The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-09-11
EXPECT SECOND ;
LARGEST CROWD
TO SEE FIGHT
lex Richard Sees Prospects
of Second Largest Crowd
in History of the Ring
MAY EXCEED $4,000
Largest Crowd Saw Jack
Dempsey Defend His Title
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{ Against Carpenter

New York, Sept. 11-When Jack
DEMPSEY, worlds heavyweight cham
pion, and Luis Angel Firpo collide
in their scheduled Is round contest
at the Polo Grounds September IA
Tex Richard, promoter of the match,
expects the second largest crowd that
ever witnessed glove contest to be
in attendance.
The Polo Grounds, home of the
New York Giants and one of the big
gest baseball plants in the country,
will be converted into massive
arena, with seating capacity Of APP
proximately 10000. The playing
field will be covered with temporary
seats around the ring, which will be
erected in the center of the diamond.
The greatest crowd that ever saw
a boxing contest gathered in the
pine bowl on Boyle's Thirty Acres in
Jersey City, N. j., July 2, 1921, to
see Dempsey defend his title against
Georges Carpenter. Close to 5000
persons were damned into the great
spaces Of the bowl that day. The to-
tai receipts appropriated $780, 900.
was exceeded at the recent Willard
Firpo fight in the Jersey City arena,
Richard estimating the attendance at
100000, but revised figures showed
that the paid attendance was only
$4,000 and the receipts $429,92O.
The championship bout between
Dempsey and Willard at Toledo on
July 4, 1919, although seen by only
1860 spectators, drew a gate Of
$452,522. This enormous rate was
made possible because of the high
price of the tickets. Ringside seats
sold for $50, while the cheapest
benches brought $40 each.
The bouts held in the Yankee
Stadium May IL of this year for tho
benefit of the New York Milk Fund
attracted $4,000 persons, who paid
$39c,0O0. In the principal bouts
Firpo knocked out Jack McAuliffe II.
Willard knocked out Floyd Johnson,
and Fred Fulton lost to Jack Renault
on a foul.
. The first of the two contests be-
tween Benny Leonard. worlds light
weight champion, and Lew Tender,
held at Boyle's Thirty Acres in 1922,
was Witnessed by $4,000 with gate
OF 1897 1852. But all records for
lightweight championship were brok-
en- when the same men met in the
Yankee Stadium two months ago. It
was estimated that about 10000 per-
sons paid close to 100000 to-. see
Leonard defend his title.
{ The famous battle Of Reno. New.
Of July 4, 1910 in which Jack John
son, negro holder of the heavyweight
title beat Jim Jeffries into submis-
sion in IA rounds, was witnessed by
20, 900 persons. Unusually high prices
swelled the gate receipts to S27O,-
IT'S.
The fourth Of July battle between
Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons, fought
in the boon town of Shelby, Mont,
July 4, wa$ perhaps the biggest fin
ancial failure in the history of cham
pioi,sMp glove fights. Due to the
last minute turn of events, when tho
guarantee due Dempsey was nuk
Forthcoming, causing rumors that the
battle would not be held. the at
tendance was held to approximately
1850 with estimated receipts of
$2O1 ,485. Dempsey's promised share
alone was more, than this sum.
Other famous ring battles that an
tracted large crowds. with corrk-
spending gate receipts, follow:
frlncipais Attendance Receipts
Jack Dempsey Bill
Brennan :..::...... $1,000 1892, 7eo
Jess Willard Frank
Moran .;::........ $4,000 $4,000
Johnny Kilbane-Eu-
gene Criqui $50. 21.OOO 80 sO0
Benny Leonard Richie
Mitchell .:..:,.:;. $4,000 1se,4oo
Benny ~Leonard-Jack
Britton :..;:::.... 10000 10000
Benny Leonard Rocky
Kansas :...;...... 1890 12s,7eo
Johnny Dundee Eu-
gene Criqui $3.50. 1889 134.416
Georges Carpenter
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