The Washington herald., 1921-09-08
Tex Refuses to Consider
Wilson for Future Fights
SAYS He Is Through With Middleweight Cham
spion For All Time Signs Jackson and
Il Hartley For Sept. 80 Battle.

NFY YORK, sept. 4 Having
BEEN severely stung in the Downey-
wild n fiascO. Tex Rickard is step
pines ialong in a cautious manner
thes& days. The promoter must be
shown now before he makes a move.
No more tricks for Tex. The JAM
borse at Jersey City last Monday
has ssured Rickard for life. For
the foming winter campaign Tex Is
arranging some good matches for
boxing fans in-the hope Of eradicat-
ing the stigma attending the recent
Jersey brawl.
Arrangements were completed by
Tex today for a fifteen round match
between Willie Jackson. the Bronx
lightweight and Pete Hartley. Those
two-hoys had some difficulty getting
together recently, but now. every
thing has been arranged Tor the
twoE youngsters to step in at Madi-
son Square Garden on the night OF
September so.
Itis likely another fifteen round
bout will be on the same card with
Jackson and Hartley. Gene Tunney.
the big heavyweight boxer and Mike
Burke. the West Side boxer, are
mentioned as the two candidates TO
do the mixing. Burke Is being
groonied carefully and those VINO
have seen him in action say he has
the -rAakings of a champion.
Iucluded in Richards plans for
the looming season is a series OF
tournaments for the simon pure
.mateur boxers, who never haggle
ovcr conditions, and are never dis
ciplsSe1 Tor not trying.
Tex IS completed arrangements
wits Fre ierick W. Ruben. president
Of the Eatropolitan Association. A.
A. II whereby certain dates at
Ma sSr Square Garden have been
set I'D for amateur boxing tour
gauaarT-- The, first set of bouts
viii , held on wednesday and
Thursdey evenings. September 81
sudz -. Six classes will be repre-
sented ir this tournament. ranging
frou II pounds to the heavyweight
dsus FeEe successful last winter and
Ricxzri as had in mind for time
,sonse eeGurn engagements of the
sort.
Othsr lates on which amateur
boxing contests under jurisdiction
Of the A A. u. will be held at the
Garden. are: October IL and IS. open
toUrnaule1t: November 9 and 10.
open tos-1ament; December IL and
~. fEtGr- ty tournament; January
IS and Is. New York State cham
pionships February .. inteEnational.
H-trgarG waxed indignant when
tho Iersoy subject was. broached to
hiFp. He -egarded the spectacle as
a rs1Crt.rl on the matchmaking
abRity sch probably would affect
rutnre siri- bouts and as an imposi-
ton ~ ths patrons Of boxing who
paid no- Tie privilege of witnessing
the bout Seldom has Rickard cx-
Listed s~"h anger and dissatisfac-
ticn in his career as a promoter of
hoxin< h1ats. He received a visit
from Me- Killelea in the course
Of the dss and refunded Wilson's
weight forfeit of $4,000. Downey
700. dropped in on the promoter at
Madison Square Garden and COL
lected his reward, a "trihIng
So. 500
The promoter committed himself
TO an eternal prohibition on Wilson.
laying he never again would pro-
mote n bout with Wilson as a par
tIcIpant. Rickard holds the view
that the New Jersey Boxing Com
mission is invested with power TO
refues Wilson his guarantee. and
he expressed the. hope that this ac-
tion would be taken at tomorrow's
hearing
"I don't see why the commission
can't deprive Wilson of his guar
antee" said Rickard. HE con-
tracted with me to risk his title
in a bout against Downey. He was
obligated to go out there and take
a chance fighting. in my opinion.
not to assume a strictly defensive
style and refuse to show any as-
gressiveness. He didn't lead more
than a dozen times through the bout.
which hsows that he took no risk.
but permitted Downey>to do all the
fighting. Why. II rDowney hadn't
forced matters there would have
y