BOXING.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 300, 7 December 1922, Page 2

BOXING.

CARPENTIER-SIKI CONTEST

A-STRANGE ACCUSATION

Paris, December 5. M. .Daigne, protesting to the deputies against the disqualification of Siki. alleged that it was arranged prior to the match against Carpentier that Siki should go down in the fourth round. Siki consented because he wag told he would get plenty of money for little training. In the second round, hearing the crowd cheer Carpentier. Sidi suddenly realised that he was the better man and decided to go in and win. despite bis manager’s warning of his arrangenAit.

The boxing federation threatens to prosecute Daigne unless he can substantiate his accusation.—(A. and N.Z.)

SIKI’S ASSERTION

(Received 7, 8.50 a.m.) Paris, Dec. 5.

Siki, in an interview published by “Eclair,” alleges that it was arranged before the contest in September that Carpentier should defeat him. He entered the ring with the intention of dropping in the fourth round as instructed, but was ashamed w’hen on his ’knees before thousands of spectators. He therefore got up and hit.—(Reuter). The “Petit Parisien” alleges that M. Daigne possesses proof that the result of the Siki-Carpentier tight was prearranged.—(A. and N.Z.)

STATEMENT BY A JUDGE.

THE CHARGE RIDICULED.

London, December 5. Mr. Benniston, ono of the judges of the Carpentier-Siki boxing match, writing to the “Daily Telegraph,” says Siki’s new allegation is on all fours with his conduct since the match. “1 do not believe either Carpentier or Deschamps would make such a prior arrangement. 1 do know that Carpentier. knowing that Siki was only a freakish wild man. did not train seriously. After the first round I felt that if Carpentier had taken himself seriously he could have won in record time, the difference between the men was so great. Everyone tittered, and with those who shouted “Fraud!’’ owing to the inequality 1 agreed. Carpentier since told me he felt that if he had done the proper thing and knocked out the nigger immediately there would have been a riot nn a“ large scale. Carpentier vTereFore toyed with Siki until he received the cjip on the jaw* from which he never recovered. That is the whole story of the fight. As 1 said before, to fight with Siki is insuxerable. The nigger is a second Jack Johnson m every particular. There is no place for him iri any" ring. Carpentier, interviewed, said: “Siki must have been drunk whep he made the allegations. 1 was out to beat him. The idea of any kind of frame up was ridiculous.”

Duke Maddox left by the mail train this morning for Dunedin', where he meets H. Gunn, on Monday night, for the featherweight championship of New Zealand. He was accompanied by E. Knight.