Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-16

In the passing Of George L. (Tex)
Richard, the world of sport loses its
greatest promoter and "as colorful a
| figure as it has ever known. Thus
the press lauds the big business man OF
the prize ring whose recent death in
Florida leaves vacant place for which
nobody is inclined to suggest success
Sor.
Mr.. Richards early days in Texas in
spire personal tribute from Anon G
Carter, publisher of the Fort Worth
Star Telegram, who says that though
he has ranged the world in career
that for adventure and picturesqueness
had few equals, Texas was still home
to Tex Richard" Reviewing the pro-
moter's gold-mining days and ranching
exploits. Mr.. Carter asserts that
through them all, rich or poor. up
or down. one thing shone forth in the
Rickard of those days-a sterling char
acter"; that calm Judgment, courage,
strict sense of fairness and rugged
honesty were outstanding traits, and
those same traits chiefly were response
BILE for the fact that he ended his
career as the premier sports promoter
of all times" OF the new place attain
ed by his enterprises, the writer con-
cludeS, 'It was case of one individual
so inspiring a nation with his own
character as to bring sports events to
a level thought unattainable a few
years before"
HE came out of the movies and the
pages of Rex Beach and Jack London
to do the thing in real life," says the
Ottawa Journal, which sees in his ca
reer proof that truth is stranger than
fiction" and adds: HE brought women
necklaces and men who played the
market to Madison Square Garden.
They. made excellent window dressing.
The Dempsey-Tunney bouts are recent
history. Nobody but a genius, nobody
but an Emperor of Balyhoo, could have
staged them as Richard did"
"The very audacity of his ventures
made news" observes the Scranton
Times and the Philadelphia Record
testifies to 1.-The ability he possessed to
make all that he interested himself in
romantic" The Ann Arbor Daily News
sees in him "the most picturesque figure
that ever Stalked across the stage of
the sporting world" while the Danbury
Evening News calls him "a splotch of
color standing out from the drab."
Although he never entered the ring,
it was Tex Rickard who raised boxing
from the shady edge of being an outlaw
to the class of million dollar sports"
AYERS the Roanoke World-News, with a
tribute to 'as colorful a figure as the
world of sport has ever known" The
Dayton Daily News remarks: Hundreds
Of years ago his death would have placed
him quite in the ranks of the Greek
gods. AS contemporary event, his
passing receives as much notice as II
the English King had died"
mo one appears as logical contender
for the throne left vacant by the king of
fightdom," in the opinion of the Annis-
ton Star. His unique position Is recog-
nized also by the Chattanooga Times,
Bellingham Herald and many other
dailieS The Salina Journal records "the
loss of a genius" and the Regina,
Saskatchewan. Leader refers to the
passing of "the outstanding sports pro-
moter of continent"
X X X X
'What 1t Is that gives to a Richard
the quality of dominance and thence of
success" according to the Des Moines
Tribune-Capital, sis just as interesting
and mystifying problem as is the same
problem when applied to q J. p. Morgan