The Alaska daily empire., 1919-07-03
MEN ASKING ODDS ON
 THE BIG FIGHT
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 should Dempsey capture the title there is no telling how much wealth he may accumulate in these days of high finance, when esport promoters talk of the "sky" as the limit for big events
 Aside from the actual purse money If $127,50O signed for by the two pugilists, $101,000 of which is guar ,nteed to Willard, win lose or draw, he enormous amount of cash which will be handled in connection with the ,oming bout, dwarfs all previous ring contests into financial oblivion. The gate" from the sale of tickets and concessions is expected to pass the )ne million dollar mark which would make the receipts of previous fistic carnivals look very small in com parisOn.
 Tex Rickard, the daring promoter who is bringing tho two big men ogether in this bout, generally does 'hings on a large scale He secured be Johnson-Jefferies fight for 8 yuarantee of $100,000 and at Reno 'is receipts amounted to $270,000 1f course the pro~Otcr was at ar ,normous outlay in bringing that contest to an issue, having been fore ed almost at a moments notice, tc move from California to another state n order to secure a battle ground Richards outlay for the coming bat le including guaranteed purse, cost and other expenses will amount to Of arena construction, advertising vast sum. The casual observer might think that the promoter will still have a big margin of profit put of the charges for admission At first glance this seems reason able but Rickard is going to pay the tickets purchased and has guaranteed he local authorities a per centage 'lso The United States government however will have a big claim for income tax so that when everything is deducted from the gate" Rick 'rds margin of profit probe ply will fall far short of the result he attain ,d in some of his previous ventures Some changes have been made in he conditions governing the bout since the original articles were sign ed the most important being the limiting of the contest to twelve rounds and the reduction of the size of the ring to twenty feet square Willard is guaranteed $100,- 100 and Dempsey $27,500.
 When the men stop into the ring on Friday, each will have a big fol owing of partisans. Those who "ely on Willard's retaining his title insist that he is invulnerable to punishment and that Dempsey will fail to reach his burly oponent with m effective blow Many of them 1lso claim that Willard has never nit human being with the full force It is said that. once during his pre- oaration for a previous contest VII ard lost his temper on being stung by the blow of a sparring partner. Then the big fellow landed vicious swing which swept his opponent and one of the ring posts to spot ieveral yards away from the ring Sidc and that the partner" needed medical attention for many days afterwards.
 Dempsey's friends, and they are legion, confidently state that no man. however big or strong, can with stand the empact of al full 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 Willards jaw just as effectively as he did on Fred Fulton's last year. They rely on Jacks fearlessness as a big asset in conjunction with his heavy hitting powers Dempsey's youth also is one of the arguments his aG- herents advance as being a decided factor in his favor as Dempsey is a years old. There are conflicting statements as 10 Wllluru eAdct age, but it is the general belief that the Kansan has passed the forty year mark.
 Dempsey has taken part in many ring contests during the last four years while Willard has fought only twice within that period. Jess won the championship from Johnson at Havana. Cuba in April 1915. That battle lasted twenty-six rounds. Just eleven months later Willard met Frank Moran for ten rounds at the Madison Square Garden, New York. This was no decision con test but Moran was so far outclassed on that occasion that there was no question as to Willard's having won decisively. Since that time March 9, 1916 Willard has not de tended his title. Thousands of ifs tic patrons believe that this pro tracted absence from fighting has had a deteriorating effect on the big champions abilities while Dempsey having been in ring action constantly will be in much better condition Dempsey fought sixteen ring bat