Arizona republican., 1921-04-10
NEW JERSEY TO STAGE DEMPSEY
 GEORGES BOUT
IRepubIican A. p. Leased wirel

NEW 1ORk, Apr1l 9-Wltn the long awaited official announcement today that the Dempsey Carpenter heavyweight championship bout would be fought in New Jersey the afternoon of July 2, interest turned to the probable place of the contest and the training plans. Effort to ob- tain a definite statement from Pro- moter Tex Rickard as to the site were unavailing.
 He refused to commit himself as to Newark, Atlantic City or Jersey City, the sites mentioned in his announce ment.
 He said he had received favorable ! offers from all three cities and would inspect the locations before he could ! make decision. It is expected he l will devote next week to this and announce his selection within 10 days While there has been nothing of ficial, it appears to be the general opinion among ring followers that Jersey City will be the choice. This is based on Richards assertions that he desired to stage the bout as near to New York City as possible. It was the desire to locate the bout near large city which caused the turning down of several offers from
 
 states. Under the New Jersey laws no decision can be gwen.
 Consequently, the only way in which Carpentier could win would be to knock out Dempsey inside the F rounds permitted or for the champion to lose by a foul. No matter how much Carpenter might batter Demp- l sey, if the latter were on his feet al the end he would still be champion ! rto o nd As the New Jers~y legislature ha. l adjourned no changes in the regula
 tions are likely. RiclSard said he dit
 not think the inability to render al 1 official decision would have any eff feet on the attendance. He predicted | that the attendance would be thu
 largest that ever witnessed such { i battle.
 Applications for seats have beer | accommodating without regard to thu
 site, which Rickard attributes to tn
 interest aroused in the first really in
 ternational heavyweight bout in sev
 eral decades.
 Another unusual angle lies in tn
 fact that the boxers are matched ol
 percentage basis, instead of the fla
 sums which it has been Richards GUS
 tom to pay. With Dempsey and Car
 pentier drawing 60 per cent of tn | Rdle T6c6lpLS IL IS COnSiocltQ llhCl
 their share will be larger than tn
 S127,500 paid Willard and Dempee
 or the s101,O0O awarded Johnson an Jeffries.
 1 The contract as originally draw l agreed to S300,000 to Dempsey an
 Carpenter and it is reasonable t
 suppose they would not have assente
 to a change to percentage basi:
 even though impressed with the gen
 eral protest against the size of tn
 purse, unless they felt their shar
 would exceed any former guarantee
 Rickard will inspect sites in Allan
 tic City, Newark and Jersey Cit
 during the next few days and decid
 on the one which offers the greates | advantages for handling what is ex ! pected to be the largest assembly ( | boxing enthusiasts that ever wit ) messed a titular bout in any weigf
 class. Wherever located the aren; which will seat at least 50,000 spec : tators. will be within short distano r of New York and accessible by a ;. means of transportation.
 : Dempsey, as heavyweight chan e pion of the world, and Carpenter. a the role of challenger and E,uropea title holder sill compete for 60 pt . cent of the gross gate receipts, whio i. will be divided 6o a basis of SO p' e cent to Dempsey and 40 per cent V Carpenter.
 Under the New Jersey state boxir law the bout cannot exceed F three Il minute rounds. and should both boz 9 CTS be on their feet at the terminauC II of the match no official decision ca II be rendered. A referee, yet to n selected, will be in the ring with u Is principals but his sole duty will be
 see that the rules governing su' @ contests are strictly observed. | .s will have no authority to indicate u h winner. except iE case of a foul or n knockout
 If The arena, which will cost approx 70 mately s10O.O0O, will be construct a of lumber and will be octagonal. TT al eight sides will rise to a height
 about 50 feet. The angie of eievi h. tion will be sufficient to bring Il d head and shoulders of each spectat ls above those of the person seated ,t the row in front, providing an uno 2 structed view of the ring from eve ry section of the arena.
 ga Prices of seats will range from i- for a ringside chair to, 8 for l. bleacher coupon along the eXtrer
 edges of the structure. Intermedia ,d sections will sell at from s10 to i- a seat, according to location. rs These seats will be placed on ss 1- about May 1 in every city in t l." eastern. southern and central sectio
 of the country. Where special tra
 parties are formed at distant poir ns to come to the scene of the conte in it will be possible to purchase tran re portation accommoda tions and sea
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