The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
C0THAMS HOPE
 FOR BOUT DEAD
Impossible to Stage Heavy weight Contest There Even Sport Is Made Legal.

New York, April 1.-The Gibbs boxing bill will probably be acted on in the Assembly tomorrow and even though the action Is favorable and the thing goes to Governor Smith for his signature, the provision in it which says it will not be effective un- til July 1 must necessarily put New York State out of the running for the Willard and Dempsey fight.
 Promoter Tex Rfclard has declared that the bout will be held on July 4 and the fighters will probably insist upon that date. Therefore the prox- inlity of July 1 to July I is too close for any fair-minded promoter ffgur- ing on holding the bout. Before July 1 a boxing commission would not be in power and he securing of q, T- cense to hold a bout would be almost out of order, so much so as to leave no time for the necessary promotion of such an enterprise as Rickard has on hand
 It might be that Rickard will go ahead and construct an arena hor just as though everything was in -
 der for it and depend on getting the license even t',n day before the match is scheduled for decision That would be presuming to the highest
 degree. we believe Many an obstacle
 might arise to thwart Promoter Rickard in his scheme, and then he would he in a fine jam Tn fact. va
 do not believe he would take such q
 chance, great as he Is in his ganbIes.
 It's Just possible that the man who
 will be named commissioner might
 have a few scrupIes against the per
 son Willard and declare against him
 fighting in this state. That's inst T
 possibility. and. besides, there will he
 those. who will argue that the fight
 between him and Dempsey. is not 20.
 ing 10 he such an event as to further
 or uplift the boxing game. It wouldn't
 be such fine opener. Tt n1ight pos sib1y smack of the brutal. such as +b, opening entertainment Of the F'raw- ley law did. when Jim Flynn bea+ the giant Carl Morris to a pulp. But Rickard need not care. There i; many place in these United States where he can hold the bout. and If l will draw no n1atter what tho feeling of the public ara inst Willard or any, body else.
 There's PocateIIo. Idaho. for in-
 stance. which has a twenty-ro11nd law and which seems in earnest to conduct the big show The press agent is already on the job. and to- day we have an arnfuI of literature from him telling us all about their plans to get that fight. Among the stuff is the copy of the $50. 900 check the business men of the town have deposited as. part of the S16O.O00 they guarantee. We are informed that the Pocatello folk will 90 even Higher, if Pecessary. for the press agents say the men behind are all rich. he also tells us that PocatellC 1 has a population of 20,0Oo. and that | the town is we'll situated at the pi- votal hub of railway system operat- l ing trains in four directions.
 i So 1t would seem that Promoter 1 Rickard cannot be downcast, but he 1 can't be blamed for not trying tc | house 1t in old New York.
 Charley White of Chicago is going to try a comeback at the Armory A. Az in Boston on next Tuesday night.
 His first opponent will be Eddie F'itz- simmons of New York. White made 1 quite a reputation l.sore that club i several years ago.
 1 Lowell, Mass, will soon nave two | clubs within it's boundaries. At pres 1 ent F. M. Moore is operating the l Crescent A. C. there, but reliable fn- formation received here today has ii | that another club is soon to open its doors there. Bob Paridice will prob tabIy head thA nAEr A1rzh