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Show SIKI MAY NOT , INVADE AMERICA ' FOR RUG TUT ! Should Beckett Win Over Him Another Battle Will Be Staged Tiy SPARROW M G ANN Special Correspondent of The Stnnd-axtl-Exainlner. (Copyright. 1 922. by The Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner i NEW YORK, Oct. 28. So little has ibeen heard with reference to the heavyweight situation that tho river-'age river-'age man might think H Ifl dead. It Is not. It Is not even sleeping. Thero I will bo little coming to the surface until after tho Beckett-Slkl battle In London on December 7X After that af-Ifalrn af-Ifalrn will be popping. Here is the way the dope lies: N In, lose or draw. Si k 1 will not conn to this 'country save on a pleasure trip And islnee he has begun to realize the 1 small amount of pleasure he would get In tho United States the chances are he will not come here at all. In any event tho men who emerges from this London battle will meet Jack Dornp-ey Dornp-ey If Slkl wins Jack will go over and show tho European enthusiasts what a black cloud looks like when a simoon hits it. If Beckett wins he will be Invited over here to take part in another "bat-jtlo "bat-jtlo of the century." Dempsey playing his well known rob- as defender of our International prestige London promoters have been looking look-ing forward to a Beckett-Dempsoy fight as well as ono between Slkl and the champion, but American promoters promot-ers have talked In louder money terms than the trans-Atlantic Impressarlos. So Beckett will hit It for the white lights of Gothamas soon after ho places his foot upon tho prosprate form of tho Senegalese warrior as possible. pos-sible. Fighting men who saw Slkl dispose of Carpentlcr and witnessed both of I'.i...tl'o fl.tlll LV.,r,l, Mnrn Bay it is more than a fair bet that the I English fighter will take tho Absinthe King Joe is the kind of man who can take a beating and be strong iust so long as a knockout hitter doesn't connect with his glnss Jaw. Slid is a fairly hard puncher, but he has never been there with the quick farewell. When Carpentlcr went into the ring agulnut tho negro the most arduous work he had done had been to get In and out of tight silk knee breeches and poko at villains with a. tin sword. Any way, no shrewd judge of fighting form evor had any inclination to hand Slki a whole lot because of his i tory over Carpentler Beckett Is a careful train or and everyone kHOWB that Siki hasn't tin' Blight eat idea what training means The feeling across tho water is that Beckett will come through |