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Show i OOOOOOOCOOOOCKDOOCODOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOCOOOCOOCOOOO o o New Records in Next Scrap o - 8 " 1 P ' v o . 8 - X - 8 O k ' ' K O tSLC'J 1 TEX RICKARD launched his Q campaign for :i now record iu g heavyweight prize fights, g It limy or may tint bring Gene p Tunney mid .Tack Pempsey to- Q gether for a third battle. 0 Rickard is certain of only one Q tiling that Tunney's next defense Q of his world's championship will lie Q under Tex's promotion'. 0 Rickard is not prepared to say Q who Gene's opponent will he. Q Neither is he ready to an p nounce in what city the next g extravaganza will he held, although q he favors New York. q IUlt lie is hoping that whatever CJ the details may he, it will provide a new record in attendance and Q gate receipts, and that Tunney's X reign as king of the heavies will 0 prove even more profitable to him Q than did Dempsey's. Q 8 " Tex Rickard. T is willi,!" tn iuln,i' '"! 8 O reaped a harvest of approximately 8 SI.-UIO.IXIU by promoting fights in which Dempsey engaged, and de- o O spite the suggestion from many followers of the fight game thai x 8 Tunney is by no means the box office attraction that Pempsey was. O O Rickard is likely to make more money under Gene than he made q q under .lack. O q As for Gene's next opponent. Rickard spiked the reports that he 8 O was deliniltly planning a third engagement between Tunney and Q H Pempsey witli a declaration that fie intended to conduct a series of O Q elimination bonis this winter, the winner to meet Tunney next q summer. O g "1 am not considering a third Tunney-Peinpsey fight," Rickard p Q said. "Rut I would be glad to have Dempsey enter the elimination S O series, and If he comes through on top, then there certainly would he Q p uo better man 'to meet Tunney. g 0 "At any rate, we'll have a tight next year if we can find some x 8 one to give Tunney a good fight." p p Gene, who was sitting near enough to hear Richard's com- Q ments, added a touch of spice to the proceedings by suggesting: Q Q "Or maybe a good licking." X cxxxxxxxxccocoooccc |