Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
PLANS FOR BIC FIGHT 0, <,
Have Been Submitted 10 Promoters
ana Heartily Approved
AIsLKs TWELVE FEET WIDE
Athtstte eaTBtyHi simiisF 90 tha' 30
rapsas TIty, whsa Fits Hest
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as rnANcf8co. cab. Apfi 1-'rhe
i.ans ~ me srena fof tho battle between
Isffplss ana Johnson which h 70 be buiit
.n rhs grounds ~ tne Emsyvile race-
tass bsttsr known as Oakland haye
been submltfsd ~ Gleason and itlckafd
ba pfomstsrs NJ what vii probably ~
dozen in history ss the areatest fight be-
rsesn Two hsagyWslEhr that was ever de-
rla.8 la thls country. IN point " public
lrtsfrat there mover wan prospective
a.osa eantasf when bae caused 20 much
10 sensation iu puRilistic ranks ana
amlns lovers ~ the puTilstic ART
AZ planned on paper the arena viii be
ihs largest that haa ever been constructed
f1f an event ~ This of any other kind. Il
has been decided mat the structure viii be
bulit on the infisid and that from side 10
lido 30 uul MEASURE 40 feet and have
seating capacity Tor az ltast 5000 persons,
and. should 70 be necessary. which VIII
Boz Judged from the advance sale Of the
tickets. ~ viii be Increased IN size until
B09 seats VIII be laid out Il will re-
auire more than a. hair million feet ~
unihor 20 complete the work.
Rs well arc tho plans laid out that each
aisle viii b. twelve feet wide, which VIII
enable the patrons 20 reach their seats
without the usual trials that they have
undergone 30 affairs of this kind. The
nianunement VIII use every effort to ac-
commodats every one comfortably so much
80 that every seat IN the arena VIII be
numbered. even 10 the cheap bleacher sec
tion.
The arena will be divided into three oc-
taeunal sections. Next TO the ring will
be- iG9 press seats Next come the boxes
and rows Of seats. which viii range in
price from go to so each, The second
section will contain seats that will bring
anywhere from t25 to $40 at the box office.
outside OF the middle section will be the
bleachers which may be reached for the
modest sum OF q per capita.
Athletic Carnival.
it Ia almost an assured fact that there
will be a carnival such as that held at
Carson city when Ftzsimmons won the
championship from Corbett. When practl-
caiy three championships we're decided. II
may be- that only the one battle will take
place under the management OF Gleason
aud Rlckard. but there are several other
boxing concerns in san Francisco that will
arrange contests OF less Importance for the
uNNfilA OF lNt N3tltpIs. II Is almost a sure
thing thai Jim Coffroth viii have a
fing In the pugilistic pie either the day
before or the day after the big fight. 1t
In aiso possible that sam" Fitzpatrick
and hls partners will try to arrange some
sort OF contest
The most likely proposition. however.
will no doubt come from Gleason and Rick
ard who might bill bout TO take place
after the big affair Al the San Francisco
managers are nosing around for champions
IN every class to take advantage Of the
opportunity for big gate while the ex-
eursionsts are financially healthy
During the carnival in New Orleans in
iSg3 there were three championship battles
on the opening night George Dixon de-
feated Jack Skely. the second night
lack" McAuliffe beat billy" Myers, and
the following night John l.. Sullivan sue.
cumbed TO Jim Corbett
There IL no reason why some champion-
ship battles could not be arranged foi
July and 8, the day before and the day
after the Jeffries-J Johnson contest. In fact
Il would mean greater incentive for ex
curslonists 70 make the trip. for IL tn,
JohnEon-Jeffres fuss was to end in tw,
or three rounds il would be little recon
pense for excursionists travelling 1900 mile.
70 see the battle. With other champion
ship contests a chap might get the wortl
Of his money.