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Francisco on December 2, 1896. Rickard sent Earp a number of letters belittling Wyatt's steady but small income managing a store in St. Michael as "chickenfeed" and persuaded him to relocate to Nome. The two were lifelong friends, although for a brief period of time, they operated competing
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was selected to design the new building. Destruction of the car barns began on
January 9, 1925. The new arena opened on November 28, 1925. The first event was the preliminaries for the annual six-day bicycle race. It hosted its first major event on December 11, 1925, when a record indoor crowd of
534:. The bout, which drew a record crowd of 90,000, was the first-ever boxing fight to produce a million dollar gate (at a then record of $ 1,789,238) as well as the first world title fight to be carried over on radio. Rickard's profit on the fight was reported to be $ 550,000.
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Chicago. This fight brought in the first $ 2 million gate ($ 2.658 million) and was the first to feature a $ 1 million purse. Rickard reported that between 1924 and 1926 his gate receipts totaled $ 7.79 million, of which he kept 80% after taxes.
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On July 2, 1894, Rickard married Leona
Bittick, whose father was a physician in Henrietta. On February 3, 1895, their son, Curtis L. Rickard, was born. However, Leona Rickard died on March 11, 1895, and Curtis Rickard died on May 4, 1895.
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and attending the opening of the Miami Beach Kennel Club. On New Year's Eve, Rickard was stricken with appendicitis and was operated on. Rickard died on
January 6, 1929, due to complications from his appendectomy. He was interred at
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In 1929, Rickard and George R. K. Carter opened the Miami Beach Kennel Club greyhound track. They also planned a number of other ventures, including a jai-alai grounds adjacent to the kennel club and a horse track on an island in
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in the Garden's first year, the
Madison Square Garden Corporation decided to establish a second team, this one controlled by the corporation itself. The new team was nicknamed "Tex's Rangers" and later became known as the
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Rickard sought to repeat the success of the
Madison Square Garden by building seven "Madison Square Gardens" around the country. In 1927, a group led by Rickard signed a 25-year lease for a sports arena at the new
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has written that
Rickard "first recognized the potential of the star system." Rickard also operated several saloons, hotels, and casinos, all named Northern and located in Alaska, Nevada, and Canada.
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fights also drew well. In addition to boxing, Rickard hosted a number of other events, including six-day bicycle races, and constructed the world's largest indoor swimming pool at the Garden.
313:, Canada. Rickard lost everythingâincluding his share of the Northernâthrough gambling. While working as a poker dealer and bartender at the Monte Carlo saloon and gambling hall, he and
515:. The fight only drew 20,000 to 21,000 spectators (the area seated 80,000) and the total receipts were estimated to be $ 452,000. After expenses, Rickard made a profit of $ 100,000.
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of demanding $ 50,000 from
Rickard in exchange for the girls changing their testimony at trial; however, the district attorney could not find any evidence to corroborate this claim.
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On March 19, 1925, Rickard was convicted of violating a federal law that prevented the interstate transportation of fight films. He faced jail time, but was instead fined $ 7,000.
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as "the Habs." Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" on the Canadiens' sweaters was for "Habitants". At the time, this was a pejorative term equivalent to
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at age 11, after the death of his father. At age 23, he was elected marshal of Henrietta, Texas. He acquired the nickname "Tex" at this time.
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Rickard met Maxine Hodges, a former actress 33 years his junior at the DempseyâFirpo fight. The couple married on October 7, 1926, in
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reestablished legal boxing in the state of New York, Rickard secured a ten-year lease of Madison Square Garden from its owner, the
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Rangers vs. Islanders: Denis Potvin, Mark Messier, and Everything Else You Wanted to Know about New York's Greatest Hockey Rivalry
580:. It drew 60,000 spectators (a then-record crowd for a boxing bout in New York state) and made $ 182,903.26, which was donated to
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1847:"Rickard Stricken by Acute Appendicitis; Operated On in Miami Beach Hospital".
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867:"Tex Rickard Tells How He Won and Lost Big Fortunes During Checkered Career"
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fight. The $ 148,155 gate broke the record for an indoor boxing event.
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others were dropped as a result. After the trial, Rickard's attorney,
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1518:"Rickard Not Guilty; Verdict At 12:19 AM; Jury Out 91 Minutes".
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to start a cattle ranch. Rickard managed the ranch for the
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New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
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990:"Tex Rickard: From Dawson City to Madison Square Garden"
390:. Rickard planned to hold the fight on July 4, 1910, in
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In September 1924, Rickard promoted the fight between
225:(January 2, 1870 â January 6, 1929) was an American
297:of 1897. Along with most of the other residents of
911:"From the Klondike muck to Madison Square Gardens"
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1316:"Why are the Montreal Canadiens called the Habs?"
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1749:Fischler, Stan & Weinstock, Zachary (2016).
744:On December 26, 1928, Rickard left New York for
1775:"The Last Days of a Garden Where Memories Grew"
1214:. December 25, 1906. p. 35. Archived from
1925:Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
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1402:"Sport: Prizefighting's Million-Dollar Gates"
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1593:"Rickard Lost $ 5,005 on Wills-Firpo Bout".
1817:"Routis is Defeated by Honeyboy Finnegan".
1186:. University of Nevada Press. p. 128.
1087:"When Referee Wyatt Earp Laid Down the Law"
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612:In 1926, Rickard promoted the Jack Dempseyâ
488:. The fight was held on March 17, 1916, at
343:In 1902, Rickard married Edith Mae Haig of
1533:"$ 50,000 Bribe Plot Charged by Rickard".
1488:"Rickard Gives Up Control of the Garden".
1237:""Tex" Rickard's Bid For Fight Accepted".
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963:Aycock, Colleen & Scott, Mark (2012).
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121:First to promote boxing to large audiences
1905:Businesspeople from Kansas City, Missouri
1832:"Miami Beach Mourns Passing of Rickard".
1624:"Business: Business Notes, Jan. 10, 1927"
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1468:"'Tex' Rickard Gets Madison Sq. Garden".
1341:"Willard and Moran to Box Here Mar. 17".
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1252:"Reno to Get Fight; Suit Begins To-Day".
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1802:"Coliseum Will Top New Boston Station".
1701:"Madison Sq. Garden Opens in New Home".
1578:"Rickard Displeased With the Big Bout".
1503:"Indict Tex Rickard on Girls' Charges".
1371:"Less Than $ 500,000 Rickard Now Says".
1289:. February 19, 1911 – via ucr.edu.
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1686:"New Rickard Arena Work is Under Way".
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1267:"Jeffries Offended Followers at Reno".
1053:from the original on February 13, 2017.
965:Tex Rickard: Boxing's Greatest Promoter
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526:fight took place on July 2, 1921, in a
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1732:"Rickard to Radio Events at Garden"
1386:"Rickard Bidding For Title Match".
1023:. International Boxing Hall of Fame
988:Gates, Michael (December 9, 2016).
798:"Rickard, George Lewis (1871â1929)"
524:Jack Dempsey vs. Georges Carpentier
480:agreed to Rickard's offer to fight
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589:Jack Dempsey vs. Luis Ăngel Firpo
1910:People of the Klondike Gold Rush
1043:"Wyatt Earp's Alaskan Adventure"
821:Five Strides On The Banked Track
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1300:"Paraguay a Fertile Pasture".
1154:O'Read, Effie (July 7, 1957).
1139:"Wife of 'Tex' Rickard Dead".
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1608:"Tex Rickard Fined $ 7,000".
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117:Rebuilt Madison Square Garden
1930:Madison Square Garden Sports
1920:People from Henrietta, Texas
1065:"Wyatt Earp's Dexter Saloon"
849:– via werehistory.org.
806:The Handbook of Texas Online
737:The grave of Tex Rickard in
319:gold strikes in Nome, Alaska
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1900:New York Rangers executives
967:. McFarland & Company.
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1182:Myrick, David F. (1992).
1128:– via Google Books.
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1656:"Rickard Files Papers".
728:Lewisburg, West Virginia
618:Sesquicentennial Stadium
324:Rickard was a friend of
16:American sports promoter
1753:. Skyhorse Publishing.
1429:"On This Day In Sports"
532:Jersey City, New Jersey
1804:The Boston Daily Globe
1610:The Boston Daily Globe
1455:The Boston Daily Globe
1302:The Boston Daily Globe
1017:"George (Tex) Rickard"
819:Deford, Frank (1971),
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330:infamous match between
237:(NHL), and builder of
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1935:Sports venue managers
1915:Stanley Cup champions
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528:specially built arena
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267:Kansas City, Missouri
58:Kansas City, Missouri
1821:. November 18, 1928.
1806:. November 16, 1927.
1720:. November 29, 1925.
1705:. November 29, 1925.
1630:. January 10, 1927.
1507:. February 17, 1922.
1492:. February 18, 1922.
1390:. December 18, 1919.
1161:Nevada State Journal
1112:"Nome, Alaska, 1902"
746:Miami Beach, Florida
662:20,000 attended the
626:The Long Count Fight
460:in Canadian French.
301:, he hurried to the
265:Rickard was born in
253:. Sports journalist
44:George Lewis Rickard
1738:. January 16, 1926.
1690:. January 10, 1925.
1345:. February 4, 1916.
1318:. About.com. 2008.
1241:. December 3, 1909.
1212:The White Pine News
1143:. October 30, 1925.
1072:sewardpeninsula.com
872:The Pittsburg Press
472:Tex Rickard in 1916
299:Circle City, Alaska
1851:. January 2, 1929.
1849:The New York Times
1836:. January 8, 1929.
1834:The New York Times
1819:The New York Times
1780:The New York Times
1736:The New York Times
1718:The New York Times
1703:The New York Times
1688:The New York Times
1673:The New York Times
1658:The New York Times
1597:. October 1, 1924.
1595:The New York Times
1580:The New York Times
1565:The New York Times
1550:The New York Times
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1520:The New York Times
1505:The New York Times
1490:The New York Times
1470:The New York Times
1388:The New York Times
1373:The New York Times
1358:The New York Times
1343:The New York Times
1287:San Francisco Call
1269:The New York Times
1254:The New York Times
1239:The New York Times
1218:on January 4, 2017
1141:The New York Times
1120:. October 15, 1965
1091:The New York Times
1049:. March 18, 2014.
1047:True West Magazine
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678:New York Americans
520:Georges Carpentier
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452:Montreal Canadiens
436:Theodore Roosevelt
424:Farquhar syndicate
295:Klondike Gold Rush
1760:978-1-6132-1932-4
1675:. August 7, 1924.
1612:. March 30, 1925.
1522:. March 29, 1922.
974:978-0-7864-6591-0
759:Woodlawn Cemetery
739:Woodlawn Cemetery
384:James J. Jeffries
357:Goldfield, Nevada
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