San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25
Champion Is for Fighting
Firpo at Once-Kearns
Wants to Wait.
RICHARD ON HIS OWN
Promoter Goes Ahead With
Plans to Suit Himself
in the Meantime.
Ry SPARROW MGANN

| Copyright. by The San Antonio Light.
New York, March 24.-There las
been some crossing of wires in ;hc
heavyweight championship situation
lately. Jack Dempsey, in Los Angeles,
and Jack Kearns, in New York, 90
viously got into a jam through q lack
Of cooperation and now Kearns is on
his way to the west coast to get the
champion in q corner and straighten
things out.
In the meantime, Kearns and Tex
Richard haven't been understanding
each other any too well of late. kearns
appears to have the understanding
that, after disposing of Brennan, Luis
Firpo would be derricked into the ring
against the champion. Perhaps this
would have been arranged were not
Richard the wise bird he is. He
sensed the public reaction as TO Firpo,
which was that, even though he had
slowed Brennan away-Brennan hav-
ing made a punching bag Of the Ar
gentinian up to the knockout-he had
by no means satisfied the fight critics
or the fight fans that he would have
now than Sikh would have had, had
he appeared in the Dublin ring with
an orange sash around his waist.
Time Not Yet Ripe.
No, even critics who usually eau
be depended upon to think with their
feet and see through frosted eyeglasses
could not find it in themselves TO hand
Firpo even an outside chance against
the champion at the present time. So,
since Richard is a heavy sugar pro-
moter and not a piker, he at once de-
cided that the time was by no means
ripe for Firpo TO tackle the Manassa
mauler.
1t is told about town that Kearns
broke the South American offer OF
S150,000 for Dempsey to fight in
South America as a side swipe al
Rickard. Not that there isn't more
truth than a lot of people think in
the story that Buenos Aires million.
aires are interested in staging Firpo
Dempsey battle in the Argentine CAPT
tai as soon as possible. Only, rs
things stands, Kearns, Dempsey and
company figure to make much more
money sticking by Richard than in
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Just the same, Dempsey is getting
FESTIVE. He has got to fight some
body soon. not only because of the
money interests because rust accumu.
lates upon an idle champion. Demp.
sey. they say, wants to blow the works
and grab the South American candy
while Kearns, who is much more of q
business man than Jack ever will be,
| is not in a mood to grab before he
knows what sort of handful he will
get.
Roper Gets Licked.
Richard now is determined that
Firpo shall have lots of experience be-
fore he puts him on as one of the top
liners in an international title fight.
He had selected Bob Roper: had in
deed wired to Roper in Portland,
Maine. But Bob had no sooner re-
ceived the dispatch than he went up
against Jeff Smith, the travelling wal
loper from Jersey and was materially
outpointed, according to all reports.
So out for Roper.
Jack Renault is the likeliest pros
pect and probably will be signed IL
he gets over the idea that he can
make a million by fighting Harry
Willis in Canada. Anyway, Firpo
will meet someone other than Demp.
sey on May IL, and it appears that
Richard has the scheme of pitting him
against the winner of the Willard
Johnson fight.