New-York tribune., 1921-01-28
Montreal Men
Assure Rickard
Against Loss
New Bidders Ready for Any
Terms in Order to Hold
Dempsey-Carpentier Fight
By w. O. Mcclellan


The Dempsey Carpenter bout is still
r;,hou, 3 home. Tex Rickard talked
r;ta the Canadian contingent, repre-
sa.ed by Charles F. Graham, yester-
ay. The Canadians offered to take
a, bout off Richards hands for
100000, or to act with him in staging
IL in Montreal. If he cared to promote
VI hout alone they declared they
sould be glad to furnish him with q
ase and with training quarters for the
saxers. He would be guaranteed against
/ ess, they declared.
In reply Rickard said he could not
1 sye any definite answer until he heard
i,fnitely that William A. Brady and
chares Cochran, who were associated
sith hlm in promoting the bout with
n guaranteed purse OF S. 10000, had
a I,6nite.y decided to withdraw from the
,rreemeat He expected to get this
isformst.on to-day and then would be
i position 10 consider the offer of
he Canadians.
Ready to Deposit 100000
Mr.. Graham, for the Montreal syndi-
ate. cared that there would be no
|sIacuity in raising the money for the
3surse. even if the boxers held to the
,r;ciuai agreement. One member Of
+ he syndicate was prepared to deposit
100000 ct any time Ricxald insisted
|4suon css forfeits being posted.
al an waiting to take over the in
srssts Of Mr.. Brady and Mr. Cochran" :"
Epekard said. ~ car not discuss any
IoIaus for the bout until get definite
xord from them as to whether or not
thew vii. permit me TO take over the
haat"
The Canadians will have to stick
around a while, it seems, until the
angle OF the big bout is Strengthened
ont In the mean tine the Canadians
are saying very nice things bout their
cty as site for heavyweight cham
uioaship bout. They are pointing out
Ia accessibi ity from New York and
&cb;raro. which send the majority of
ths wandering fight bugs to affairs OF
8th;s sort. Also they are depending on
The fight bugs of Quebec Province to
I 75uy a certain number of the admission
! tickets. which the local bugs around
Toledo did not.
Willard Bout Still On
The return match between Dempsey
and Jess Willard will be signed. sealed
/ ,ud delivered by February /, Rlckard
announced yesterday. ae believes that
. will be held on March IT, as was
oisinal.y planued, and in Madison
souare Garden. Jack Kealns, manager
ssr Dempsey. is said to be packing his
sschet bag to come to New York for
. ,he conference AMI Ray Archer, mana
rsr for Willard, has agreed to be pres
..
| Willard made one OF his public ap-
,sarances here. He IS still as coy about
ais weight and his age as stout old
sdy, but he sticks TO the old alibi for
: IL bout at Toledo. ae was caught
.apping. ne maintains and he is telling
lie world that he never will be caught
. sapuine again. Once The bell rings in
i urize ring it is not wise to be caught
aapping.
Willard is a changed being from the
battered hulk that staggered out OF the
ing at Toledo with his cheek bone
iractured and his jaw dislocated. The
is. coherent statement that they got
Iron him afterward was Never again.
F lr words to that effect. But since then
he has had plenty Of time to reflect and
10 recuperate They say that, after the
Sirst pain and h1m initiation of his defeat,
khe steadily went TO work for come
saek. He looks as though he had been
2zking care Of himself.
Purse Likely To Be Sliced
The bout Will have 10 be held under
he new rule of the Boxing Commission
uEhih provides that the top price for
aamission must be SIS. The bout will
bage to be held on the percentage basis,
at all. Kea. rs and Dempsey viii not
zllow much for the contender, especial
+ y as they remember that Willard got
100000 for mis- share of the Toledo
ssu:, while Dempsey's share was ST.
49,
With prices being held at the top
nit OF SIS, the Garden cannot hold
squently the agreement Of Dempsey
I'D Willard to box at the Garden must
ssan that even the pugllists are start
g to come down TO earth.
heavyweight championship bouts
sssn 10 have become as hard to pro-
zote as they were IN the good old
+ ass when the matehmakers and the
exers were harried from state to
fase. That is why so many of them
the old days were held in weird and
sieeeas BILE places. In the mean time
seems fairly easy TO find location
~ bout between second or third
issrs or championship bouts in the
ssser divisions.
sickard mad one experience in this
1ss when ne started to promote the
aanson-Jefries bout in California He
zSs orders % pack up his arena and
ga right out of the state just a few
sseks before the bout He got out and
ssht TO- Nevada, but he made money.
Canadians Are Optimistic
The Montreal syndicate seems to be
a&ds up Of fairly optimistic gentle
IT. How they expect to give Ric'<ard
s'Wea0 and make a profit on the bout
80 tne members Of the syndicate
.a,v, On the face Of it il looks as
assgn II might be a good deal for
Ts.sAzrd 10 sell out at that price-~
sSys srpposing that ne has anything
~Hn the Bis limit there seems to
80 Place in the United States where
hgas might be held .. profit.
s.Sna. which made one l.c for the
s.$' aio not produce much in the
oi profit for the Willard j ohnson
ssrnaps the final solution of the
Apsey -Carpentier muddle will be
s'gning Of new articles in which
eo1ers will be ready TO agree 70
percentage basis for Rickard
-. some other promoter The mil
aoiisr bout" az it has been called,
ass az though Il would be called off,
essaiiy on the baaia If a million