A FIERCE BOUT

Evening Star, Issue 21747, 15 June 1934, Page 4

A FIERCE BOUT

AUDIENCE IN UPBOAK. AUCKLAND, June 14. At the conclusion of a fierce match between Ali Bey, of Turkey, and Charlie Santen, of America, at Hamilton, Ali Bey disagreed with the referee’s decision, and created a sensation by knocking his opponent to the mat with a blow to the chin. Before Ali could be persuaded to quieten down members of the police had to enter the ring, and the audience was in an uproar. From the opening round the match was characterised by heavy slapping to the face, rabbit punches, and Hying tackles. At the commencement of the last round each man had one fall to his credit. After a particularly fierce encounter, in which both men exchanged punches to the jaw, the referee rushed in and, raising Santen’s hand, declared him the winner. At first Ali Bey did not seem to understand the match was finished. He tried to explain that only open-handed slaps had been given, and when the referee did not accept his explanation he turned to Santen, who hud retired to his corner, and directed several heavy punches to his head Santen evaded them, and almost immediately both men exchanged blows, and the American fell to the mat partially stunned. The referee pushed Ali back into his corner and held him against the ropes. Several members of the audience went to the side of the ring, and leaning over the ropes, helped to pinion the Turk, who was still struggling violently. A senior sergeant and a constable were soon in the ring, but some time before that Ali Bey, whose face was streaming with blood, ceased to resist. He then retired quietly to the dressing room. In the meantime Santen had recovered and left the ring. The incident lasted only about three minutes, hut it was some considerable time before the excited crowd left the building.