The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-06
'Daugherty
 Agreed on
 As Refree

Benton Harbor. Mich, September 5- After all night wrangle over choice of a referee, scalm settled today over the training camps of Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight champion, and Billy Miske, of St. Paul, challenger, who meet here tomorrow afternoon III a scheduled ten ro una championship contest. James Daugherty or Phnadelpnia, for whom Jack kearns, Dempsey $ manager, had fought for days, finally was agreed upon as the third man in the ring. But this was only after kearns had issued an ul tmatum that he would call off the match and take Dempsey out of town if Daugherty was nos selected Thomp' son Bigger, chairman of the Michigan state boxing commission, consented at the last minute to give Daugherty referees license.
 Al A. Day, a Detroit referee, was Big gers choice, whom he named as referee at midnight conference, after kearns had refused to consider any of ten other ring candidates. When Kearns was ad- vised of this, he informed Promoter Floyd Fitzsimmons that Dempsey would not go into the ring. Kearns revealed that he had an agreement with fltz- simmons when the match was made that Daugheerty was to be referee. He de-
  cause he had never seen him officiate When the match was in danger of being called off Chairman Bigger, Promoter Fitzsimmons and the others interested had a final conference at daylight at which Day agreed to withdraw in favor | oe Daugherty.
 Although Dempsey was an overwheim- 1 ing favorite in the betting, Miske had hundreds of admirers willing to wager that he would be on his feet at the end of the tenth round. The challenger will go into the ring weighing about l9o pounds-15 pounds heavier than when he fought Dempsey in their two previous engagements two years ago His admir- CTS are impressed with the fact that he l is the only fighter who has faced Demp- ! sey for ten rounds without being knocked | out.
 1 Dempseys most formidable fighting as- sets are his punching powers and speed ! Miske is aggressive, but has been rated | as of the plodding, rather than the light l footed type of ring general and his punching powers have not gained the 1 fame of a championship wallop. l The match tomorrow will be Demp- l sey's first since he conquered Jess Will l lard in the third round of their battle at Toledo fourteen months ago. It | will be Miske's second contest within l the same peroid as he did not box for a year because of a mysterious ailmeni to his spine.
 Dempsey was upset because of the wrangling over the refree last nigh' and did not work today. Miske, how
 ever responded to the appeals of 2 crowd and went through some ligh
 exercises.
 Manager Jack Kerns announced to.
 night that Dempsey would enter th'
 ring tomorrow weighing about 1S'
 pounds.
 The first preliminary is called fol 2 o'clock, central standard time, wheI Harry Greb meets Chuck Wiggins il , the light-heavy weight class.
 The mi-finals between Bill Tat the gaint negro who was Dempse! sparring partner at Toledo last yea ' and again here and Sam Langford, th' Boston negro heavyweight. Dempsey and Miske were not eX
 pected to enter the ring before 33
 central standard time. There was lit tie betting done today. There ha
 been much talk of commissions run
 ming into the thousands but very fep
 wagers The odds were three to on
 on Dempsey to win, one to six Una
 Miske wins. and even money that Mlsk'
 will not be knocked out,
 The arena was drenched with a heav!
 rain today and a new canvass covering will be stretched over the ring after tn
 padding has been thoroughly dried.
 Benton Harbor, with normal popu
 lation of15 1000 was rapidly doubling it's inhabitants tonight. Hotels wer' 1 crowded to the limit.
 Promoter Fitzsimmons was nopefu
 tonight that everyone of the lSOo
 arena seats would be sold. The sail
 tonight had reached between $Sooo
 and s100. 900. he said, and that if al
 seats are sold the gate receipts will b.
 somewhere between s175,o00 and $20O
 900.
 State constabulary are here co-opera
 ing with police and the sheriff fore in handling the crowd and preventinf
 a carnival of gambling which resulte'
 at the Leonard White bout here July