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F raned Bout


PARIS. Dec. 4.-lRy a. P1-
Battling ski the Scneeaicse con-
+ queror Of Georges Carpenter de-
clared today in the presence of
Deputy Diasne and two witnesses
that his fight with Carpenter for
the light heavyweight worlds cham
pionship had been framed" but
that during the Eight he had determ-
ined 10 be the winner
Ski said that once he was I'm the
ring with crowd Of "a. 600 people
acclaim.ng him and conscious of his
Z own strength, he had a revulsion OF
4 feeling, despite reminders from his
corner, during his minutes rest af-
+ ter the third round. and decided 10
so in and win.
That the Siki-Carpentier battle.
which Sikh declares was designed Co
. be the most monumental frameup
in the history Of boxing. "the frame
up of the century became the
( greatest tragedy Of double crossing
and caused the downfall Of Europe's
idol, was due to the pride OF the
black fighter. he declared
Il could not lay down before 90
600 people acclaiming me" he said.
Never before had 1 been on my
knees to any man."
Had Agreed to Quit
Sikh declared that 10 days before
the fight he agreed TO quit I'm the
fourth round.
Il entered the ring in a dazed
condition continued Ski. and be-
gan TO do as / agreed, dropping 10
one knee in the first round after
two minutes of lighting. Bernstein
(the referee) brought me up sharp
~ saying Get UP, Ski, you're not
hurt
Il was in a trance throughout the
second round discussing within my
self whether 1 should lie down or
fight. Georges wasn't hurting me.
although he reached me with two
hard rights to the Jaw which caused
the ringside spectators to grunt
much harder than l.
AT the beginning Of the third round
had fully decided / would take
another count as agreed" Sikh went
on. but the round had progressed
two minutes before Georges hit me
hard enough TO give me a chance
to go down. A right swing then hit
me high on the cheek and I said
Here goes, I dropped 10 one knee,
fully resolved to stay there.
Then the howls of the multitude
reached my head, which seemed
TO clear. He's beaten; the negro is
finished were the jeers that as
sailed me.
Then during these seven seconds
was kneeling before Carpenter, l
made UP my mind to fight. I knew
I could win. You remember how
jumped up and swung my left,
which caught Georges on the point
of the jaw"
Gives Demonstration
sikh rose and gave a demonstra-
/ ton for the benefit Of Deputy
! Diagne who looked on with appar-
ent pride at his compatriot.
! you know the rest " continued
Sikh. chow Georges with a panied
look OF surprise on his face went
down for tho count Of four and
/ clinched.
From the fourth round on 7 did
mot hurt him too badly 7 felt him
J. to be very weak. his blows lacking
sting. T whispered 10 him several
times that he should quit. but in
stead he butted me twice and hit
/ me below the belt, which further
( enraged me and strengthened my
determination to win especially as
/ the crowd was favoring me and
cheering. while they hooted Georges
/ for his rough work"
Deputy Diagne. who recently took
iup the defense Of ski in the cham
I Der Of deputies and is suing the
! French Boxing Federation for the
/ rehabilitation Of his fellow country
man. interviewed al this stage
This is the story he told me,
which I believe" he said "This
morning his former manager called
/ me up on the telephone and thanked
me for my efforts on behalf Of Sikh.
but requested that T discontinue
them, saying that I'm Skis own in
terest the matter should be allowed
! 10 drop in order not 20 antagoniZc
I the French Boxing Federation
VIII. however. have this matter
Ithreshed out before the courts 10 the
finish.
"Siki" he continued. "was SEN
fenced without being given az op-
/ rortunity 70 be heard before the Ted
Grafton. which IS unprecedented in
/ the annals Of any Justice I'm che
world. am not concerned whether
or not this kills boxing in France.
II want Justice done. and / desire 10