Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-23
JACK WOULD BOX
WILLS ON GAMBLE
Fuse Lighted for CIinching Of
Interracial Title Heavy
weight Bout
KEARNS' OPENING SHOT
By LOUIS II. JAFF'E


| DALLYHOOING for the Dempsey
- Wills battle already has been
started. With the arrival of Jack
Kearns. the champions manager. in
New York. the fuse had been lighted
and is sputterins.
Kearns made the first move with
long spell. and now it is up 70 Tex
Richard TO resume the conversational
stuff. Dempsey isn't afraid of Wills
or any other man in the world, says
Kearns, and the titleholder doesn 7
want all the money in the United state
to box, he explains
4 percentage basis couldn be
fa!rer. declares kearns. and he believes
he wouldn't be demanding too murh
! If he were TO ask for half Of th" gross.
, The preliminary gossip sounds real
and true. so that II wouldn be sur
prising II Dempsey and Wills will have
| if out in their own little way this sum
mer, TO see whether the Negro can
| lift the crown from the Caucausian
race, in which event, no DOUBT. new
White Hope division would be created.
"Show me-" said Kearns 10 Vincent
Trainor, in New York. "where wills
and Dempsey will be permitted 10 hSmt
before the right sized crowd and there II
he no time wasted by MS in getting down
to matchmaking. It's lnughable to think
Dempsey il afraid Of the Negro.
The public would naturally expect
that such a bout would be- lrOlho''G
hv Tex Richard. bur RicEard wired
me ont West that Jersey wouIdh sag"
II and neither would New York " the
match were made tomorrow. hl'khrd'
AS | understand him. wouldn know
where to hold it. In view OF tha' state
Of affairs Dempsey shouldn De p'''"r'H
as avoiding the issue.
Not Worried
Keorns isn't worried about the
threat Of the Boxing Commission T."
declare Dempsey title void unI"r- ne
accents the challenge OF wis Wl'hIh
an allotted time. but he asks
III the New York State 'omniS-
sion has jurisdiction over all hghters
ond their championships. why "h0N!"n t
!, havo authority enough TO aSH,Ir" the
nuhIjc that Wills-Dcmps"y match
ron he held in New York:
"lt's one thing to say that l)cmp-
SOW must fight Wills, and quite another
10 follow II up With
"But he mustn' do it in New York,
kearnS orI1tS o"", fsh, WijI.
H"u', ,ooo lor heml nlpISad n,S or,oI,n, os
II haven I spe'. .''.L SuoI "', ,L, "',r ,nonncnr
dempsey u' r',"' an oiorr on a rpr .
II am Wiling 10 20 Ii "'",'7 I",o IT." ioon
rontase naslS' h'u Mo'"" '", .o,,,,o'
glad 70 nave ma SUI u" ''.; "''"n'Ho
ment with RlcKhru on Nv .., ~.
match, but Tex Wo'''u" '''" ''"N'"''
that.
"Rickard may tax no" o' H"ins
away with guarantees "nu n"N wy NY
principals in championship iha''h's '> o"A
on n percentage basis: 6N' '"H' never never
has been his way "t do'ng business its
before. IL" always sh!"d al 10" n tuen
Of having hght'rs WORK N.'' nun "'onl
percentag" lines. II" gave ,"NS nno
Nelson guarantees IL, h"'"h"In' '".h
son and Jefries a. hfn" HnH aII NV
same lining IN IoIed" WIN i''arI aho
Dempsey. Jess ana FRANK Moran
boxed on guarantee onS'S NJ N" var
| den and so did Jack ahd 1arp"hti'r II
! Jersey City last july IN me Iauei
: instance Dempsey got S"oo'ooO, on
of which We, had 70 pay 'ohsider"pl'
expenses, Tex go' gh'r receipts ="