The Cordova daily times., 1922-12-18
CARP DOESN'T
 KNOW HOW TO
 FIGHT NEGRO

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 LONDON, Dec. 18.-George Bernard Shaw has changed his opinion of Car pentier since seeing the picture of the fight between the Frenchman and Ski.
 q think Carpenter does not know how to fight negro and has a great deal to learn from him." Thus he summed up his impressions in an in terview.
 "Siki made nothing of Carpenters long shots, which made even Demp- sey look serious Siki not only under stood the art of getting away and being hit by spent bullet only, but, like all negroes, he did what noFwhite man dare do--met straight lead by dropping his head neatly and receiv- ing the shock on the ridge of his eye brow, where it made as much impress sion as a mushroom on a minataur and jarred the assailant most dis couragingly.
 Carpenter Hit Hard
 Almost any white pugilist of siki's build would have been down and out half a dozen times from the punches that Carpentier got home, but they did not worry the black for a moment. When he took count of seven he was calmly resting himself on one knee, bolt upright from hip to shoulder, just amusing himself. His infighting did not seem to be much more effective than Carpentier's; that is, it was not effective at all. Dempsey. I should say, would kill him at that game. The decisive blows were all whole-arm ones.
 "Sih has all the negro qualities as a pugilist-toughness about the head' trickiness and speed on his feet (much cleyerer and quicker here than Car pentier) and the characteristic negro combination of romantic pluck and pood humor. He was at no disadvan- tage with the Frenchman in the mat fer of morale, and if Carpenter gets o return match with him he will have to take him much more seriously.
 sThe finish was perfectly fair. SKIS leg was between Carpenters legs, and the film does not show where sikrs right landed. suppose it was on Carpenters back; but there was no question of wrestling trip.
 But never mind. Civilization will survive the downfall of the white man in this fight. America pulled through the crisis, and Africa remained tran ouil when Johnson beat Jeffries,'
 FarnoI Comments
 Jefferey Farnol, famous author, mas also given his impressions of the fight.
 "Carpentier, as usual" he says, "started in too soon and, with his us nal airy tactics, apparently despised his opponent He gave scandalous opening in the third round of Whlch Ski took advantage, and Carpenter was never the same man afterWard'
 "I think that not only was he shak- en by this blow but that he was utterly confused by the other mans mental- ity. He seemed to be up against a new experience.
 "As to the general question whether the white man should fight the black, one should discriminate between the boxer and the fighter-tWo entirely distinct classes of men. But wnlte champion pugilist must necessarily fight all corners. The moment ne oe- gins to draw the color line he ceases to be worlds champion.
 "So long as there are championship battle white will fight black and black white. but seeing that the tempera- ment of the white man is generally more acute than that of the negro the white must necessarily fight, Ill a greater or less degree, at olsaa- vantage.
 "since antagonism we shall always have. clean fighting is one of the pest civilizing agencies in the world II it teaches fair play"