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Show SKI IS CALLED 'CHAMPION LIAR' PARIS. Dec. 5. (By the Associated Associ-ated Press) The declaration that Battling Slki is "a much better liar I than he ever was a fighter." and that no one "cun take aWay his title as champion heavyweight liar of the world," was tin- only comment which M. Hellers manager of tho Senegalese, Senega-lese, made to newspaper correspondents correspond-ents this morning when confronted with Slki's 'confession" concerning the Carpentier bout as published ln ' some of the morning papers M. Hellers added that he would defend himself to the limit and de- fled M. Dlagne, the Senegalese dep- i uty, to produce any proof of tho al- j leged frameup beyond the unsupport-ed unsupport-ed statement of Slki. Nelthelr Descumps nor Carpentier ' would make any comment concern- j Ing the charges that the bout was framed. Descamps said: "My name is not mentioned In this affair but I may give a statement I to the press later." M. Hellers has been ill, but lie at- , tended i meeting of the French boxing box-ing federation Monday night. The publication of Slki's charges has created a sensation in France. . nn |