New Britain herald., 1929-01-07
ANOTHER RICHARD
 MUST BE SOUGHT
Boxing Will Have to Look Rlr and Wide for His Successor

New York, Jan. z UH-Boxtng In general. and Madison Square Garden more particularly. will have to look far and wide before it finds another Tex Rickard, prophet not without honor in his own country. His death. many believe. will have tremendous adverse effect upon the game.
 It was Tex who led boxing out of the wilderness. Perhaps another hand will be found to keep 1t in its present position. but there are many disposed to doubt it.
 The one-time cowboy. gold miner and gambling hall proprietor found the game in disrepute. looked upon askance by those Tex himself would call the "best people," He leaves it now a thoroughly respectable sport. patronized alike by upper and under crust. With his passing the question naturally arises: Who is to succeed him?'' At the moment, at least. there appears to be no satisfactory answer.
 nickard was not without his de- tractors. Yet there are few. if any. inclined to deny that 1t was Tex's genius that made boxing what it l. today. His uncanny ability to fore- see what the public wanted enabled him to hang up purseA previously undreamed of. and still clear huge prof1ts eithsr for himself or tho Gar den corpoIation. The Garden. in- door home of boxing. hockey, bicycle racing. track and field meets and ether sports, stands almost as a per. sonal monument to the man. It ia the house that Tex built. His waa the brain that made 1t pay huge dividends. Whether another can suc- ceed as well remains to be seen.
 For the present at least. the Gar den probably will operate under the joint direction of William F. Carey, vice president and treasurer, and Colonel John S. Hammond. vice pres ident and assistant general manager One or the other of this pair event. ually may be selected to become Richards permanent successor.
 But in the event that neither Il chosen. there are others whose names already have been linked with gossip concerning the management of the Garden.
 Not the least often mentioned k the name of Jack Dempsey. The old Manassa Mauler. ready to fiEht once more for his friend, Tex. prob. ably will never enter the ring again He has often said that he would fight for no one but Tex. Dempsey's rise Tn fortunes was synonymous witt Richards. They were bound b, strong ties, not only of business but of personal friendship. There is ns denying that Dempsey's selection t head the boxing end of the Gar den's business would b. . popular one. But Richards, success was no' due simply to popularity. Most of | can be attributed to far-sightednes' amounting to absolute genius.
 Another nominee for tho vacan chair is John M. Chapman, csar Q the six-day bicycle race game and , former assistant to Rickard., Chap man is no novice in the gentle pro motorial art. He has had the bene fit of long tutelage from Rickard acknowledged as the greatest mastel of that art the world has ever seer since F. T. Barnum.
 Whoever the successor, 1t may b, written definitely that the GardeI will complete all the projects Tel had in mind before his death. Tn, Stribling -Sharkey match at Miam Beach, Fla. arrangements for whicl Rickard was making when hs VA, stricken by acute gangrenous appen dicitis. is to be staged on its sched uled date, Feb. 27. For the rest, tn, Garden Is hanging out . 'busines' as usual" sign.
 That, Garden officials feel, is ., Tex would have had 1t.