CARPENTIER’S DEFEAT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2486, 28 September 1922, Page 4

CARPENTIER’S DEFEAT.

SI KI BETTER IN CONCLUDING ROUND. DISPUTE BETWEEN REFEREE. AND JUDGES. ' PARIS, Sept. 24. In tho boxing match between Carpcntier and Siki both scaled 12st 61b. Carpel)! ior treated Siki contemptuously in the first round, which ended evenly. In the second round Siki overcame his nervousness and showed to better advantage, and the Frenchman, realised that he was fighting for the title. In the third round they wont at it hammer and tongs and the honours were again slightly in Siki’s • favour. Siki had all the best of the fourth round, Carpentier being punched all round the ring and badly punished. In the fifth round Siki carried all before him. Carpel] tier, whoso eye was closed, started hutting with his head, and the referee cautioned him. In tho sixth round Siki sot a fierce pace. In the middle of the round Carpentier fell and everyone thought Siki had knocked him out. The referee called “foul,'’ declaring that Siki had tripped Carpentier, The judges entered tlio ring and a doctor stated that, Carpentier’s ankle was sprained. Carpentier stated that he was unable to rise and was carried from the ring bleeding profusely and Semi-conscious. The judges awarded Siki tho decision, setting aside the referee’s disqualification.—A. and N.Z. cable. CROWD HOOTS CARPENTIER. PARIS, Sept. 24. The finish of the fight was one of the strangest scenes ever witnessed in a boxing arena. Carpentier, bruised and bleeding, lay helpless, and the shattered idol was hooted for the first time in his life by a Parisian crowd. The great mass of .spectators acclaimed Siki, then they heard the stentorphone declare that Siki was disqualified, and with one voice shouted disapproval, and also hooted Carpentier as he was being lifted from the ring. Then came the news of the judges’ reversed decision. Until he found himself, Siki often presented a pitiful appearance, standing with his hands covering his face as if waiting for the knock-out blow. His efforts at this stage to reach Carpentier were wild and feeble, and in the third round Siki went down for the count of seven, and immediately afterwards was floored by Carpentier for four. In the fifth round, Carpentier was so punished that he fell helpless to the ropes and Siki helped him to rise. Carpentier then turned fiercely, and hit the black in the face. The crowd hooted this unsportsmanlike incident. , . , . M. Descamps, peering pathetically at his chargo, appealed to Carpentier, who was however, dazed and deaf to all appeals. Siki showed no sign of distress. The victory carries with it the world’s lightheavyweight championship. Carpentier is generally blamed for taking tho fight too easily.—A. and N.Z. cable.