San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-02
But Tex May Be Building
Romero-Rojas to
Finish Luis.
NEW FIGHT SCHEDULE
Two South Americans Now
Doped to Meet in New
Jersey.
BY SPARROW MGANN.

Copyright. 1894. by Consoi. Press Assn
New York, March Luis Firpc
has seen the light. and he and his
American advisers hereafter will ira:
with Tex Richard. The promoter now
has in mind three big bouts for the
indoor season and the writer is in q
position to say how the card shapes
up just now. Here it is:
Dempsey VS.. Tommy Gibbons II
New Jersey.
Luis Firpo VS.. Romero-Rojas in
New Jersey.
Dempsey VS.. winner of Firpo-Ro-
nero fight in New York.
Harry Wills is out. You don't be-
lieve it? We'll, wait and see. PADDY
Mullins, Harry's manager. has no !ik'
ing for Richard and has been playing
the game against him, siding with the
Raymond syndicate. -.
Just now Richard is in position
of strength such as he has never oc-
cupied before. The house of assem-,
bly, in New Jersey has passed the bill
authorizing the boxing commissioners
Newton Bugbee, to sanction, at his
discretion. maximum admission
price of S25. This bill is sure to
pass the Senate and almost certain to
be signed by the governor.
Sees Big Money Ahead.
Jersey sees an opportunity for o
big increase in state revenue and II
sees in Richard the man to provide
the same. He will be the white
haired boy in the Garden state and
so far as New York is concerned, il
the legislators wish to be influenced
by the squealings of Tom O'Rourke
and hester the promoter, why thel
New York's income will suffer in pro
portion as New Jerseys Golfers swell
The word that Richard gets from
South America is that almost any
clever hard Uniting heavyweight Is
likely to show up Firpo. ErminC
Spalla 49, may. - Instead of sticking
around with good trainer and devel'
oping himself, Firpo saw fit to go 70
Buenos Aires and live high on the
money he carried thither.
Richard knows and everybody else
knows that. to have chance with
Dempsey, Firpo has got to be IN mucn
better condition than he was last Sep
TENDER. when his stomach was weak
for anybody's punches. let alone
Dempsey's. If Jack had elected to be
n little careful aud had used his skill
in keeping out Of Firpo's way and
hooking him from time to. time in the
bread basket, Firpo probably, would
finally have fallen to the floor through
cheer exhaustion. -
Building to Beat Firpo?
/ ( Now he has piled on layers OF TAT.
Richard has. photographs and figures
20 nrova This. Richard built up Fir
no for his battle with Dempsey and
INST now it is in his task to build up
this new Romero Rojas similarly. He
knows just the man who could take
hold of the Chilean. If he is as prom
I Using as he appeared to be in France
and fix him up so he could beat FIR
DO. Just now thisc appears TO De
Richards idea.
And then, if the Chilean flivvers,
there is always Firpo to fall back OF.
There will be no meeting between
Rojas and Firpo in South America
Richard is in touch with the man
from Chile and the inside rumor is
that he has placed himself in the New
York promoters hands.
The first thing Richard did was to
tell him to lay off Firpo. so far rs
South America is concerned. And he
will.
The dope Is that boxing fans of
this country are shortly going to be
edited by the appearance in this coun-
try Of both Firpo and of Romero
Rojas, the former all set for a fine
building-up campaign and the other
looking out dazedly wondering just
where he is at.