The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-04
TOLEDO jAMMED
with IMMENSE
1HRoNc OF FANS
Gate Receipts Estimated at
S700,0OOi Cost 100000,
o. FRANK C. MENkE.
c.-ff Correspondent ~ the international
kswr Service.

=
Nswr Service,
TOLEDO, ohio, July T.. This Is tho
day Of da,a n pugllism--and ono q the
hottest that Toledo has ever known.
out OF Tao sun baked shoresot
1, Maunce bay. n tho greatest stadium
! In all history. tho question, which has
! been agitatins the boxing world for
! nearly n yenr, will find its answer long
( befory twilight nantes the Landscape.
! "who ~ the greater fighter-Jcss
! Willard Or Jack DeInpscyf''
This i2-round Hffaw Of tho afternoon
! 10 to be q fisht--in avery sense OF IA"
/. word. More Terrific hitting 10 10 be eN-
1 psctcd thnn ever was seen In any
heavyweight clash on American soil.
! For both rank as supermen In the might
: that propsls their blows :
There In money In II for Dompsey md
Wulnrd--and glory and worlds cham
pionship.. TOO, Hut thcro is something
cise--a something that urges even
strongsr TO battle than wealth or honor.
\ Smothered for weeks by sktlful ma.
! nsuvering. the fact ,Uennot he denied
2 that this battle contains "a grudgG clo-
ment Of pronounced Kind.
10 II any wonder that countless thou
sanda OF visitors have journeyed here TO
Y sse this firs heavyweight champion
! ship clash on American soil since
! in isior
i Men are from Singapore: a hundred
have come from Cuba scores will see
!, the fight who were In their European
homes only n few weeks ago. Australia
= 10 represented by n small n,lngent,
, And from every city and every hamlet
I IA tho broad confines OF tho United
States have Journeyed the fight hungry;
} have come men---and women. too--lurod
by the magnet that probably viii draw
Ma. n
( before the first gong bangs for the
i titulAr bout
/, And Toledo. nr a result, has become
| = ma slsttom OF humanity.
: The city. sccmlnsly packed 20 It's
Z capacity last night. had to make room
l sands lAhd moro thousands tAme
: via avery conceivable means Of transit
I Special trains raced In from every part
! of the country, huge lake steamers
/ doched thousands: tho eleven intorurban
lines eame loaded to the platforms.
And every highway that led to this
/ city was long winding hne' OF auto.
mobiles. every waterway streamcd
3, along with yacht. and motorboa,s
carrying human freight to thc field
I where willard and Dempsey will meet
IN the most talked about heavyweight
clash OF mcdern times.
show Cost 500 900.
& II cost Tex Rickard and Frank Flour
, noy AN initial expense OF nesrly ti0O. 900
10 put on this show, Out Of every dol
lar thsy take In they must .dons,e l7c
for war arm stnte txxes B,t. Gust tho
least $3.50, o,Ooa on the biggest puIllis,ic
! should. a E4 vefy>leasi. sItim beyond
I the 500. 900 uhcrle N
Tbs .e.,hln{ ,u,sus, .inos, lana
tical thousands who began vending
,sss way: from soSn 'fs, s, ga SsS 70 the
! hiS prediction Of "an Immense gate.
was not far wrong And those were
oily the reserved seat platforms.
I All night Ions the ilo bleacheritcs %
s,ood In line waiting for the gates TO
Hss a,Ss"s S: ,x. ;,I,h @ wnsS ,mS sssy a.S
| for ths' choicest section IN the 'cheap pest
part OF the sis, 900 stadium.
z Little willard Money. N
( A last look through tho betting marts
! OF the downtown district shows that
/ Willard VIII 60 into the fight backed by
( fewer dollars than any champion Of any
era ever carried on his chantea The
hope Of the Dempssyi,ea. who had a
mssisr.,S., % snsfs would "a se 'n' Hood DOT oi
4 willard money At tho last minute =
some oi the a,e arrivals to-day
brought along willard money, But VA
volume. was small and In . trice II was
|, covered,
J "My observation Ia that no moro than
Z. ll0o. .000--perhap less tnan that--was
f, bet on Willard In this mans town" de-
clAred John J, Ryan Of Cincinnati. whc
| is operating the bissest book here. And
thoee were the sentipents, too oi
= Charles Chryslsr. Of Chicago. who had
, Noe.too 10 wager on Dempsey and
i couldn't Get down more than u, 900.
7 Toledo rose uobly 10 the call made
upon its transportation facilities BY tn.
a carr ran on one minute schedule u
\ 1ayyisw psrk: launches carried thou
/ sanda Of passengers from the down.
(; town docks 10 point near TO tho arena
! And every automobile that could b.
s.eparsl pom private use. Of Toledos n.
4 1V1n thsA the entire throns c1sed not b.
! AkconamodalAd. and lnnny lhQuAhdl