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Show oo DEMPSEY-WILLARD ST. PATRICK'S DAY BOUT POSTPONED L.OS ANGELES. Feb. 2.- -The f if i i n-round bout between Jack Dempster, heavyweight champion, and Joss Wlllard. fornui champion cham-pion scheduled for March 17.ln Ni w York, has been Indefinitely pohtponed, Dempsey announcod today. DemjPSey said he had received a telegram from New York from hi.s manager, Jack Kenrns, itn-nouiicing itn-nouiicing the ltidefinile postponement postpone-ment of the match. He suid he had received no de-ti de-ti Hi d reasons, but undtrslood It was because of the ruling of the N orU boxing commission 1 1 in -ItiiUE i hi price f admieson to $15. Dempasy also said Tex Hlcktird would promote tin mutch between the champion and Georges Car-. Car-. pentlcr on a percentage basis. He said he understood ho would receive no less than 2& per r.-ni of the n-celpts which was tho "usual amount," he added. He said he did not know what Car-pentler Car-pentler would receive. There will be no guarantee," he Said, "and Ho forfeit already puuled will stand, 'The information came In telc-Krums telc-Krums from Mi. Reams who gave no other details," NEW YORK, feb. C While Promoter Tex HiCkard said today that he was not prepared to say dcflnltoly that the IJompsey-Wil-lard bout was off as announced by I Dempsoy In Is Angilos, a formal Statement on the subject might be i rpeoted inter, it ts understood, however, that a hitch has occurred occur-red in the nogotlattons and a ii"w contract will be nooessary If the two heavyweights are to meet again in the ring i nder the original terms both ' Dempsey and Wlllard were granted grant-ed lurgu sums for tholr second encounter when the Kew Yo:-k state boxing eominlsslun recently olo pie, i a rule limiting the ruav-I ruav-I imum admission harge to a boxing box-ing contest to 116, Richard docld- i thai he would lose money unless un-less tho heavyweights box on a percentage basis. it is bellev.-d this did not meet with the approval approv-al ..if the boxers.- |