New Britain herald., 1928-04-21

 New York, April 2l R-Gene Tunney hasn't fought in his native state of New York since he knocked out Tom Gibbons in 12 rounds in June of 1925 before he won the heavyweight championship. 1nd'- cations now are tKat some other state-perhans New Jcrsey-will get the champions next big bout. The reason Is the latest outbreak of a year-in-year-out conflict De- tween Tex Rickard. who has m onopoly of Tunney's services. and the New York state athletic com mission, in which the S1-year-old William Muidoon is moving spirit. Muldoon somewhat idealisttc version of how the business of prize fighting should be run and the pro- motional theories of MT. Rickard 1 which place all the stress on cold cash, simply don't mix, and the re- sultant clash has thrown at least three big heavyweight title bouts to other states. The commission has always been adamant-or just plain stubborn--and probably will be this time.
 The refuge Of Rickard in 1921 was across the rivcr' in Jersey City and he may cross the Hudson again in 1928 to build another sta dium perhaps more permanent than 1 the wooden one erected for the Dempsey Carpenter fight of July. 1921. and since torn down. Word has gone out already that northern New Jersey is being combcd for such site. and some Jersey swamp owner before long may find he has "struck oil" R'c'.ard previously l planned to use a New York ball i park.
 A recent law making decision bouts legal again in New Jersey has restored that state to Rickard as q possible alternative site after several years in which Pennsylvania and Illinois instead got the "shots."
 In 1921 when Ricl.ard was bring ing Dempsey and Carpenter to- gether the trouble with the commis- l SlOn "lS Hldttt'I oi t'l'.'' nv commission insisted s27.5o should be the highest price charged for a seat. Rickard held he needed q $50 top. To get 1t he went to Boyle's Thirty Acres and broke all records then standing for a prize fight gate with his sl.60O,000 receipts for the 'battIe of the century,"
 ho ice; ,I Rickard clashed. the august body holding that Tunney was too light and not fit opponent for the cham- pion. and refusing Dempsey 2 h- cense on the grounds he should meet Harry Wills first. The fight went to Philadelphia.
 More recently in 1927, the matter of tops switched the Dempsey -Tun- ney return fray 10 Chicago. Rick. ard had been allowed 10 hold the
 Shcrkey- Dempsey battle in New
 York and get q s27.5o top with the
 understanding he should go nc higher for the title bout here. Rick
 ard found he couldn't make end. !, meet at that and pulled up stake,
 for Soldier Field.
 Now. in 1928, the commission ha. ruled that Tunney and Dempse!
 shall not meet in New York state
 on the ground that Dempsey is no
 q it opponent for Tunney This i:
 the exact reverse of it's position twt
 years ago when Dempsey held tn.
 crown.
 Yet many feel that Dempsey il
 q whole lot filter as a contendel than the Hceneys. Riskos. and Shar
 keys, and many a Dempseyite would bc glad to take the commission ul
 at appropriate odds if that body
 declaration means it believes an : other Tunney-Dempsey fight would
 be a sure thing for Tunney. The, s point out that the old 'man maulcr' 7 has knocked out Sharkey who hold the top place in the commission contender list and that Jack ha, {, the champion In serious trouble i, that seventh round at Chicago
 Even if Rickard is not consider
 ing bringing Dempsey back for thi
 next "b'g shot'-ard the wise one , cling 10 the view that he is-th' commission is laying obstacles in th' : way of the match in New York stat
 by threatening Tunney with sus pension unless he immediately pick : an opponent from the motley grou] { of contenders.
 ] Meanwhile Rickard, serene in tn, memory of his victories in most o
 l.. ,1r .~ sion. is so little worried as to abe
 it's latest action "a lot more smok'