Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-21
Rickard Willing
Ito Go It Alone in
Staging Bic Bout

Staging Big Bout
New York, Jan. 20--After confer
Iencs here late today between Tex
Rickard ana william A. Brady, Rick
ard announced that he had offered to
take over Braay's interest and bond
| in the proposed Dempsey Carpenter
bout.
Rickard told The Associated Press
that Brady refused to accept the of
| fer until he had consulted with
Charles B. Cochran. the third joint
promoter in the project, who is in
London.
Brady agreed. however, to commu-
nicate with Cochrane by cable and
ascertain whether the latter desired
to continue In the project with Rick
ards offer. The conference lasted
more than an hour and when Richard,
left Brady, he said that his offer was
the only concrete result OF the dis
cussion.
According to Richard the interests
of Cochran in this country were in
charge OF Brady who holds power of
attorney for Cochran, but there was
no direct indication that the latter de-
sired to abandon his share in the
match.
. This conference was the feature of
another day of controversy over
whether the match for the heavy
weight championship of the world be-
tween Jack Dempsey and Georges
Carpenter should or could be can
celled owing to alleged non-fnlfilment
of contractuaI clauses. Much of the
discussion appeared to hinge upon the
mystery Of the missing bond, as a
pers.
According to Richard. Kearns and
others such a bond for $4,000 was
made out by the champion and his
manager but its whereabouts at this
time Is shrouded in mystery. Officials
of the Central Union Trust Company
of this city stated emphatically that
the bond was not in their possession,
as called for by the contract entered
into on November 5. 1920. y
Kearns te1egraphed to local rep
resentative here to break into his per-
sonal safe deposit box to ascertain if
the bond had been placed there by
mistake but the result of this search
had not been announced late today.
The bonds Of the three promoters and
the money put up in France by Car
pentier have been accounted for APP
parently, and only Dempsey's forfeit
is missing.
Another angle is whether any tech
meal or legal oversight in carrying
out the terms of the contract to date
takes precedence over the final rul-
ings on the subject by Robert Ed
gren, named in the contract as arbi-
ter of all disputes. The final clause
of the fifteen page contract, signed
by the promoters and pugilists on
November 8, reads as follows:
The parties hereto agree that Rob-
ert Edgren shall be the sole and final
arbiter Of all questions relating to
any of the covenants and conditions of
| this agreement and agree to be irrev-
ocably bound by the decision of the
said Robert Edgren."
Attorneys for the pugilists expires sed
the opinion that under this clause each
, any every one of the promoters would
be obliged to discharge their s'obliga-
tions assumed in the contract. even
! though certain clauses had been tech
nically violated, should the afbiter
| rule that they had been fulfilled in
| his opinion in a general way.
| Richard repeated that he had no de-
sire or intention to hold the other pro-
motors to their contract should they
desire to withdraw and that he stood
! ready to ass ume full responsibility for
carrying out the match. Such a move
| would require Richard to post the full
| 100000 forfeit of the promoters and
assume responsibility for $500 900
purse. 1t is likely. however. that
should Brady and Cochran decide to
accept. Richards offer and withdraw,
certain changes would be made in the
new contract provided legal experts
decided new contract necessary.
Tho possibility of legal action TO
force the promoters to stage the fight
was forecast here tonight by Harry
S. Hechheimer. attorney for Demp-
| sey and Carpenter. He deeiared the
contestants had fuIff1e their con-
tractual obligations to the promoters.
and intimated that a suit for specific
performance OF the contract would
be instituted if the promoters showed
any inclination to abandon their
agreement.