Show y 9 o AND TO SETTLE WESTE PORTLAND CHICAGO GOLFERS A RN AMATEUR TITLE TITLE i for fr World 1 May ay Be e Postponed Poste Again 1 Rickard Possibly May Move Site Sie of Bout Back to Jersey to Get Open Air Date United Press Staff Staf Correspondent CHICAGO July 23 Tex Tex Rickard announced today that all plans for a Tunney Dempsey-Tunney match for fo the worlds world's heavyweight champi championship champion champion- n- n fo ship will bo be held up until ha he makes cerain certain of the legal status of ot the contract wil he has with Jack Dempsey announced that Dempsey Demps y would iJ meet 1 Wednesday Wednesday evening u na-u Rickard a ar n 1 G GOne Gene Tu Tunney In a t title t bout b in Chicago Chi Chi- h j cago cage either on September 11 1 or ot September 18 iS He was inclined to smile at suggestions that he would woud be unable to stage the fight because of a previous contract Dempsey club signed with wih the the Chicago Coliseum The Tunney Dempsey-Tunney fight was wa certain Rickard said then and most everyone in town placed their confidence confidence con con- In Rickard But last night Rickard was given some fresh information on the matten matter matter mat mat- ter ten of the old contract Dempsey had with the Coliseum club and he considered this information so im important important important im- im that he announced today nothing further would be done re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding the tile Tunney Dempsey-Tunney fight tight until he investigates this information information tion ton the aid of lawyers The Information Rickard obtained last night Bight was something like hike this Late in 1925 Dempsey signed a contract with wih Floyd Fitzsimmons the Michigan City promoter wherein where where- in Dempsey agreed to meet Harry Wills Vis the negro contender Fitzsimmons Fitzsimmons Fitz Fits simmons backed out on his plans to stage this fight and agreed to 0 sell sel his contract to B B. C. C Clements president of the tite Coliseum club for J which amount was vas to be J divided between Dempsey and himself himsel I Clements then went to California Califor Calor- Calor ala nia interviewee interviewed Dempsey and obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed Dempsey's signature on an option paying option paying opton-paying paying the champion just 10 0 for his signature Dempsey It is understood signed this option opton in inthe inthe I Ithe the belief belef he was to get half of the I Clements had agreed to pay Fitzsimmons 4 1 Later Lter Fitzsimmons attempted d to collect the from Clements j but his sight draft was ivas refused payment Neither he nor Dempsey have collected a cent from front Clements and it I Is understood they have nothing on paper to show that Clements owes them anything Until last night Rickard had gone 1 ahead with wih his plans for a Demp Demp- Tunney sey-Tunney fight in the belief belef that that j Clements' Clements contract with wih Dempsey had been voided through Clements' Clements failure to pay Fitzsimmons but it now appears neither Fitzsimmons nor Dempsey can prove they have any money due them This would make Clements' Clements 10 option opton on Dempsey's services a binding binting coni contract contract con- con i tract nn and under this lIsts option Demp- Demp sey must meet Harry Wills Vis in Chicago Chi Chi- cago cage before he takes on Tunney j |