New-York tribune., 1919-02-04
Richards Still /;
Hunt May End
In New York
New Boxing Law Would
Bring Willard Dempsey
Mill to the Big Town
By w. O. Mcclellan

OF boxing promoters, who is goinc. To
stage Jess Willard in a fight for the
heavyweight championship of che world
next Fourth of July, arrived in town
late last night and headed straight Cor
the Biltmorc, where he cleared decks
tor action and waited for the onslaught
OF the sporting writer's, who subjected
him to a heavy barrage of questions
about the big scrap
AT the start of proceedings Tex made
1T plain that he has not vet selected
Wizards opponent, nor does he expect
to for day or two. 1t was easily to
be gathered, however, that he has
about decided on Jack Dempsey. Rick
ard said he had been in conference
with Willard and that the champion
hrst insisted upon percentage ar
rangement by which he would receive
90 per cen: of the gross after deduct
ing all the other expenses. Eventually,
however, Jess agreed to accept the
Rickard guarantee of 100000. Jess
will be his own manager.
NiShafu Sdfu ne would meet Jack
kearns. Dempsey's manager, to-day and
offer him $4,000 for his end. This will
make total of $l25,0O0 in prize money.
the biggest purse ever fought for in
the ring. 80
Tex Rickard did not return from his
still hunt for field for the Dempsey
Willard battle late last night. The
chances are that the still hunt will be
for nothing anyhow, as the prospects
for new boxing law for New York
State loom brighter every minute, and
with fifteen or even ten round boxes
legalized in New York State the bout
Will be right here or hereabouts, where
it will draw the biggest money III
The confessions Of the Ferocious and
tormldable Frederick Fulton seem to
come at an inopportune time A lot of
persons are right about this time try
ing to impress Governor Al Smith with
the idea that boxing is q most elevat-
ing sport, enjoyed alike by the clergy
and lalty. ~he confessions Of Fulton
are knocking great bid right in the
loot.
The worst of it is that the confess
sions of Frederick ring true. Even If
they did not, the earnest reader eats
confessions alive. What would current
literature do without "The Confess ions
of a Telephone Girl" or 1.-The Confess
slons of Lady Journalist" etc? San
Francisco seems TO be the favorite CON
Tossing place for prizefghters 1t was
there that Philadelphia Jack OBrien,
with tremor in his voice, whispered
the tale of how Tommy Burns tapped
him rudely and Unexpectedly upon the
chin after Burns had agreed that their
ho !, l..
Most Distressing Incident
Judging from Fulton's career there
was some agreement between Mike
Collins, manager of the ferocious and
formi dable one, and Jack Kearns man
ager for Jack Dempsey. Perhaps this
was the only way that Fulton could
be led into the ring with Dempsey.
OF course it was very distressing.
when Fulton, who expected to go
through some shadow boxing, was
tapped in the middle and then upon
the chin.
Frederick should have taken warn
ing from the fate of Battling Levin
sky. The Battler was led into the
ring with Dempsey by another one Of
those "gentlemen's agreements 1t
was to have been boxing match un-
der the law. There were to have been
~ oNAAOuS piVNo cANldl4ESu tD4I
when Dempsey had Levinsky in the
ring he centred his attention noon
Ioyinsky's chin, with the result that
LcyiDsky found himself dusting the
resin off his trunks for the first time
iii his profitable session in the pu-
gillstic game. c7
Danny Morgan, who managed Levin
sky at the time, was greatly dis
trcssed and highly indignant over the
H. 70 b,r,za{f
he offered to do battle with Jack
Koarns in private, and for no purse
or side bet
Just what the confessions will get
the Fcrocious and Formidable Freder-
lex Fulton is hard to say. Philadel-
phia Jack O'Brien was tossed into' the
scrapheap after he unbosomed him
self, and his confessions were far
more extensive and interesting than
those of Fulton. All that Fulton has
to reveal is the fact that he WAS un-
eXpectedly and rudely tapped upon the
chin
O'Brien told not only about his fake
fights with Tommy Burns, but of -the
interesting fake perpetrated with Al
Kaufman, of San Francisco. This
Kaufman was a most difficult person
70 use in fake fight. He wore a FIVE
and a quarter fat, knew nothag
about boxing, was more sluggish tasHg
Jim Coffey. but ne had the kick ora
mule in his right arm. @G3
When the fake was arranged pTE-
adelphia Jack O'Brien had no dGdabt
as to Kaufman's sincerity in the ljist.
t.r or stalhng. But he knew tat
kaufman had a marvellous wallop, .sa6d
he diu not want to run into that
right hand unexpectedly. SO reheavs-
ais were arranged For nearlySx.a
week, night after night. Kaufman wnd
O'Brien rehearsed their fake in Hxfn
with no spectators but their seconds
and .wo complacent and disinterested
COWS. The exhibition was pulledasas
per schedule.
1t is evident that this Dempsey per-
son is taking leaf from the Book
of the late Joe Cans. For long
time the greatest of the boxers per-
n.itted himself to, be used in fake
;ttes fake. Able to beat any man
within fifteen pounds of his weight,
"tte old master" of the ring went
into many shady transaction. He
had heen told that this WAS the onsSy
way that he could make money. He
kept all of his agreements TO 'slay
down"
Then suddenly Cans went under
new management. Benny Selig, the
butcher impresario of San Francisco,
figured that the colored boxer might
make even moro money by playing the