The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-08-02
FIGHT MAY BE
SEPTEMBER 20.
RICHARDSON'S
Jacks Objection to Date Does
Not RuffIe Tex; He Sets II
Week Ahead
ESTELLE TAYLOR is ILL
Approval of Boxing Commits
sion Deemed Certain; To
BE Obtained Today
ESTELLE TAYLOR is ILL


New York. Aug. 2.-AP)-Thc
date for the return HEAVYWEIGHT
championship match between
Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey
In Chicago has been definitely
shifted from September Is To
September -. Billy Gibson,
Tunncy's manager, said he was
informed today by telephone
word from Promoter Tex Rick
ard.
Chicago. Aug. 2.-~JH1-A threaten
ing fnonkeywrench, tossed from Los
Angeles to Chicago, ricocheted harm
lessly off the championship fight
machinery Of Tex R.ckard early to-
day without leaving even "A dent.
Jack Dempsey did the tossing, his
missile being IA statement that he
could not u ssibly be ready to meet
Gene Tunney in their 10 round heavy
weight title match at Soldier Field
here September is the date Richard
had set.
Three minutes after Dcmpsey's
statement had been received here,
Richard assured newspapermcn that
there would be no dispute over the
date, that he knew all about Demp-
sey's attitude, and that everything
was all right.
II won't he ready until September
22 Mt the earliest said Dempsey in
Los Angeles, "and | would rather
have September 20 as the date"
Makes No Difference
To which Richard replied:
1T makes no difference to me. l
lhnsn M. "a
George Gctz, my Chicago ally, to get
away September q on trip to
Africa he had planned However, he
is wiling to stay over and help me
out on Scptcmbe % if necessary and
so we probably will stage the fight
on that date"
femher Is date was that his wife,
Estelle Taylor. is i'll, her condition.
being such that her physicians have
advised her not to attempt the trip
to Chicago for another 10 days or
two weeks.
Richard said there is nothing in his
contract to compel Dempsey to fight
Tunney September 10. He added,
however. that he is confident Demp-
sey will withdraw his objection to
'b@b Ndte dllci Llic mas Dctn
explained to him. Richard expected
to communicate with Dempsey by
telephone during the day.
Word of Dempsey's attitude came
several hours after Richard had made
definite announcement that the fight
would be put on in Soldier Field
here.
Tie last detail in the preliminary
preparation for bringing the fight
here was on Richards program today
obtaining the approval Of the state
athletic commission.
Invitation Is Warm
The warmth of the boxing commits
sion's invitation to Richard. even be-
fore the Sharkey- Dempsey fight,
precluded any possibility of a hitch
in the arrangements. The South
Park Board - which controls Soldier
Field, in voting 4 to l yesterday to
permit the use of the field for the
fight, made only two stipulations.
One was that the Chicago newspapers
operating radio stations be allowed
to broadcast descriptions of the fight,
and to this Richard agreed. The 9TH
or was that the South Park police,
an organization distinct from the city
force, handle the crowds. The hoard
charged Richard 100000 for the use
of the stadium for one night, and re-
quested an indemnity bond of $780,
OG0 which Richard agreed to.