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Show Carp Offers to End Controversy With Siki in Ring PARIS, Dec. 7. (By the Associated Press.) C.eornes Curpentler belleea thut the best plate to settle the controversy con-troversy over his recent bout with Battling Slki In In the ring. Writing to Lfl Journal the French o-r jas: ' Here is what I propose to Slkl. Notwithstanding his disqualification and the disqualification 1 might Incur. 1 offer to meet him ut any dote he likes. In public or private. Should he bo ready to put up a stake. I bind myself to pav to charity lhat stake or purse, if one is offered 1 am abao- lutoly certain 1 would finish Battling ! sikl this time In less than throe rounds" , , Battling Slkl told L'Auto that he ! was received Tuesday at the ralnls-1 ralnls-1 try' of tho colonies by an official who I recommended that he return CO Sene-n Sene-n Slkl did not say if he intended I to follow this ad'ice. declaring that he planned to abandon boxing for some other occupation. M Henrv Bernstein, referee of the Slki-Carpentler right, cold i.au'o today to-day that he heard Slkl say "Don't 1 hit at my stomach; you hurt me" M ij.-rnsteln. however, said he at-I at-I trlbuted no importance to these 1 words. Reports have been current that m Bernstein, at a meeting of ' the refereea attached to the boxing Uommlsslon. doclared he had heard Slkl sav something to Carpentler I which proved that the match had ! been framed M Gras Slkl's chief second in the I match, heard nothing that would throw light on the charges of a frameup, IAuto leArns. During th? flgbttn. Mr. Gras noticed, according accord-ing to U10 nowapaper, lhat Slkl fought like a novice in tho first round. He recovered somewhat In the second itnd was still better In the third, whloh seemed to indicate on understanding between the boxers. Interest in the controversy extends far beyond the sporting public and the affair is reeeivln moro attention tttwvn the Lsusanne conference. L'Aulo i says that Carpentler. Deacamps and Hellers have boen surprisingly inactive inac-tive contenting themselves with codling codl-ing Slkt a pre-vmrtoattor. Instead o' tiemaarUng that the boxing federation Join them In making an Investigation The Echo de Parts asks for the proofs of the Slkl allegations which Deputy Dlagne la supposed to pos-reo pos-reo It say that the delay in producing pro-ducing tbam is irrtdence that they do not exist. |