Elimination

"Tunney will fight Tom Heeney in July" . . . "Where?" ... "I don't know yet boys, maybe in London." . . . "But if you put it on in London how will you pay the British tax and still have profit enough to satisfy your stockholders?" ... "I don't know yet, boys." . . . "What about George Godfrey?" . . . "Well, but Heeney ..." ... "What about Dempsey?" . . . "He's through."

Thus last week sports writers and Mr. George L. Rickard, boxing promoter. To their desks went the sports writers and began to turn out ballyhoo based on the following facts:

Since January Promoter Rickard has been promoting a boxing tournament for heavyweights called "The Elimination Tournament." From this tournament, before it began, Paolino Uzcudun, Basque, and George Godfrey, black man, were eliminated for business reasons. Jack Sharkey, after fighting to a draw with Heeney, was eliminated by Johnny Risko. Risko has eliminated all his opponents so far but is not now matched to meet anybody. Promoter Humbert Fugazy, rival of Rickard, is trying to match Tunney with George Godfrey.