Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-04-06
BIG FIGHT ARENA THE
GREATEST EVER.
Within $50 Feet
of Ring.

Tor the arena at Emeryville, where the
Jeffries-Johnson battle is to be staged
nave been completed and turned over
for approval. The stadium will be a
great open-air structure, approximate
ly 800 feet between any two sides. and
octagonal in shape. 1t will seat 10000
people and will require half a million
feet of lumber for it's construction.
Richard claims that the largest num-
Der of people ever assembled in such a
small space will fill that arena on july
4, and that none of them will be
crowded.
When instructing the architect as to
the kind of structure desired. the two
promoters told them to go ahead and
plan theoretically perfect arena, and
as the plans now stand it seems GER
tain that great crowd can be easily
handled, and that all will be able to see
the ring and the fighters. The partic-
ular feature of the arena will be it's
scheme of seats in tiers, there being a
rise in every row to enable spectator
to see over the man in front of him.
This rise will vary. In the box seats
near the ring the slope will go up IN
the ratio of a foot in every eight, and
as the distance from the ring increases
the rise will increase, until the max
ium of one foot for every foot of dis
lance is attained. AT the outside wall
the seats will be 40 feet above the
ground and $50 feet away from the
ring.
win Have Eight Entrances.
The stadium will be built inside the
circle track at Emeryville, and will be
reached through eight entrances. To
facilitate the handling of the crowd
each spectator will be required to en-
ter by the nearest entrance to the sec
ton where he is to sit. From that
point the aisle arrangement will make
it an easy matter for all to be put in
their proper seats. The aisle room is
unusually large, the narrowest being
IL feet.
Looking away from the ring the
house is divided into three great sec
lions. The nearest section to the ring
will contain the press and box seats.
There are 1872 press seats, and outside
of these the seats in the first division
will range from $50 to $50. The sec
ond or central section includes the
great heart of the house, and the third
takes in the outer fringe, commonly
known as the bleachers. In these two
division the prices will range from S.
70 $25, according to location.
There will be no bleacher seats in
the house, as all will be reserved, and
the promoters will take unusual pre-
cautions to see that each man sits in
the seat he pays for and no other.
There will be a space of 2 feet inches
between the seats from back to back,
and in the boxes this space will be
considerably greater.
Figure ON 100000 House.
Richard and his partner, Jack Glea-
son are already beginning to talk like
a couple of frenzied financiers. Ac-
cording to their figuring, the great
fight will draw no less than 100000 if
they play to capacity OF course, this
is not taken seriously by those who
know the ms and the outs of the fight
ing game, but conservative persons
are willing to admit that the battle
certainly will pull between $4,000
and 100000.
All Eastern trains pass directly in
front of the track, where an elaborate
switching system is in order For in
stance, those who come in specials
from New York and Chicago can step
right off their trains at the track, pass
within the gates, see the fight and re-
turn TO their homes without even pay
ing San Francisco a visit. This, how
ever, is not likely to happen, for ev-
erybody will want to take peek at
Frisco, especially on Fourth of July
night, which promises to be one that
will go down in the city's history as
one glorious, red, roaring occasion.