New-York tribune., 1922-09-26
Richard Cables Sikh 100000
Offer TO Fight in Americc

Vere scenes of mad pandcmonium
tbore yesterday, fci!oWsng the showing
of slow motion pictures o. the fight.
hese were shown for the purpose Of
allowing experts and critics to decide
Tor themselves whether or not a foul
had been committed by Sikh in the
slNth round, when Carpenter was fin
ally counted out. Francois Dcscamps,
VINO was in state OF hysteria all day
yesterday, claimed repeatedly that the
ccc sion of Referee Bernstein, giving
The fight to Carpenter or. a foul, was
the only one that could haJe been given
Gader The circumstances
SKI himself arrived in Paris thor
ouGhly bewildered and amazed. lie
seemed to be overwhelmed by the
ovation that was accorded him. He
" LNhcd the slow unfolding of the pic
tAres in gorilla-like stolidity Not far
y N where SIKH lounRed in seat was
Descamps, the personifcation of in
tensitied emotion The manager Of
Gorgeous Georges tore his hair and
wept copiously as the slow and 'un-
compromising films told again of the
downfall Of frances Maeterlink Of the
ring, her tistic asthete. Francois per-
spired and gesticulated. He burst into
lrenzled oratory, b Il the film hickered
on and LIFT him rceling.
The pictures, which were shown in
the presence Of sixty newspaper repre-
aentatiVos, indicated that Ski did hit
Carp in the sixth round when
5he FIenchman was off his baiance, but
by no stretch of the imagination could
This be considered foul
When the blow was delivered Georges
Carpenter was beaten man, accord
ing to all reports. 1t was a powerful
ny 81 nj /
hand, that seemed to finish Georges
The slow pictures show this blow and
make it plain that it was all that was
needed to finish the Frenchman.
The pictures, according to the Trib-
une's CORES spondent, throw no great
credit on the Senegalese conqueror
When he saw Carpenter prone on the
canvas, as moton!e ess in defeat as he
was under the clean and terrific drives
of Jack Dempsey, Ski himself seemed
groggy and stupified at the result. He
did not appear to comprehend what
had happened.
Carpenter Described as Wreck
Carpenter to-day Is not at home to
callers. lie is in bed recovering from
moro punishment than came his way
from the tiSts OF Jack Dempsey Those
who have seen the former aviator de-
scribe h as wreck. in Paris it is
conside} a improbable that he will ever
fight Jain. In the French capital,
where { was hero yesterday, Georges
is jrgotten figure to-day. On the
boule ards they talk only Of Sikh The
eboF J-hued warrior is considered son
of the tri-color, a soldier of France.
AT the s low-motion movies shown yes
terday he was accompanied by white
women who attempted to explain to him
what was going on. They might as we'll
have been talking into the ears of an
anthropoid ape,
The big negro showed few signs of
the conflict His right eye is slightly
puifed and his left ear lobe is Scared.
Descamps announced to the gather
ir~ - 'he salon where the pictures
were shown that he would demand an
otnut l..ateh with Sikh He received
little support from the sporting fra
ternity of Paris. Followers Of the ring
there have turned their backs on their
former idol and are engaged just now
in worshiping at the feet of new
hero. That he as a black means moth
ing.