Show FIGHTS S s- s sAND AND FAMINE XE Salt Lake ake Tribune Just now there is Is a a. great to d do o about a certain prizefight prizefight In which Jack Dempsey an and Georges Carpentier Carpen Carpen- tier are supposed to primarily manly marily for half haU a million dollars au and d secondarily for the championship o othe of ot f the world It t appears W hat same o of the promoters promoters pro rooters of at this this this' match mutch have withdrawn with drawn drawn or are seeking to do so on the thero th e 1 grounds ro that if t i faith in th the e form torm of at forfeit et money money hive have no not no t T been deposited in the designated depositary depositary depositary de de- according to the terms of at a contract entered Into by the pugilists and those who unde undertone tart t t the arrangement arrangement arrangement ar ar- and conduct of the match While this alleged failure to observe observe observe ob ob- serve contractual obligations is given as the excuse for the retreat of some of ot the financial back backers rs of at the enterprise en enterprise en- en It seems perfectly safe to say that their action is prompted by altogether a different reason A tow few weeks ago ago the authorities authorities' who exer xer- exercise exer- exer else cise supervision over pugilism in New York announced a scale of at admission admission admission ad ad- mission prices the maximum of which is 15 16 The t terms of the match match match-at at least those which have been given to the public public are are e that Dempsey Is to receive re receive receive re- re a purse of and that Carpentier is to receive one of 2001 The two purses alone make a total of ot In addition to this outlay there must be met tremendous tremendous tremendous tre- tre expense accounts for building building build build- ing ing an arena for preliminary fi fights for fora a large staff of workers both before and on the the day of the fight tight Art Ari aggregate of t would not seem to be an excessive of at the cost of out the fight tight Then would come crime the promoters each of whom would naturally wish to get his hands onas on onas onas as much money as possible for fight promoters have to think and talk in six figures figures no no less The Dempsey-Carpentier Dempsey fight to tobe tobe be a success success would have to attract attract gate receipts of at least It Is manifestly impossible to draw into the ticket office under under un un- der the New Y York rk scale of a maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum of or 15 the seat This being so so a couple of qt the astute promoters ers ers' have havo taken advantage of at a technicality technicality tech- tech to slip out of at what be begins to o look like a losing or or at least a precarious venture Anther one of the aman a aman aman man who has won respect of a sort for or his gambling plunges s and for the success with which he has carried out several pugilistic undertakings involvIng huge sums announces that he will stand fast and that the Demp- Demp sey Carpentier fight will take place Since it is evident to all that the ar- ar fair air cannot be held in New York without a heavy loss it follows that it t must be held elsewhere Which brings us to the statement of one of the persons interested that thatUs its Us a cinch this this fight will be held in n Europe Another person similarly simi simi- similarly arly interested announces that he knows of a place where he can obtain obtain obtain ob ob- tain a guarantee of the sale of 50 50 Uck tickets ts at t an average of not less than 20 each This place of course Is London or Paris With such an assurance of receipts receipts re receipts re- re of from a European European European Euro Euro- city it would be Inevitable that practically every dollar dolar of that thai million would have to be contributed ted by Europe Now the point is If It Europe can afford to pay for a two two- hour pugilistic diversion can she no not also pay for the maintenance of he her poor For many years America has been afflicted with a nev never ending r series of drives for the succor o of starving E Europe rope First it is this nation nation na na- nation tion which Is stricken famine and next it Is that but always there i isome Is some country which is gasping ou out Its individual and national lit life Ufe through hunger and thirst and always al always al- al ways we are told that if America does not ot come to th the r rescue cu million millions of at helpless people will suffer death Americans respond because the they cannot resist appeals of this kina kin with a quiet duiet conscience and they d do donot donot not grudge the money so contributed The people of the United States State have extended extend d lo loans ns to Europe Europ amounting to billions of dollars N No sane man for tor a moment believes an any considerable part of those loans wi willever will willever ever be repaid in principal and th the e chances are meager Indeed for re receiving re- re even oven the interest There ar arat areat are areat at this very moment afoot in thIS country plans for the extension o 01 further credits more loans locus mor more e relief Europe lOa may be starving but Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope has a million dollars which i It Itis t is eager to toss to a Couple of ers erg and their backers for a brutal 1 encounter which so far from fromIng having having hav hav- Ing any merit whatsoever cannot b bother be bother e other than a n positive detriment t to o the morals morals of the spectators spectator and a ou u international disgrace ace to i the e community com com- COI n- n which it In the first place it Is nothIng g short of ot criminal waste waste to to give a prizefighter or for tor a few hours' hours time but it is eve even n more criminal to divert a millio million n dollars from people who are actually starving to the vile purposes purposes to which it would woul go in case this this prizefight prizefight prize prize- fight is allowed on the enormous financial scale cae upon which it It 1 is planned The governments of at Europe ought ough to blush for shame when they behold the spectacle p at g Up of at their cit citizens citi- citi zens publishing to the world Vor d tearful l appeals on behalf of their distressed countrymen a and d reg regard rd wl with h equa equa- W tha the h sight sight s-Ight or of r a a million million i 1 dollars do passing Into the hands of men mon unde undo undeserving s serving of so much as a n dime |