San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-05
Can't Argue He Didn't Win
Title, But He'd Better
Stay in Europe.
CLASS HAS DECLINED
Light-heavies Getting AL
~ most as Low as
Middleweights.
BY ROBERT EDGREN

There's a lot of discussion over the
worlds light-heavyweight title. Some
say that Mike McTigue has 10 claim
TO il, as Battling ski claimed his
bout with Carpenter was FRAMED
and that he double-crossed the
Frenchman. his statements and GER
tain rowdy actions leading the French
boxing authorities tc take the title
away from him."
Back in France, Sikh says he's
champion because he and McTigue
didn't weigh in and show that they
were under 11j pounds.
What is done with a title taken
away" seems TO be a mystery. Car
pentier couldn't very well have IT
back, for Carpenter was knocked
out in the ring, no matter what
ethical conditions of the match may
or may not have been violated.
The ELECTROMAGNETIC title is like
the middleweight title-rather down
and out through being held by second
raters.
There hasn't been first-class mid
dleweight champion slice ketcheFs
time. Chip was fairly good, but lost
the title through bit of careless
ness no real champion would show.
He, was "stalling" with Al Mccoy.
n tenth-rate middleweight, after be-
ing asked TO "let Mccoy go three or
four rounds" when Mccoy swung
wild left from the floor to Chips
chin.
Mccoy was awful as champion
Mike O'Dowd was rugged. game fell
low, but no poker. And Johnny Will
son won't fight.
The Interchangeable went sour
after ritzsimmons' time. when old
Fitz. age forty-thrce. fell out of his
chair from exhaustion after the 18th
round. of jumping about with Jack
70 f3rien. Jack Dillon was a really
great lght-heavyweight until sickness
finished his career.
Bat Levinsky was n hopeless has
been when he lost 10 Carpenter.
Dempsey must have softened carp"
il Sikh could beat the Frenchman
under any circumstances. for Skis
right TO be classed among the soup
kitchen fighters was shown when he
couldn't beat Mike McTigue, fair
second string niiddleweight.
to prove he isn't heavyweight. He
never weighed 175 pounds. Whether
Sikh weighed or not makes no differ
ence: he could lose the title il he
scaled ton. As for the French
Boxing Federation. it couldn't stake
away the title" from Sikh on the
ground that he was a rolghneck or
that he had said he double-crossed
Georges. 1t could keep sikh from
boxing in France but there its au-
thority stopped.
That leaves McTigue light-heavy-
weight champion. He can keep the
title by staying abroad where the
picking is soft, or lose it quickly by
returning and meeting Tuney.
Dempsey The Decorator.
Bill Brennan says he ais out of
ring competition for an indefinite
period-perhaps for good"
That is a testimonial to the power
of Angel Firpo's right hand punch,
which Bill described just after the
fight by saying he thought Luis was
throwing rocks at him."
Firpo has one of the fighting as
sets that nearly oil noted champions
have possessed, huge hands and thick
wrists. His hands are like John l..
Sullivan's-broad. chunky, with thick
fingers and knuckles that lie almost
in a straight line.
Jack Dempsey has hands Of the
same type, except that Dempsey's
|3inpf>are longer, denoting the pos
session Of artistic talent.
Jack can draw fairly good pic
ture. He has excellent taste in Sc
lecting art objects. and almost a gen.