Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-10
D[HPs[Y-CARP[NTIER
BOUT Be STAGED IN
NEW JERSEY IN JULY

spsslsi 10 Ths Ssvr.
NEW YORK. April s--wth the long
waited official aunouncuncut Gods, shat
the Dempsey Carpenter heaslworut
championship bout would d. iouehi .n
the state u New jersey on thn after
noon Of july 9. interest amonl lHaI
ring followers turned Co %, probable
place OF thu contest ald Oh, taiH.ng
plans q the principals Efforts 90 ob
tain a d,flnlt, statement from rromo'
81 Tex Richard az 20 tho sit ~ ih'
contest wefc without success
lie refused "a commit, himself a> -
Newark. Atlantic City or Jersey city
the three sites mentioned iu bis au.
nounccmeni.
lie said b. had received ayomhl, ~
fsrs from an thru. cities. and would
personally inspect the lu,aiinns suggest
81 before h. would h. In position 60
make a final decision. u Is expected hv
will devote tho coming week 20 an eN.
animation 81 the plots offered and an
nounce his selection within tho next ten
days.
While there has been uUthing official
upon which a. hase tho r.pori 10 up.
pears 20 b. the general opinion among
ihose who follow the match negotiations
that Jsrssy city viii y, the ultimate
choice. all conditions and advantage
being equal. This il hasod upon Ri,k
ards repeated assertions that h. a..
sired 20 stage the bout IN or as near
New York as possible owing % On,
large population frum which 10 draw
his patronage Between N'vark and
Jersey City there is little choice in
either time ~ travel conditions huf
the dlsiancc o. Atlantic city and 'hs
fact that accommodations may De- hard
10 ~: over the Fourth 60 july huli
days may initiate against "a. s,ashOre
resort
II was this desire % locltv the hogt
elose 20 a lars. center q Population
which caused the ultimate turning down
q several excellent offers from paints
IN canada. Maryland and Western
states. The decision o. hold the con.
test In New Jerss9. however. develops
several interesting points which art
already causing discussion aiming hoe.
lng authcrliies.
Under ths New Jersey boxing laws ne
decision can b. gwen al thu termination
Of the bout
Consequently the only way IN which
Carpenter could win the worlds iitls
would b. % knock out Dempsey inside
the stipulated twelve rounds permitted
under the state code. az for tho cham
pion 10 los his title by a foul No mat I
ter how much Carpenter might halter .
Dempsey around during the entire
twelve rounds. II the latter were IN his .
feat az the clos Of the ,hlrty.six min. 4
utef II actual boxing he would stan b.
champion from a technical ring stand !
point.
AZ the New Jersey legislature has ad
ioarned and cannot D. r"conyoned tx.
cep; upon call ny the governor. no
changes In the regulations are likely.
While Richard refused 90 make any
comparison q the flghting ability u
the two pugilis,s. h, said h. did not
think the inability O. render an off.
cal decision. as would have been the
cas- had the bout been held In New
FORK state. would have the slightest
effect on the Attendance. he confident.
~ predicted the Attendance would h.
the largest that ever witnessed cham.
pionship ring hattie.
Applications for seats have hecn ac.
eumulating Tor some weeks without r..
Gard TO the possible site for the ring
which Richard attributes to the extra.
ordinary interests aroused In the first
real International heavyweight bout In
ssveral decades.
Another unusual angle lies In the
fact that the two boxers are matched
on a pcrcentage basis instead 81 the
fiat sums which 1; has been Richards
enstom 10 pay in the past. With Demp.
~ and Carpenter drawing sixty per
crnt q the gate receipts. Il Is consider.
I'd likely that their share will 10 larger
than the si25 900 paid 10 Willard and
Dempsey, or the ti0i 900 awarded 20
Johnson and jeffries when they boxed
under Richards arrangement az Reno
IN 1919.