Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-01
Sports
FIGHTERS WILL
GO BAREHANDED
into THE RING
Bandaging and TAPPING Of
Hands Will Be Done in
View of Spectators.

Toledo, July 1.-Jess Willard and
Jack Dempsey will go into the ring for
heavyweight championship contest
here Friday with bare hands and all
bandaging and taping will be dom IN
view Of the spectators and seconds OF
the heavyweight rivals: This an
nouncement was made today by Tex
tRi~ckardS,The decision to request the
boxers to bandage their hands in the
ring is regarded as a victory for Will
lard who protested against Dempsey's
plans to adjust the tape and bandages
on his hands While in the dressing
room.
What amount of tape and bandages
will be used has not been determined,
hut Willard said he would insist upon
a thin layer OF cotton surgical band
ages and only enough tape to hold
the bandages in place.
Final arrangements regarding the
details of the big contest were COM
.pleted at q conference between he
boxers. managers and Rickard ard
each camp knows just what is expect
ing brigade. The boxers will wear
specially made five n gloves and
each will be allowed to have five Sec
onds in the corners including he
manager or advisor as the case may
be. The toss for choice of corners
will not be made until the day of bat
tie.
No Body Grcasing.
Willard inquired whether Dempsey
intended to grease his body as he
heard was being don previous to the
daily workouts. He said that it did
not make any difference to him which
way the challenger appeared.provided
he knew in advance and could do
likewise.
Dempsey told Richard he had
never CREASED his body at any time
and had no intention of doing SO for
the championship bout. While this Is
a favorite trick of wrestlers. it is not
the usual custom among boxers. al
though offering certain advantages in
a long fight. The oil or grease.
rubbed into the skin until absorbed
by the pores Immediately m to
the surface again when the athlete
begins to perspire and soon his body
is so slippery that it is impossible to
secure a firm hold or clinch in either
wrestling Or boxing as the case may
be-.
Thorough Reporting.
Preparations are being made to re-
port the coming contest or a scale ex-
ceeding anything at previous ring bat
ties. The record established at Reno
with the gathering of newspaper writ
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son-Jeffries fight will be easily sur
passed here. Noted sport and special
ty writer's from all parts of the coun-
try and canada are present or en-
route and hundreds of seats have
been reserved in various sections of
the arena for their accommodation.
There will be more than fifty wires set
up at the ringside to carry the reports
from the scene of the conflict to every
n0YfiNn nf America and To rahle
points for European service.
Photos BY Airplane.
Special airplane service for the
from these low flying planes expert
camera men. some of whom served III
the same capacity with the army
abroad, will take film OF the fighters
in action and the scenes in and
around the arena. Immediately the
contest is finished several of these
planes plan nonstop flights to Chica'
go and New York. that the photo.
graphs may be available for reproduc.
ton in Saturday papers,. The mos'
ambitious proposal. however, is 6
Pacific coast in two relays.
These photographs will have nj
connection with the moving picture:
taken at the ringside for exhibition
purposes the OWE men will occup,
a platform erected atop a high stee
tubular column from which point o.
vantage they can film the ring scene
and every portion of the fight stadi
UNI. This column has been so placed
that it will not obstruct the view o
any of the spectators and the heigh
of the platform lifts it above the lin
of vision of the Hottest row of seat
I'm the arena.