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a y but (in easy winner, Carpentier was ei FOOTBALL STEVENS SCRUBS GIVE. FIRST TEAM HARD GANE Harold O'Callaghan, Promis- ing Back, Carried Off Field With Sprained Ankle. The quiet of before the storm Hes: over New York collegiate gridirons The first rumblings of far-off conflict found faintly all about the metropolis from New Haven to Penn State Col- Jege and from Sy But only the slight football deluge about ‘to descend on the city next Saturday threatened, over the week-end, in the desultory aignal practice and light scrimmages at Fordham Field, City College Stadi um, Rutgers, Colvmbla's Baker Field and Fort Slocum, where the N. Y. U team Is training. There {s something almost ominous in the silence here- abouts. use to Lewlaburg t whisper of the Stevens College, over in Hoboken Je the only one that gave us anything Uke a hint last urday what we New York football bugs have got In @tore for us ut the end of this week. Btevens staged a forty-five minute first and second team, hard-fought @crimmage as a substitute for the echeduled game with Newark High Behoo! which didn't materializ There was no band playing. were no cheering mobs of spec And there was little glory gained. But evidence of how wre ators, to be tleree the impromptu battle raged was given when Harold O'Callaghun, one of the most promising of Coach, Dur- borrow’s first string backs, was car- ried off the fleld with a twisted ankle after making one of the only two touchdowns the first team could score against the scrubs. The injury to O'Callaghan will not keep him out of practice except for a few days, Dur- borrow hopes. The ach was quite enconraged with th appy spirit shoywn by his fit it ull t v lacl of ‘welght. Carol Snyder, another xi made the other touch wn, There are two reasons why Rutgers had only a light signal practice Sat- urday morning Ik that Head Coach G. Foster Sanford, thy canny old-time mentor, lad slipped away to look in on the pick 1p a few 19 his alma matyr Bates game and model tricks from The other rexson js 1 f the temperature. It was so out in New Brunswick that the to shed shoulder pads ang) jerseya even fo run throveh the stenals, and the a stant ve 8 thought after the severe serime of Friday, in which Henry Weiter, first’ string veteran back, slightly pulled a t nin his leg, it would be besi to give the var sity cleven a week-end of compara tive respite before getting them down to real work in preparation for the meeting ‘with Pennsylvania Military College on Saturday IKI PLANS 10 CHALLENGE DEMPSEY; CARPENTIER BEES ANOTHER CHANCE (Continued from TL great the ren’ of fight. “Georges lias himself to blame,’ Descamps said. ‘He started playing with Siki at the beginning of the and it Is bad to tease a panther." “Carpentier 1s not through with th. ring. The first thing we do is to chal- Jenge Sik! for a return fight,” camps continued. “Georges should have knocked tim out in th first two rounds but he nts Des- made a big mistake In p ig with him. He is suffering greatly th morning. He will not see any one for , forty-eight hours, then we are going tothe country. The right hand wht he broke against Dempsey was trac- tured tn two places and ty giving hi great pain, He also has a 5 ankle which {s causing him suffering. Sikl, the “Wild M turned his ambition to the United States to-day. The giant black French Colonial announced his plans as “Jack Dempsey and any of them over there that want to fight me." Grave political questions became a Second issue in the excitement that held over from the battle between the | former ring idol of the French N and the previously dis rded man’ from the Colonies. Even Carpentier's staunchest mirefS refused to believe anything that the former heavyweight champion of Europe had been fairly beaten by a cleaner fighting oppo- fe at. After starting out as if he would be almost into a pulp by the hea ting, wild-swinging Senegalese. In the early rounds Georges dropped his opronent three times to his knees, and he did not try.to conceal his sur- prise that his huge antagonist falled to stay down for the count. Siki started In the fourth round and from that time on it was just a ques- tion of how far Carpentier's heart would carry him before he would to give up. When he went down from terrific body punishment and a hara right and left to the Jaw in the sixth, Descamps claimed Siki had tripped him. The referee, Bernstein, sus~ tained the claim and declared Carpen- tier the winner, Fifty thousand spectators in ths new Buffalo Stadium became as Wne, raising a tumultous protest against the obvious attempt to take a victory away from a deserving winner. Angry customers threatened Des- camps, and he had to seek safety in fight. Carpentier, helpless, was desert: in his corner, Gendarmes surrounded the refereo and fought to keep back the mob. Finally the judges got a hearing and peace was restored when it was announced the judges would review the decision and return a ver- dict In twenty minutes. Not one spectator left the hall ant an ovation was raised when an- nouncement was made that the re: eree was in error when he failed t> consult the judges and that his 4e- cision was overruled, making Sik! th winner, Carpentier committed many fouls after the second round, He wan warned repeatedly by the referee (or butting, holding and attempting t> tase his knee in the clinches. It sax obvious he was trying to lore on a foul and save what little prestige co- mained for him, @iki was rather cautious at fret and he proceeded slowly until the vaunted right hand of Carpentier came over and caught him on the chin, It sent him to his knees, but he came ur smiling and jeered at the white man ‘At least six times the samo right hand thet felted Jack Dampeey in he necond round of Inet venr's figlit ‘BATTLING SIKI, WHO KNOCKED OUT GEORGES CARPENTIER STTLING SIi<l-OSmaey® came over on Siki remarked the button ‘and then “You ean't hit, Mr. Carpentier.” When he saw he had nothing to fear, Siki waded in. Much after the style of Harry Greb he started both hands working like piston rods, He missed many blows, but landed just as many, and every one seriously hurt the Frenchman What sympathy the crowd held for Carpentier turned to animus when Ski picked him up off the floor of th> ring and started to car corner. Carpentier him. Siki entered the ring at 174 pounds and his victory gave him the world's y him to his struck twice at light heavyweight championship and the European heavyweight champton- ship. Carpentier weighed 178 1-2 pounds, The French Boxing Federation an nounced {t not only would recognize Sik! as the double title owner but {t would tssue a challenge on his behalf to the National Boxing Association of the United States against any Amert- can heavyweight. From a disregarded and rather din- liked character of the cabarets and bright ight diatricta Sik! wax turnd Into a hero by hia victory, While 16 had never been knocke® out, he wae regarded ase “ham fighter," becaus his showing had heen none too im proaaive In previous fimhta, Whar negotiations started for the Maht wit Carpentier, Dracampa anid ho didn’ want the bout, us it would not be good contest for Georges Wiki frat drow attention when tr knocked out Harry tteeva, forme Mwht heavyweight champion of Hinw~ Jand, In six rounds He ¢t won 4 DELUGE SLATED TO { THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1922. DESCEND ON THE FUSSY FOURSOME Copyright, 1922 THis 1S WHERE (T CAME — RIGHT - IN HERE - GEE ,SAM~We GOTTA ”. FIND “THAT BALL! we Can'T AFFORD “To WASTE A STROKE ON A LOST BA NOW — LISTEN “To Doe CROWING f —. GET BUSY CADDIE — war AM 1 oof] PAYIN' You For ? Meee IT HIT A RocK AN Wee 18. No 3.” MG The Fussy Foursome, Vic’s Comic, Appears Each Monday in The Evening World. 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Two more teams in Waterbury Cup series will get into action to-mor- row with Meajow Brook engaging ¥la- mingo on the Cochran Fleld. ‘The with- drawal of Orange County, because of the death of C. C, Rumaey, haa given Last- cott a bye in the preliminary rounds, No udmiasion ts to he charged to either of these game and officials of the Meadow Brook Club are expecting to accommodate large crowds both to-day and to-morrow. first of the semi-final games for bury Cup between the winnel «match and the Argentine the of four will be played gn Wednesday in y what Ja regarded ay the first formal game of the tournament. This match, as well as all subsequent games, will be played on International Field. will the first appearance of th¢ Argentine Big Four, and with Davi¢ Mites once more able to play, it will bring into action the Argentine combl- nation Just as it was when it won both the ish and American open cham- ig World Readers on Receipt of a 5-Cent Stamp for Each Copy. You Will Want the Series in Your Home or Golf Club. This is the Sixty-Ninth of the Series, the First Having Appeared May 30, 1921. Address Sporting Editor, Evening World. ‘ SIKI PROUDLY BOASTS HE TRAINS ON LIQUOR 175-Pound Negro Who Knocked Out Carpentier in Six Rounds Is French Cabaret “Rough Houser” With No Claim to Fistic Science. nd, in six rounds, This was his first Lout of any importance, He next ained a fifteen-round decision ¢ a French heavy known us Mare Nilles and then outpointed Paul Jour- nee, who acted as Carpentler’s spar- ring partner last year when Georges trained ut Manhasset for Juck Dempsey. As a result of this victory over Journee Sikt sprang into real promi- nece through Huropean fistic circies, no 50 much because of any special Battling Siki, the new light heavy- welght world's champion and heavy- weight champion of Europe by 1 son of his victory over Georges Carpen-| °48% attached (to Journs Hut pbe= . cause of the persistenet challenges ‘san African Negro who was! which the Sengelese fighter fired at a brigade of Sengelese soldicrs| Carpentier and in which he declared which fouglit in France Sik ts a light heavy-welght, and In his few fighis he ts said to have under 175 pounds. Against Carpentier he entered the ring at 174, Until his surprising knockout of the French idol, Siki was regarded as lit- ale more than a second-rater. He Js described as being slightly under 6 foot 11 by recent visitors to France and ig lithe and very acttye, with well-muscled shoulders and back and sturdy looking legs SiKi Is satd to have absolutely no ring science, being purely a mauler who attacks with wild swinging blows and Is easy to hit. His endurance and recuperative powers, however, are out of the ordinary and while he has been floored in most of his battles he has got to his feet almost immediately He takes punishment with a wide smile showing flashing teeth. The rushing, slashing style of fighting displayed by Sikt has made him. (mmensely popular with the French fight fans who think him a remarkable physical object {n that he absolutely refuses to train seriously. His boast is that he trains on hard liquor and he ts an inveterate patron of the cavarets where he disports himself as quite a devil of a fellow. Siki has given tho cabaret owners and gendarmes many a busy evening when he feels like having @ bit of fun, which is isually after he ts well stocl:ed with the red wine of France. Siki first attracted attention when he knocked ‘dut Harry Reeve, former light heaveywelght champion of Eng- a Se George would prove easier than his sparring partner. Carpentier for a time ignored Siki's challenge and this helped to boom the stock of Battling Stki. welghed Sve nee PARK TENNIS FANS SEE TILDEN PLAY William T, Tilden 2d provided a lot ot lawn tennis fireworks on North Meadow courts of Central Park yester- day. Firat the winner of the all comers fought through flashing rallies against Vincent Richards. He held to deep court, From there he slashed through his forehanders, juggled with hie back handers and after Richards had over- come @ lead of 5—8 on games Tildet tled at %—all, Then they agreed on “gudden death’ and Tilden fintsned on for @ 9—8 victory with wonderful vot leys. Tilden and Richards, the national champions, mastered Watson M. Wast burn and Willis E. Davis in a spirited set of doubles. There was spectaculat lobbing, a swift volleying for the ttle holders to win at 6—2. In the next engagement Tilden did not do so well, He had as his partner Miss Florence Ballin. On the opposite side of the net was Miss Marle W: nd Washburn. The finely managed drives of Mias Waxner, from mid court as she pl for sharply angled shota resulted {n bor side defeating the champion and his partner 6-2, One of the moat interesting of the special exhibitions was a set in which Miss Martha Bayard defeated Miss Lesite Hancroft, 6-3, The short court game of Miss Bayard was always sev and finely fought. She continually found the openings through which to make her points. At the close of the exhibitions which were under the direction of the Mctro- politan Lawn Tennis Aesociation Tilde presented the championship medals won in the recent public parks tournament to their respective winners. [ie also pre- the fifteen-roifnd decision from Marcel Nilles, and outpointed Paul Journee who acted as Carpentier's sparring partner In the United States, * ted I. B. 4 e Cel 1 Park ‘Around the speedy sections of Paris uae, ban the Gent al Park Sik! has been a picturesque figure for played with during the matches. months. He boasts he trains on “hard nen, ~ = Nquor’ and that he ts a very bad man, Cabaret owners and gendarmes, |GAELIC LEAGUE PLAYS who have been called in dozens to quiet him, agree with him. Siki Declared World’s New Linht Heavyweight Champior. PARIS, Sept, 2% (Associated Pr-...). The Boxir to-day 4 clared Sik! the light heavyweight cham pion of the world and heavyweight champion of France, It aunounced that {t intended sending @ regular challenge FOUR TITLE GAMES Four Gaelle Athleti. League cham- pionships will be played « Laurel Hill, Lu. I., neat noon under the auspices Monaghan Men’ fees to be the best of the season as the eight teqmes are all in line for the cham- Pionship medals, In a junlor football game Mayo will meet Meath and in him to meet comers to the} hurling match Antrim will cross sticks Moerloan hoxing authorttis with Tipperary, The two star games ‘The spectatore in the popular seate, | Will be the senior football contests, the fret between Cavan ani Kilkenn the second between Galway ond ery. which sold for 7 franca each and for whioh mary persone had been saving thelr contimes for many weeks, were capoclaily bitter in denouncing the ret- 2 arne for hie drciglon fn domme, ctr, |CARMAN AND MIGUEL Crowd soomed (0 Lake grant joy in see- WINNERS I” NG RACE ing one more (do! shattered, Biki's victory, tt ls belleved in Trench sporting circles, le Ikely to make the tg Henogalosn more loath than ever to For the second * the combination an many waekr Carmar renee submit to regular traint Up to Fri- [and rie jay evening, although working two or fand France r hree houre datly at houlng, rope ekip [the 100-kilomotre tear ping and Lag punching, he was a rog- ‘inp patron every avening of the bright- {Iirotnated cafow motor-paced race before 7. Now York Velodrome ve: 09 fauna at the erday aftor- ONE HORSE STABLE WINS FVEINROM AND 10,00 STAK Prince James Is Most Sensa tional Race Horse of Present Season. By Vincent Treanor. . Charles 1. most Thie- sensationa on, A this won five the the horse of racing four-year-old son of maiden in James June, King has straight ra os In ix starts, his crown ing achievement being his victory in the $10,000 Aqueduct Handicap. In this latter event Prince James beat a good fleld, including the highly sd Mad Hatter, a horse with such stakes as the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the Champlain Handicap and a dyiving second to Exterminator in Saratoga Handicap to his credit In each of his races Prince Jumes has shown amazing tmprovement over his previous efforts until now he ts entitled to the respect of any, man's horse, over any distance and on-either a dry or a muddy track. Prince James represents a one- horse stable, as he is the only anima! owned by Mr, Thieriot. The owner has been good-naturedly joshed by his racing associates on the subject. but he is better off than many an- other man who hag stalls full « ee which can’t win their geen. The single color bearer has given Mr. Thieriot genuine pleasure and many a thrill ever since he broke his matden at Aqueduct, and on each suc cessive winning occasion the lone horse owner has enthused as if Suburban or Brooklyn Handicaps hat gone down to, his credit. One day at Saratoga, when Prince James, as thi outsider in the betting, beat among others Bit o' White, Mr. ‘Thieriot was the recipient of more congratulations than Willis Sharpe Kilmer when the latter's Sally's Alley galloped off with the Futurity. Mr. Thieriot's joy was beyond re- straint that day. He jumped up and down in h’s box, she ing hands with himself and with hundreds of others who reached him with congratulations. His enthusiasm was infectious. It w good to see. Such men as Owner fhierlot help make racing what it should be, a sport of thrills The showing of Mad Hatter in the Aque Handicap was a shock at first Not even dyed-in-the- wool re ¥ Were prepared for the sight of the odds on choice pulling lust tn a race whieh before post t looked at his merey, ut there was an excuse for the Rancocas horse, unconsoling as it ts. rider, Barl Sande, he was going along nicely enough until he moved up around the stretch turn, At this point Capt. Alcock nd his rider, Joe Mooney, were aking frantic efforts to get around, too, In good position Mooney slammed unavoldably Into Sande and Mad Hatter, and the fav orite was knocked away out in the middle of the track. Right then and there he showed resentfulness of such treatment, He sulked, and Sande or anybody could not have made hir continue, He atmply stopped racing Mad Hatter has done this before. +1 brute of moods, He does thing: only aw he wants to do them. Ho witli run in #pote as he wees fit, and not ae Tbs rider wants him to do According to hile - ' = ae etris ay In charge of Jimmy Lowa “morrow "3 he Pi ee Hugh, champion bantan morrow night at the Pion eh) ais antam wall €, Irish Johnny Curtin, Jersey City's | better tn ihianee puntam Town, pride, meets Danny Hdwards, the} heat boy Qe promoter. ¢ oleae clever little colored, bantam from the [*eure fer htm Get. 16: Meakin ait Pacific Coast, in the feature bout Seoe setern nea et scheduled for twelve rounda, It is the n : Island ave ee ntrey. LF ™ fa Hinte anon Martin. Int ft yolve will fonture welterwelmhta, first mixed bout in the Slate in years ip the star bout | jeceud tgelve will feature eee is Another mixed bout will be staged [row nie! formiduiie record, “In hie] Young Plerce of the wont slde on the same ard, Young Rose of plust ne at ay Las ia oe mere Syracuse hooks up with Ansell Hell tre veled not tnore than Aix. 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