New-York tribune., 1920-05-09
Denies Charges
.OfFraud Made
By Clergyman
Yarns Preacher and Offers
'I to Pay $4,000 to Charity
+ Assertions Are Proved

.,.r anth,ny ]. Drexel Biddle,
A@ ,.nt Of the International Sporting
s ~ New York. yesterday issued a
0'.. ..,.e,t in reply to criticisms of
y. .lub attributed to Canon Chase,
~ - maior declares that the insinua-
'r "a the effect that the club is
~. mated BY British sportsmen is un-
w. Ne also contradicts other state
~. s.s said to have been made by Canon
Chase. T.,
lows:
r Canon Chase is responsible for
.,. statements in connection with the
!, tue I'M Navy and Civilian Board OF
D.x;ye aGy Control and the International
DSsrt;ng Club. which are reported IN
.!1s warnings papers, l do not hesitate
- "a, nroelaim him guilty of uttering de-
ssara.e n untruths. and for the sake of
IL. noble calling, l sincerely trust thf. t
Ne has been misrepresented. He states:
aTbat in the articles of incorpora-
81, ~ the Army, Navy and Civilian
pOsrd ,lO il is said that one Of the objects
- 9TH the organization is to adopt methods
.;,,sr TO those which are being en-
,i.ysd in Great Britain and which,
..;,b the assistance of the King and
s.her distinguished persons, have sue
..,dsd in raising the standard of box
Inc to high Level
Answer-lf Cannon Chase can find
bis statement in the articles of in
corporation l will give $4,000 to any
charity he may name.
@ "The real sponsors Of the Walker
Bill were English promoters interested
in the projected championship fight be-
tween Carpenter and Dempsey"
Answer-This is a mendacious false
hood. No sponsor of the Walker bill
is British promoter.
5. "The aim of such British pro-
motors to stage the Dempsey Carpen-
tier battle in New York was that the
moving pictures may be exhibited be-
fore the people of the largest state
Answer-The prohibition of boxing
films is a Federal statute, and the
enactment of a hundred Walker bills
can in no way remove the disability.
4. zone of the coterie of Britishers
in control is William A. Gavin, an
Englishman, who married the daughter
Of British earl"
Answer do not see what crime
there is in marrying the daughter of
an earl. But Mr.. Gavin is certainly
rot an Englishman. He is an Irishman,
born in Ireland Of Irish parents. He
has been several years in this country
and will soon be an American citizen.
5. "Mf. Gavin's name does not ap-
pear on any committee"
Answer-This is intended to give the
impression that an English promoter is
hiding in the background. and, further.
it is a deliberate falsehood, as the doc
ument which Canon Chase has in his
possession and from which ne quotes
shows Mr.. Gavins name on three i'm
portant committees.
If Canon Chase implies that Mr.. Ga
win is one Of the English promoters |
can, as president, authoritatively in
form him that Mr.. Gavin's interest in
the club is exactly the same as each OF
the l,4OO other founder members. But
neither he nor any one else will re.
celve one cent of the profits of the
club in any other proportion.
G. THE International Sporting Club
vas Incorporated with only five mem
bers"
Answer.-Canon Chase may not know
mat the personnel of a corporation in
the first instance is frequently q mere
matter of form, but he does now, it
ngaVing been pointed out to him, that
these lncorporators have only one share
each, and the club is a membership
club. in which all members enjoy
equal ownership, and that no single
one connected with it owns more than
one 5000 bond, and that the club is
constituted in precisely the same wav
as are hundred other golf and social
CUBS that are the property of their
members. ''0 =
-, in conclusion 7 would warn Canon
Ghase se that in in~l'-ing fraud and
c9uoie dealing to a dy of gentlemen
VINO s nave been actuatcd by purely dis
interested motives h. is, apart from
a.snohorlng his cloth, running a
grave, personal risk. Sincerely yours.
ANTHONY J. DREXEL BIDDLE,
resident Army, Navy and Civilian
@ noaro OF Boxing Control and Inter
national Sporting Club.