New-York tribune., 1919-06-26

zens of Toledo feel that the name of
-ass this fair city would be trailed in the
dust, and all that sort of thing, if an
outsider were selected to referee the
i<os $1,0oo,ooO battle. They have used tears
-sv and imprecations upon Rickard and
is s.William A. Gavin and Secretary Adam
Empie. of the boxing board. Pecord
ls the local idol. He IS no relation to
Pecan, the Well-Known nut.
Just who the judges will be only a
gypsy star gazer can tell from this
end of the wire. All sorts of good
jurors have been mentioned. So far
there is no squawk from either the
Dempsey or Willard camps. Squawks
may come later, but it is hard to see
80 what good they will do. If the fighters
IesSail to agree upon man, the articles
e'-~'" referee a week bofore the fight.
Rickard will stand by the man NOM
mated by the boxing board. So it
...s,.ssslooks like Pecord, though the promoter
vewnMill not yet admit that the local man
e will officiate.
20 ..s Willard Stock .Slumps
ls ~ Odds are funny things, as Battling
Nelson sagely remarked to-day. 1t
lse seems that they are betting even money
mn Dempsey in this town right about
...--now. This is big drop in the Willard
sas-~~tock from a few days ago, when he
was 10 to favorite. The prediction
-. of Jack Kearns that Dempsey would GO
into the ring on the Fourth a favorite
might yet come true. Also there is
x.s betting at l to 5 that Willard will not
! last six rounds
!. -. The system of two judges for pro
!; fessional boxing contest is something
scf an innovation. This is the policy
slav of the Board of Boxing Control and it
.,-ris concurred in by Rckard, who wants
,a the big fight thoroughly safe guarded
= . against incompetence or accidents or
o.. anything that would make prospective
tsrrrseat buyers feel suspicious. Richards
record as a promoter has been with
no, out blemish.
The boys with the caulihowered ears
arc wondering why sculptor should
s.. have anything to say with the naming
in some circles Gutzon Borglum is
g supposed to be quite as handy with his
Sn5 Snl5, dukes as he is with the mallet and
chisel.
s' .'sl . Where does this hoozlum goozlum
es-'manded Battling Nelson at a recent
to session of the Cuckoo Congress in the
'@'- Hotel Secor lobby. "My name isn't
sseven mentioned in the list of referees
- and I've chiselled more ears off than
slo ihoozlum goozlum chselled on
= =" 81 don't think that M. Augustus Bo-
gus ever even heard of Dave Fitzgerald,
80 my candidate," observed Joe Mulvihill,
sh4 the mad halter of Danbury, Conn.
IRE ~ hope the fight will be success.
-sn~~But they should have taken Dave.
Well, done my level best"
Willard Appears Faster
- -. Both camps drew packed houses and
al q few bushels of two-bit pieces to-
day. Willard was friskier than usual,
su, while Dempsey impressed the google
.,dseyed expert as being bit slow.
Big Bill Tate had to stand for fur
as-,ther punishment from William Har-
-rison Dempsey. In the second round
tco Dempsey clipped the long Senegambian
Ion the chin with a short left hook.
,3ngT Tate dropped to the canvas and subse-
-rsr quent proceedings interested him no
-, more the rest of the afternoon.
a,rtt,, Some of the ladies dwelling in the
~ -neighborhood of the Dempsey camp
combined beauty culture with watch
inr the Young exponcnt of the Queens