Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-25
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 Promise of $1OO,- 900.
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 OR CARPENTER
,u Co Any Number of Rounds to
 Forty.

Chicago, Jan. 24:-A purse of $loo,- < % drew Jesse Willard, the heavy s;oht champion, out of retirement |Tex I'sn' Rickard, promoter of the Joe nsBattling Nelson fight, and the pvvweieht championship battle be- pen Jeffries and Johnson, obtained sard's signature to set of articles Hfipht any opponent selected for He agreed to box any number |rounds up to 40. The match will be fided next July, probably on the I,rth Willard will receive $1O0,000 \, lose or draw.
 The champ came to terms with Ekard tonight after two days of arg R;ckard said that either Georges rnentier, the French heavyweight, jack Dempsey, who has been clam hg for match with the champ, will WNillard's opponent. Rickard re- ved the right, however to wait un March 18th before making the ection. The place for holding the Ale will be named sixty days in ad- Ice.
 Fhe contest will be the first that Hard has fought since he met Ink Moran, of Pittsburg, in New fk, in March, 1916. Rickard was promoter of that match.
 Puts Up $10,OOO.
 Under the terms of the agreement, champ agreed to deposit $10,00O a Chicago bank at once, this sum be forfeited to Rickard if Willard to carry out his promises. Rick agreed to deposit $10,O00 in Chi D tomorrow, $15,000 sixty days be- the date of the contest, and $75,- forty eight hours before the day the battle.
 rovided Rickard fails to make the bnd deposit of $15,O00, he agreed Orfeit the first $1O,000 to Willard, if he fails to post the $75,000, lard will receive $25,0OO.
 he Kansas cowboy" agreed not to ke any other engagements nor to ear in any exhibition contests and agreed to be at the place desig- for the battle sixty days in ad- Pe to finish his training.
 Rickard Names Referee.
 was decided that Rickard should e the referee and that his select shoulr be conclusive.
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 will be decided," said Rickard. e laws of the state in which the He will be decided, will, of course, ern the situation. I also will con-
 location in making my selection. pc to stage the contest in state wing bouts of 20 or 30 rounds. Whenever the battle is fought, it not be in baseball park. I plan ulld special arena with a seat capacity of about 5O,O0O. This will close to $35,000. The prices of lsslon probably will be from $1O pO, although these details have to Vorked out"
 Tank c. Flournoy, of Memphis, F. Richards partner in the cat ana packing business in South !rlca, will be associated with Rick Tn promoting the bout.
 q, Weights 275 Now.
 Hard, looking brown and strong, ms oil business in Texas to come hlc:ago at Richards request. The hplon said that he weighed close 70, but that he probably would en- the ring weighing about 245
 presume some people will think
 l demanded the earth to box" ardo said, "Rickard met my terms accepted. l want to say that I ilot get cent for fighting John III havana. In fact, I had to bor- money to get back. The man who me If he wins will have the
 opportunity that I did to make Ey' l am making money in the uslness and did not care whether er fought again.
 1Uh rl care who is selected to meet
 me purse is the thing. I am not ;s ;9i TOT fun. It's business with me-" illard and Rickard will leave for tomorrow night.
 ~ Sioo,OOO purse is the biggest ,,. oIIered Ter a pugilist. Jack John eo' S66,OOO for defeating Jeffries.