The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-06-23
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TOLEDO, O.. June 23.-A deadlock
exists at the present writing over the
selection Of referee for the Jess VIII
lard-Jack Dempsey night on july 4 Ana
until the third man" is named big bet
ting on the big contest Will be in status
quo Tex Richards dream that passing
the Job along to the National Boxing
Commission was the solution or the
problem now seems to have developed
INTO nightmare OF worry. II is all be-
cause the noble athletes 50 far have
been utterly unable 10 agree on the
same man.
4 list of approximately a dozen names
vas submitted TO Richard and his fight
ers by the commission which intimated
AZ the time its willingness TO Q. K the
acceptance of any man Of that group
Willard is said TO favor some of the
commissions nominees. Dempsey does
likewise. But up TO the present moment
both have failed to place the stamp Of
approval on any one Individual But
now II looks as If the battling over the
As4Ta man" question. so far yelled IN
secrecy. may break out into an open
clash that all the world may learn
ne why's and wherefors
Maj Anthony J. DrexeI Biddle. presi-
dent of the National Boxing commits
sion. planned last week to arrive here
today. He hoped that prior to his adj
vent the warriors would settle upon the
man for the source. But from the most
authoritative source-a member Of the
sion-comes this information
mo settlement whatsoever has been
reached up 70 now over the refereeing
matter. and the matters concerned show
no indication OF reaching an early
agreement Some are rather nasty
about it,
The original articles provided that
the fighters We're TO name the referee
about two weeks before the date Of the
contest. Failing 10 do so. the task was
70 be passed along TO Rickard-a job
that II is assumed Richard was not at
all keen about tackIng. Apparently the
warriors. in preliminary discussions OF
the question. convinced other folks most
concerned that they were not in any
agreeing mood and might squabble in
definitely over the matter
Then It was. undoubtedly. that Rick
ard conceived the thought of letting the
National Boxing commission do the
work On June 10. he wrote asking the
organization II it would accept the task
that time sent along to Richard and the
fighters q list of names embracing the
most famous fight referees in America
The fighters We're TO agree on one man
from that group.
It's more than week since that list
arrived. yet the fighters haven't come
TO any agreement W. A Gavin, a men,
Der OF the commission. came here a few
days ago and made efforts 10 adjust
things but in vain. II seems that just
as soon as willard approves a man the
Dempsey crowd vetoes him and Will
lard returns the compliment by doing
vice versa
Just whose names are on the commits
sion's list is a deep secret. But If those
Of Ed Smith of Chicago. Bill Brown OF
New York. Billy Recap of Philadelphia
Jim Griffin OF California and Walter c.
Kelly of Buffalo. are included. it's a
cinch they won't oficiate. Smith and
Recap have announced that they
wouldn't take the job. Kelly is objec-
tionable TO Willard and willard has
voiced disapproval of both Griffin and
Brown.