MR COCHRAN'S CONTRACT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3443, 24 March 1920, Page 6

MR COCHRAN'S CONTRACT.

IS CARPENTIER BOUND?

In an interview on December 26 with “Igoe,.’ the well-known boxing expert of “The World,” New York, Mr C. B. Cochran tells more about his pact with Carpentier. “Don’t be surprised to see Georges Galrpentier made favourite over Demp—sey if they meet. in Europe,’-.’ said C. B. Cochran. “Europe is wild over we 1303’, England as well as France,” he added. “They can’t believe that mor-1 tal man‘ can whip him. Where ‘\v‘-ill‘, the fight take place? London is the’! 6’Dot for the Dempsey and Carpentieri bout,” he went on. “It is the natural place, and English people have taken to boxing as they never did before. It is natural, don’t you know. A sort of relaxation after thepwar, as it were. In France, I hold -that the people "there _would even build the arena for the bout, the funds ‘ for the same being sure to come {min the wealthy admirers of the Fl'env.2'=rman. , They won’t hesitate to Ml,‘:-r the largest purse ever known,

“I want to say something duoui my contract with Carpentiei. It is an indfinite one, not one of a year and a half duration, and one of the clauses in it is that he can’t meet anybody without my sanction during the next year and a half. However, if I sign Dempsey to meet him I will not prevent the fellow from touring and sparring, though he must not fight. “Also, it is all bosh when they say that I have offered 350,000 dollars for the bout. I haven’t told a soul what mv terms are. and I won t until X have asked Dempsey his price. That will bo settled when I communicate with Mr Kearns. Funny thing is that every time somebody says I am to give this amount and that somebody else raises me. The odd part about it will be that I have to make good anything I s ay I’ll give. That’s why I haven’t mentioned my figure. “.lust hoar this, one fellow who cabled an offer of £70.000 for the fight to America, was arrested h? day before I left for taking a man's overcoat in a hotel. That’s the sort of staff that is behind most of the Oilers that are going around the world I investigated an offer of £IOO.OOO made bv a man in this hotel for the

fight, and I found the fellow blacking boot s downstairs,” said Cochran, with a laugh. “I’d like to see ’that fellow Tad. He must bo a very funny person,” said the British Barnum. "Tad’s an EGG,” same a chorus from Tom Thorpe, Ed. Curley, and others. “An EGG?” repealed Cochran. An egg? What is an egg?” lie asked seriously. “IC S the American name for a guy that will charge you two bits to ride up town from the office in his 5000 dollar car,” roared Tom Thorpe. At which Mr Cochran seemed to catch on, for he also roared out a bally laugh. “Now,” said Cochran by way of parting, “I want to tell you that I have not said the fight is going to take place in London, or that it is going to take place in Paris, or that it is going to take place in America. I haven ’(made any plans, though my judgment says London. Really, while I know Paris and London to be in a flush over boxing, I find people here against it. But, I repeat. I’ve made no plans. I won’t until I have talked to Mr Kearns.”