Show RICKARD TO STAGE NOTABlE FIGHT o ESCAMPS I Carpentiers Carpentier's 5 Man Manager ger Reports Reports Re Re- ports port Promoter Holds S Dempsey Contract o tract Amerl- Amerl PARTS PARIS Feb T H.-T I the can fight promoter who who r sage staged I will Dempse Willard Dempsey Willard fight Pa l hamp on P worl j tho the next put lUt on and contest between Jack Dt v y a an according to 0 M. M I. I Georges C Carpentier Descamps manager or of the European Chi champion Descamps ps after arter anno annon 1 ln j today he that RicI ard rd had had had r received assurance signed Dempsey said he probably would as promoter sign with the American I soon as he ho arrived In America late inI in inthe March t I In s securing the 1110 signature of the tile It wor worlds world's Id IdIn s champion Rickard Richard has outdistanced i Theodore Charles B B. B Cochrane I and William Fox who made big offers f for CarpentIers CarpentIer's services but were unable unable unable un un- un- un able to get Dempsey's naem on the aJ agreement he lie said al Descamps s left today day with with his charge chargo for a weeks week's exhibition in Monte l Carlo following which they are to take a a tour our of Italy Before leaving Descamps Inan inan in inan an Interview said he hoped with his st statement to clear Up J the situation atlon and permit the American fans tans to know thereal the thereal real situation We will wilt undoubtedly I sign with Dempsey through Tex Rickard as soon as we arrive In America n he said Developments have bave reached sucha such sucna a stage that I 1 can announce the receipt of a message from Rickard on December 20 last in which he gave gaye assurance that he had signed Dempsey Showing Dempsey's Dempsey's Dempsey's Demp Demp- sey's signature through his representative tive here he offered to come to Paris and sign with me I replied that it was unnecessary as Charles B. B Cochrane I London promoter had an option on Carpentier's Carpentiers Carpentiers Carpentier's Carpentiers Carpentier's Car Car- services until February 1 and that as we were due in America shortly after that we could complete the negotiations negotiations negotiations ne ne- ne- ne there Cochrane is duo from England today but I 1 feel sure suro he has failed tailed to secure Dempsey's signature and thus I am practically practically practically sure Rickard will stage the fight rIght All the persons who are claiming options on the Frenchmans Frenchman's services are not corr cor cor- r ct For instance Theodore I Paris and William Fox New York who made macic huge offers got only the promise of ot the champions champion's services I if they were able to sign Dempsey before beCore we left heft for America This I consider Impossible since Rickard h hits has s signed him This morning I cabled Rickard authorizing authorizing authorizing au au- au- au him to arrange matches for forthe forthe forthe the two French champions Charles Ledoux Ledoux Ledoux Le- Le doux and Georges Papin who are leavIng leaving leaving leav leav- ing with Carpentier and myself on the Lorraine from Havre on March 13 I Carpentiers program In the United I i States calls first for tor a trip to California i where he will be engaged In motion picture picture pic plc- I ture work and will strive to master the this j I English language On May 3 we ar are to start a n ten weeks weeks' exhibition tour In vau vau- I deville This should allow us to get ac acclimated acclimated acclimated ac- ac and by the time the exhibition I tour Is completed all an details for the championship chant cham fight will have been settled We will then decide whether to re return return return re- re turn to Fr France nce to train for tor the fight tIght or remain In the United States Meanwhile I r would not be surprised to hear that Dempsey would come to Europe where I he make could big money in exhibitions |