Show I I FI F- F Figures m U in In Boxing S SI I Teapot Dome Scandal r 9 dr 3 r ww b k V k S 'S 0 Tom 0 Rourke right Tex Tx Rickard Richard left New Yorks York's tin ear industry has been in the grip of another scandal candal the last few weeks following Tom sensational charges against Tex Rickard Tom himself is a reformed boxing promoter promoter promoter pro pro- moter and claims to know for fop certain that Rickard has been working hand in hand with ticket scalpers th thereby reby creating an unnatural shortage shortage shortage short short- age and inflating prices to excessive heights He charges that this condition resulted in ma many y unsold seats for the Firpo Dempsey-Firpo fight while thousands of disappointed fans were turned away from the box office Rickard answers the charges by declaring that because failed miserably as a promoter he is now trying to make trouble for others The whole proposition has been investigated thoroughly by the state boxing commission which will announce its findings within a aI afew afew I few days |