The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-13

Since he has been in the boxing
game he has been playing for stakes
that ran into millions and the same
eye has never batted. When he
wins he cracks smile that shows
only in crows feet around his eyes.
When he loses he counts up what's
left and plays again.
Richard in trying to put over a
heavyweight championship fight be.
tween Jack Dempsey and Gene Tun-
ney in the Yankee stadium on Sept.
16, is playing the hardest game he
ever has faced, but he seems less
concerned about the obstacles than
any one in New York.
His application for a license has
been tossed back and forth for three
months between the New York box
ing commission and the license COM
mittee, and 1t is now resting In the
lap Of the license body.
The commission, by a majority
vote Of Brewer and Muldoon against
Farley. voted Thursday that Demp-
sey was in good standing and rec
commended that the licene board give
Dempsey a license.
The license committee does not
meet until Monday and there are
some reasons advanced why the IL
cense. commissioners will refuse the
champion a license or will defer &C.
ton so long that Richard will not
have sufficient time in which to
make all the arrangements.
Richard goes always on the theory
that everything will be all right, /"
and on this optimistic theory he
ordered tickets printed today for the
fight.
Probable Loss
What If you can't pull off the
fight?" he was asked.
I'll lose a little," he answered.
How much?"
About $4,000 or $4,000"
"Is that all?"
Maybe more. That's just the cost
of the tickets and advertising"
How about the money advanced
to the fighters?"
They'll play ball with me. They
always do. They'll loan the advance
money back to me and I'll fix it up
later"
How about the expenses of trips
made trying to make the match and
incidentals?"
Just a couple thousand. You
always got to figure on losses in this
business" he said. THE financial
risk in promoting a heavyweight
championship fight isn't so bad as
the personal jams you get into.
Take this case. I haven't any fight
with the boxing commission or the
licenses committee. They're fight
ing among themselves. / didn't do
a thing to cause it.
Other Places
"They told me couldn't stage
the fight in New York and l started
| looking around for another place
Chicago. Jersey City or Philade!-
phia. I was in Chicago when Com.
missioner Brewer sent for me to
come back and try 1t again. He
said the fight belonged in New York
and there was no reason why 1t
couldn't be held in New York.
II took him up on his word and
look at the mess we've been
through. They made almost a nerv.
Gus wreck out of Dempsey when
he should have been working in his
training camp. I can't be blamed
for any part of 1t because I have
been on record for years that
Dempsey-Wills fight couldn't be
made; that I didn't want it and that
Dempsey and Tunney would make
more interesting fight and cause no
trouble"
Richard said he was going to sit
around for a couple of days and see
what happens"
I'D like to get that license thing
settled, though" he added. II have
such a good organization that I
could arrange the fight within two
weeks and put 1t over Firpo didn't
get a license until the day before
he fought Dempsey. Greb didn't get
a license until the day he fought
Flowers and we've never had a show
that one boxer didn't have to hurry
for license"
Richard said he-had decided upon
$25 top price for the fight. He
was given to understand that the
commission might, change the rule
to provide a maximum price Of $50,
but he said: Il don't want any more
fussinp aroundn