New-York tribune., 1921-01-20

the United States, however, because
Boxing Association and the New Yol
top price that may be paid for a sea
Mr.. Rickard is indignant at the In
timation that all the forfeits have not
been posted. He declares that they
have been placed in the hands Of the
stakeholder. If this Is true 1t Is in
the nature OF novelty. Forfeits for
matches have been stipulated, but they
are seldom posted excepting in the
form of India rubber checks and Kath-
leen Mavourneen notes-they may be
<or years and they may be forever.
II seems that Mr.. Cochran. one Of
The promoters, being an Englishman
and taking the forfeit thing seriously,
had literally committed serious faux
pas and put up his forfeit In real
dough. The other promoters and the
lighters hope that this will be over
looked, on the ground that an English
promoter could not be expected to
know any better.
About the only time when a guaran-
ty was put up in real earnest was
when Tex Rickard promoted the Cans
Nelson bout at Goldfeld. Billy Nolan,
manager for Battling Nelson, would
not believe that the world was round
unless he filed off the corners person
ally. Consequently he demanded to
see the money. So Rickard piled up
thirty thousand in twenty-dollar gold
pieces and Nolan, after testing with
acid about two hundred Of the double
eagles, admitted that it was all true.
Great Metal Anguish
The report that the bout was OFF
caused great mental anguish to Mr..
Carpenter, Mr.. Deschamps, Jack Demp-
sey and Jack Kearns. The fighters,
if there is fight. are to have half
million to 100000 for Dempsey
and 100000 for Carpenter.
When the report was given to Mon
sieur Kearns on the Rue de Market.
San Francisco, he is said to have
tainted and had to inhale three Walls
to. Monsieur Dempsey took to his
bed at once and denied himself to all
callers. In France it was feared to
break the news to the young daughter
Of Monsieur Carpenter, as she is
4sething. But Messrs. Carpenter and
Deschamps bore it like soldiers and
denied it like Frenchmen.
Robert Edgren. the stakeholder and
final court of appeal in the matter OF
the bout, wired that he has written
the bank to make sure that the for
felt checks are up and that none Of
them have elastic bands or fish hooks
attached. He has not received a.y
answer as yet.
Joe Mulvihill the Mad Halter Of
Danbury. Conn. burst into a cold and
ciammv perspiration over the rumor.
Josepn once bid 100000 for the bout
and the Mad Halter is now afraid that
the boxers might compel him to
make good on his bid. What with the
cold wave and the drop in the price Of
brown derbies, Mr.. Mulvihill does not
see how he can do it.
May Leave United States
One thing is certain from all the
protestations. The bout will not be
held in the United States. Rickard
hinted yesterday that it might be held
In Canada, but the secretary of the
Ontario Athletic Association, j. P. Fitz-
gerald, wired that it would not be per-
nitted in Ontario Province. The Prov
ince of Quebec is yet to be heard from,
Montreal, it is hinted, is just an over
night ride from New York, and the
volsteads act does not extend north Of
the American boundary.
Charles Cochran. the English member
Of the trinity of promoters, declares
that in the event the bout cannot be
staged by the present combination he
Is ready to guarantee the boxers s10o.-
900 to box in London. Messrs. Demp-
ing in England, but when they learn
that Mr.. Cochran is foreign enough to
take the matter of forfeits literally
they may reconsider. There is no limit
on the price of boxing admissions .in
England.
It has been suggested that Moose Fac
tory, Canada, where the preliminary to
the Hinton-Farrell bout was held, be
considered as a site for the Dempsey
Carpenter battle.
Tex Rickard did not seem TO be great
~ concerned over the rumor. Il secms
that the Dempsey Carpenter bout,
which was q nine days wonder when
St WAS put on paper, has been forgotten
for the time being, what with the police
scandal, the low price Of cotton and the
high price Of liquor. Mr.. Richard does
not plan to get out injunctions to re-
strain people from talking Of the bout
Mr.. Rickard never insists that silence
be maintained about any matches that
he makes.
Impoverished Boxers
Dir. Rickard admitted that the fifteen
dollar limit was something Of jolt to
the manly art, blow right to the chin,
In fact. He did not propose bill for
the relief of distressed champions who
were reduced to taking less than $780,
900 bout. Speaking for the promoters
Mr.. Rickard said that it was distress
Ing to part with the sums that the box
srs were asking, but that the boxers
continued to ask them nevertheless.
In spite Of Mr.. Richards optimism
~ to the belief that the bout will be
held somewhere on July 2, and under
the original articles calling for =
100000 purse, 1t begins to look as
though the scheme would have to be Or
gani"ed on a sort of pre-war basis.
9th Use it looks as though it would
have to be held In London, where Mr..
Cochran thinks he can raise e10o 900
for the purse and enough besides to
pay Mr.. Rickard and William A. Brady
Tor their trouble.
late bulletin from Jack Kearns
said that the receipt for the Dempsey
Forfeit was In the New York Office Of
Mr. Kearns. AS Mr.. Kearns took his
nat with him when he left nobody
could locate where Mr.. Kearn's New
York offlce used to be. 1t was alwava
under Mr.. Kearn'h hat.
II Is impossible TO determine a. vst
what effect the possible Cancellation ~
fhe DempseyCarpentier bout will havs
On the mixed situations in the Balkans
ana In Tammany Hall. Also It IA hard
20 teii' after hearing from all cons