New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Must
Slice Demand
Off 50 Percent
French Promoter Balk.ks
Giving Half of ''Catea.
'Kearns Wants s25O.OO0

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 20.-rhat L..
Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey s;,'
have to reduce his demands for "a -.
cent of the receipts for bout 49,.
Georges Carpenter in Paris nert ~
was the statement made TO-DAY h.
F. Steinel, local representative NJ X D.
dore Vienne and his associates ''''
Steinel said that it is entirelv
of the question for a promote, wy
France to pay any such percentaee An III
he figures that a gate" Of sl'0oo a asa
would have to be taken in before tbs..
would be any profit.
There are several taxes To be ,.;,
by French promoter. First thsrpe pN,a -
the war tax on amusements, wb;cs
amounts to 10 per cent. Then CONF
the 10 per cent poor tax, which roes ~
fund for indigents, and, thirdly !.
| is the custom in France TO give ID ~.
cent Of the entire receipts to the new, w.
papers in lieu Of advertising. Of cons.
in big contest like the Carpent;ss
Dempsey match, the newspaper nsr
centage would undoubtedly be cnt d..
! to per cent, he said
Thus the promoter would have :;
per cent to work with. Out of tb;'
Dempsey would demand wo-tbirds -:
the money, leaving 20 per cent 10 nav
Carpenter and all the promotion ea' sr
penses," said Steinel
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 2o-,rsc.
Kearns, manager for Jack Demnsv
| denied to-day he had ever msd.
specific demands Of any kind concern.
ing the champions percentage of III.
gate receipts if Dempsey meet,
Georges Carpenter, European titls
holder. '''''
"The only demand I have made con.
cerning fight with Carpenter is ths.
Dempsey's end be at least $3.50 600"
said kearns. 81 have had so many
offers of that amount and above tba,
1t would be foolish to consider any
thing below these figures
The statement said to have been
made by B. F. Steinel, Theodore VI.
demanded 80 per cent of the receipts
of bout with Carpenter isn't Of
especial value. In the first place, Vi
enne's offer of 100000 isn't being con.
sidered; in the second place, haven't
made any such demands. Dempsey,
however, Will receive as much money
from this bout as the promoters, o..
there won't be any fight. That's sure
Sixteen Offers for Fight
Kearns tonight announced he had
obtained sixteen offers for a match be.
tween Dempsey and Georges Csrpen.
tier, of France. They were:
D. ]. Tortorich, New Orleans, $780,.
900 for Dempsey's end
Colonel Miller, of Oklahoma, $780,.
600 purse.
Otto Floto, Kansas City, 100000
purse.
Vienne, Paris, $3.50 900 to Dempsey
for match in France.
Jack Curley. S15O,O00 purse
Decoin, S250,000 to Dempsey for
match in Paris.
Prince Murat and Duke de Cases
offer to outbid any promoter for
match in Europe
Portland, Ore. 100000 purse.
Booker and Mitchell, s25o.0OO to
Dempsey for fight either in England
or France.
Billy Gibson. s25o,ooo to Dempsey
for fight in America
Fritz Mente, Bridgeport, Conn,
100000 to Dempsey.
James W. Coffroth, s400 600 purse
Tor forty five round bout at Tia Ju-
ana, Mexico.
Morris Penter, Pueblo, s25O,ooo to
Dempsey for fight at Pueblo.
William r. Parson, New York City.
100000 and one-third of profits to
Dempsey for fight in London.
Ben Stein, Milwaukee, 100000
francs to Dempsey for fight in Paris.
Charles Cochran, s35ooo0 purse
for fight in ENGLAND