New-York tribune., 1919-07-04
Receipts To Be Little
Short of $l,OOO,OO
$4,000 to See the Battle
Confined from page 1

Hegewisch Nelson's, and Joe Mulvihill
of the Connecticut Mulvihiils. waited
at the outer door to "learn something"
At the end Of the conference Tex
Richard very gravely presented
statement containing six points, which
Is eight points less than presented by
the President.
Ollie Peeord will be referee, as has
been stated before. Major A. J. Drexel
Biddle, of the Philadelphia Biddles,
AID Tex Rickard, Of the Texas Rick
aaos. will be judges
W. Warren Barbour. Of the Back
Bay Barbours Of Boston, who is on
speaking terms with the Cabots ard
Lodges Of that unloquaeious city, will
be timekeeper
John Skelly, Of the Yonkers Skellys,
will be alternate referee, which means
that he will officiate in case Mr.. Pecord
should drop dead.
Mr.. Pecord is at present in excel
lent health.
Kidney Punch Is Barred
The six points, which must not be
confounded in any way with the storied
fourteen points, stipulate that the kid
ney punch shall be barred, also that
the gladiators break clean. The judges
will decide the winner in the event
that the bout lasts the twelve rounds.
In case OF disagreement between Tex
Rickard, Of the Texas Richards, and
Major A. J. Drexel Biddle, of the Phil
ade'phia Biddles, the referee will pick
the winner.
II the referee believes that a foul
has been committed he will insult the
Two judges and receive confirmation
xor such an opinion. Last night Jack
K2arns, manager for Jack Dempsey,
declared that he never would consent
TO such an agreement. Apparently that
IS why the agreement was made.
Ultimatuns in this game are made
merely to be set aside. The ultima
tum of a boxer is not any more seri-
GUS than the u.timatum Of a diplomat.
You make fourteen points in the hope
of getting about six Of them.
The prelimnaries have been settled.
Jack Dempsey tonight will flop at the
Overland Club, where he has trained
Jess Willard will wrap the sparse
drapcr!es of his couch around him at
his town house.
Widely Different Type
Dempsey will dream dreams because
he is gypsy. @ nomad of tho break
beams. he will dream of new world
OF big diamonds and myriad bright
lights. willard will not dream much
He IS Of the small town business man
type and not dreamer
Harking back to the eve before the
Reno fiasco one recalls the predictions
OF battle between a couple of troglo-
dites, or abysmal brutes, or rSsomething
OF that sort. l can't predict that any
thing Of that sort will happen on the
morrow.
The world has been surfeited with
fighting ard bloodshed. To all who
realized what was happening in the last
few years this thing tomorrow is a
h ,r i,--A y \
tween big boy and d little boy, in an
isolated back lot. But these things
always have interested men, grown
and half grown.
The bout may go the full twelve
rounds unless Dempsey is the super
man that his hackers believe him to be
or unless Willard should change his
style OF lighting and MS point of view
on things general. Willard is defend
sing the title and will let Dempsey come
Ito him to wrest it away. That is his
style. When he fought Jack johnson
he boxed and SPARED at long range
until the negro was weary. Then ,e
knocked him out.
If he should adopt these tactics with
Dempsey he should win, unless Domp-
sey has more power behind his blows
than he has SHOWN. But = would not
be a popular victory
Jess to Force Fight
Willard has intimated that he will
carry the fight to Dempaey after it has
gone few rounds, and that he will
knock him OUT This much is intimated
In the declaration that he must have a
clearance certificate in the event that
he should fatally injure Dempsey
Willard once killed man in the
ring. This was the oniy hing IN his
life that ruffled his placid Iempera-
ment. 1t is one of the ~easons way he
does not like the fight game
Concerning the ring records of the
two men, that Of William Harrison
Dempsey is much mote impressive.
Dempsey knocked them ou. with a few
punches Willard worried and wore
them down when he did win, and he
did not always win. But It must al
ways be remembered that he attained
the objective OF his ring career, which
was 10 beat Jack Johnson and bring
back the title to the white ra~e'
II you will recall, a number Of per-
sons, otherwise sane. were greatly
grisTed because the title had left the
white race. Now that the white race
hes it, what is it going to do with it?
Buf this is depressing. friend of
NINE who believes that Dempsey will
w'n--or, as he puts it, Jack will knock
the Big stiff for a goal"-has Just de-
claEed himself to this effect:
The tiger always can whip the OK.
Tae "apier always can overcome the
kiuegeon."
But TO retort to this argument:
Gar the tiger claw the elephant7