Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-25
100000 DRAGS
WILLARD OUT Of
HIS HIBE RNAT ION
Tex Richard Gets Champions
Signature to Agreement to
Meet Contender Whom He.
VIII Select,

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Chicago. Ian. 24--A purse of 500
eco drew Jess willard he heavy
weight champion, out of retirement to-
night.
re, Rickard, promoter of the Joe
Cans Battling Nelson fight, and the
heavyweight champions battle be
tween Jeffries and Johnson, obtained
Wizards signature to set of articles
10 fight any opponent selected for
him He agreed to loY any number
of rounds up TO forty. The match will
he decided next July, probably on the
Fourth. willard will receive $lOO,-
600 win. lose or draw.
The champion came to terms WIN
Rickard tonight after two days of ar
gu,ng.
Eickard says that either GEORGES
Carpenter, the French heavyweight,
or Jack Dempsey, who has been clam
oring for a match with the champion,
would be Wizards opponent. Richard
reserved the right to wait until Mnrch
25 before making the selection the
place for holding the battle will be
named sixty days before the contest
The fight will be Wizards first
since he met Frank Moran of Pitts
hurgh. in New York, in March, 1916,
Richard was promoter of that match.
J-nde rthe terms of the agreement,
the champion agreed TO deposit SlO,~
600 with a Chicago bank at once, this
sum TO be forfeited to Richard If VIII
lard fails to carry out his promises,
Rickard agreed to deposit $4,000 in
Chicago tomorrow. $4,000 sixty
days before the date of the contest,
and s7j 900 forty-eight hours before
the day of the battle.
Provided Richard fails to make the
second deposit of $1,000. he agreed
to forfeit the first $4,000 to willard,
and if he fails to post the $4,000,
Willard will receive $4,000.
The Kansas COWBOY agreed to
make no other engagement and to be
at the place designated for the battle
sixty days in advance to finish his
training. 1t was decided that Richard
should name the referee.
~ haven't any idea where the con-
test will he decided" said Richard
THE laws of the state in which the
battle viii he decided will, of course,
govern the situation | will consider
location in making my selection. |
hope to stage the contest in a state
allowing bouts of twenty to thirty
rounds.
Wherever the battle is fought, il
will not be in a baseball park. plan
TO build an especially constructed
arena with a seating capacity of about
$4,000 persons. This viii cost close
10 $4,000. The prices of admission
probably will be from $40 to $50, al
though these details have not been
worked out"
Frank c. Flournoy of Memphis
Tenn, Richards business partner, will
he associated with Richard in pro-
noting the battle.
Willard, looking brown and strong
left his oil business in Texas to come
to Chicago at Richards request. The
champion said he weighed close to
275 pounds but that he probably
would enter the ring weighing about
245 pounds.
II presume some people will think
that ! demanded the earth to box"
Willard said "Rickard met my terms
and | accept. ! want to say that ]
didn't get cent for fighting Johnson
in Havana. In fact, | had to borrow
money to get bacK. The man who
meets me, if he wins. viii have the
same opportunity that l did to make
money, | am making money in the oil
business and did not cake whether
ever fought again.
Il don't care who is selected to
meet me, The purse is the thing.
am net boxing for fun. It's bpsiness
with me-
Willard and Rickard will leave for
Texas tomorrow night.
The 100000 purse is the biggest
ever offered pugilist Jack Johnson
got $4,000 for defeating Jeffries