Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
Boxing HERALD SPORTING PAGE A9..4S 4ss

a half from the center of the city, and
stands where stood the arena in which
the Root-Hart fight took place just
four years ago. The plan is almost
identical with that of the arena In San
Francisco which had to be abandoned
when the state intervened and caused
the shift to Nevada. 1t Is about 300
feet square and seats 10000 approx
mately, and its cost was expected to
exceed $17,5
A forest Of lumber has gone into the
construction of the great octagonal
amphitheater. It is so designed that
every one of the spectators is assured
a full view of the ring in which the
battle will be fought. Looking down
from the bleachers. it seems absurd to
think that enough action could be COM
pressed in to that twenty-four-foot
space to keep such horde of people
interested even for a minute.
2I-FooT RING
Measured within the ropes with their
padded corners, the ring is just twenty
four feet square. From edge to edge in
each direction the raised platform is
twenty-seven feet, allowing eighteen
inches beyond the ropes all around.
This space is left for the convenience
of the seconds, who must spring into
the ring between rounds to fan and
wash and encourage their warning
chieftains.
Below the edge of the platform runs
a narrow bench upon which are located
the telegraph instruments which will
click the story of the battle around the
world. Here also are the telephones
with metallic headdresses attached,
through which the thousands on the
outside will hear of the progress of
the fight via the bulletin boards. Back
of this bench are several others, pro-
viding in all for 100 newspaper men.
From this level around the ring the
sections radiate outward and upward
like spokes of a wagon wheel. There
are eight of these wedge shaped sec
tions, and each row of seats is five
inches higher than the one in front
the last row rising thirty-ftve feet
from the ground level. The seats do
not run one behind the other, soldier
fashion, but alternate so that the man
behind looks down on the ring be-
tween the heads of the two directly in
front of him. BY this arrangement
the ring will be flanked by a sloping
wall of faces and staring eyes, Circling
the fighters on all sides to a height
of thirty feet. There will be no spaces
and lines between them. just a solid
wall of faces glaring down at the
white square.
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Between the press seats and the
bleachers there is a gentle slope upon
which approximately 5000 chairs are
grouped. Here the aristocrats will sit
at their ease, men to whom $50 seat
for an afternoons sport Is little
out of the ordinary. The five thou
sand will be on lower level than the
ring, and will look upward at the
fighters.
Through the bleacher section wire
fences have been run, marking off the
zones of financial standing. First be-
hind the chairs come rows of seats
held at 500, $25 and $50 each, Then
come the SIS seats, the $40 rows in
great number, and finally the gallery
gods, perched high above the ground
at IS per perch.
Behind these highest seats a broad
walk surrounds the arena. 1t leads
to the exits, and these are so placed
that the flow of the crowd will be
we'll distributed. There Is no central
point of egress at which crowding
thousands may aim. enhancing the
danger common to all crowds of panic
and stampede.
Beneath the bleachers are the quar-
ters of the fighters, the dressing
rooms in which they will don, or
rather, expose, their fighting togs. The
two camps are separated by the width
of the arena, and a short aisle, kept
clear of other traffic. will be reserved
for each man and his followers when
they make their progress to the battle
ground.
Unusual precautions have been
taken to prevent disorder of any kind:
There will be several platoons or
guards scattered through the aisles
and among the audience. Every en-
trance and exist will be supervised to
nrevent crowding. and plain clothes
men will be scattered everywhere.