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Show i DOWNING W TIGHT DOP1 By Hardy K. Downing, 1 IT looked for a time as though the Carpcntler-Slkl muss across the pand was going to be straightened out: by havinsr them meet In a return match, with the proceeds of tho event i going to charity, but the Senegalese j has thrown a monkey wrench in the Wheels again and what tho outcome will be no one can toll, at least not from hero. It was Carpentler's proposal of a return match for oharlty, which slkl SC epted, that promised to straighten the matter out, but now the battler refuses to come before the governing body for ono reaaon or other and the probabilities are that until ho does i so ho will stand suspended and he should, for tho governing body cannot! afford to bow to anv boxer, no mattr how essential he ls to the game. Juot i what was wanted of Siki is not exactly plain, but the probabilities sre thai they Mi-shed to admonish Mm and It Is surely up to him to oat a little hurnbl ,j pie if h? expecuj 10 no reinstated, Carpentier's eagerness to gel a return re-turn match with Siki would indlcat 0 that everything might net have boon on the up und up In their last match and that there might be something in the story of Slki's that he had arecti to flop to Carp and then changed hu mind nnd run it out on the former i hamplon. Carpentler must think he can beat' Siki in a return match or he wouldn't want to fight him for nothing and hi a onl alibi could be lack of condition and if he neglected to get himself in I shape for that match it was either! because he held filkl too c heaply or I thought he had Siki fixed to take the divo and In either event he was now playing fair with the public and is due for as much censure as Siki. General sentiment seems to be that Siki was dealt with a little too harshly harsh-ly and that his greatest offense was tho humiliating of the then French idol, Carpcntier, but looking at it from any angle lt'u B mighty bad mess ana the game would be better off If It were allowed to go as it sets, for Carpentler Car-pentler ls all through as a fighter and Siki w!l be a menace to the game as long as he ls in the limelight BRENNAN VERSUS JOHNSON The proposed match between Bill Brennan and Floyd Johnson, which . was Originally slated for the early part of this month, did not come off, but they ure reported to be matchod now for the early part of January and It should make a wonderful card In Madison Square Garden, for Brennan ls recognized In New York as bein th hardest man In the country' tor Jack Dempsey to beat, while Johnson has the following that any sensational newcomer has, especially In the "white hope" division, and if he caa boat Brennan as decisively as he his beaten all the rest of the men he h.i.-t met he win Immediately Jump into the limelight aS the most logical contender con-tender for the heavyweight championship champion-ship and OS I stated in these columns some time ago. Johnson should beal Brennan. Tex Rlckard Is alBO reported as having mad overtures to Lorrls Pirpo to meet Johnson In the Garden In the near future. Johnson and Flrpo should make a wonderful match, but it' Johnson beats Brennan he will probably duck a I match with Firpo unless he is vo1- positive that he can beat him, for a win oer Brennan would place him Where he could demand a match with Jack Dempsey without any more trlxl and If he should lose to Flrpo, the Argentinian, his chances would be killed and Flrpo would grab the grapes. MUM.i urn Phu'ht.. Any match in which Champion Jack Dempsey takes part must necessarily neces-sarily be an outdoors affair, as there isn't an arena in the country, Indoors, liirt,-. enough to accommodate the I crowd that would be necessary to pay the demands of the champion, so it ls a foregone conclusion that none of tho proposed matches of the champion cham-pion will be staged before next sprlnr: The match with Harry Wills will probably be the champion's first one and the writer looks for It to come off around Decoration day either in New York or Jersey City, and In the meantime Johnson and Flrpo may be ready for a crack at the title with July Fourth and Labor day ad suitable suit-able dates. If nothing happens to any of these three It looks as though Dempse;' may l yet get a chance to cash In on his I title before old age grabs him. The proposed mixed match between Dempsey and Strangle Lewis would also be a big money maker if It could be put over and it maU be. WIIMAMS CIUftfBING. Utah boxing tans v. 1 no doubt be glad to hear that Jol ony Williams, ' tb- Halt Lake bantamw dght, ls going Mk in southern Oaliforn u- having had ! four bouts at Vernon a'j'.d Hollywood in as many weeks, winding three or I them und losing one d-i-lslon, which I decision, however, met v Ith such protests pro-tests from the fans th'it they were immediately matched for a return match for last week, tho result of which we have not received as yet It might also be stated that Williams Wil-liams is fighting right up near tho top of the card, his last bout being booked as tho semi-wi .idup, which shows that the best local bovs are capable of holding their ovrn with the bet on the coast, tho real Lome of the short rounders. Johnny Woodmanseo, who also went to Southern California some time ago has not fared as well as Williams, having had one bout with a boy whom William K. O.'d and was himself knocked for a row in a couple of round. It has boon often said that a fighter has to leave his home town in order to be appreciated and it would scorn ' that such is the case with Williams for although ho always gave the local fans tho best there was In him and won the majority of his matches many of tho fans took a pleasure in razzing him as often as possible.- While at i Ixs Angeles when Jimmy Dunning, a i local favorite was given a Incision over him the fans raved to ''th an extent that thoy were rerna V1 ana not only that, he Los Ang.,,TrtaPer s all speak very highly of W',ians and acclaim him one or the '' llttb-boxers llttb-boxers and the hardest, Q-Ty;.1' ISgtam weight that has hit t Li2 he country in a long Uj JTION 1 -o by the MISHK1ND MJ),1" RPWrd of' ! Able Mlshklnd, v rt wine desl lightweight who hi,, )' r-e erea' Tup and down the cwr ' 0 ,n an1 '4lx months has alno - trccl bH for himself and In i event class. The boys find ho that there are so many good T down there thoy cannot worn enough and Abie has about A to return to his home here. Leonard Malody and Bennjfl non, both of whom appeared in rlmr several tlm s, .tre also do9 on the coast, boxlntr e,ulto res und winning their bouts. LIN DOW BACK. J Tbe return of jlrn Undow ti ranks oi th, 1 -'.-.) battlers lostl has added a Kit o Interest t heavyweight division locally, fol v.-au a ery popular fellow and a derful audience pleaser and sine retirement at' r having the rfl tune to have his Jaw broken, bfl Latimer h I.. 1 'indlsputed sw that division, but if Llndow kea the work he si ,-t. i . .. i nday will lw- real battle on for the b " el b.tmrlonahlp H long. 1 (By Special Arransn.v n. Witj Salt Lake Telegram.) T |