The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-10
RICHARD REFUSES TO MAKE DEFINITE
 CHOICE OF SITE

New York, April s.-with the long awaited official announcement today that the Dempsey Carpenter neavy- weight championship bout would be fought in the state of New Jersey on the afternoon of July 2, interest among local ring followers turned to the probable place of the contest and the training plans of the principals. Eff forts to obtain a definite statement from Promoter Tex Rickard as to the site of the contest were without suc- cess.
 He refused to commit himself as to Newark, Atlantic City or Jersey City, the three sites mentioned in ais am nouncement.
 He said he has received favorable offers from all three cities and would personally inspect the locations sug- gested before he would be in posi- tion to make a final decision. It is expected he will devote the coming week to an examination of the plots offered and announce his selection within the next few days
 LOOKS LIKE JERSEY
 
 ciaI upon which to base the report. It appears to be the general opinion among those who have followed the match negotiations that Jersey City will be the ultimate choice, all condi- tions and advantages being equal. This is based upon Richards repeated assertions that he desired to stage the bout in or as near to New York city ss possible, owing to the large popula> |. Between Newark and Jersey City there is little choice in either time or travel conditions, but the distance to Atlantic City and the fact that ac COT modations may be hard to get over the Fourth of July holidays may initiate against the seashore resort
 SOME DRAWBACKS
 The decision to hold the contest in New Jersey, however, develops sew eral interesting points which are all ready causing discussion among box ing authorities. Under the New Jer- sey boxing laws. no decision can be given at the termination of the bout
 Consequently, the only way in which Carpenter could win the worlds title would be to knock out Dempsey in side the stipulated 12 rounds permitted under the state code or for the champ to lose his title by foul.
 Applications for seats for the bout have been accumulating for some weeks without regard to the possible site for the ring, which Rickard at tributes to the extraordinary interest aroused in the first really interna- ticna1 heavyweight bout in several de- eades.
 AN UNUSUAL ANGLE
 An unusual angle lies in the fact that tfe two boxers are matched on a percentage basis instead of the flat sums which it has been Richards cus- tom to pay in the past. With Demp- sey and Carpenter drawing 60 per cent of the gate receipts. it is con- larger than the $127,500 paid to Wil- lard and Dempsey, or the $101.0 awarded to Johnson ana Jefrries when they boxed under Richards arrange mcnts at Reno in 1910,
 The contract as originally drawn agreed to sum of s300,oO to Demp- sey and Carpenter and it is reason able to suppose the heavyweights would not have assented to a change to percentage basis. even though i'm pressed with the general protest against the size of the purse, unless they felt that their share of the re- ceipts would exceed any former guar antee. The agreement that Dempsey is to receive the larger share of the boxers gate percentage win, lose or draw, is in line with the former word ing of the contract