East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-04

their particular section. To make
sure that no confusion existed, Rickard
and Flournoy had engaged 500 SOL
diers, recently discharged from the
service, to act as ushers and special
policemen. These men, under the
command of former lieutenants and
captains. were sworn in as special de-
puties, with power to make arrests.
They were armed. They were in
structed that the aisles must be kept
free. No standing patrons according
to announcement some time ago. were
to be allowed
Record Crowd
The structure it was expected by
James ]. Mclaughlin, of San Francis
CO, it's designer. would seat about SO.-
coo persons. If all seats are taken 1t
will eclipse by about fifteen thousand
the largest crowd ever at sporting
event in the United States.
The two heavyweights have been in
training here for more than thirty
days. The work has been hard and
fast Each was trained to the very
best of condition. Dempsey suffered
bit of i'll luck some weeks ago when
an eyelet on a glove used by one of his
sparring partners scratched his eye
brow and cut a deep cash. He re-
Trained from boxing until it was heal
ed
Training q Contrast
The training period of each was in
sharp contrast. Dempsey devoted a
great deal of time to building his
weight to a point where it would more
nearly equal that of Willard. for he
needed weight to offset the great
poundage of the champion. Willard
on the other hand. arrived in camp
fat and slow and worked strenously to
take off weight. The process, there
fore, was one of building toward each
other The difference in the weights
was expected to be about forty pounds,
perhaps a little less.
Willard towers to a height of six
feet six and half inches. Dempsey
Is 6 feet one and one half inches. The
difference is startling, but Dempsey's
punching power was expected by his |
followers to offset any advantage su-
perior size gave to the champion.
Betting Favors Champion
Betting favored the champion slight |
" before the battle. Odds of 3 to on |
willard were quoted freely about the |
city a week ago, but this has receded. |
There is n great deal of Dempsey /
He has a host of supporters |
md they have been willing to risk
heir pocketbooks on their judgment. |
Therefore, there has been little chance |
'or Willard money to force the odds /
'ery high.
Ticket spectators were strongly in |
evidence, with little effort to discour-
lge them. The promoters realized |
ome time ago that this sort of gentry |
would have to be dealt with, but there !
was no way in keeping a certain num-
Der of tickets out of their hands. With |
'uch an enormous number of the tick
It's on sale to any one who cared to1
AXE them it was a certainty that some |
would fall into the hands of specula- |
.ors.
Transportation facilities to the arena |
we're taxed to their utmost from an |
Early hour. SThe double-tracked sys- |
EN- for street cars was crowded with |
nearly all available rolling stock of the !
,ity lines. Huge interburan cars were |
PRESSED into service from outlying lines |
many of which center here. Automo-
oiles passed in a constant stream. |
made the trip afoot.
Predict 10000
1t was predicted last night that at Z
east $4,000 persons would get into I
he arena, counting newspapermen
md other necessary persons mixed in .
With the crowd which paid the freight. |
In the center of the arena. which .
Hoped to a height of about fifty feet I
O a bowling structure, was the ring