The Washington times., 1921-04-07
RICHARD SURE
Of CARPENTER
Tex Not PerMrbed Over Rumors
That Georges Asked
Bank for Forfeit.

Tex Rickard thoroughly used to
rumble Of this and that rumor, is
not in the least concerned over the
stories that have been coming from
England in the last few days that
Georges Carpenter had had a
change of heart with regard to meet
ing Jack Dempsey and had applied
to his Paris bankers for the return
OF his forfeit money.
Carpenter is all right" said Tex
yesterday. Hes going to fight
Dempsey. III bet my life on that.
! don't believe word of this yarn
that he's trying to run out on Demp-
sey, and furthermore I'm quite GER
tain that he has not agreed to box
Moran. He wouldn't be silly
enough to do a thing like that. The
most they'd give him for fighting
Moran would be $50, 900, and he's not
going to risk losing perhaps five
times that much by running into one
of Moran's wild swings.
You know" said Richard Moran
Is apt to knock out ANY man. Ny
contract with the boxers prohibits
their engaging in any bout within
sixty days of the championship affair.
MUST BE SOME FRICTION
II must admit that there must be
some talk OF friction In London, for
only yesterday George Macdonald,
who has been trying to bring the big
bout to London, cabled me and said
that IL 1T were true that Carpenter
was withdrawing, bout between
Dempsey and Beckett would draw a
tremendous house in London.
But there Is no friction. This is
just one of those yarns that always
follows a big ring affair between
champions. Many fellows start this
and that story for publicity's sake
and don't seem to care what they do
to injure big proposition like this.
To my best knowledge Carpenter is
in Algiers. I had a cablegram from
him a couple of days ago and he was
with me then" said Tex with a grin.
"He told me that he was planning
to sail for this country on the first
of May. II he was getting ready to
sail on the first of May he couldn't
very we'll have signed to meet Moran
the night before the Derby is run
which I believe, is June 1. Oh, he
won't hook up with Moran. You can
gamble on that.
WOULD BE RUNNING OUT.
why, IL he were to ask for his for
feits and call everything of he would
be running out cold. That isn't Car
pentier, and I'll bet on that, too. His
friend and advisor. Captain Mallot
has had no word OF dissatisfaction
from Carpenter and right now there
Is a letter on its way to France tell
ing Carpenter just where the bout
is to take place.
I'VE have been communicating with
him by code cable but we took no
chances OF a leak and wrote him in
stead. At the time the letter was
mailed this cablegram went off at the
same time-'Everything o. X. Letter
follows Captain Mallot attended to
all that with me. Call his fight off
with Jack Dempsey Well 1 should
say not. Not in million years"
And right here Tex hit the parlor
table in his Madison avenue home so
hard that the reading lamp did an
old-fashioned mazurka and almost
kellermann for the floor
TEX SURE OF GROUND.
Rickard is very sure of his ground
concerning Carpenters forfeit>money.
Georges knows that he would be
powerless to get that money back now
unless he lived up to his contract"
said Tex. "Of course, we're only as
Stunning that he wanted to draw out.
That money Is subject to Bob Ed
Rren's orders right now, and Edgren
would not allow either Dempsey or
Carpenter to break faith with me at