carnent;ar !. =