RICKARD IS MOURNED AS SPORTS LEADER; Mayor Walker, Ex-Gov. Smith and Others Join in Tributes to Him. HIS CHARACTER EXTOLLED Associates Eulogize Him as Greatest Promoter Who Elevated Boxing --A Pioneer, Whalen Says. CHICAGO PAYS TRIBUTE. Sportsmen See Great Loss, as Does Toledo Fight Promoter. REGRET EXPRESSED ABROAD. London and Paris Managers Praise Rickard's Qualities.
Date: 07 January 1929