Show I 3 g Wills Hopes Ios to et Match Wj h Jack Jac Dempsey RICKARD'S PROMISE P R 0 F FAILS FAHS AILS kj kj v 4 frh 9 f 4 READY TO BATTLE GIBBONS t Flaherty to Attempt to Stage Contests In Inc c 1 New Arena lb ny cr Meeds Meed's cG N Con ci o 01 The d COP right 1925 I 2 5 by The Tho Consoli- Consoli d ted d Association YORK ORI March 21 Pad PadL L has ha adopted the tho late lato Woodro row W tS son ilson s theory theor of oC watch watchful ful UI waiting wailing There never waB wa a n man who ho moro more believed one ono thing than Paddy raddy And the tho one on thing that Paddy b vc ll-vc I li that Wills Wilia can whip any man liing Plenty of tips have come to him that the th oni only object In to match VIII Wills with other than D De Is 1 i to discredit it Will Wills ao so that public opinion ill be against Harry Barry Thus whenever a match Is 1 I broached to he has hu thu this In mind and I la nary ary ary lot lest ho he commIt himself He has haa had person personal 1 promises from Jack Kearns Roams that live give Wills Will his chance The Thelast Thelast Thelast last promise of this sort Jort was as mAde jut just t before belore b tor Kearn Cearns Dempsey And the ret rest of ot the th gang yani left for Shel- Shel Shelby Sh l-by l by to meet Tommy Gibbons Gibbon a aventure venture by the nay bay which Mul- Mul Mullins Mullins Mul lins advised Gibbon Gibbons not to make because of o the uncertainty of the tho guarantee by the 1 Mon Mon Mon- Mony Ion Ion- y tana crowd Mullins used all his powers power of persuasion to get ft Kearns to stay In the th east and ha havo hase e tight fight vm for tor the tho biggest gate cat e eer er Kearns Kearn according to Mullins Mullin promised that when the tho MontanA affair was lIS as over ocr Wills W would be b signed NO So It can be seen that Is II not getting any too excited these das dau over that Kearn Kearns eay says ay or does doe cloe not si As to the relation of the big bir negros negro's man man- manager man ager with Rickard Richard tho the t two tao 0 ar are supposed to be b In close clos accord Ma Mabe be they thy are but If 1 so 0 got cot much out of the thc th friendship friend friend- ship hip The Th best bt Tex rex has lIas done don was waa to match Mullins tighter fighter Mike ODowd 0 Dowd with Jeff JeU Smith and Johnny Wilson Harry Wills Will Ills ith KId Norfolk and Wills with Lee Anderson Anderon Finally came the Wills Wills-Firpo WIlls bout but Mullins as wa es doing dolne th the ta faOr or In letting h his hi La man nun meet Fir Fir- Firpo Firpo FIr po po not Richard This tight fight was made road possible because of Mullin agreement to fight anyone any one Rick Rich Rickard Richard ard chose choa with the that the reward would be ft I match between and Dempse Dempsey The reward as a e eryon kno knos s did not materialize So this time Mullins Mulling Is 1 I maling no agreements ease av e on a ratted copper rh eted legal lel basi basis and will nUl he I Is absolutely lain taIn that his hi m man cannot get a match with the th title till holder Never Ne mind what bat Is being said about Mullins being unwilling un II II nIC to sign to meet Tommy Gibbons That I Is bunk Mullins will sign to tight fight anion anone an one In the world on condition knows know kno for tor a fact that brown Dempsey not fight his bis battler battier If J Harry Will for tor some tome rea- rea Ion aon on does not fight Gibbons for Richard RIckard and does doe not get a a chance t at Dempsey Dempey he h will 11 fight some on COlT eon on fl-on on 0 0 Ir CC at the th Queensboro AthletIc club In the th Interest of the promoter Simon Flaherty Flahert rih rt and Mulling are ar pals pal of long standing and SI Sl son ion hao ha plen- plen plenty plen pien plenty ty of ot money mony sunk lunk unk In that club be- be because CRUS be-CRUS cause CAUle Of 0 the th enlargement last ear Flaherty has h been b n a a great treat help bell J to Mulling Mullin many times In the put past putT T and Paddy will b ba quick to do hi his old pal a little favor a as It Is I said gaid he h knows know I there her 1 no chance of Dempsey signIng l for tor a bout no chance chane of o something om being rigged on his hi tighter fighter FACES JUli JUL The Tho Th fighters are ar not counting on Richard Rickard r getti r tl II a a jail sentence as asa aa a result of hi his conviction at Tren- Tren Trenton ton ton on the fight film charges charge The offense carries carrie a fine tine or prison sentence or both bolh But the tho reel feel reelIng feeling teel Ing all around Is 1 Is that Tex rex aill get off with Ith a fine finO fin Even Iven should hould this dope be wron wrong plans plan for tor his hi outdoor fights fight In New York would not be b affected a as Rickard Richard Is not the tho only cog COB In Inthe inthe the machine which produces the called InI I called so-called Rickard Richard shows show op 00 |