East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-02
BIG FIGHTERS FINISH
TRAINING FOR BATTLE
Thousands Swarm to Tole-
do for Bout to Settle
Worlds Title.
BY II. c. HAMILTON.

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TOLEDO. o., July 2.-Trainins
came to an end today in the camps OF
Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey,
heavyweights scheduled to battle Fri
day afternoon for the worlds cham
pionship.
Toledo itself had settled to a period
of watchful waiting. The massive
arena. built within a hundred yards
of lagoon where Toledo has its
yacht club, was finished Bare yell
low lumber-1,750,0 900 feet of it
stands out in the center of Bayview
park. a glaring octagon, laced in and
out with heavy timbers To keep il
steady under the weight of the enor-
nous throng expected to witness the
bout. IT is practically a duplicate of
the arena Tex Rickard built at Reno.
New. when he staged the mill be-
tween James J. Jeffries. then the
heavyweight champion. and Jack
johnson. It will hold many more peo-
PIE. but the architect, James j. Nc
Loughlin. Of San Francisco, built it
to conform to the standards he laid /
down when he built the Reno struc-
ture.
IOltuO y transportation system /
probably will be sorely taxed to care
for the great number of persons ex-
pected FOR the twelve-round contest.
A single street car line runs from the
city past the park and. while the cars
are large and commodious. they cam
not hope to battle the gang that will
make its descent on them. Tax
icabs are numerous but even these
will not be equal to caring for the
crowd. Many probably will walk from
the city, distance of about six miles ,
from the downtown section. Il
Hotel Rates Sky High.
Hotels here for some time have
been sold out. Outrageous prices for
hotel rooms have been charged in
many instances. Profiteering, how
sver. always goes with Dag sporting
vents. The average fan of any sort
las become so used to it that his old
ime howls have grown to be mere d
nurmurs. n
There has been little effort to dis /
courage ticket speculation. Many [
tew Workers of the breed that makes p
Is living by charging huge prices for il
omission tickets to big events have
'een on the ground for some weeks.
'uying up as many OF the pasteboards +
Is they could get their bands - on. h
these have been offered TO The pub. !,
ic in many ways. n
So many seats have been provided S
hat it probably will he possible for /,
veryone who cares to buy seat
rom the promoters, but the choicest Il
laces. with the exception Of those ir
isposed of by the promoters. TO indi- hl
iduals are in the hands of the specu- A
ttors and long prices were being ask X
today for them. "
Fighters Shun Visitors. in
Dempsey and Willard locked the be
ates to their camps today and set
ed down to rest and eat prior to the ar
g test. No one was allowed within Fl
lie silent enclosures where the glad m
tors were girding themselves. Each ju
as busily making up for lost time in
Iting of meat and other strengthen
& foods. The drying-out process
aving ended, the fighters are now .ro-
hihg on Weisht' the
A great deal of propaganda regard n
e Wizards weight has been dis mir
ibuted, but he probably will enter ca
@ ring, Weighing more than 240. II old
ould not be, surprising If Dempsey's! sew
eight were announced as high as We
3. great thing for him if he can
complish that without fattening
mself.