Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-02

BY the Associated Press.
~HICAGO, August "A threat
ening monkey wrench. tossed
from Los Angeles to Chicago.
richocheted harmlessly>off the
championship fight machinery
If Tex Richard early today without
leaving even a dent.
Jack Dempsey did the tossing. his
missile being a statement that he
could not possibly be ready to meet
Gene Tunney in their 10-round heavy
weight title match, at Soldier Field
here. September 1.-THE date Richard
had set.
Three minutes after Dempsey S
statement had been received mere
Richard assured newspaper men that
there would be no dispute over the
date. that he knew all about Demp-
seys attitude, and that everything was
all right. =.
II won't be ready until September %
at the earliest" said Dempsey in Los
Angeles, land I would rather have
September 90 as the date"
To which Richard replied:
"It makes no difference to me.
chose September Is merely to permit
George Getz, my Chicago ally, TO get
away September 81 on trip to Africa
he had planned. However, he IS Will
ing to stay over and help me out on
September %. if necessary. ana so we
probably will stage the fight on that
date"
Dempsey's objection to the Septem'
her * date was that his wife, EStelle
.ravlor is i'll. her condition being such
that her physicians have advised her
not to attempt the trip to Chicago TOT
another 10 days or weeks.
No Date I'm Contract.
Rickard said there is nothing on his
contract to compel Dempsey to nSht
Tunney September Is. He added
however that he is confident Demp
sew will withdraw his objection TO that
date after the situation has been ex'
planned to him. Richard expected TO
communicate with Dempsey Dy tele-
phone during the day.
Word of ESmpsey's attitude came
several hours after Richard had made
definite announcement that the tight
would be put on in Soldier Field here.
The New York promoter in radio
talk following completion of arrange
pcents for use of the stadium declared
the Tunney- Dempsey match was In
his opinion the best he ever had made.
Never before have l been able to
bring together in a heavyweight
championship fight two men so evenly
matched as they" he said.
With the site definitely determined
and the date set, subject to revision
If Dempsey insists, the last detail IN
the preliminary preparation for BRING
ing the fight here was on Richards
program today-obtaining the ap-
prevail of the State Athletic Commits
sion.
The warmth of the Boxing Commits
sions invitation to Richard, even be-
fore the Sharkey- Dempsey fight, pre-
cluded any possibility of a hitch In
the arrangements. George F. Getz.
the big coal man sponsoring Richard g
debut in Chicago, already has made
formal application for the promoter s
license to meet the requirements OF
the Illinois law restricting these H.
censes to bona fide residents.
Getz, Richard John c. Righeimer,
chairman of the commission, and
Mayor Thompson, conferred over the
details yesterday and adjourned to
meet at the regular weekly session of
the commission today. The South
Park Board, which controls Soldier
Field, voted 4 to / yesterday to per.
NIT the use of the field for the fight.
Only two stipulations were made by
Inc board. One was that the Chicago
newspapers operating radio stations
be allowed to broadcast descriptions
of the fight, and to this Richard
agreed. The other was that the South
Park police. an organization distinct
from the city force, handle the crowds.
The board charged Richard 100000
Tor the use of the stadium for one
night, and requested an indemnity
bond of 100000 which Rickard
tgreed to.
To make the fight comply strictly
kith the letter of the Illinois boxing
law. Tunney and Dempsey expected
10 sign new contracts with Getz as
the matchmaker, and these win be
assigned to Richard for a nominal
consideration, which it is understood,
t;etz will turn over to some charity.