The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-04
TOLEDO JAMMED
WITH IMMENSE
THR0NC OF FANS
Gate Receipts Estimated at
100000; Cost 100000.
Dy FRANK O. MtNkE,
Can Correspondent az the international
News Service.

TOLEDO. ONO. July This Is the
day OF days ~ rugiusm-tnd one II the
hottest that Toledo has ever known.
out OF tho sun baked shor.s of
naumCo bay. IN the gre.test stadium
IN oil history, the question, which hns
been ayitating the boxing world tor
nearly yeaf' will flnd It's answer long
before twilight man,les the landscape,
willard or Jack pempsey1"
This i2-rOuud affair ~ the afternoon
10 to be fight--n every sense OF tho
word. More terrific hitting ID 10 be cA-
pocted than ever MAS seen In any
heavyweight clash on American soil,
For both rank as supermen In the might
thst pT0PelS their blows.
There In money IN II for Dempsey and
Willard-and glory aud n worlds cham
.pionship, tea. Hut there is something
else--a something that urges even
s'ronecr TO battle than wealth or honor,
And that In hatred each Tor the other.
smothered Tor weeks by uhllful ma
neuycTing, the fact cannot be denied
that this battle contains = grudge ele-
ment Of pronounced Kind.
Ia II any wonder that countless thou
sands OF visitors have journey.d here 10
see this first heavyweight champion
ship clash on American soil since u
negro dethronod IA white man far back
In 1907
Men ara from Singapore, a hundred
have come from Cuba. scores Will Grs
the fight who were IN their European
homes only few weeks ago. Australia
10 represented by small contingent.
And from every city and every hamlet
In the broad confines OF tho United
states have tourneyed the fight hungry
have come Inon--snd women. too-lured
by the magnet that probably will draw
81 900 or more into the mammoth arena
before the first gong bangs for the
titular bout.
Aud Toledo ns q result, has become
. plelstIom of humanity
The city, seemingly packed 20 Ito
capacity last night, had TO mako room
through the morning houts for thOsi-
nnds-and Omore thousa nds-who came
via every conceivable means OF transit
Special trains raced In from every part
Of Tho country, huge lake steamers
dockcd thousands, the eleven intcturban
lines came loaded to the pla forms
And every highway that led TO this
city was long winding lane OF auto
mobiles. every waterway rtreampd
along with yachts and motorboats,
carrying human ireght 10 the field
ahare willard and Dempsey will meet
IN the most talked about heavyweight
clash OF modern times
Show Cost A0o. 900
II cost Tex Rickard and Frank Flour
nOy an initial expense ~ nearly 500 OOA
TO put on th,s SHOW out ot every dol.
lar they take IN they must donate IIc
Tor wsr and state taxes, but. just tho
same. II looks as II they win clear At
least '?j9 900 on the bisgost pusilStic
gamble of an time. For the gate
should the ycry least. skim beyond
the 500 0o0 mark
The secthinb. sutginS. almost fans-
teal thousands who began vending
their ways from soon after dawn to tho
arena WAS tohtimOny that Rickard, In
his prediction u ''an Immense gate.
vas not far ~ropv. And those were
oily the reserved seat platforms
All uighi long the 80 bleac ch-ri,ss
stood in line waiting Tor the gates 10
open around n m. When they did
Thousands swept through and scrambled
for tho choicest section In the cheaper
part OF the $4,000 stadium,
Little Willard Money.
last look through tho betting mnris
OF the downtown district shows that
willard will 60 into the fight backed by
fewer dollars than any chsynpion Of any
era ever carried on his chances The
hope Of tho Demps.yites, who had n
million here 10 wage on tho Utah
msmler"-thst there would be flood OF
willard money ut tho last minute
never materializsd
Some of tho late arrivals today
brought along willard money But Us
volume was small and In . trics II was
covered
MY observation 10 that no more than
500. .000-perhaps lees tnan that--war
bst on Willard In this mans town" de-
clared John ]. Ryan Of Cincinnati, who
10 operating the biggest book here And
those we're tho sentiments, too OF
Charles Chrysler. Of Chicago, who had
$50, 900 TO wager on Dempsey and
couldn't get down more than t6 900
Toledo roso noby 10 tho call made
upon It's transportation facilities by the
enormous crowd OF strangers Stree,
cars ran on one minute schedule q
Bayvisw park; launches carried thou
sands OF passengers from the down.
town docks TO point near 70 the srena
And every automobile that could b,
spared from private usc Of Tolcdoan,
was put into the taxi business. hui
even then the entire throng could not b,
secor, n, ods ted and upanv fhou an M,