The New York herald., 1922-03-07
Proposed Dempsey Wills
Bout Gets Another Jolt
New Jersey Senate With Considerable Forethought
Votes for Bill Limiting Price Of Ringside
Seats in State to SIS.
BY w. o. McGEEHAN.

The Dempsey Wills bout is still in
the stage of guarded conversation.
Jack kearns, manager for Jack Demp-
sey, sorrowfully admitted yesterday
that he had not as yet received any
thing like a certified check from Harry
Frazee, the noted philanthropist OF
New York, Boston and Peoria, who
has just told the world that he would
give Jack Dempsey s350,000 for his
end
Immediately after he made the offer
Mr.. Frazee was taken to Hot Springs,
where his friends believe that he will
recover, and from which point he may
return with his faculties unimpaired.
Latest reports from the resort were to
the effect that Mr.. Frazee was as well
as could be expected from anybody
making such declaration. The offer,
they hold, was the elimination OF rer-
vous conditions highly aggravated by
some rough treatment at the hands
of some Boston baseball writer's.
The Boston Boxing Commission al
ready has declared war on the Dempsey
Wills bout, also on Harry Frazee. The
members Of the. commission issued n
statement that they viii never permit
the bout to be held in Fenway Park. Bos-
ton, which is otyned by Mr.. Frazee. At
che same tine they discussed the pro-
priety OF barring Mr.. Frazee himself
from the park on general principles.
The Jersey Legislature hit the bout a
short joir on the chin yesterday. In SOL
emn session The Senate on the other side
Of the Hudson adopted bill which limits
the price OF ringside seats to SIS. The
bill will 60 q Gov. Edwards to-day.
This comrlicates matters again. While
Mr.. Fr1zec's motives in attempting to
promote the bout are entirely idealistic
and solely for developing the art fostered
BY the late Marquis OF Queensberry, it is
understood raat Mr.. F'razee would not be
overse 10 making a small profit
Price Is an Item.
Tex Richard, who promoted the Demp-
sey-Carpentier bout, was permitted TO
charge $50 for a ringside seat. and he
piled up a gross house OF a million and
a half. The difference between fifty
and fifteen may prevent Jersey from
staging the battle. However. IL the bout
shouid draw 10000 persons. it might en-
able the phlanthropic Mr.. Trazee 10
stage the fight and make n slight profit.
In the meantime Mr.. kearns, acting
for the heavyweight champion, thinks It
advisable that he maintain an attitude
OF dignified sloofness. Mr.. Kearns de-
MED once incre that he had set Demp-
sey's price at half a million.
Il just mentioned that more or less
casually he said. II did 1t Just to talk
in round AMI convenient figures. Really,
there is no. so much difference between
that and s.5c.0o0, is there? shall ask
my secretary TO compute IL for me. These
little details OF bookkeeping are so tendi-
ous
They tell me that Mr.. Frazee Is
taking treatment at Hot Springs. l
believe that the baths in that resort
have the effect OF reducing people.
sincerely trust that Mr.. Frazee will not
take his offer into tho bath with him
and inadvertently have 1t reduced"
Mr. Kearns was reassured by the ex-
pcrience of Col. Tillinghast LHommcdieu
Huston. who took an offer of $5o.0o0
for Babe Ruth to Hot Springs with him.
The Colonel went into one of the baths
for few hours. When he emerged he
had lost twelve pounds personally but
the offer for Ruth had increased t.
over $4,000.