Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-11
GOSSIP ABOUT BIG FIGHT.
Jack Gleason in New York-Plsns for
EmeryviIe Arena.

New York. April 1o-John j Gleason,
the San Francisco baseball magnate
who. with Tex Rickard of Ely, New,
is promoting the Johnson Jeffries fight,
was in New York last week. Jack is
arranging for the sale of the fight
tickets with the New York Central and
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroads.
Gleason last night said that the two
railroads have taken several thousand
tickets for the big mill and that both
lines will run special trains TO the fight.
Every seat will be reserved and to save
confusion there will be special en-
frances to the various sections of the
stands at the Emeryville arena. The
section entrances will be of the same
colors as the tickets
Jack says the story of the Oakland
Church Federation having engaged
counsel to find q way to prevent the
fight is not worrying him in the least
Il heard the news of the attempted
interference when it came over the wire
today" said Gleason, but it causes
me no worry. We are holding the fight
under the laws of California and till
the law is changed there can be no
possible interference. Emeryville is q
town governed under its own charter.
ana the Oakland people have no legal
right 20 butt in on Emeryvilc as long
as the laws of the state of California
are not violated.
We are living mp to the law Of cali
fornla, which permits a limited round
boxing contest. People in the East
need have no fear OF any official in
reference Why, even the Governor of
California can have nothing to say re
Eardirg the bout as long as we do not
violate the law. We are promoting q
legitimate amusement enterprise and
the attempted interference by the Oak
lard Church Federation is only a joke"
The plans for the arena for the big
fight, which is 10 be built on the En-
eryHille race track have already been
submitted to Promoters Gleason and
Rickard.
As planned on paper. the arena will be
the largest that has ever been construct
ed for an event of this or any other kind.
1t has been decided that the structure
will be built on the infield, and that from
side to side it will measure 800 feet and
have seating capacity for at least 10000
persons and. should it be necessary.
which will be judged from the advance
sale of the tickets. it will be increased in
size until 10000 seats will be laid out. 1t
will require more than half a million feet
of lumber to complete the work.
So well are the plans laid out that each
aisle will be u feet wide. which will en-
| able the patrons to reach their seats
without the usual trials that they have
undergone in affairs of this kind The
mana cement will use every effort to ac-
! commodate everyone comfortably, so
| much so that every seat in the arena will
be numbered, even to the cheap bleacher
section.
4 The arena will be divided into three
| oct2Eonal sections. Next to the ring will
tc 1862 press seats. Next come the boxes
| and rows of seats, which will range in
i price from $50 to $50 each. The second
section will contain seats that VIII bring
anywhere from ,c5 . so at the box office.
Outside of the middle section will be the
bleachers, which may be reached for the
modest sum of IS per capita.