New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-06-22
IN RMH
AN
JULY FOURTH TITLE
BOUT GOES ON AT 3
This VIII Make II 6 O'clock in
Evening, Eastern Time

Great Fails, Mont, June sg.-Three
tenrrennd bouts will pTeeede tine
worlds heavyweight championship
hattie between Jack Dempsey the
title holder. and Tom Gibbons, 81
Paul challenger al Shelby On the al
ternoan % July 4, according 10 the
plans announced here yesterday by
Mike Collins, the matchmaker, Col
Inns declared he had arranged for a
bout between Jimmy Delaney, ~,
Paul light heavyweight, and Jack
Burke, Pittsburgh, snarrlRg partner
Of Dempsey's, as the semirfinal, Tillie
Herman and Joe simanleh Of Butte,
welterweights will clash in another
! preliminary, In the third Dandy
Dillon, Minneapolis featherweighi,
and Laekey Morrow Of Portland,
Gre, will meet,
niyal will get under way promptly az
~ o'clock noon, ACCORDING 10 the
plans outlined by Collins, The title
struggle IL scheduled 10 start At Z
o'clock sharp "a o'clock New York
iimel, Collins expressed confidence
that the arrangements will bring the
championship match into the ring on
schedule time. Three prelimlnaries
will consume maximum OF two
hours II each bout lasts ten rounds,
A band concert has been arranged
as an entertainment for the crowd
during the hours preceding the Tight
Collins announced he had arranged
for the Montana State Elks' band TO
occupy a section OF one side OF the
arena and for the Scottish Highlanders
OF Calgary TO hold forth on the |
opposite side. These bands Will
start playing nj 10 o'clock in the
morning and will alternate In selec-
tons until the preliminaries begin
No Boxing Show July .
Collins came here today for the pir-
pose OF arranging the disposition OF
the moving picture rights for the
championship struggle. lie was In con-
ference with representatives OF sew
eral motion picture concerns. but de-
clared he had not reach any definite
agreement with any Of them.
Collins announced that he had def
nitely abandoned plans for boxing
show In Shelby on July 3. This show
originally was projected as prelude
to the big doings OF Independence
Day, The danger of interfering with
the glamor of the title bout. however
Is understood to have led to the decl- .
sion to cancel the show.
The training camp of Jack Demp-
sew like practically everything else in
his neck of the woods was q quag-
nire today as result o. terrific
iph CT RI
.erday afternoon. 1t was raining again
his morning and kept the champion
die. The camp property was trans
formed into muddy morass and the
lighting system of the camp went out
# order. robbing all the buildings on
he property of illumination. The
ANN family" was kept indoors to- :,
lay.
Light Exercise Only
The champions only exercise was a 8
hort session OF shadow boxing and |,
alisthenics on the protected porch on ;,
he side of the house. Dempsey en-
aged in this activity during the y,
norning. =
Tomorrow. according to present
lans, Dempsey will resume training.
10 Is scheduled to box six or eight
ounds against the staff of sparring
artners in addition to tackling the
gbt punching bag and heavy dummy Il
ag and taking a whirl at shadow O.
oxng. ;,
Manager Jack Kearns welcomed the ~
.rrifc rainfall, which forced a day a.
Z ideness on the titleholder. Jack
ready for fighting right now said
learns. The interruption Will 40
i'm no harm. rather it will be OF cr
eneft to him because of the danger r.
t his going stale through too much n,
,ork. A days rest now and then VIII 70
OF interfere with Jacks condition,
Mike Collins visited Dempsey in the -
fternoon. After inspecting the cham :,
ions training quarters Collins ex- N
ressed his approval of the arrange
tents. Outside of the visit of COL
MS, however, the camp was desc
tie spot. Only those whose business
,mpelled them to visit Dempsey
,ade the trip outside the city limits