The Washington herald., 1921-06-12

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government.
Pfckpockets worked the crowd in+
gangs and there was general dis
order. Thousands who came from
New York resolved never to go
across the river again TO see nsht
Some who went by automobile were
caught in such a jam that :hey
dian't get back to New York until
o'clock in the morning.
But Tex Rickard always hsri been
remarkably competent in handling
crowds.
There'l De No Confusion
''ThereTI be no confusion at the
big fight" Tex told me last night
Wy arena has Is entrances Ticket
holders will find their entrance gate
and go directly to their seats. The
dSfferent seat sections are separated
y board fences. l am not using
bSrbed wire as I did at Toledo. be-
Cause I won't need II. l arranged
fer complete police protection when
Istook the bout to Jersey City.
One thousand policemen in uni
form-regular city police-will be
stationed in the arena and at the
eAtrances and there will be nc
seifting into seats nearer the ring.
advise all spectators from
new York not to go to New Jersey
By automobile The arena can be
reached easily from the tube or any
ct the ferries The best way will
be to cross the river by tube or
ferry and walk to the arena. It's
oalv short distance.
gThere will be no crowdinr he
ctuse there are many streets lead
ing 70 the arena and because of the
rpany entrances"
sThe cash ticket sale has now
reached a sum that will cover
Richards outlay.
.Rickard had to take in a little
oyer 100000 before he could see a
dollar of profit. Financially this is
the biggest sporting event in the
history of the world. The huge
5xation made it almost impossible
ID put the tight on.
sUncle Sam is the big money
maker in this affair. When 1t is all
figured out the fighters will get
comparatively little, and Rickard
Will be in luck to make anything
at all to pay for the big financial
risk and his months of hard work.
Dempsey's tax will amount to over
s16O.oo0. Carpenters tax in this
country will.go over $50 900, beside
which he will have a heavy tax to
pay in France on his net profit. The
United States government will take
more than half the fighters end.
R1ckard will have to pay a 10 per
cent total gate receipt Federal tax.
az New Jersey state tax of equal
amount and income tax on his
pfofits.
Title Means Fortune for Georges.
9Catpentier's chance to make some
thing out of the fight after the talk
OF huge purse, depends upon win
ming OF course as world cham
pfoni he could make a great for
tune. The moving pictures will be
worth little If Dempsey wins in two
OF three rounds, more If it goes the
limit and a tremendous sum III
Carpenter wins In that case the
pictures would earn millions in
Europe alone. In this country they
could be shown only in New Jersey.
owing to the extremely unpopular
law in this country that prohibits
Interstate commerce in moving pic
lures Oh ElnB COnIeSIS-
kRickard owns half of the moving
picture rights and Dempsey and
Carpenter each one-quarter. So
far the pictures have cut little ig-
use in the hght, and arrangements
for taking them have not yet been
made.
s100, 900 and 1t has gone to $780,
ii al
luck with his arenas. They in
v1riably cost him more than the es-
t4nate. but he never had one run
ub like this before. He built a big
arena for the Jeffries-Johnson fight
in Central park in San Francisco
and when Gov. Gillette unexpectedly
sedestepped the event at the last
napment. Rickard jumped to Nevada
and had new arena started at
eno within twenty-four hours. He
had the Frisco arena wrecked and
tie lumber sold for a fraction of
its original cost, and was out the
lease and labor. The Reno arena
was expensive because it was a
rush job. At Toledo the arena ran
about $4,000 over the original esti-
mate, but IL was enlarged to hold
the huge crowd that never turned
UP. which caused a serious loss.
Rickard Busy Man
Tex Rickard is a busy man. He
il just completing the remodeling
OF Madison Square Garden into a
huge swimming palace. The big
pool is nearly finished and the
DECORATIONS are partly in place. BY
an ingenious arrangement the gar
den can be turned into a night arena
id a few hours. All this is costing
approximately S275,O00.
SThe first rush for night tickets
cleaned out the $50 section, but
there are still plenty of seats un-
sald. and the arena is so arranged
that the cheaper seats give fully as
good a view of the ring as those
nearest the platform
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