The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29
COMPLETE RECORD OF BOTH FIGHTERS FROM THEIR DEBUT Statistics Show Dempsey Is Champion One-Round
 Artist-Willard Has
 Been Inactive
By Associated Press
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 the Kansas giant. will defend his
 title of worlds heavyweight fistic
 champion against the challenger,
 Jack Dempsey, of Utah, here next
 Friday afternoon. Both Willard
 and Dempsey have been earnestly
 In training in this vicinity for
 several weeks past. Neither one
 has left anything untried or un-
 done in order to get himself into
 fhe best possible condition for the
 encounter, the outcome of which
 will mean so much for the victor.
 By winning from Jack Johnson at
 havana, Cuba, four years ago,
 Willard was placed in n position
 To begin building mp nm immense
 fortune, and should Dempsey cap
 ture the title there is no telling
 how much wealth he may nccumu-
 late in these days of high finance,
 when sport promoters talk of the
 Ssky" as the limit for big events.
 Aside from the actual purse money of $lzf,50O signed for by the two pugilists, SlOl,0OO of which is guaranteed to Will iard, win, lose or draw, the enormous amount of cash which will be handled in connection with the coming bout dwarfs all previous ring contests into financial oblivion. The gate" from the sale of tickets and concessions, is expected to pass the million dollar mark, which would make the receipts of previous fistic car nivals look very small in comparison.
 TEX'S PROFIT NOT so BIG
 Tex Rickard, the daring promoter who is bringing the two big men together in this bout, generally does things on large scale. He secured the Johnson Jeffries fight for a guarantee of $10OO0o and at Reno his receipts amounted to $270,OO0. Of course the promoter was at ar enormous outlay in bringing that con- test to an issue, having been forced al- most at moments notice to move from California to another state, in order to secure a battle ground. Richards out lay for the coming battle, including guaranteed purse, cost of arena construc- tion, advertising and other expenses. will amount to a vast sum. The casual ob- server might think that the promoter will still have a big margin of profit out of the charges for admission. At first glance this seems reasonable, but Rick ard is going to pay the regular war tax of 10 per cent on all tickets purchased and has guaranteed the local authorities a percentage also. The United States gov ernment, however, will have a big claim for income tax, so that when everything is deducted from the "gate," Richards margin of profit probably will fall far short of the results he attained in some of his previous ventures.
 Some changes have been made in the conditions governing the bout since the original articles were signed, the most important being the limiting of the con- test to 12 rounds and the reduction of the size of the ring to "A square feet. Orig inally the men were to have gone 20 or more rounds and the intention was to have a regulation 4-foot ring. Other wise the agreement stands as signed by rol -1 Vx-sI cr5 o,,d ooc oh ho ing entitled to a third of the moving pie ture privileges. Willard is guaranteed $1O0O00 and Dempsey $27,5O0
 When the men step into the ring or. Friday, each will have big following of partisans. Those who rely on Will lard's retaining his title, insist that he is invulnerable to punishment and that Dempsey will fail to reach his burly op- ponent with an effective blow. Many of them also claim that Willard has never hit a human being with the full force of which his huge frame is capable. It is said that once during his preparation for a previous contest Willard lost his temper on being stung by the blow of a sparring partner. Then the big fel- low landed vicious swing which swept his opponent and one of the ring posts to a spot several yards away fnom the ringside, and that the partner needed medical attention for many days after ward.
 Dempsey's friends. and they are legion, confidently state that no man, however big or strong, can withstand the i'm pact of full weight hook or swing from either of Jacks fists. They look for a quick ending to the contest with Dempsey winner. They say that Jack can land on Willard's jaw just as ef- fect,velv as he did on Fred Fulton's last year. They rely on Jacks fear lessness as a big asset in conjunction with his heavy hitting power. Demp- sev,s youth also is one of the arguments