Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-04 | Page 8 | Delaney Ready to Face Utah Battler

Delaney Ready to Face Utah Battler Battle Light Heavyweight Star Comes to Terms With Veteran Promoter NEW TEW Jan 4 4 By Time fhe 01 1 A Associated Tex Press Pres Rick lUck Rick Rick-aru aru enlarged his hi heavyweight war map to include Jack Delaney Delancy to to- to day today before boarding hoarding a train war forSt tor for St Louis to sign Gene Geno I A way to reconciliation between time promoter and anti tho the worlds world's light heavyweight champion ap- ap appeared ap appeared to have havo been opened after aCter a conference yesterday in which manager of Delaney DelAncy met Rickard for tor the first time since their last spring Rick flick Rick Rick-ard ard refused to discuss the he meet meet- meetIng meeting ing hut but admitted ho he had bad given his hi consent content to for Delaney Delancy to fight either cither Jack Dempsey or Tunney Bouts Bouto for tor Delaney with Paul Berlenbach Jack Sharkey ey Paolino Uzcudun and Jimmy Malone Maloney one others also were discussed but objected to Delanc s participation In iii Rickard weight heavy heavy y heavyweight weight elimination tournament fe I Jo contended that Delaney alreadY qualified for tor cither elthe Dempsey or Tunney lunney by hi 18 ii quick knockout triumph over Bud Gorman German I 1 1 signed no binding document and I told Rickard I wanted De- De Delancy De Delaney laney lancy to fight tight Dempsey early carly next summer said Reilly Tunney as aswell aswell well as Rickard wants the milan man who will draw draV dra V the most In a heavyweight title bout next fall Delaney will tight fight Dempsey and beat him hini I see cc no reason for Delaney beating any of oC o the oth- oth oth other cra er I Rickard will leave tor for St Louis late laIc this afternoon With 1 will bo be Billy Gibson Tunney's manager Dudley Field Malone the champions champion's attorney and a 1 flock of boxing writers writer and friends of the thc promoter Rickard expects to sign run Tun- Tu ncy ney non to a 0 contract under which he ha will agree to meet any opponent sole selected by Rickard rue Tho date will willbe willbe willbe be named later by the promoter but the scene of the conflict Is Isto Isto Isto to be the tile Yankee stadium 00 00