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In Philadelphia, Battling Siki, Senegalese conqueror of Georges Carpentier and one time holder of the light heavyweight championship of the world, lost a ten-round decision to Jack Taylor, a Senegambian who learned to box by felling cattle with a sledgehammer in the Omaha stockyards.
Said W. O. McGeehan, able sporting editor of The New York Herald: "In spite of the fact that he has shown himself to be just a mediocre boxer, Siki will continue to get matches because of his eccentricities. The more sedate colored boxers naturally are indignant over this, and...
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