Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-12
NEW SEATING PLANS
WOULD ALLOW HUGE
PURSE FOR DEMPSEY
Polo Grounds Stadium Would
Permit Cheap Seats for Wills
and Champs Encounter.

New York. Sept. 11.-That Jack
Dempsey can receive more money for
defending his title against Harry Wills
in a bout at the Polo grounds than he
ever received for any other match. and
that the general public will be able to
view the big bout at more reasonable
rates than ever were charged for a
worlds heavyweight championship en-
counter, is shown in the new seating
plans for boxing matches at the Holo
grounds. which are on file at the office
of the state athletic commission.
The plans as drawn by Charles A.
Duke. architect for the National FIX
hibition shows a seating CO.
pacity of exactly S0.265.
All Seats Are Good.
There are 5000 seats in the upper
tier. $4,000 in the lower tier and So
235 seats on the field. The plans call
for the ring to be pitched about where
second base is now. The furthest seats
away, those on the top tier of the
Eighth avenue bleachers, will be only
800 feet from the ring and so well
elevated that a good view be obtained.
The furthest seats from the ring at the
Polo grounds are from 80 to 40 feet
nearer than the furthest seats in the
stadium on Boyle's Thirty Acres. Jer-
sey City, where Dempsey fought Car
p%entier. BY next spring the capacity
will be increased by about $4,000. when
the new double-deck cement bleachers
will be completed.
Despite the million dollar gate the
seating plans will permit of at least
25.000 seats being sold as low as 81
and So. or 10000 seats at So or under.
Give Champ 1915, 900.
Dempsey's 3T12 per cent of the mil
~lion-dollar gate possible for a Dempsey
Wills match at the Polo grounds would
be $4,000. or $4,000 more than he
received for boxing Carpenter.
Wills, whose manager already has
said that the 1912 per cent minimum
for a challenger in a championship bout
in this state would be acceptable to
Wills for a Dempsey match. would draw
down S125.O00.
Considering the foregoing facts it is
inconceivable how Dempsey can any
longer dodge a meeting with Wills.
With official protection assured the
contest. if fought in this state this
year and absolutely no risk on the
part of kearns or Dempsey. and with
n tOOl SDfD.uDt put III li'H "a MN
nothing except downright fear on
Dempsey's part and a firm decision
never 10 meet Wills will prevent an
October meeting between the two.
II is inconceivable how the state
athletic commission, if it adheres to
the letter of the law as IT did IN the
cases of Johnny Wilson and Johnny
kilbane. can refuse to put the ban on
Dempsey if he refuses TO accept the
Polo grounds offer.
No Excuse for Dempsey.
The offer leaves Dempsey and
kearns absolutely no excuse for vlo-
lating both the international boxing
rules. as well as the laws of this
state, by refusing to defend his tide
against his only logical contender.
Leonard and Tender may meet IN
the Polo grounds opening IN case
Dempsey continues to dodge Wills.
If Dempsey has time to fit himself
for one-sided bouts with Brennan and
Willard this fall, there is no sound rea-
son why he cannot get into tip-top
condition to box Wills within the next
eight weeks. The New York commits
sion is expected to ask Dempsey and
kearns to explain why they are not in
a hurry TO box Wills at the Polo
grounds in October under the
agcment of financially responsible per-
sons who have received legal permits
sion to arrange championship glove
contests.