Arizona republican., 1916-12-06
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NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Tentative ar rangements for the appearance of Georges Carpenter. the French heavy weight champion, in a local boxing arena for the benefit of a French war relief fund. are expected to be com pleted within the next 4S hours. Tex Rickard who is endeavOring tO stage the bout plans to pit the famed pusil- istic idol against Jess Willard or Les Darcy of Australia, in a ten-rOund mo- decision bout at Madison Square Gar den late in February unless there is an eleventh hour upset of his plans.
 Both Carpenter and Willard have given their verbal consent to yhe pro- pOsals of the promoter. who has con- ducted his negotiations with the French champion through members of the American fund for French wounded. one of the many allied war relief or ganizauoEs in this country. It was necessary Co obtain the assistance of this assQciatiOn if Carpenter was to get a furlOugh from the French army. with which he has been fighting since the beginning of the war.
 It is understood by those most inter- ested in the proposed contest that the French army authorities have agreed to give Carpenter the desired leave of absence in view of the fact that the boxer has expressed complete willing ness to donate his share of the purse to the relief fund.
 Contracts between Carpenter. the officers of the American fund for French wounded, and Promoter Rick ard have been drawn up in triplicate and one of these is thought to have ar rived in Paris today for the signature of the French pugilist. The contract, which stipulated that Carpenter shall meet any white boxer selected by Rick ard, calls for the payment of S25. 900 to the American fund for French wounded; s20,0 900 to Carpenter in ad- dition to S1 900 for his travelling ex- penses, and a like amount for his share of the moving picture receipts. The fund is to receive approximately third of the moving picture pro- ceeds and a certain percentage of the gate receipts, should they exceed a given figure.
 Just as soon as Carpenters appear ance Is assured, Rickard will complete arrangements for signing a suitable opponent for the French champion. He recently made a trip to Chicago to in- terview Jess Willard, the worlds heavy weight champion. on a proposition to idIe NelptHlltT m q ten -TDunO bout. Willard expressed perfect willingness to box the French pugilist but is un- derstood to have asked what RiciSard thought was an extremely high figure for his services
 Willard declared he could get into condition for the contest if given six weeks in which 10 train, and he will be the opponent selected if the question Of his share of the purse can be adjust ed to the satisfaction of the promoter.
 In case Willard's terms are too high. Rickard will endeavor to sign up Les Darcy. the Australian middleweight. to meet Carpenter. Darcy is under stood to be on his way to this country by way of South America, and has notified friends that he expects to ar rive here about January Is.
 There is some mystery surrounding his reported departure from Australia. but Rickard has stated that if Darcy is not available there are several American heavyweights who would re quest an opportunity to meet Carpen- tier for share of the big purse that