Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-25
CARPENTER, TRENCH IDOL, GETS
 K. .. IN 9th FROM BATTLING SKI

who was near the ropes gripped them l in rising and butted Sil1i in the sto- ] mach. The Frenchn1an was helpless. Again he was warned by the referee 10 stop the encounter, When the bell
 1aifg Carpenter groggily staggered to his corner.
 When the gong rang for the sixth ound, Carpenter came out, hardly ab- Q to stand. A majority of the specta ors expected his second, Descamps to l throw up the sponge, as the French-' man was unable to put up his hands. A short uppercut from Ski sent Carpenter reeling backwards and l then the negro drove hard rights and lefts to the body Carpenter crunl- pied to the floor half way through ] the ropes. completely out, after one minute and ten seconds of fighting; l Ski weighed 174 pounds.
 The boxing federation tonight de-
 clared Battling Siki the lightheavy weight champion of the world and heavyweight champion of France. It announced that it intended sending q Irregular challenge for him to meet all
 corners to the American boxing au- thorities.
 At the end of the bout Ski was remarkably fresh and bore no signs of the encounter.
 You had better cable Mir. Rickard tonight that am willing to fight Jack Dempsey right away" said the Sen egalese to THE ASSOCIATED PRESS correspondent.
 @This will be enough fighting for l today" remarked M. Heller, Sikis
 manager, as he quickly started his protege toward his dressing room. Ski fought a clean and fair battle He had the crowd with him in the last two rounds. especially after he had | lifted Carpenter from the floor when ] the Frenchman was virtually helpless
 in the fifth round. As he placed Car. pentier on his feet the Frenchman 1, swung blindly wicked left to Sil1i's 1 jaw. This caused the crowd to hoot
 and jeer Carpenter.
 The reversal of the first decision | Of the referee in giving the bout to Carpenter on an alleged foul proba- bly, saved the boxing game in France from a blackeye, as the crowd appar- ently was unwilling to countenance a fairly defeated man, completely out
 and helpless, being declared the win ner
 This particularly was true by req son of the fact that there had been
 two other disqualifications in the pre-
 liminaries, both fighters who profited
 by the decisions belonging to the sta
 ble'' of Francois Descamps. Carpen- iN tiers manager. The two men who
 received the favorable decisions were
 Fritxch. who won the Olympic feath-
 erWeight title in 1920, when Billy Mer-
 chant, of England was declared tc
 have hit him low in the third round and Charley Ledoux, who was de-
 clared the winner over Benny Thomas
 of England, in the eighth round for
 lack of fighting spirit on the part o1
 the Englishman.
 Referee Bernstein had his side o1 the ring under the protection of tht police while the judges were deliber-
 ating on the question of who was the
 winner of the bout Descamps also wa. made the object of the anger of the crowd. Many persons attempt1l tt reach him. but he made d quick get
 away. The spectators in the popular seats, which sold for seven francs eacf ,, and for which many persons had beer
 saving their centimes for many weeR
 were especially bitter in denouncins Z the referee for his decision in de z claring Carpenter the winner A ma. !. jority of the crowd. however, seemed ! to take great joy in seeing one moro
 idol shattered
 . Sikis victory over Carpenter, it i. 2 believed in French sporting circles. i. likely to make the big senegalese nor. ]. loath than ever to submit to regulal training. Up to Friday evening, al though working two or three hour,
 daily at boxing, rope skipping anC
 bag punching, he was a regular pa
 tron every evening of the brightly il : luminated cafes