, 1923-07-01
BIC FIGHT IS
STILL SHAKY,
DESPITE CLAIM
Threats Of Suits and
"Joker'' Clauses Cause
Doubt Of Payment.
BY n L.

NCA4AIQ LItco ohfhL
GREAT FALLS. Mont. June 3o.-I
bringing down to date the old verse
OF the revolutionary era Great Falls
and the great northwest today looked
in the din OF the financiers scramb-
ling for 800, 900 to make the Demp-
sey-Gibbons fight. and asked will
they do IT."
Casting glances in the din of Jack
Dempsey and Jack K~earns. who have
threatened to take "an out' IL the
money-raisers fail. they wondered,
''dare they do it?"
Both the financiers and the firm
representing the worlds heavyweight
Championship say in reply to each
that-they will.
With h attitude of that's my
story and I'll stick to It," George
Stanton. Great Falls banker. who is
in charge of the drive for funds to
make the fight good for July 4th in
Shelby. insisted that 500 900 repre-
senting the final installment of the
!, champions $500 900 purse would be
paid to him some time Monday, the
zero day for the payment.
Around Great Falls the towns-peo-
pie are referring to the final install
ment of the purse as "Kearns' pound
of flesh" and from the feeling exist.
ing that the promoters should follow |
the word of the contract as strictly |
as the champions manager has, It is
probable that Kea-ns may not get
his money until the clock starts its
first stroke of 10 on Monday night.
Kearns insists that he and his
champion are engaged in a business
800, clause =, hI. can+raa. haaam
whe, IOWA os ,h. ,,or. uu,.a,.
ci,izeus sugyested tba+ he could he
,orcad 10 sem Demnsev into tha r,aa
asa,ns, h yvitbo,t ha,ns na,s
a. ,Iro, insta,,ran, y, ~.
Esarns answered .Iat them try,..
Anotber corserorco w.s ia haro
,ate ton,gbt durIng which Metz 7 n
Iane one Of the Mo offic,ais ~ .ha
Monarch Tumher comnany yas
xaned as otrustee, OF tho figbt
Major Lane announced 10 naws.
papermen that an Of the nromoters
Of fbe fiebt had assigned their lights
10 him. He said that n mart az tbs
money had been raised with which |
10 nav Demnsev his third ana finaI
tnstallment OF his nurse ana that
he had no reason 10 bel,evo that the
fight would not he held on mi,
Fourth.
The had n rather tam.
workout this afternoon He von, |
through two rounds with LACY Rurlro
and two rounds with RiIlv Wells n.
also punched the body bar for two
rounds ara n hoxed for trvo
rounds
When thew Threatened +o vva
lKean. for the s9fo ooo already raid
him II Dempsey didn't fIgbt no 70.
plied '1et them s,,ei"
When IL wos nointed opt that MN
lie opinion would sorce hin, "a no
good snort and fight for less th,n
the contract called for Kearrs cara
back with. ar I am not naid I
600 before midnight Mondav Tho fIght
Is off and wen leave Montana
with threats of lawsuits. discoveries
of Joker clauses in the contract ana
intimrtions that mower Of n,,biic
|. OPINION would be enlisted 70 malrs
>Dempsey fight. pr-eenrdIessp there ,s
an opInion that co,,id M. baIn -,
he entartatnod th,, ~ stoo noo
paw the ohamnion the final bit ~ hts
nurse ia NOT 40 f,rn,I. IN en- rra.s
of the promoters and rnanntosa -
thew would have n believed
because n hannened "a -.,an.,,,
and because Il had such n vttsl q.
feet IN tbroxving INC fi,.st ,hr, - a.
fight. II cannot helm b1,t no recatiad
that tho san,a aa-,rar-as +hat a.
"monev e there, were voiced on r,,rs
il when The dav for tho ravront .,
the "second tbor.andr -