The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-09-11
Tickets to
Fight Run
Up to $3.50
Spectators Get Big Share
Gate Receipts More Thar
Million-Dempsey's $780,
900 and Firpo's sl50,000.
less Willard on Hand
BY FRED. s. HUNTER.

By FRED. s. HUNTER.
Staff Correspondent of The Omaha Bee.
New York, Sept. 10.-In the lobby
Of one Of New York's largest hotels
tonight a newly arrived visitor pur-
chased a ticket for the Dempsey
Firpo fight.
1t was represented as a seat in the
third row, ringside.
The purchaser paid $3.50 in CASH
for it.
ard. The remainder excepting the
war tax, adds to the bank account /
OF the astute party who made the
sale.
Corner on Seats.
The big cleanup on this fight. It 20
apparent, is not going to be made by
Tex Rickard or Jack Dempsey or
Luis Angel Firpo, but by the shrew0 /,
spectators who have managed to con
raj most of the good seats. I
According to the New York stat1
laws, s25 is the maximum price that
may be charged for admission to an
exhibition OF boxing skill. That's
why Tex Rickard couldn't charge $50
as he did for the Dempsey-Cars
pentier fight, which was held in Jers
sey. But the ticket speculator snaps
his fingers disdainfully at law. Them
no doubt. he takes the position that
there will be very little boxing skin
exhibited when Dempsey and Luis
Angel at set against each other.
At any rate the speculator is out
10 accumulate great riches and up-to.
date he has enjoyed remarkable sue.
cess.
The SIS ducats are selling at prices
ranging from $50 TO $3.50 Seats in
the first three or four rows are bring
ing as high as the latter figure eSats
for 10 rows hack are selling for 800
and hard to get. And any kind of
seat at all calls for an investment OF
$50.
Million Dollar Sale.
At the regular prices the sale to-
day Is said to be near the million dol
lar mark. This means that practi-
cally every reserved seat Is sold or
in the hands Of spectators. Capacity
at Polo grounds is 10000. which az
the scale OF prices will yield box
office total OF approximately $780,
o0o. The IS bleacher seats viii not
be reserved and will be sold unfl
the day OF the show.
With a capacity gate. Jack namp-
sey viii receive s350.oe0 and Firpo
a
ant news to those who advocate the
superiority OF mind over matter. and
the development OF the brain instead
OF the muscle.
Perhaps you will be interested N
the preiminaries which will precede
the quarrel between Nessrs. Demp-
sey and Ffrpo.
Trivial Curtain Raisers-
The semi-windup will be a .2.round
contest between Gene Tuney. who is
said 10 be good. and one Leo Gates.
Students of the record book may bs
familiar with the achievements oe
Mr.. Gates. To Us the name meana
nothing
Then there will be an eight-round
affair in which Jack Burke viii at
tempt to operate on the epidermus q
Bill Reed. Somewhat vaguely. we rss
call the somewhere. sometime. somes
one advised that Mr.. Reed was not 4
bad exponent Of the mitten fiinging
sport. II that is correct, Mr.. Burko
has an unpleasant evening ahead c1
him. Mr.. Burke definitely and con-
clusiyely proved up in Shelby last
Tref.- ku~ -.
worst fighters. BY some manner cl !
means he always manages 10 sneak |
into Dempsey's camp as a sparrins
partner. althCIgh how he does Il
probably never viii be known. Nay
be he's good pinochle player.
There will be two other bouts on4
OF six rounds. with Mike Burke and
Al Roberts doing the honors. and
another OF the same duration, With
Lew Brown and Dan Bright eniers
tanning. You can write your owd
ticket on these two.
After looking over the LIST II iS
quite simple TO conclude that Richard
Is wasting none Of the receipts ia
the preliminarieS. In other words,
his theory seems 70 be that quality
- - s4hS INNS nAA never ltt x IilSN
fere with the interests Of economy.
Jess Willard Looks On.
Among the arrivals in the ely 20.
day WAS Jess Willard. who used 20
he more or less prominent ciiizen
OF our neishboring state Of Kansas.
He said he had come in 10 see lhs
fight
Big Jess has rather personal W.
,eresi in the outcome of the approach
Ing imhroglio. Both Dempsey aud
Firpo made = canvass kiSssr out of
him. So he expects obe genuinely
entertained from his uingside sat.
The former champion Is reluctant
20 venture a prediction on the resuN.
lie declares the fighl is ,osSap. tie
points out that each man Is a hard.
hitter an d,hst each has the ability
10 sssimilate punishment.
Willard seems frankly Sinecre IN
declaring the bout iossup lie ar-
pears honestly afraid he sss.ht 20