The sun., 1919-07-03

met Dempsey in the ring, Is convinced
Dempsey will be the next champion.
Toledo has bed for every visitor.
There Will be a roof over every ones
head on the nights OF July 3 and L."
FRANK Flournoy. Tex Richards busi-
ness associate. made the above statement
Pm wednesday morning. The city has
oeen canvassed for available rooms. The
rooms are listed. and hotel men and bout
promoters are convinced that there will
be no visitors walking the streets OF To-
ieoo because they cannot find a bed
The charges for rooms in residences
Will be nominal. The average cost will
be around Ave dollars. Manager Hadley
OF the Secor Hotel said the Toledo hotels
Will take care Of 1000 visitors.
Scores OF enterprising men have Sc
cured vacant buildings and dance halls
and have installed cots. 1t Is estimated
that several thousand will be accomno-
dated In these made in a minute hotels"
In these places safety deposit boxes will
be available, so that guests may check
their valuables and sleep in peace.
Private Homes Available.
Figures show $4,000 rooms in private
homes have been listed with the Toledo
Athletic Club. and an average of three
persons will be accommodated in each
room. This means that Toledo residences
have volunteered 70 house $1,000 visitors
IL necessary,
Figuring $4,000 in private homes,
1000 in the hotels. several thousand in
the made In a minute" hotels, the hun
dreds that will be guests of various
Toledeans at private parties. and the
numbers that will not arrive in Toledo
until the morning Of the fight and will
leave in the evening OF the same day.
housing conditions are in such good
shape that Tex Richard, the tight pro-
moter, said on Wednesday that he 10 not
worrying about accommodations.
At the Toledo Athletic Club, which
has undertaken the listing OF residence
rooms, there Is description OF the
room, the location and the telephone
number. A transient may call at the
club. get the phone number and make
a reservation over the phone.
Cots In Hotel Corridors.
Rooms in all hotels are sold out for
the night OF the night. but all hotel man
ayers say that they will place cots in
the corridors and each hotel will be able
to accommodate great many more
visitors in this way
Contrary to reports from washinst
some time ago the Railroad Administra-
ton is making every effort to get all
available Pullman cars on lines entering
Toledo for tho big event on July 4.
Every Pullman car that brings visitors
into Toledo will stay In Toledo and
take visitors away.
Extensive preparations are being made
in various railroad yards for the side
trackin gof Pullman cars. Lights are
being strung along the side tracks and
sanitary arrangements are being made.
The cost of the sanitary arrangements
for persons who sleep in tho Pullman
cars will be assessed against the pas
|sengers, but this cost will be nominal
Arena L. Ready.
The last OF the preliminary details of
boxers, promoters and arena construc-
tors will be completed to-day. and with
the gathering up OF stray strands the
stage will be all set for the bout
The last nail will be driven to-Tnor-
row in the arena which Is to seat some
$4,000 spectators, and the greatest fight
stadium. OF ancient or modern tines will
be ready for its burden OF humanity on
July 4. In many respects It Is the great
est sport amphitheatTe ever erected, GER
tainly the greatest ever constructed for
temporary use only. In seating capacity.
ease of ingress and exit It compares IA
vorably with the Roman Coliseum and
the Yale football bowl at New Haven.
Built at a cost OF $4,000, the struc-
ture includes 1.75o.o00 feet OF lumber
and hundreds OF kegs OF nails and bolts,
the combined weight Of which runs into
many hundreds OF tons In addition to
the $4,000 spectators who can be seated
comfortably there Is standing room for
close to 10000 more, SO that the total
capacity approaches the 100000 mark