Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-12-03 | Page 4 | Wills, Firpo or Gibbons Ready to Battle Dempsey

Wins Firpo or Gibbons Ready ey to t B Dempsey Met Utah Mauler Wills Has Never Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore Is Js Mo Most t Likely Candidate By By HENRY HENR L. L FARRELL U. U P. P Sports Editor NEW NW YORK Dec 3 Three a.-Three Three big bouts In w which his net cut ought tg be more than a half halt million dollars are in t ti the making just as s soon n as Jack Dempsey decides that the time is is ripe for the picking Dempsey had nad two cont contests this year yea with Tommy Gibbons and anti Luis Luts Angel Firpo and he would have taken on Harry Wills for a a third fight If he would not have been forced to part with practically all aU of or the last purse In Income taxes Wills Firpo and Gibbons are are sti still i live prospects an anti and they will be worked Into the 1924 s a schedule that Jack Kearns Is i. now arranging for the champion The match with Wills naturally will be the most attractive because the colored challenger has a a. traditional traditional traditional right the to logical place and he Jias pas never been defeated ed by Dempsey Dempse while Firpo and Gibbons ibbons have had one chance The Wills match also presentS the most difficulties in being arranged The match would have been leen made I long Jong ago If ft promoters felt sure of ot their grounds After Arter the political skies load had been cleared somewhat and after atter Governor vernor Smith in a campaign speech which he lie was making in the Interest of ot the tite he Democratic legislature candidates said that that- Wills could fight Dempsey another obstacle arose when Wills announced that he never would fight for for Tex Rickard Dempsey It is understood will not work for any other promoter because he and his manager feel that Richard Rickard is Is the only promoter big enough to tomake tomake make malte a financial suc success ess of a big heavyweight championship fight w Reports that Wills had set aside his is personal differences with Rickard Richard have J peen Jeen een heard recently an and it Is understood that the- the colored heavy weight is ready to listen to what I Richard Rickard has tl to offer ff r f for r the fight a a Dempsey Dempsey it Is u understood Is witling will will- ing lag to 10 consider an Indoor bout with Tom Gibbons this winter If this Is tr e. e Dempsey has not Increased his price tag since his fight with Firpo For a fight in New York Dempsey could hardly got get more than for an Inside show figuring that hie opponent would have to get some- some t more than the honor of fighting th the the- i