Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-06
Dempsey and Miske to Pull
Down Fortunes in La
Dor Day Battle.
TICKET SALES TO
BRING IN $1,000
Fight Will Not Result in Decision
Unless Knockout Should Be Regis
tered Before End Of Ton Rounds
Michigan Law Does Not Permit Of
Decisions-6oth Men Fit and Full
of Confidence.
BY Associated Press.

by Associated Press.
Benton Harbor Mich, Sept. g.
Jack Dempsey. heavyweight cham.
pion OF the world. today staked the
crown he won from Jess Willard at
Toledo fourteen months ago on his
hard hitting prowess In q ten round
no-decision bout with Billy Miske.
81. Paul, claimant Of the premier
fisuc honor. The champion. Ia was
asserted. was guaranteed minimum
OF $4,000. Dempsey was the favorite
out with every prospect Of a hard
tight. SO confident, however, were
.Miske's st. Paul hackers that they
bet freely that the blows that sent
Willard to the floor seven times in
the first round could not stop the
challenger, and that he would be on
his feet and fighting when the last
bell rang.
Fighters in Excellent Form.
Dempsey was apparently in per-
rect condition, as he was on the
Fourth Of July at Toledo last year.
In his day workouts he has exhibited
every indication OF having regaiped
his quickness of eye. and his work
showed no Ill effects Of fourteen
months idleness.
Miske, likewise. was In excellent
form. While he has not the cham
pion's fleetness Of foot. his friends
pointed out that he is the only man
who ever fought Dempsey ten rounds
without being knocked off his feet.
He was better today than at any
time before. they said. AID that a
troublesome spinal ailrnent which In
terfered with his work last year has
been removed. Like Dempsey, Miske
has had a long rest from the ring,
having had but one fight in the last
fourteen months.
\ Men We'll Matched.
Both men in age, weight, height and
reach are fairly we'll matched. Demp-
sey Is 26 years old and N1isle Is 81.
Both expect to enter the ring at
100 pounds. Dempsey is six feet one
and one-quarter inches tall and the
The champion has a reach of seven
ty eight inches. as compared to Mis-
ke's seventy-seven.
Big Money to Both.
Floyd Fitzsimmons, promoter, ex-
pected every one of the $4,000 arena
seats to be sold. The big circle was
65 per cent sold yesterday, he said,
twenty-four hours before the unre-
served seats went on sale. With all
seats sold, Fitzsimmons said the
fight receipts would approximate
$4,000 to 100000. Dempsey has a
guarantee or SO per cent Of the re-
ceipts If they are big enough to ex-
eeed his $4,000, and Miske 25 per
cent,
Thousands 6f fight fans began
pouring into the twin cities of Ben
ton Harbor and Saint Joseph at
dawn today. Every train and boat
It's complement.
Decision Not Legal.
With no decision to be rendered
because Michigan law prohibits it,
the title can change hands today
only If Miske should score knock
out. or Dempsey should be disqual-
flied for violation Of the rules.
Should Miske stick ten rounds and
win a newspaper decision on points,
him the title.
Two six-round preliminaries are
on the card, the first starting at 2
o'clock, central time, between Harry
Greb and Chuck Virgins, light
heavyweights. Bill Tate, the giant
negro, who helped condition Demp-
lsey before the fight at Toledo last
year, and for today's main go meets
Sam Langford, the Boston negro
heavyweight In the second prelim-
inaries.
Begins at $3.50.
Dempsey and Miske were not due
to step into the ring before $3.50 CEN
trail standard time.
The third man in the ring, chosen
early yesterday, is Jim Dougherty, of
Philadelphia. Dougherty was the
choice Of Jack Kearns, Dempsey's
manager.
The practice adopted at Toledo
last year Of having two judges has
been discarded and Dougherty will
be sole judge. Walter Eckersau,
Chicago, will be the timekeeper.
Emerson w. Dickerson, of Grand
Rapids, Mich, president Of the CEN
trail league, will referee the prelim-
inaries.
Dempsey is supremely confident of
victory, but expects Miske to give
him desperate battle.
Miske declared that he was trained
for the fight of his career and was
confident Of winning.
Fight Delayed.
The sapdpit arena where Dempsey
defended his worlds title this after
noon, was a steaming vapor bath
when the gates opened. An all night
rain and morning drizzle gave way
soon after noon to hot sun that rolled
the moisture in hot waves from the
soaking sand floor.
Dempsey and Miske both were pro