BATTLE OF WORDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 296, 14 December 1922, Page 7

BATTLE OF WORDS.

SIKI AND CARPENTIER. ) | RETURN MATCH ARGUMENT. : (Received 2.30 p.m.) 1 PARIS, December 13. C'arpentier and Siki continue to pile up points in their linguistic preliminary to the return match. Both assert that j they are willing to fight for honour and : the benefit of French science. Siki, how- * ever, demands reinstatement, but the . French Boxing Federation, which refuses to consent to the match unless Siki proves the charge that the recent match was * faked, is unlikely to agree until the r inquiry into the charges is concluded. : C'arpenticr's supporters meantime sup-. > plied evidence to the federation in sup- ■ port of their claim that Siki's allegations are a pure invention. Siki, after ) disappearing from Paris, now announces his readiness to give evidence. Siki wants to fight within three months. C'arpentier says that he will be ' unable to use his hands under a month, * hut hopes to oblige Siki two months after that. A further difficulty exists regarding expenses, as tho federation demands . that the whole of the gate shall go to scientific objects.— (United Service.) ———————-m~^—m