The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-10
I9,650 FANS SAW DEMPSEY
 BEAT WILLARD
Receipts Trifle Over S4G0, ,O00- More Records Broken at
 Cleveland.

Toledo, Ohio. July 1o.---Exactly $50 persons paid their way into the
 Bayview Park arena on July to see the heavyweight championship bout between Jess Willard and Jack Demp- sey.
 Official figures as to attendance and receipts were announced yesterday by Frank B. Flournoy, Tex Richards s as sociate in the venture.
 l The receipts, after the Government tax of s41,7 ,7s9.94 had been deducted
 were SI1O, O,722-16.
 The per cent. charity fund for the city of Toledo was slightly under S3o,Q00, but the promoters had paid the full amount days before the fight. There were 292 policemen in the sta dium, 75 firemen, 500 ushers, 90 ticket | takers, 20 ticket sellers and 454 press representatives.
 The principal expenses of the pro-
 motors were as follows: Willard,
 s1oo,Co0; Dempsey, $27,ooo; arena con struction, s150,0OO; city of Toledo char | ity fund, s3O,O0O. Total, s307, 500. l Other charges probably will make the cost approximately s325OOO, leav- ling the promoters profits somewhat below s10O,000, Flournoy said. ! The arena was constructed to seat 1 S6OC0. Tourney announced yesterday | afternoon that it had been sold to the
 American House Wrecking Company l of Chicago for s25. 900, being disposed ' of to the highest bidder
 | There are nearly two million feet of | lumber in the plant. Work of tearing | it down will begin at once, it was said.
 London. July 1O.---Pal Moore is rap ] idly rounding into shape to meet 1 Jimmy Wilde at the Great Olympia Coliseum on July r amid rustic sur
 roundings in the little village of Stan
 more, within half an hours ride from
 London. Moore spends all day exer-
 cising. He's serious and works so earnestly that British boxing experts
 who have watched him during the | last week declare he is overdoing 1t.
 He went through course of exer-
 cises yesterday with a thoughtful ex- pression on his face. trying deter
 minedly to get all muscles into per- { feet condition.
 l Lewiston Me, July 1O.---At the close of a conference among Lewiston players and John H. Donnelly, presi-
 dent of the New England League, last night, it was announced that should
 the necessary backing and patronage be forthcoming before next Saturday the league would be continued with
 Portland, Lewiston, FHitchburs and Hayerhill.
 Pittsburgh, Pa-, July 10.---Vincent lRichards gave William T. TiFden od a hard battle yesterday in the final for the Western Pennsylvania tennis championship, but went down to de- feat. The score was 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Cleveland, Ohio, July 1O-A11 at- | tendance records were broken at the North Randall track at the Grand | Circuit harness race meeting yester- 1 day. Tho feature, the Ohio Stake, for POS class trotters, purse S30O0, 1 was won by Brescia, a rank outsider
 in the betting. Brescia took the last | two heats after Allie Lou, a fourth | choice, had taken the first heat in
 2:O412, trotting the fastest heat of
 the year.
 | Winchester, Mass. July 10 - Thomas M. Clafin of the Brookline
 Country Club, with a card of 37-36 73, had the low gross score yesterday
 in the qualifying round for the Massa-