New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-01
Jersey Governor Promises
Saturdays Contest Will
Be Held on Schedule
Despite All Opposition
Five Indicted Here
For Bogus Tickets
Charges of Conspiracy
Against Principals in
Bout To Be Shelved

Governor Edward Z Edwards of New
Jersey announced yesterday that the
Dempsey-Carpentier fight would be
held in spite of all efforts of blue law
reformers to prevent it. The Gov
ernor, having made the major portion
Of his election campaign speeches from
New Jersey fight arenas, made no eff
fort to disguise his lack of sympathy
with the efforts of Dr.. Wilbur F.
Crafts superintendent of the Interna-
tional Reform Bureau, and others who
would stop the bout if they could.
Following the announcement by Gov
ernor Edwards there came another
from Prosecutor Pierre Garven, at Jer-
ssy City, who said that unless Dr..
Crafts and the reformers associated
with him presented more facts than
they have done in their attempt to
convince him that the championship
battle would be illegal he would not
recommend that the Hudson County
Grand jury return indictments against
the principals.
Holds Facts Insufficient
Mr.. Garven also said: ~ will present
all the facts that are now in my pos
session regarding violation of the
law on the part of the principals con-
nected with the fight. But if no fur
ther facts are presented to me, other
than those now in my possession, l
will not recommend to the grand jury
an Indictment in this matter
Mr. Garven's statement followed a
h. H. L I l.
and Mortified representatives of DR..
mems Community Club of Jersey City.
These individuals came to him after
they had failed in 'Nree attempts to
ceS an injunction ling the match.
They told him tnot Promoter Tex
Rickard and the two combatants and
their managers were planning Grim
inal violation of the state law by stag
ing & prizefght instead of a boxing
match. They were unable, however. to
convince Mr.. Garven, who, it is under
stood, had also had conference with
Governor Edwards.
Elsewhere the interest of the au-
shorities, where it was not confined to
Arguments as to the outcome of the
contest between the agile Mr.. Carpen-
tier and the hard hitting Mr.. Dempsey,
was centered on trying to bring to
book the counterfeiters who have
flooded the country with bogus admis-
sion tickets.
New Counterfeit Appears
Tex Rickard standing at parade rest
with a soggy umbrella in his hand in
the lobby of Madison Square Garden
yesterday afternoon was getting a
double thrill out of the line Of people
purchasing fight tickets and the other
line that was paying its way into his
Garden swimming pool. A nervous
man approached and asked him to pass
Judgment on four $50 tickets that he
had purchased from q speculator on
Broadway.
Mr. Rickard thumbed the backs of
the cardboard tickets and pronounced
them legitimate authorizations of ad
mission. Then he changed his mind
and procured ticket from the box
office. There was slight difference in
the feel An engraver declared the
four tickets were clever forgeries. The
resin baked on them after printing.
Detectives started off hot foot after
the seller of the tickets and Mr.. Rick
ard issued this statement;
Special attention is called to pros
pective $50 ringside purchasers for the
dempsey Carpenter contest at Jersey
Clty tomorrow to marked differences
between the genuine and counterfeit.
On the face of the genuine ticket
marked 'ringside' the sentence under
the date and time reading If post
poned this coupon will be honored on
the postponed date only measures
lz-l6 inches, as compared with
s7-l6 inches on the counterfeit ticket.
inere is period mark at the end of
the sentence, but this is missing on
the bogus ticket
"On the seat check stub in the SEN
tence reading: If postponed etc, the
word date on the genuine is printed
with a capital D. whereas the same
word on the counterfeit is with a
small d."
Five Indictments Returned
The New York County Grand Jury,
on complaint of Mr.. Rickard, handed
up TO Judge John F. Mcintyre in Gen
erai Sessions yesterday indictment
against five men for forging tickets
Tor the championship bout. One of
these is not under arrest and his name
Continued on pass three)
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