Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-07 | Page 8 | Lawyers Seek Loophole in Fight Contract

Lawyers Seek Loophole in Fight Contract Cermak Sets Out to Dicker With Tunney for Title Bout Jan 7 AP AP Moie Moie than three weeks ahead of tho zero hour on February 1 1 when Gene Tunney's contract wIth Tex lUckard lUck- lUck ard is scheduled to start developing develop develop- ing log A A. A. A J. J Cermak set sot out today to dicker with Tunney for a match In Chicago next June 30 Cermak and his lawyers expect to go over the Riccard contract with microscopes mIcroscopes' looking for some clause that will permit Tunney to fight under auspices auspices' other than ruckard's this summer and If this this' loophole Is dIs discovered Cermak said today before leaving for LW Palm Beach Deach he expects Tunney to sign on the spot for the match Cermak has associated with hImIn him himin in the venture ventur much the same group except for Mayor William Tale Sale Thompson and George Getz that put over the Soldier field fight last September The n name me of Jack Delaney is the only one bandied around here hero as Tunney's probable opponent but Jim Mullen the promoter who will handle the matchmaking if any said today it was was too early carly to talk of the party of the second part Boxing experts after reading the tile scathing criticism of Jack Demp- Demp Dempsey sey by Paul new new chairman cf the Illinois state athletic commission commission com com- mission were were- of the opinion that Dempsey would not be considered