Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-28 | Page 3 | Taxes Cut down Willard's Prize

' TAXES CUT DOWN WILLARD'S PRIZE NEW YORK, July 27. Taxes levied by the government on the ? 00.000 which Jess ; Wlllard received when he lost his heavy-j heavy-j weight boxing title to Jack Dempsey de- creased the amount to $08,590, according to figures announced here tonight by - F. .1. Livnch, an internal revenue agent. ! Dempsey actually received $23,970 of the ?7,rno called for in his contract, he added. The former champion paid a normal tax of $7S40 and a surtax of $23,570, in all f $:il.r70, according to the figures, while b TJempscy's normal tax was $2040 with a ' surtax of $1490.