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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
Mclaughlin Outdoes All Previous Eiiorts
 ln Erecting Worlds Greatest Arena
Toledo Structure Will Be Com pleted Day Before Willard Dempsey Title Battle.

high, surmounted by barbed wire, while at the top of the arena itself will be a five foot fence of barbed wire with armed guards stationed every twenty-feet feet. The S1O, S15, s25 and $50 and $40 seats also will be separated from each other by barbed wire to prevent occupants of one section moving into better seats. There will not be a stairway in the entire arena, whih is 600 feet across. Entrance to the various sections will be along inclined runways, with a grade of one foot to every six feet, making the climb scarcely noticeable. The runways to the $10 seats, which will be thirty-four feet from the ground, will be 1SO feet in length
 An allowance of eighteen inches seatway has been made for each ticket holder. The rows will be two feet apart for all seats cheaper than $50 and eight inches more for the $50 S6O seats. The seats them selves VIII be ten inches in width, giving four teen inches lag room between rows. The only difference between the cheapest seat and the top-priced rows will allow slightly more leg room.
 The $6O tickets entities holders to seats about fifteen feet from the ring 116 press seats for newspaper writ CTS taking up the actual ringside. There will be forty-two seats in the first row of the reserved seat sections while the last row of the S1O seats will accommodate 1,S00 persons The first row of $10 seats will be about 276 feet away from the middle of the ring.
 James Mclaughlin, an industrial en g1neer of San Francisco, is the build CT of the arena. Mclaughlin is known to fight followers from coast to coast as the arenas of some of the most inn portant battles of pUgilism have been constructed by him.
 When the Jeffries Johnson fight switched to Reno, Rickard commits stoned Mclaughlin to build the arena there. Mclaughlin completed the structure, with a seating capacity of 20, 900 in seven days.
 "My experience at Reno taught me a 1esson," Mclaughlin said we neglected to put up a barbed wire fence in addition to a wood fence The result was that about 2,000 climbed over the top and saw the fight with out paying a cent We'll fool them this time.''
 Work was started on the Bay View Arena on May IT. Two hundred men were employed in the construction Mclaughlin expects to nave it com- pleted the day before the contest.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
More Than 200 WOrknen Kept Busy on Building-SOme In teresting Figures on Con- StructiOn.

TN OLEDO, O., June 2S.-Thrust- ing its raw, yellow skeleton
 skyward. the huge bowl-shap- ed arena, costing $50, ,000 and orig inaIIy planned to seat 5O.O0O persons, is rapidly nearing completion for the heavyweight championship contest between Jess Willard and Jack Demp- sey here on next Friday
 The arena is located in Bay View Park, a municipality owned plot of ground sixty acres in extent and di- rectly north four miles from the heart of the city. Before being turned over to Tex Rickard, promoter of the cham pionship contest, the park had been used as a recreation center and the arena rests on the site of two baseball diamonds. On the north side of the park is Maumee Bay and to the east is Maumee River. Encircling the Plot IS a road of crushed stone. The park is of artificial construction, most of it being filled in land, but it is ideally situated in every respect. It is perfectly flat and treeless, making the work of the engineers construct ing the arena easier than it other wise would have been.
 Some idea of the immensity of the arena may be obtained from the fact that 1t is four times as large as the arena in which Jack Johnson bat tered Jim Jefferies to defeat in Reno, Nev., and capable of seating four times as many persons.
 Approximately 1,750,O00 feet of lumber has been used in the struc- ture- Not bolt has been used, the entire building being held together by nails of which two carloads or 5O,- 900 pounds have been driven. All new lumber has entered into the con- struction and this will be sold after the contest.
 Precautions for safety have been taken in the construction. Careful tests were made of the ground to find out whether it would carry the great human weight which would rest upon it. The csrrying capacity of the lum- Der and the tensile strength of the nails were determined and a margin allowed for safety.
 Although the structure was orig inally planned for 5O.0O0 persons, a load of S0,000 persons was taken as the basis of the estimate and, instead of allowing ITS pounds per person, as is done in ordinary construction for Tive loads," an average of 200 pounds was taken. This gave a total Tive load' of 5000 tons, but to allow even further amount of safety margin,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
SHELBY MEETS
 H0vEY TODAY
Local Golfer May Again Become State ChampiOn-Enjoycd
 Deserved Rest.
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

ND1 h oA-tEE
 New Britain. June 2s-w. Parker
 seeley of the Brooklawn Country
 club, the one shining light of the
 State Golf championship tournament, will be the next State champion--if
 he is capable of defeating Roger
 Hovey of the Shuttle Meadow club of
 this city in the final round of 36
 holes today. Local and out of town
 golfers who have followed play of both participants were selecting the
 Bridgeport man to win. Both are
 former State champions
 While Seeley was the leading med
 alist in the first 36 holes, Roger
 Hovey turned in the best single card.
 Those who do not care much for See ley's chances said this morning that
 the fact that Hovey was playing on
 his home course would make it a
 most gigantic task for the Bridge porter, who has played carefully all through. Seeley yesterday had a. day
 of rest because his opponent, R. H. Deming of Hartford, withdrew be-
 cause of the death of his father.
 Hovey defeated E. L. Scofield of Woodway.
 On the first round they caught the | full force of two storms, finishing at 1 the height of the last one. They also | NiuShI lAAS IiAAIu IOou SOOh dlltr | starting in the afternoon. Their s3 apiece in the morning and 43 for Sco- ! field and AS for Hovey out, in the | afternoon, under the circumstances was excellent going.
 Hovey had the best of it for ten ! holes on the first round, gaining two | holes lead on the sixth and being the | same at the turn, after he had lost the eighth. They drew level, however. ending the eleventh. Hovsy won the | fourteenth, but. was forced to pickup
 at the sixteenth, so they ate luncheon
 on equal terms. On the fifth, halved
 in 5, Scofield laid his rival a stymie
 and Bovey returned2the compliment | on the ninth, which ScofieId lost, to | 4. A feature on the first half was ' Hovey's ball hitting the staff on the ! third and so dropping dead.
 | Scofield drew even on the eleventh
 by sinking a 2O-foot patt on the elev- {, enth for a birdie 2, a trick he has | turned before there. At the twelfth, halved in 5. Hovey laid his opponent | another sttymie, making the third ! full one to that point. Scofeld show | ed his nerve on the home hole by sinking a long putt in blinding rain. The conditions of play can be imag- | ined by the fact that every sand tee
 made melted away before the drive
 could be made. the turf was so soggy. | Summary:
 SEMI-FTNAL ROUNDS.
 Consolation Eight of Championship | Set.
 A. P. Chase, Norwich, beat George B. Carhart. Greenwich, 8 and 2. I W. J. Sweeney. Shuttle Meadow, 1 beat J. w. Stine. Naugatuck, 1 Up. 1 Second Sixteen.
 | W. D. Macdonald. Woodway, beat Willard c. Hyatt, Highland, and l. Robert Abbott, Brooklawn- beat H A. Dewing, Shuttle Meadow, and B. | Third Sixteen.
 | N. L. C1outier. sequin, beat W. w.
 Pratt, Hartford. 2 ups
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28

construction was based upon a load of 10,000 tons.
 As an insurance against any set ting should rainy weather on the day of the match, or even a few days before, cause the structure to settle slightly, heavier footings were used This entailed an additional expense of about $3,500 but Promoter Rickard decided it would be cheaper for the
 Nor Is the actual safety of the spectators the only thing which has been considered. Every effort has been make to make it certain every greater safety afforded.
 ticket holder will get the seat to which his ticket entities him To take care of the big crowd, there will be four grand entrances, one each at the north, south, east and west side of the arena. At each of these will be four runways. one each for the s10, $15 and s25 seats, while the fourth will take care of the s30. $40, $50 and $60 ticket holders. In order to ob- tain entrance it will be necessary to pass muster of three separate ticket takers to guard against anyone not holding a ticket slipping by.
 Several hundred discharged sol diers, all having seen service in France, will act as ushers and guards at the arena. They will be armed. Bank clerks have been. engaged by Promote- Rickard in handling the ticket sales at the arena and at the downtown headquarters-on the day of the contest.
 Precautions against rushing of the gates also have been taken. Out side the arena eighty feet distant will be a barbed wire fence, or entapgle- ment, eight feet high and-a half mile long to keep the crowd away from the entrances Closer to the arena will be board fence twelve feet
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28


 thought to the physical condition of en- A tertan a belief that there exists the human
 frame of vous forces which, by hard exercise be premature ly exhausted. and that the serious objec tions to the hard work and still hard work I advising to ton from vital of the champion that will stand in need of July
 Why then train at all for athletic event The less Jess Willard Jack Dempsey the better for both and the better contest the s00oo people will a
 Put a couple o carrying of the hair the most strains they impose upon their muscle. <, any other physically good man to point nearing exhaustion a thing for vital we would reasonably expect find that in proportion as 2 may leads less active life so will he possess within hD doing The less he treads uI his physical capital the will be there upon whi> draw. sa
 brew may reasonable In the of it Is certainly incorrect Pathology that when muscular fibre is doom ed to inactivity length of time degenerative invariably supervenes
 n the muscles become thin and at of fat When, the contrary the different organs of the body judciously exercised When repair side by side, then we invariably find only called into play better ling healthy but they also prove them selves permanent and enduring. ss
 undergo without thoughts or niur searching in training for have noted system is well strung and compact tight and hard the chest IS broad ana deep the and bright Tg
 Moreover two physicians have found that hisi blood pressure 124which is just about normal for boy 20; beats along methodicaly minute, first class insurance FISK py any the world.
 Knowing things, need fear Wilards of fat across abdomen and stomach. would still recommend it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28

!, For there are two kinds of fat One
 Is the loose kind of flesh that a mar
 will take off by one stiff workout on the road for distance of 10 miles, This fat does not amount to anything The superficial fat can even be rub
 bed off. It can even be made hard A hundred times more harmful, however, is another kind of, fat, it is deeply buried in the abdominal muscles.
 This fat makes 1t hard for an atm 1ete of Willard's age to come back. It puts a burden on the vitality Of
 even the athlete of youth. who has
 temporarily been out of active par- ticipation in a sport.
 The pores will take care of super-
 fcia1 fat. They will not take care of
 the other kind. Instead, it isSsbsorb-
 ed into the blood helping in no small
 degree to choke up the great revivers, the lungs.
 This fat can only be removed by in-. cessant work. It must be sweated,
 out by the most tlreless training.
 Training that knows no quitting under any condition or hardship. This fat may be one of the reasons of the champions lack of wind after
 a little exertion, also why after 30 minutes of violent exercise he gives lIlOICdtlOnS OI HdNluS d l1llISb inside of him. x
 I have advocated that he should take that long, hard daily workout on the road and more strenuous sessions in his training camp.
 told Willard what I thought about, this feature and why he should not. let up for an instant in his training but got only smile for my idea That possibility of hidden handi- cap in the existence of a kind Of fat that only work, and then more work. could take away did not appeal to the big fellow, for I am fully convinced that any suggestion that means extra toll is not pleasing to the ear Ask any physical trainer what he thinks
 about it. Tell him Willard's age. 85I to 40. Tell him his weight, 25O t0' 26O pounds Ask him, even if he has never seen the man, if he does not
 believe that there might be big layer6'
 of harmful hidden fat in a giant HkS: Willard. and if his fat pronouncinx. qualities would not be in proportton' to his physical makeup. s "
 This condition may not have So. much bearing upon the coming hRft. with its 12-round limit as 1t would IF
 an unlimited bout. But 1t is not &1 condition that can stand fast stfeu1 Cous work, even over a shorter hnSz<
 provided your opponent is man s{|1f. the siam-bang order. who poSoe1S S
 something to back up his spuncIi
 with -ss 7 z1< If Willard has his hidden m
 Dempsey pursues his usual x1i51
 tactics, even a go between him n1 Dempsey over 12-round bout Ysf135 < still act materially on the ch4nnpfcS
 and give indications that 1t ia thex1
 at a point of the contest whor6
 will prove fatal to Willard. E# n
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
CITY LEACUERS
 FOR LEADERSHIP
St. JOeS Will Meet Columbus A. C. Tomorrow = Chains
 Journey to New Haven

What is expected to be one of the most exciting games played in the City League this season is booked for tomorrow afternoon on No. 1 dia- mond 1t Seaside Park where the league-lead St. Joseph's will meet the Columbus Boys Club. As the St. Joes lead the league by the mar row margin of one-half game there is a strong possibility that the, stand ing tomorrow night will be somewhat changed. A victory for the Italian boys will push them to the top of the ladder.
 Today Secretary Charley Mahoney issued the following statistics con cerning the City League race, games for tomorrow, umpirical assignments, e+c
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28

Jeffries. like Willard, did not like the fighting game and assumed the position of a sleeping lion, content 10 rleep the balance of his days A dark and portentious cloud had loomed up on. the pugilistic horizon The big Californian. with roar came out from his seclusion and matched up with the giant. black Johnson, at Reno, July {, 1914 JefTries was re- zarded as a cinch. a pipe. sure thing. and tho bookies from the thumb-hand side or the Rockies came with sacks of gold to lay on Jsffries. The cave man, who in the face of oil facts of the proven pugil- is,ic prowess of Johnson, was made an odds-on favorite at four and five to one. once again pugilistic history was adorned with page of favorite floundered down to defeat.
 Johnson, at Havana, was the latest example of a sure thing in betting to be punctured. And now for the first time an almost unheard of boxer looms up and Is made an even money choice against the champion. Can it be that the wise old owls of the black board and chalk are going to recoup their losses of former years?
 wiIlard's work today was quite a surprise to the many rail birds who watched his every movement.
 The big champion took off some weight and for the first time since l arrived here. put some life into his work He boxed better and faster with his partners. His eight-round work out with Temple, Allen, Chip, and Monahan. was well received by the 2000 people who were at Camp W.T. lard. It Is very evident that the big champion has been stung by the con- stant shifts of criticism levelled at him by the press and has taken the hint and got down to real work, which he showed in speedy flashes to- day.
 There can be TO doubt that the big fellow has decided to speed up and put more life into his boxing.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
ENTRIES CLOSE
 ON JULY THIRD

A partial list of those who have entered the big athletic carnival at Seaside Park on July Fourth in con- junction with the Welcome Celebra- tion to the boys from 'Over There" will in all probability be announced today, according to announcement from the Recreation Board and Attn letic Committee. While no names were divulged this morning it was pointed out that some of the best athletes in the city would participate in the meet.
 The outstanding feature of the car nival promises to be the competition among athletes representative of the factories about town. Among the factories entered are the American Chain, Bridgeport Brass, Lake Tor pedo Boat, U. M. C., Remington, War ner Brothers and the Bullard Com panies.
 The New York Athletic Club is still after Charley Corr, the Paulist Ath- letic Clubs middle distance runner. Corr is improving with each start and would make a strong addition to the Winged Foot track team. Under the able coaching of Bernie Wefers Corr would be developed into champion.
 The small clubs are going to have another chance to show their ath- letic ability at Macombs Dam Park in New York next Sunday. when the Yorkville Athletic League will hold a set of handicap events. The compe- tition promises to be keen and un- doubtedly large crowd will witness the sport. s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
DEMPSEY MAY BE
 FIRST CHALLENGER
 TO RULE FAv0RITE
Betting Out in Toledo Is Even That He Wins and to That Champion
 Is Knocked Out.
By JACK SILvERTHORNE- ecial CorresponCtcnt of tho Tfmes-


 tory boxing there indication that U Jack Dempsey. challenger, will be the favorite
 Willard. heavyweight champion of
 the world, when they meet here on next Fri day afternoon.
 about the Hobbies of Hotels &c., cor, Imperial Toledo the Boody House. the inn pression Dempsey 10 favorite Today betting Is There Is he chaiengers chances displaying consid- money, however One bet made 10 Dempsey would be the next champion This the first the writer change hands in public here since tho arrival of the two boxers last month-
 n Waldorf Boody House blackboards are lobbies and in big white letters of chalk sta that S1Ooo0O part worlds heavyweight champion Underneath others that would make lot of old timers playing them scurvy trick
 n example let for a few minutes wander back boxing history of by days
 s with the Sullivan-Corbett fight at New favorite, opened the day of the contest at fou 10 This of course, 1t proven later rnent of a City, Mo. March IT, Corbett fought Bob Fftzmmons for the title Gentleman almost prohibited favorite and opened up and but few were game enough a Ruby Robert, and those that did got q price for comparatively small outlay Thus the old wheel of fortune slipped a switch favorite sank to the mat dethroned defeated destroyed
 The world at large proclaimed F1tzimmons a freak, a marvel. an almost superhuman, but he wasn't. Fftz after he ascended the throne of the cham ponship real battle until he fought big man, Jeffires, at Coney Island N Y, on o. 1899.
 Fftzimmnos c pronounced favorite, and Tod Sloan great jockey, had s10OOO which he wildly lay against $3.OO0 on Fitzimmons The con- itself that the price directly of line. many shrewd native sons of the Golden West won enough money purchase orange and gave Inc st
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
RAIN PREVENTS
 MANY GAMES

Rain put O crfpp into baseball games scheduled in the East yester- day and particularly the Eastern League for all four contests had to be postponed. Today the Americans, rested and ambitious. will resume hostilities with the SpringfieB1 Ponies in the Bay State burgh. The league leading Grays will do business with P1tsfield, which means that this day the Americans are offered a real chance to climb to the top. The Hil- lies are a dangerous lot and have bested the Grays in all series so far. The Americans have done likewise with the Ponies, but what a days rest has done for the Springfielders re- mains to be seen
 Tomorrow the Americans will re- turn for a game withe Ponies at New field Park.
 The Walnut baseball team of this city was scheduled to play the Far View Beach nine of Milford on the Milford grounds this afternoon. The Far Views have organized a strong team ana challenged any team in their class.
 The St. Stephens nine win go to Milford tomorrow afternoon to fill an sngAgements there with the Milford town team. All players are request ed to report at the clubhouse at 1:3o .tomo<xoUk
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28

BASEBALL FANS # Jackson's Bus to tho Po1o
 EVERY sUNDAY. s.;ss !!| Round trip $2.O0. Tickete G
 Kelley's CixaF nonl
 Accommodattons x1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
U. 5. LOSES BALL
 GAME BY 2-1

Pershing Stadium, France, Friday, June 27-(By the A. P.)-Canada de- feated America at baseball today to at the stadium. It was Well played game and was heartily cheered by soldiers and sailors in the American section of the grand stand. The Ca- nadian victory was largely due to the pitching of Ernie Tate of Port Huron, Michigan. On the Canadian team were two other Americans, Captain Jack Edis of Philadelphia and Gflpat- rick of. Orono, Maine. Canada scored both runs in the last of the fourth. The American score came in the sev- enth.
 With the American band playing the "Medemoiselle from Armentieres'' the American team rallied in the ninth but failed to score. Taylor, the pitcher for the Americans held the Canadians safe with the exception of the fourth inning.
 With w. Rice back in the lineup the Rutgers College track team should be very much in evidence this Fall. Rice, gave Mover, of Cor nell, the race of his life at the last intercollegiate championships. The running of Rice, this season has been a sensation.
 Harry Dacks, of the American Walkers Association and Frank Kali ser, of the Morningside Athletic Club of New York will wage an interesting battle for the heel and toe honors at the junior, championships today. The race between the two should be very close
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
JESS WILLARD IS.
 NOT IN GOOD FORM
 FOR DEMPSEY BOUT
Neither Battler Pursuing the Proper Course of Training, Says Well Known
 Harvard Athletic Trainer.
By HI. F. POOCH) DONOVAN.
 Harvard's Athletic Trainer.

IC OLEDO, June 26.-Many who give little thought to the physical condition
 0 certain belief that there the human
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-06-28
ROUSH WITH FOUR HITS
 JUMPS INTO THIRD PLACE

By bagging four hits in five times up Eddie Roush of Cincinnati jumped to third place among National League hitters. Flagstead and Veach. both of Detroit, exchanged places in the American Leagues select five, Flag stead moving to third place.