Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-11
SKI WENT UP
CONSIDERABLY
in PAST YEAR
Man Who Defeated Carp Not
Same Unskilled Pug of
Short Time Ago.

New York, Oct. 10.-A sportsman
who is familiar with the history o.
Battling Sikh, the conqueror of Georges
Carpenter, says that although Sikh
has a fairly good record he never was
taken seriously because of his clownlsh
actions in the ring and his scorn for
training. He is very muscular fellow
but until recently he knew nothing
about the knack of hitting and he was
not able to make use of the tremendous
power in his bullying shoulders.
During the past year Sikh defeated
Harry Mansfield, a third class English
heavyweight; Paul Journee, Carpen-
tiers sparring parner, and Marcel
Miles. Sikh stopped Mansfield in six
Wounds but he was not able to do much
with Journee or Miles. Both of these
glass jawed heavies went the limit and
were not punished to any great extent.
Did Little Training
When Sikh was matched with Car
pentier he really did a little training.
He worked in public, and the admira-
ton of the crowds around the ring
inspired him to take his work more
seriously thar usual.
In his training bouts Sikh was in
structed to keep his chin hidden be-
hind his left shoulder. He caught on
to the trick quickly and his sparring
partners were not able TO land a single
solid wallop of the kind that Carpen-
tier uses to floor his victims.
Bob Scanlon, an American negro
boxer, acted as Skis sparring partner.
Scanlon is husky, but in poor shape,
and Sikh treated him roughly. Under
Scanlon's coaching the Senegalese rap
idly developed the art of hitting, and
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far more dangerous pugilist than the
unskilled fellow who had fought Jour-
nee and Miles.
English boxing cirdles are mildly
excited over the battle between Joe
Beckett and Frank Moran, which is
scheduled for October u. The win
ner of this match was to have met
Georges Carpenter a month later.
That probably is all off now on account
of the Frenchman's defeat by Sikh.
1t is just possible that Beckett will
be successful this time. Moran
knocked him out quickly the first time
they met, but Frank has continued to
slip since then. The ~Pittsburgher was
in such poor condition for his last two
bouts in this country that it was a
shame to let him enter the ring. Even
Bob Martin knocked him out.
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But in England Moran still is re-
garded as one of the worlds leading
heavyweights. Frank never has lost
a fight to a Britisher and until n OF
them knocks him over they will con-
tinue to entertain the greatest respect
for him.
Moran himself has TO laugh when he
thinks of how seriously they take him
on the other side of the water. The
night he fought Beckett in London last
year Moran was in bad shape. He
knew he would not be able TO go many
rounds without blowing up and that
he would have to win quickly. He
was afraid to move around much for
fear of firing, SO he just waited for one
shot.
Every time Beckett made a move
Moran would wave his celebrated right
hand as though about to launch it. and
the English champ would jump half
way across the ring in his haste TO get
out of the danger zone. Moran finally
cornered the frightened Beckett and
beat him down with an overland right.
Beckett is not likely TO forget his
experience on that occasion and he may
again fall a prey to the Pittsburgher's
pcnderous swing. Still, Beckett has
come back after being knocked out.
Frank Goddard flattened him for the
full count. but in their next affair
Beckett turned the tables on his con-
queror.
Wells Bloomfield Also
Bombardier Wells and Jack Bloom
field are to appear on the same eve
ming as Beckett and Moran.
Tex Richard is sending two repre-
sentatives TO Paris with details of an
offer he is ready TO make to Sikh for a
fight with Kid Norfolk or Harry Wills.
The promoter believes that Norfolk
would make a better opponent for Sikh
as a starter. Reports he has received
on the ~Senegalese show him to be
smaller than Wills. However, if the
negro puts Norfolk away, and then
Wills, there will be nothing between
him and Dempsey. according to gem
eral opinion.