New-York tribune., 1921-05-10
Promoter Of Title Bout
Says Professional Men
Lead Ticket Demand
Rv c. F. Fitzgerald

Il the zoxing game is to be judged by
the company it keeps, the prize ring
has no apologies to make to any other
branch of sport. So says Tex Rickard,
promoter Of the Jack Dempsey-G Georges
Carpenter bout, who dug himself out
of an avalance of mail yesterday after
noon and breathed easy fer a few
minutes while he expostulated:
''The names of persons who have ap-
piled for tickets for the championship
battle so far, taking them as an
average, would grace anybody's Who's
Who in the U. S. A. Professional
men, principally doctors and lawyers
are in the great majority among, the
individual ticket applicants. We have
goodly number of judges on our
early list for pasteboards, and those
who have fled for single tickets or
pairs of tickets are very apt to be the
first served"
Tickets will be held for the early
applicants until the first week tn
June. Richards office force is working
overtime asserting the thousands OF
letters and they are being pigeon-holed
alphabetically, those missives enc. sing
cash being placed in a separate COM
partment for immediate recognition
when the sale actually opens.
Withhold Blocks of Seats
No requests for big blocks OF seats
are receiving any attention whatever
and Rickard must be convinced oe the
good will of the would-be purchasers
before ne accommodates parties. This
precaution is taken to prevent scalpers
gouging the public on July 2. Ii by
any chance profteers get hold OF
number of tickets, the laws Of New Jer-
sey will be invoked to put the guilty
persons behind prison bars.
The seat sale will open this week
probably on Thursday, and thereafter
tickets will be mailed to those who
have sent in money or checks, while
other applicants will be notified that
they may have their pasteboards for
the asking-cash attached.
Rickard was officially notified by
wireless Yesterday that Carpenter Is
actually aboard the liner Savoie. which
is expected to dock at Hoboken next
Saturday. The message was signed by
Manager Descamps and the news was
passed along to Captain Mallet, the
personal representative here Of the
European champion.
Mallet will arrange suitable greet
ing for the champion, and doubtless
the docks Of the Jersey port, will be
thronged to welcome the invader. Car
pentier will spend several days at a
New York hotel before going to his
Long Island training camp.
Murray on Kilbane's Trail
Danny Goldman, manager of Johnny
Murray, is very much peeyed because
the Cleveland Boxing Commission neg
lected to name his boy as a possible
contender for the featherweight crown
of Johnny Kilbane, The commission,
which since has approved the bout be-
tween Kilbane and Freddy JACKS
Charlie Beecher, Danny Frush and
Sammy Sieger as foemen worthy OF the
champions consideration. Goldman
SAYS Murray would welcome a series Of
elimination bouts with the five scrap
oers named.
Vic Mclaughlin. who says he holds
first claim on the Irish middlewelght
championship (whatever that title i'm
plies), viii defend his xself.-assnnoe q
honors tonight at the Hunts Point
Sporting Club. His opponent will be
Walter McGirr They are scheduled
TO travel twelve rounds.
Soldier Barffeld and italian Joe
Cans will be the contending parties IN
the final attraction of che weekly card
at the Brooklyn Arena this evening
The two put on = corking sluggine
match the last time they met.
Walter Laurette, whose recent exhi-
bitions have stamped him as a con
tender for weiterweight honors. viii
tackle K. o. Jaffe in the wind-up to
night on the Bay Ridge Sporting Clubs