THE FIGHT FILMS.
RICKARD DEFIES LAW. AND MAKES MONEY. (Pies. Association —Copyright.)' (Received 7.10 p.m.) Washington, March 20.—Tex Rickard .appearing before the Daugherty Investigation Committee concerning the illegal distribution of the Carpen-tier-Dempsey fight films, testified that he knowingly arranged the distribution upon a secret assurance that prosecutions would not be pressed. Rickard’s mode of procedure was to exhibit the films and submit to a light fine. He would then continue the exhibitions with impunity, apparently through the connivance of the officials. Rickard stated that he was first fined 1000 dollars in New York, adding “Then I went out to get my money back.” The Committee; however, showed that he had more than recouped the initial loss, producing Rickard’s own expense accounts indicating that the fines within each State averaged 500 dollars against receipts of 25,000 dollars. Rickard declared, however, that these methods involved other heavy expenses which made his own profit only 1000 dollars.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 22 March 1924, Page 5
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