Show Rickard Richard Bids for New York Athletes P i s t i C Promoter Is Anxious to Secure Baseball Club YORK YORI March Marth 4 By The NEW Associated ted Press Tex Tex Rick Blek- Blek ard dean ot of o fight tight promoters is i it d great extensions ot of o hIs Negotiations are pending for tor his purchase se of 61 51 per cent of ot the In the tho New York Giant baseball club His offer otter of ot 2 2 for tor the controlling shares I h under consideration ot of John McGraw manager ot of th the team and Charles Stoneham president t the Times Ita says today Rickard failed to lure Jacob Iacob Ruppert Into disposing of ot the New cw York Yank Tank Yankees Yankees cc ees for and hl his offer or of for a 9 halt half sh share re In Inthe Inthe Inthe the club also was rejected With arrangements under way ny for the thu erection of ot a sports arena In Philadelphia Rickard Is con con- contemplating arenas In la Detroit and Pittsburg also lie III also plans to erect an nn automobile speedway out out- outside out outside side of ot Jersey City on Bole Royle Thirty Acres site of ot the tho Dempsey Dempsey- Carpentier heavyweight en battle In 1921 I In bidding tor a 9 ball bail club bere I Is understood to bo be seek seek- seeking seeking ing a great outdoor sports arena here where In addition to base base- baseball baseball baseball ball prizefIghts prizefight can be staged In Inthe Inthe the summer and toot football ball in the fall as welt well as winter sports The Times says McGraw Y Is In favor tavor ot of having Rickard a partner In Inthe inthe the Giants but that the deal Is being blocked by 00 00 |