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AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. THE FIGHT MONEY. (Received Ibis dav at H.-lo a.m.) NEW TORE. July 2. A Shelby telegram says the light prospects came to the verge ol nun when tile promotei's' trustee annntinreil - tbji_failure to raise the linal hundred ■thousand dollars instillment, declaring; “We concede the failure of our task and we leave the matter in the hands (I it he prolnotc-rs.” I.alcr the attorney admitted the light was oil unless a miracle liapi’eiis. KEARNS WILLING. (Received this day at 10.-15 a.m.) NEW YORK. July 3. ■At. Great Falls. Montana, a night long conference between Kearns and the light promoters resulted in Dempsey’s ilianager offering to send the champion into the ring for the two hundred thousand dollars already received. if given the. privilege ol collecting till- balance out ot the gate re- - ceipts. The promoters eventually accepted this proposal. Once during the night Kearns dashed from the room shouting “Fight oil . hut. Inter he was prevailed on to resumo negotiations.
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 July 1923, Page 3
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