Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-13 | Page 4 | Montana Town Reports Money Raised for Dempsey-Gibbons Bout

MONT MONTANA N T TOWN W REPORTS MONEY RAISED FOR DEMPSEY BOU BOUD Shelby Is ils Willing to th Post st t 1 as a Guarantee r Stipulated by y Jack Kearns Proposed Bout Would Be Staged on July 4 If L t V Arrangements Could Be Made Wealthy Oil Operator Furnishes Money to Meet it 64 f Kearns' Kearns Guarantee Requirements REAT REA T FALLS PALLS Mont Feb 13 The The oil town of Shelby 1001 I GREAT 1 miles north of here was able today to furnish Jack Kearns manager ger of Jack Dempse heavyweight champion of f the tile world with the tho guaranty stipulated by Kearns Kearns for a meeting there ther on oni f H i July 4 between the te champion and Tom Gibbons of St St. Paul Minn 1 1 n. n to a a. dispatch to the Great I J. J Tribune J JK K Kearns asked that be posted t Do a guarantee and an nn additional osSa 8 s' s i forfeit to the boxers in the event the proffered purse was vas as not raised v. v 1 L Molle M s Zimmerman of ot St. St Paul Minn fV 0 i real estate man and oil opera oper- oper V a In northern Montana telegraphed t the he e assurance that made It possible to towed wed Kearns Kearns' s requirements r Z Zimmer- Zimmer 1 ngn's s offer f was to undertake ke To ot ohe he amount to be raised Shelby men lava hrIt guaranteed and other V amounts of considerable size have been iv- iv subscribed from different localities tv ife J The committee t today received d a tele- tele e Jj graphed offer from Jack Reddy m manager n ll v i or of Billy offering to match his J man clan against Dempsey for with the entire amount be the provision that donated to the American Legion It If the 1 tL champion knocked him out Gibbons 4 V was fl made the first offer however and r r A i l I was stated that no action will be taken v On On the offer until final word is received from front Kearns and Reddy The offer to Dempsey Is and j- j to Gibbons It has been 4 Sated that all profits would be received t by- by bythe Y the American Legion 1 r I