New-York tribune., 1920-10-27
Heavyweights' Managers
Agree to 10 to Is Round
Fight Between Feb. Is
and July 4, Likely Here
kearns's Objection
To Delay Signing
Contest Will Be Staged by
w. A. Brady, Rickard
and Cochran, of England
By w. O. Mcclellan

All records for big purses in the
prize ring were broken yesterday.
when Jack Dempsey, heavyweight
champion of the world, and Georges
Carpenter, through their managers.
tentatively agreed to box from ten to
fifteen rounds to a decision for $780,
GOO. Dempsey is to receive $500, 900
and Carpenter $20o,o0o. The largest
purse heretofore was s127,5oo, paid by
Tex" Richard for the Dempsey-Wil
lard fight at Toledo.
Contracts for the bout were to be
signed publicly to-day, but last night
Jack Kearns, manager for Dempsey
announced that, after consulting a
lawyer, he objected to some terms of
the agreement. He declared that he
would not appear for the signing
which was to take place at the Clar.
ldge Hotel to-day, with the flashlights
motion picture cameras and all the
frills that go with the signing of arti-
cles for a championship bout.
inns may mean a delay of few
Gays before the match is finally closed
but it is hardly probable that the OBJ
Jections of kearns will be maintained
for any length of time The share Of
fered Dempsey is three times the sum
paid Willard for the bout at Toledo.
Three to Promote Contest
The articles were gone over yester-
day in the Offices of William A. Brady
theatrical magnate, who, with Charles
Cochran, English promoter, will be as
sociated with Rckard in promoting the
bout BY terms of the contract the
bout may be held anywhere IN the
United States, Canada or Mexico, but
the plan is to hold it in Madison Square
Garden or an arena to be erected ir
Greater New York.
he date for the meeting has not
been set. 1t may be any time between
February Is and July of next year
All that is required is that the princi
pals be given sixty days notice. The
promoters have agreed to post a for
felt Of 100000 by November Is, ane
the. lighters have agreed to post $4,000
each.
Involves More Than Million
Details for the "million dollar prize
tight were settled quietly in the office.
OF Brady. There were present besides
Mr. Brady, Tex Rickard, Charles Coch
ran, Jack kearns, manager for Demp
sey, and FRANCOIS Deschamps, manager
for Carpentier and about half a dozer
contract lawyers. 1t was decided
more like the preliminary to a fnancia
coup than the preliminary to prize
ring battle, and when one consider.
that no tinbt -;
Will involve a sum more than a million
it had decidedly the aspects of finan
ciai transaction.
The three men who are backing the
tight have made fortunes at the game
K.ckard in four ventures in pugilistis
finance paid out $359,350 and took il
as total gate receipts S934,5l6. Will
WEat he has taken in on lesser fight!
since he has been managing Madiso,
Square Garden he has aggregated wei
beyond million.
Brady Once Corbctt's Manager
Brady first became associated with
pngilism when he headed a syndicat,
TO stage the Corbett-Sullivan bout il
New Orleans in 1892. This syndicate
raised a purse Of S25 900 to bring abou
the first championship fight under The
HuIo Vi N1uCcliSUcilN rules Al Una
time the purse was considered a star
tling sum for a prize fight After Cor
bett became the heavyweight champion
Brady acted as Corbett's manager.
Cochran, the English promoter
staged the Carpentier- Beckett bout il
London. Carpenter was under con
tract to box for him, the contract hold
ing for the entire year. But as Demp
seA positively refused to box Carpen
tier abroad. Cochran finally agreed tt
pool his interests with Brady and Rick
ard.
1t is said that the bout has beer
underwritten by big syndicate anc
tAat the promoters are promoters onl,
ostensibly. Besides their share of tn,
purse, the fighters are to get 20 pc
cent each of the moving picture rights
while the promoters will retain so pc
cent While an interstate law pro
hibits showing these pictures outside
OF the state where the bout is held, i
is estimated that they Will bring
big revenue in Europe.
Rngsidc Seats May Cost $500
1t is highly probable that rngsid'
seats for this bout will cost some
thing like 5000, especially if the tgh
should be held in Madison Square Gar
den The promoters, unlike others VIII,
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