The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
RICHARD MAY BE FORCED TO STAGE
 BIG FIGHT ALONE
Meanwhile Champs Manager Is Looking for Legal Loophole
 to Soak Him.

It looks as though Tex Rickard would he sole proprietor of the Dempsey Carpenter match. It was announced at the offices of William A. Brady that Mr. Brady had full power to act for Charles Cochran, the English promoter who was associated with Rickard and Brady in the halfmillion dollar contract
 The authority to MT. Brady to act for the Cochran interests was conveyed in cable which read, You have full authority to act for my best interests"
 When Tex RiCkard was told of this he said:
 Tt looks as though this leaves me in sole possession of the bout. I am glad that Tt has come out this way because 1 am perfectly confident that 1 can stage this bout and make something out of it. Certainly, 1 will stage 1t alone. If MT. Brady and MT. Cochran drop out 1 will be glad to assume the entire responsi- bi1ity.
 Il do not know right now where I will put 1t on, but 1 will put 1t on all right. There never was the interest in a boxing bout that there is in this one l know that 1t will draw them wherever 1t is staged. The showing of Dempsey against Brennan only made the interest greater. Over i'll England for instance, 1 am told that they are ready to bet even money on Carpenter right now.
 There Is no bad feeling over this thing, as far as 1 am concerned. l am quite willing for the other two pro- motors to draw out if they want to. As far as 1 am concerned 1 am sure that both Dempsey and Carpenter are will ing to go through with the thing and 1 want to go through with them. I will suggest to them that we go ahead on the percentage basis. If they do not agree to this, 1 will go ahead, anyhow
 The bout will be put on if it is pos sible. 1 have had lot of tougher pro- positions than this, and I have got away with them.
 'Already there are plenty of people who want to step into the places left vacant, apparently, by MT. Brady and MT. Cochran, but I think that 1 would rather go ahead with this alone"
 At the present writing 1t would seem that the promoters and the boxers were sparring for a legal opening of some sort. Jack Kearns, manager for Dempsey, is fervent in his declaration that the bond for Dempsey was posted and that the bond which was extracted from his strong box by a friendly burglar was merely a copy.
 He issued a statement to this effect
 
 the rest of those fellows knew where the bond was all the time,'' he said. ''The bank had it and the one they found in my safe deposit box was just a copy. The real bond was posted early in No vember and has been III the hands of the bank since that time"
 But the bank in question has denied that the bond was turned over. No bond of any sort was located until the obliging burglar pried the strong box open.
 Rickard has the best defense in the event of one of the boxers leading with a straight left in the form of a suit. He has placed himself on record as willing to go on with the bout. Also it would seem that he is in position to make the boxers carry out their part of the contract if he Is certain that there will be any profit in the bout. The sporting fraternity is rather inclined to believe that Rickard will stage the bout