Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-25
Sikh Give. French
man Terrible Drubbing
And Now Reigns As The
Heavyweight Champion
OF Europe; Carp's Mama
ger Claims A Foul.
(By Tho Associated .Pre.s,>

(By The Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 26.-Georges Carpen-
tier, idol Of French fight fans, has at
last been toppled from his PEDESTAL
and today a new king reigns In the
European heavyweight division.
Battling Sikh, Senegelese. hammer
ed the great Georges around the ring
In the new Buffalo veolodroms last
night before a bowling mob OF specta-
tors and sent him down In the sixth
round to stay. The bout was to have
gone twenty rounds.
Besides the loss of his prestige and
his title, Carpenter today was suffer-
ing from the hurts Of a badly batter
ed body. One Of his eyes was closed
during the fight, his nose was bro
ken and he was otherwise heated up.
An effort was made to save his title
for him at the time Of the Knockout
BY a ruling from the referee that Sikh
had tripped him.. n thus d%isQualifi-
ed himself, but the great crowd would
not have 1t. and with a violent dem
%onstration a reversal of the decision
was demanded and finally secured
an hour after the fight had ended
following a consultation with the
fight Judges.
Sikh Looked Timid.
| Six went into the ring an appa>
entity timid man but he gained CON-
f!dence as the minutes fled and he
finished strong and unhurt.
Georges blows seemingly could not
make any impression. Time after time
the famous Carpenter right smash
ed to Skis jaw. but he shook it off
and sometimes even laughed q, 1t.
The result. coming so swiftly, was
totally unexpected. 1t had been gen.
orally thought the champion would
play with the Senegelese and Carpen-
tier smiled i~ndulgently As ne went to
meet his man. As the bout progress
ed and Sikh found he could take Car
pentier's blows as he had taken those
of many other fighters, Georges
smile faded. Sikh became more con-
fident, and in the. third round took
the offensive. From then on the re-
tier at the end vas helpless. He APP
parently tried several times to ioul
the Senogelese to avoid q knockout.
Sikh Unhur1.
All agree that Sikh was not marked
by Carpenters famous punches and
that his head is the most nearly in
vulnerable part Of his anatomy.
Des Camps is lone in insisting that
Sikh tripped his man. He said he
might file a protest with the boxing
federation and would in any yer
file a challenge for = return match.
III Georges" said his manager
willing to wait with his knee on the
foo. for the count Of nine he nigh,
have resumed the fight without diff.
Guilty but he did not wish to give the
public q, bad impression of himself
Carpenter down. he thought; never
that"
Carpenter was in bed today. bat
tered and discouraged. His manager
Francois DesCamps. is already out
however. for a return match with the
victorious African.
1T is al his fault: ii is a gooe
lesson for Georges" DesCamps said
this afternoon. IF Carpenter had
not tried to play with Sikh he woulc
not have e hit in the third round
by the lucky punch that dazed him.
Gary Too Confident
Carpenter is blamed severely b,
all the sporting writer's for taking th'
fight as a joke. They remark Ia tn
former champion seemed to thinl
he had nothing to do but play to tn
gallery for the benefit Of the MOVING
picture men and that he could "ge
Sikh when he wished.
None OIL the wr1ferG eU4Se6t now
ever. that Carpenter could whip 81
Ii in a return match, for they recog
nize the fac that the Senegeiese bat
der can apparently take unlmite'
punishment. Many Of them, neverthe
le@. express the opinion that Carpen
tier could have finished the fight
victor in the first or second round
yesterday when Six impressed then
as being IN a frightened condition
Now, they feel his confidence woul'
carry him through
Carpenter passed A good night. Des
Camps told visitors. The swelling o
the face in somewhat reduced but tn
left foot 10 twice tn normal size from
twisting when he fell the last time
Even his friends, however. do no
claim that Sikh fonled him or tina
Georges could have continued tn
fight
The former champions thumb /
cut OF commission and his right han,
.s broken from the hard but ineffect
I've blows he placed on Ski, VIII
came out OF the fight fresh Is
rose"