The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-30
May Arrest Boxing
 Managers In Elm City
Those Opposed to Leonard Dundee Bout Say Drasti2 Measures Will Be Used to Stop Show Which They
 Claim Will Be Tame Exhibition

New Haven. Dec 30-One of the lame excuses for the Leonard-Dundee fight Is that anything may happen even to Dundee landing an accidental blow for knockout. IL takes a highly lurid imagination to think such q thing even probable in so un- equal a match. It B great deal more remote than the possibility ot Leonard actuaIly killing Dundee by one of his terrific punches. Such a thing has happened before when men have been so UnequaIy matched.
 What would be the result If Dun dee were to be killed Every man connected with the fight In any was would be liable to arrest for man slaughter and probably one of the first to be taken would be Chief Smith. Even should there be no uutoward result the chief and the entire crew connected with the fight are Fable to arrest and should an attempt be made to hold the fight 1t Is not un- likely that warrant will be asked for the chief on the ground that he issued the permit in wiIful violation of the law which he has sworn 10 uphold.
 According to reports from the head quarters of the Leonard Dundee championship fight, the tickets for the proposed battle are going like hot cakes. This Is the kind of press agent dope that is being fed to the unsus- pecttng fight fans Of Conn ecticut and New York, but 1t Is far from right. An extensive survey and canvass of this city reveals the fact that there are any number or tickets still on sale and that very few have been sold and it might be truthfuIly said that there is no danger Of a shortage of them.
 The local fight fans are unan;nn ous fin their decision to Hay off'' the fight, and can't see their way clear to sepa- rate themselves from perfectly good money to watch Q bout, the result of which is already a certainty. The in- formation that "extra allotIneuts" of tickets are being sent to New York to cover the bfg demand there is all bosb. There is no grand rush to se- cure the pasteboards. and it isn't ex- pected there will be.
 Such statements as Public send- ment however, seems to favor the bout, the first championship affair of it's kind ever held in this city, are being sent out by the promoters.
 As far as the public sentiment in this city being in favor Of the bout, that is mere bosh- Almost g hun dred per cent. Of the level headed boxing fans of this city are against the fight. not for it. Naturally they would be as the charging of s27.50 for a ringside seat doesn't appeal to 1 them at all. Can anyone imagine paying a sum like that for witnessing an exhibition ?' Then again, the fact that the length of the bout Is so uncertain causes hesitancy in tho purchasing of tickets. Leonard is so far above Dundee that he may toss a coin to determine in which round he will put over the sleep producing punc-.
 He might feel exceptionally good that night and desire an early return to New York In that case Dundee will kiss the canvas in about the fourth round. Otherwise Benny may proIong the bout until the 18th i stanza or so, just to try out his wind 1 for that length of time. Boxing eE- 1 perts all over the country have said time and again, and they are still say ing it, that Leonard could knock . Dundee out almost any time he wish ed. but he refrained from doing it . because of the fact that Dundee was his best meal ticket. and whenever ta were matched they never failed to draw capacity houses