The New York herald., 1921-03-30
Belief That the Promoter VIII
Pitch Ring on Jersey
Soil.
ny CHARLES +. MArHisoN.

The guessing contest as to the spot in
which Jack Dempsey and Georges Car
pentie- will box Jnl- 2 win come to a
close tomorrow and the prize for the
first correct solution will be presented
to ere wilmer .Sos SNsisaia yesterday
announced that he would tomorrow
name the ground on which the ring will
be pitched for the great international
battle, and a life size gold mounted
horse shoe of the design worn in Demp-
seys left glove at Toledo will be award
ed to the man lucky enough to guess
correctly. Those who select places near
est to the spot to be named by Rickard
will each receive al artistically en-
graved copy of the confession OF Fred
Fulton. made shortly after the battle OF
Harrison Field. In which Ferocious
Frederick sprawled on the canvas eigh-
teen seconds after shaking hands with
Dempsey for the first round.
Reference to the numerous places
which have bid large sums for the con-
test may prove Of interest
Montreal offered mortgage on the
Dominion mint, and as soon as the Sc
curity company of that city that made
the bid got 100000 free advertising in
terest in the bout waned.
Atlantic City, N. j., was an eager bid
der. but il was thought the noise of the
surf might drown the voice of the ref
cree while counting over one or the
other of the contestants
Cumberland, Nd, insisted on having
the contest, but failed to furnish sta
tistics as to the available stock of pro-
hibited liquids.
Broken Hills, Nev.. assured RlcSard
that the miners would "go broke" to see
the bout This bid established the fact
that Broken Hills is on the map.
Racine. Wis, came across yesterday
with a proposal, but Racine is too far
from Broadway.
Newark has been mentioned, but that
town Is too close to Harrison, where
Dempsey defeated Fulton, and Carpen-
tier is said TO object.
The F'renchman is reported to prefer
Jersey City, in the limits Of which Car
pentier scored his notable victory over
Levinsky The Frenchman thinks he
can repeat in the case of Dempsey Pos
sibly Dempsey may not be so obliging as
Levinsky
In the matter of short distance from
New York, Jersey City has the sdvan-
tage, and in the view of the writer 1t
would be a common sense selection.
John =. Cassidy writes az follows:
Eddie Gorrnan was formerly under the
management Of Willie Sanders, and as
Sanders has been suspended for three
months Eddie has asked me to handle
his affairs"
Sanders was guilty of the heinous Of
fence of permitting boxer managed
by him to box twice in one night, and
the indignant Boxing Commission gave
Willie a. dose OF discipline he will not
soon forget.
Johnny Wilson, who sent Mike
O'Dowd to the hospital for repairs, has
not yet been attended to by the commits
sion. However. IL the members have a
little time TO think 1t over they may
take action in the matter.
Pete Herman. former bantam cham
picn, will be seen in action tonight at
the Pioneer 5. c., where he is to box a
youngster named Willie Spencer. The
latter is regarded as a clever boxer, and
his friends think he will give Herman a
tussie IT liz quite likely Spencer's
friends will be disappointed, yet the
bout should be an interesting one. Her
man is bent on getting a return bout
with Lynch and he will sweep all OBJ
stacles out of his path. After finishing
, WIFI openISE. i1GIHstH Will JOdIhSS w
F'reeport next Monday night and battle
Johnny Solsberg at the Freeport Audi
torium Herman never was so active
before in his career as a pugllist.
In addition TO the Buff-Goldstein bout
at the Manhattan Casino tomorrow
night Jimmy Johnston VIII Introduce
Mike McCabe in a ten round contest
with Jimmy Powers
From Kansas City comes The informa-
ton that Jack Johnson has refused to
sign a contract with AL Lippe as man
ager. LipDe is the chap under sentence
by the Massachusetts Boxing Conmis-
sion for handling two boxers in a bout
at Worcester. Johnson, who is still in
prison. is planning 10 reenter the ring
July l5 and expresses 2 desire TO box
Willard on that date. johnson evidently
expects 60 obtain his release from prison
shortly.