New-York tribune., 1921-03-29
Nevada Silver
Camp Offers
Big Guaranty
Broken Hills Gets Into the
Limelight; Rickard Ready
to Name Battle Ground
By w. I. Macbeth

Opportunity, they say, knocks once
at every mans. door. Tex Rickard is a
lucky guy. A half dozen Opportunities
are trying to kick their way through
all of Tex's doors and windows. He
has to wear various DISCUSSES to foil
the petty annoyances of the Opportu-
nifty family. And all or account of the
Dempsey Carpenter fight.
AS the time draws near when the
Madison Square Gardet promoter must
announce the battle-ground of the inter
national heavyweight battle every city
in need Of advertising weighs in with
bid for the attraction. And some
how-it is absolutely on the up and up,
according to old sobersides Ike Dorgan
each succeeding offer puts the pre-
vlous one into eclipse,
We all are familiar with the S7O0. .0D0
oher of Montreal sports; we have been
informed of the 100000 offer. spot
cash, from new English syndicate !:
al emissary from Cumberland, Md,
came hIther issuing plaintive bleats
tnat his town is prepared TO 60 the
limit and outbid all rivals up to q
million. But it remained for the wild
and ,woolly to kick in yesterday with
the biggest cash offer that has been
proposed to date.
Boost New Silver Camp
This latest offer came from Falron
New, on behalf of a syndicate which
Is prepared to guarantee Rickard $780,
700, spot cash, for the attraction. Here
Is the telegram verbatim:
Tex Richard. Madison Square Gar
den. New York:
Syndicate here will guarantee
SooV,ooo cash for Dempsey -Carpen-
tier match, Broken Hills, Nevada.
New Silver Camp, July q.
(Signed) "Dr. w. E. HARRISON"
While Rickard was satisfying his
curiosity through financial channels as
to the reliability of the good doctor in
1,uesuon g, ne was called to the phone by
Wal5er o. Percival, an American play
wright, who made a date with Tex for
this morning at 1920 o'clock. Perciyal
claims he has power of attorney from
syndicate of English sportsmen to
oHer Rlckard half million dollars for
ehe Dempsey Carpenter mill.
- Associated with the syndicate il
George M. Mcdonald, of London. who
some weeks ago cabled Rickard an
oHer OF 100000. Mcdonald, Percival
says, was formerly associated with
Iharies b: Cochran. Cochran, it will
De remembered, was originally asso-
IIAIed as copartner with Rickard and
William A. Brady, of this city, in this
patslcuiar promotion. The trio guaran-
teed half million-dollar purse@S3O0.
wv TO Dempsey and 100000 to Car
pentier.
Bout at EPSON Downs?
;. fercivai says the English syndicate
II successful in its quest. proposes ia
stage the ring battle either at the
olympia of London or in an open-air
arena to be erected at EPSON Downs,
the scene of the HISTORIC Derby. All
arrangements, he claims, have been
mate to guarantee through Lloyds
against isss by accident or bad weather
lhe proposition Of the Cumberland
people has developed nothing new in
the last several days. The Mayor of
mat clty and the secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce were to have
come on here yesterday for a confer
ence with Rickard. But on advice of
the latter it was decided to have ali
negotiations carried on through George
W. Snyder, the original emissary.
Rickard has promised the Cumberland
syndicate definite answer within a
day or two.
In spite of the various offers from
hither and yon, it is firmly believed
by those close to the local situation
that Rickard already has made up his
mind to proceed single handed in the
venture on the new percentage arrange
ments with the principals and that Jer-
sey City or Newark will be the favored
city