Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-04 | Page 11 | [Illegible] Tunney Boasts Double-Barrelled Surprise for Tex Rickard

ENE TUNNEY BOASTS DOUBLE DOU DOUBLE DOUBLE-BARRELLED BARRELLED S SURPRISE FOR TEX RICKARD A AvY VY CHAMP CHAMPi i r NEW YORK OR BANQUET ases ses to Divulge Name of Promoter With P f r Huge Offer Offer r f W w. YORK Jan 4 AP Gene AP Gene l y came home from the south south- I today with a double e se for Tex Rickard and ind ind in- in d d determination to defend his weight championship t twice in orous after a week two-week coin so- so in Miami Fla nn the champion light topcoat opened and f ng g about In the bitter winds northern cold snap stepped Ibis tr train ln and immediately d on the Madison Square Squaret t Ti 11 promoter x X Rickard genuine a has pas a surg sur- sur g him on J February 1 he is due to post un- un clause in th the optional agree- agree he lie holds on my services as W Weight champion of the J said Tunney He will find It f Jn lq I Ia a nice predicament 3 DERING E OFFER s now I am considering an that amounts to more moret Rickard t kard will give and from a oter who WIo can stage a n heavy- heavy it t title match anywhere nn In thed the theay d' d ay I States It is sure to go goHe PHe He is not Jim Jim Mullins the tho igo go promoter although I also a proposition he has hasi i ille IfIe a refusing to name the pro- pro I Gene Gen would not deny either cither the m map man n was a metropolitan of t Rickard nor he ad- ad ni that t Humbert T J. Fugazy who plans lans for lor a arena here had named the thelie he lie admitted was enticing On axis that RIckard's preliminary ment for 1928 with the cham- cham calls alls for tor a financial return ar to that received by Tunney ds' ds title defense against Demp- Demp l in n Chicago last fall the rival 01 would aggregate gate ly u for x single fight zi jd kd d pall pal Tunney O fo fox for at Soldier field I IN ION N DECLARED AL JOKE I lie he 41 lit e option Tex cx has on my seris ser- ser ps is a no legal Joke and doesn't ont nt nt me from fighting either Ifor for someone someone else or later icy said The basis of law is ison non on s sense sense n e the fundamental df til i a a contract Is equality as adjust just return on for on n the ot other erlie er he lie he finest finest of ot legal minds have havee me e that Rl RIckard's kard's contract not embody these principles s worthless Besides there is Ise sc in that option that Tex le overlooked It says sa-'s my must be agreeable to both ard and and myself and can be beed ed when the promoter posts his l It t- t ton on Fe February 1 its lIS Tunney Intimated was the theL L that hat held the explosive explosive he Ins in- in s sUo to loose on Rickard when the f comes omes for tor fulfillment of early earlys TS s ons of the agreement The The i loh believes the contract h Tex declares gave him an option n on the marines marine's l ices es e's until October 1 1928 1925 is Is i in that It fails falls to make male provision for him if card ard falls fails to produce a chal- chal rr rby by October 1 1 Tunney said lit f t the finalists Iri in the pro- pro er ers er's a elimination series serles through showings should eliminate n elves from public acceptance hal engers then Rickard would li tip obliged to 10 stage a title match car NEY RETURNS 1 BANQUET te tree Rickard is managing ugh gh fighters fighters' now and he never manage me Gene said as his mounted In the future I IIi Ii 11 protect Gene Tunney's inter- inter and his alone atone I have had a ah h rh h time getting where I am to- to ill if I am anywhere I shall not ruled ruled by people with the inter inter- others oj-others C others at heart ene e returned to fo New York for tor solo Polo purpose of ol attending the If Champions champions banquet of or Tex ka karri's karris ds d's Millionaires club Ight If It called upon to speak db discuss cuss only the history of ot l ins Ing and some of ot its lighter ses He plans to leave January forn fora r rl ten-day ten stay at Dover Hill HUl before returning to Miami to pp Wp up light training quart quarters quarters' rs' rs with oral eral sparring partners already on ground lOund