The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-14
LOTS OF MONEY IN IN
THE H6H.II GAME M
Demand For Seats at Big
Bout Has Proved a
Surprise: !

NEW YORK, March 14::-s'W It'll two
weeks Intervening beore the princl-
pads enter fllelring the Wil1ard Moran
bout las already broke all financial
records for pugilistic battles held IN
New YorK State. The actual receipts
fof ticsets and paid for to Y date Is
"a round figures s75! 600. In addition 70
tlis sum tickets valued at $40 600 ara
being held Tor persons who have NOT
vel faten nm their reservations. VI
the Sis 900 WORT Of; tickets originally
printed. but $4,000 remains unsold
aud the ma orfty Of these are the thres
and I'VE dollar seats which will not pc
put ON SHE until a day or two petorc
The iieayiest sale has been made IN
the Sa5 reserved and box seats, al
ti1oustt there 10 q big demand Tor me
SID md $tb coupons. Notwtth standing
fhe care exercised by the prom oters,
4 constderables number OF tickets arr !.
fIndifF flieir way into the hands OF
specuiatofs and ndications point 70
fifese gentry reaping q! royal harvest.
sineei eRbox has already been sold LOT
500 which 81 several times the race
Faine 81 the pastel boards. !,
The demand for seats from out,ot
town points Is the most surprising
ssattire 81 the advance sale. Fully ~
Ms conf. ofSthe Il kets disposed OF TO
6ateShaye been AIKEN by mail and itele'
rraf,h appli cat ions from the large CIT
~ ofltiieS MIDI lie West South and New
Enrland! Chicago. Pittsburgh. Boston
fisTeIard and Detroit nut in large ap.
pIications with scattering requests as
~ wsst as Kansas City.
This adyanceSsa sale clearly Indicates
tt,sf fbe recefpts forSthe 10-round no:
deeisioEi bout sch duled for March %
SSfJI istfpass bySmore than $50 600 the
iasFest Rafe ever coll ected for SUCH q
eoiifest HI New z orls and with the ex-
rention 81 the Iohnson.Je nries battle
Il Refo: New, July 1910, the largest.
IN fhaSffsforysofs the prize ring. the
Troas receipts Of this bout were s25O:s
Ss5 Jsffries and asharkey drew S66 :390
wi,en fliey fought at ConeY Island IN
1855: Gibons and Mcfarland boxed
i, sfore d SIS. 0sg5 gate when they met at
Bfiehfon Beach last September, ami
fI,e eofbettsMcE 10Y cont test In New YORK
eityson August 80, q 300, drew $56 800;
The GanssNE Nelson Johns Burns and
I6hnsonsWfIlardEb bouts, held respec.
tiveiy AZ GoIda eld Sydney and Havana
I,Souehts ont gates that ranged between
SIS 900 and $4,000:
number 81 ntersectto baseball
eaiiaes between The II leading colleges
sn3f university mines Of the South
East and Middle Test will be a. tea;
ture of the i1tercol legiate baseball
season! which will open early next
month. During the southern training
ffips Of the Eastern VARSITY teams,
virSitsia VII play Amherst, Williams,
Harvart. Yale and Cornell The Navy
lar Fame swift Amherst. Lafayette,
W.lIiiams Cornell Harvard and Trim;
III. Georgetown will meet Williams,
Pfineeton, penn State and Yale.
IatefSin the season several OF the
Southern and Western colleges will
NAV I'M me Fast the principal contests
heifEs a. follows: Harvard at George;
Town; Virginia Yale VS.. Virginia ana
esuffetown: Williams VS.. Virginia;
prIneston Is. Virginia and Army vs.:
eeoreethWn. Both Michigan and the
Michifan Agricult ural will play one Or
moro eatnes IN the East, the leading
contests beng as tollows: Rochester
vs. Mi6higRn ggies: Michigan ys;
cornell. Syracuse, swathmore and
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