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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 28, 1921. 15 ' I - ...... -, ' ' I I.I I .11 I I. ,.l ,. . M.I. I . I I I i I I .11 I.. W 1 - ' - - . - . rtCKARD KING OF pJT PROMOTERS nsidered Insane When He Offered Purse of $30,000,- touans ana ieisQn. Bv HENRY L. FARRELL, lnjtp(l Press Staff Correspondent! v-w York, June 25. Big: money . aftf h1r wnrlf hi tr trnnl.lo On1" "a Vii.L--iv1 Iclne- of all hoTinc nrn. y Jt.IVl.4 fTJ ' - 1 v,cci learner! this In th nnpr. n'aj' career that has made him the W miv In thfi snortine wnrlrl "a ..,,! haven't alwava been in ,hnortion to the risk involved. P.i.tiD nromotinsr king had been in- ., ,j to worry abnormally, he would :'"eu v,alf rtntinB- bark to IftOft Wve tr, the nans-Nelson light. 'l. r-hamnionshiD bout. , dickering around for a bout when r;C'i,grrim came from an unknown, one VI rickard, who was running a gam- i' . ) n nnlrtflelri Vpvnria nffer, .n nnn for the contest. inLrV and Nelson both laughed! at h a ridiculous offer and passed it up SU-n a nut" rtt- a niihlinHo t coming. 11 uiji -' je -jr WHO HARRY ERTLE. BOUT REFEREE, IS J Who is this Harrv Ertle. chosen t referee the coming Dempsey-Carpentier battle, the most important ring event in two decades, ask many fans. Jiirue is - a city marshal in Jersey City and has had more or less experi- nc for ten years a third man in tha fmmmmmM lit' J He refereed the bout between Car pentler and Battling Levinsky in Jersey City last October, and he also was the third man in the ring in the flyweight championship boitf between Jimmy Wilde of England and Mickey Russell, and for the feather weight title bout some time ago between Johnny Kil bane and Frankie Burns. Other bouts in which he servud as referee include Benny Leonard vs. Johnny Dundee, Jack Britton vs. Ted (Kid) Lewis and Mike O'Dowd vs. Augie Hatner when they faced each other for the middleweight championship. hi I WW is I ANOTHER GOOD MAN GONE WRONG BY PROBASCO Annilif nrairailAH 1 1 - v tweel them $30,000 in twenty-dollar CONSIDERED INSANE cvkard was looked upon as a fit .,hert lor an lurauc aojniii. iittu "It up every cent he possessed and U r'onsidcred a sure loser but he 0 J ' , l.f .1 , . J . -3 n-.nt tnrougn "jin me uuui anu mauo .!-" nKn.it ton nnn Thf lVOUOIO uc uau ci l vjumiiciu was nothtns compared to his experience tn'he made his next big- step in the ,j,ie (-,y signing jhu ovuiivs a-uu jii;k. Irhnoii to decide the heavyweight championship for a purse of $120,000. He had the fight all arranged and an na nartlv completed in California ffhen the Governor decided that his sta-e wanted nothing of the big bout and ordered Rickard out. He had his light all dressed up and had no place lRickard dashed across the line into Reno, Nevada, threw an arena togeth er and packed them in. Th-a r;w:pts were close to $300,000. The VTillard-Moran bout in Madison Square Garden was easy, except he had to guarantee the big Kansan a fortune if he would consent to meet the blonde Pittsburgher. He made money on that 5dU also. FACED BAD BREAKS Bad breaks came when he was get ting ready for the Dempsey-Willard right in Toledo. He tied himself up to a $127,500 purse but the. prospect was exceedingly rosy, when the Gov ernor of the Buckeye state sanctioned the bout and a big stadium was com pleted. j However, the government, then in charge of the operation of the rail roads, refused to give any special train service and the immense stadium was onlv partially filled. Rickard made some money but not the amount he was entitled to expect. With almost a year spent in getting the principals signed, Rickard experi enced similar trouble with the Demp sey-Carpentier arrangements. But most of the obstacles came early when he had plenty of time to make other ar- rar.jements. Rickard planned first to get tne champion and the Frenchman in the ring at Madiscn Square Garden for a purse of $500,000. of which $300,000 m to go to Dempsey and $200,000 to Carptntier. The huge size of the purse brought about such opposition that the New York State Boxing commission,, aiming iirectly at the bout, ruled that not mere than $15 could be charged for a seat at any championship bout. This, of course, made it impossible o stags the contest in the Garden, ow ing to its limited seating capacity. Rick ard then set his eyes on Sheapshead Bay, the site of the old automobile race rack, where he planned to erect an im mense stadium. MILLER BALKED HIM Covernor Miller then stepped in and i't it be known that the contest could Inotbe held in New York state. To remove the "bis money scandal, ' I Rickard then succeeded in getting the principals to work on a percentage WANTS COIN BACK FOR PLAYFELLOW New York, June 28. Return of the $115,000 paid for the race horse Play Fellow, brother of the noted Man O'War has been requested by Sam C. Hildreth, u was reported here today. The racer, which was brought from the Ouincw stable recently, was withdrawn from a race at Aqueduct yesterday because of the alleged discovery that the horse was a "wind sucker" and was in no condition to race. Jriay x ellow gained prominence through his relationship to Man O'War and his winning of two races in suc cession at Belmont this season. Since ins purchase by the Rancos stable, he finished second to Knobble, a stable mate, and later was defeated in a race wun rair Gam and Thunderstorm. USSEKi'Bli.l, TVEOUST SCOME Ffeot ATlWnc env AN0THIS IS STRAIGHT -Dempsey umlu dqcp tarp IN TXfFiRrr LIKE DtD KNOVU, JAKE ftLUgXL,, I T LOOKS UKE PEMRSEY mOLf&E ALL V0eONG,8LL-I OUST LEPT MANhssET AMD 1 BUT CAKK tSTQp PAST BRAIN V ") AW 1 UMHEKSBtKWMnOBaa 1 HSNRY-UMAD'VA TVUMk THE BUj BATTLE f 1 AW. IT'S GQtNG To G9 r' Limit so thev CAM FiOMT AfiAlN IN FRANCE .AVI IMTIMATE FEICW? opja;k TOLD ME THIS (gQSCOE VM H LAVcyF.V'D )i"rfi"i ' i LOOKlMTOHtW -ITS fiXED- f IT'S ALL OVER Poe-wc Cigwt IEMPSEY'S to W MOW AS FAR AS $S-$ raB-T PLOP IM THE fQURTH P yt COVJCERUED 0 SAY? CLE AU UP 9 REFORMER FAILS TO TRY TO STOP FIGHT Camden, N. J., June 28.-Clinton N. Howard, secretary of the international reform bureau, did not mak applica tion here Monday for an injunction against the Dompsev-Carpentier fight. Vice Chancellor E. B. Learning, one of the two persons Howard said he would ask to issue the restraining writ, declared tonight that he had not been asked to grant the injunction. "Mr- Howard called me on th tele phone today, but no Dapers were pre sented for an injunction," said the vice chancellor. "That is all I cm say on the subject." Howard could not be found in this vicinity. Although the Dempsey-Carpentier bout is schduled to go only twelve rounds, and although there will b no official decision few regrets are heard. No one seems to expect this battel to go the limit. Both the PempKuy root ers and those who favor Carpentier ex pect the fight to end with one or the other on the canvas. Tha-t is one of the reasons why this no decision affair is going to draw more monoy than any two fights in ring history. That Dempsey will not again try to box cleverlv, as he did against liren nan. but will go into polish off his op ponent as quickly as possible. Is taken for granted. Dempsey looked so fool ish dancing around and trying to job Brcnnan that it is not probable ho will try anything like that again. Demp sey is a fighter and nothing elsa. "When he tries to box ho is a joko. It is the general opinion that Car pentier als will try for a quick Hnish, just as he did in his other flghti With two hard hitters trying to land a dream wallop without wasting any time, it is reasonable to think that the bout will be over quickly. If Carpentier's deadly straight right does pot take effect at once the only chance of the bout going the limit is that he will be able to use his powerful legs to good advantage. Carpon tier's underpinnings are the most remarkable in the ring today, and it would take a lightning fa,st man to catch him if he used his legs to run away. Carpentier's powerful lv;gs are of great help to him in his hitting. He manages to get kg drives oeVund ail his blows, but he never has us!d his legs to run away, and it is doubtful if he knows how to box along thar line. He steps in fast enough, and then he stays there. He does not try to hit and et away as Corbett did, or as Benny Leonard does at the present time. FINISHING WORK ON GREAT FIGHT ARENA Jersey City., N. J. June 28. The sound of hammers rkig out day and night at Boyles Thirty Acres, where extra crews of carpenters and laborers are engaged in putting the finishing touches on the arena in which Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier will meet July 2. The work was to have beeu completed yesterday, but a strike delayed its pro gress. The contractors ,have assured Tex Richard, however, that the last nail will be in place by next Thursday night. a million more than any other fistic eveit has drawn and there have been some big gates during the last fifteen years. At present the Willard-Dempsey bout tops the list with $452,522. seats ror tne coming Dame range from $5 in the bleachers to $50 for ringside. Three persons out of every five that apply for tickets ask for the $50 pasteboards. There are forty rows at this price. Ringside seats that are reasonably close up will be in such demand by fight day that they will bring several times their face value. No doubt spec ulators have been able, to nhtaln manv of them, so that if every seat in the arena is taken the public will have paid more than the $1,500,000 that Rickard nredicts. All classes and kinds of persons are buviner tickets for the h1r hnnt t.o. borers with grimy hands appear and surprise the man in the box office with demands for $50 seats instead of $10 tickets. It seems that every one wants to be close ud to the nmii. ings and they are not counting the QOEt. As a rule the advance sale fnr an open air fieht is nothinar like an lre- as for an indoor arena. This is due to the fact that weather conditions are uncertain and many fans would not oe aoie to aiena n tne bout was post As July 2 falls on a Saturday, the bout could be held on Mnndnv tuiv 4, in case it rains on Saturday.' How- ever, me doui wiu not be postponed unless the weather is particularly boisterous. Once the men enter the ring and the gong sounds for the first round even a cloudburst will not cause a postponement. Manager Kearns took care to have a clause to that effect inserted in the articles of agreement, unofficially at $1,500,000. Promoter Tex Rickard now predicts that the gate receipts for the Dempsey Carpentier fight will reach $1,500,000. That is the amount that will be taken in if the big arena is filled and al ready there is every indication that not a seat will be left vacant when the men square off for action. One million and st. half is more than APPALACHIAN LEAGUE. At Knoxville 1: Johnson City 0. At Greeneville 7; Cleveland 6. At Bristol 6; Kingsport 5. agreement by offering them sixty per cent of the gate receipts. New Jersey went after the bout then, in fact, invited it. Rickard was as sured that there would be no interfer ence and he selected Jersey City. No sooner had New Jersey been named as the site, than Governor Edwards is sued a statement that "as long as the contest war. conducted in accordance with the boxing laws, New Jersey would be glad to have it." R3S Tom McCarthy, old time ball player and who since the National league sea son opened has acted as coach and as sistant to Manager Robins, has been re leased. McCarthy, however, will re main on Charley Ebbets's pay roll. He has been added to the scouting depart ment McCarthy will inspect several collegians who have been tagged as future greats. DOUGLAS MAY HAVE QUIT M'GRAW CREW Philadelphia, June 28. Manager Mo- Graw, of the New York Nationals, ) sai dioday he 1-ad no information that Pitcher Phil Douglas had quit the Giants, as is reported in New York. "Douglas went to New York last night," McGraw said, "and he told me he would be back today." He denied ho had any trouble with Douglas, but added the pitcher has not "been going well" lately. Assistant Manager Jennings, who heard of the report, said he could not say anything until this afternoon when Douglas is due to report at the Phil lies' grounds. It is saidff Dougles was irritated last night because he was not taken out of the game when it was seen he was ineffective. The Phillies made nineteen hits off his delivery in cluding five home runs. Mere's wlky CAM EL1 me 1 the qwsEip cj&cne&te 1 know a MAN who asked a WAITER to bring him a couple of 2 for 25c CIGARS. By mistake the waiter brought "EL-REES-SOs" (8c) and the man thought they were MIGHTY GOOD. He didn't know they were 8c until he bought a COUPLE the next day. Now th'at man has THREE smokes for a quarter, instead of two and has a PENNY left over to squander on matches. The finest Porto Rican and Connec ticut Blend and Shade Grown Wrapper gives the "EJL-REES-SO" its famous flavor. El-Rees-So Cigar Company Greensboro, N. C El-Rees-So 8c , TRADEMARK REGISTCRKP LITTLE TRADING IN TWO BIG LEAGUES New York, June . 28. The big league season to date has been quiet one so far as trading of players is concerned. The most recent deal which aroused any 1 interest was the swapping of Jeff Pfeff er by the Dodgers for Hal Janvrin and Ferdle Schupp of the Cardinals. The deal had been hanging fire for some time. Branch Rickey wanted Pfeffer but refused to give up Milton Stock in the Trade TTJrial Robinson of the Dodgers decided to lane intieiaer Janvrm and pitcher I Schupp. The Dodgers are in need of a second baseman. Janvrin no doubt will jump right in at second base for ine uoagers. he is hitting .290 and is a first class fielder. Pete Kilduff has been having trouble with a leg all sea son and has been forced to play at times wnen ne snouia nave been m an infirmary. The deal looks like an ex cellent one for the Brooklyns, and it may be of great help to the Cards too. They have a hard hitting outfield, but have not been getting the best of pitching. FAMOUS OLD HUNTER TAKES BLUE RIBBON Winchester." Va.. June 28. Desoite his twenty-five years, David Grey, fa mous throughbred hunter, came out of retirement this season and captured the blue ribbon in the medium and heavy class at the annual Upperville horse show. The aged horse was con sidered by his owner last fall, as too old for further competition in the sho ring and was retired to the pasture to finish out his life. But down in the pasture the old horse found the elixir of youth and emerged sleek and fat and as frisky as a two year old. So he was given another chance to dis play his prowess and added a new rib bon to his already long list. AMATEUR TEAMS TO MEET. Chester, S. C, June 28. Wednesday afternoon the American Legion teams of York and Chester meet at the fair grounds in this city in what is expfect ed to prove a most interesting game cf baseball. BECAUSE we put the utmost quality into this one brand. Camels are as good as it's possible for skill, money and lifelong knowledge of fine tobaccos to make a cigarette. 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