Show DESCAMPS RELATES REASONS FOR CONTRACTS Tells Tells of Jack Kearns' Kearns Wire 1 Th t That Demp Dempsey ey Not Y Yet e S. S Signed Signed- d 4 f 1 PARIS Feb 25 That That a fight 1 between n Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight championship of th the thc world will go to whatever promoter promoter pro pro- moter succeeds In signing Dempsey to a contract Is the the gist of an Interview with lJ I. I Descamps Carpentiers Carpentier's manager which will be published this morning by Sporting a I weekly publication J j i have given n my signature to Q c. B. B Cochrane ne of London Theodore Vienna Vienne of Paris William Fox OX of New Nework York ork ork and nd Tex Rickard a as I shall give gi It to anyone who shall bring me sufficient guarantees guarantee al always al- al ways ys however howe with the provision that Dempsey's signature be obtained said M f f. f Descamps Mr Mr Cochrane is a personal friend of mine nine That is why I gave him the preN after Carpentier's Carpentiers ar match with Beckett ett But up to this date he has I been unable to secure Dempsey's signature signa- signa ture Meanwhile I have received a telegram tele- tele gram from Jack Kearns Reams manager of Dempsey empey saying that Dempsey had not with anyone He lIe also advised me strongly to deal with Tex Rickard and asked me to go to the United States where he said Kearns I and nd Rickard Richard were awaiting waltIng me Carpentier and I will leave March 13 I am not forgetting that Cochrane holds Carpentier practically bound until the end of the year but Inasmuch h as he has not succeeded In securing Dempsey's signature and when he realizes that this will be impossible he is too good a sport to stand in our way of putting the fight through because should Dempsey sign with either Rickard or Fox the contract has with us becomes null Kearns l earns Denies II He Sent Wire ANGELES Feb 25 Itis It is a mistake mistake mistake mis mis- take that I telegraphed telegraph d to M M. Descamps or communicated with him In any way said Jack Kearns Therefore I 1 could not have given him the advice he credits to me meI I r 1 am glad he has signed with all the 1 promoters he says he has That ought to tomake tomake tomake make It easy to make a match But there will be nothing doing from us until he and Carpentier get to New York Then well we'll see who really has Carpentier We Ve dont don't care to run Into litigation b by signIng signing signing sign- sign Ing up until we know v who has the French French- man rOne thing is certain the certain the fight will be ben beI bethe I n the United States and not in France 01 or England We wont won't go to Europe That's final Jurys Jury's Verdict Expected Friday SAN l FRANCISCO Feb 25 The The federal grand jury which has hs been considering charges against Jack Dempsey heavyweight heavyweight heavy heavy- weight champion and his manager Jack Kearns Is expected to make a return Friday Fri Fri- Fri Fri- day These charges were that Dempsey and Kearns had made false statements to war draft boards In connection with Dempsey's exemption claims Reports were current today to the effect that the tho findings would be against both Dempsey and I Kearns but these were without official official official cial confirmation Mrs Maxine Dempsey wife of Jack Dempsey testified before the grand Jury several days ago |