The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-06-30
Big Fight
Is Assured
July Fourth
Twenty Business Men of Mont
ana Contribute 1000 Each
TO Make Last Payment
10 Champion.
Money Ready Saturday

Money Ready Saturday
Great Falls. Mont. June z9.-Ths
Jack Dempsey Tom Gibbons heavsd
weight championship fight. I'll
With collapse within <
last two weeks because Of fiHaf.sA -
crisis. has cleared the lasg hnrdls
and will be decided in Shelby. July 4.
as scheduled. The final 500. 600 q
Dempsey's 5000. 900 guarantee was
raised tonight from 20 Influential
business men Of the state. who
pledged IS 900 each.
George II. stanton. president of the
Stanton Trust and Savings bank. who
advanced $4,000 TO make
Dempsey's second 500. 900 instaliment
10 days ago. made the positive an
nouncement that the final installment
had been raised and that It would lie
available in cash not later than Satur-
day night. Mr. Stanton said that
the money. however. would not be
turned over to Jack Kearns. Demp-
sey's manager. until Monday, the date
On which the payment falls due
Remarkable Feat.
The raising Of the sie0. 900 Is one
OF the most remarkable financing
achievements in the history Of glove
fighting. After AL plans had failed,
Nr. Stanton conceived the idea OF ap-
pealing TO 20 men throughout the
state. rhost Of them lifelong friends.
to save what he termed the honor Of
Montana. meaning the heavyweight
championship battle a. Shelby.
Going into a conference with P z.
ayers, a former circuit judge OF Liv-
ingston. and Maj. ]. z. Lane. in a
hotel room, Stanton and his associates
began the task Of sending out tele-
grams and in five hours after the
work was started had received the
pledges assuring the 100000 The
conferences were begun this morning
when It became evident that immedi-
ate action was necessary 10 dispel the
doubt that had surrounded the fight
since the condition Of the finances
was disclosed la1 We5nesiav
through the resignation Of Dan Tracy
As business manager
Money Ready Saturday.
The committee authorizes me %
announce" Mr.. Stanton said. that
the Sloo. oao due Jack Dempsey next
Monday has been raised. and viii BE
m cash in the hanks here not later
than Saturday night. Much Of 1t has
fenu gss1,z.-#-ft4nsz - y-.-e - -
loyal friends in Great Fails. but the
amounts subscribed in other cities Of
The state cannot reach here before
Saturday.
We felt that Montana owed II TO
the world 10 stage this fight and We
simply went cut 10 raise the money
at all costs. It would have been A
disgrace to have ha dthe fight called.
off after 50 many thousands Of dollars
had been invested and Dempsey and
Gibbons had reached the end Of their
training. There would have been no
possible way 20 have stopped the
people from coming here from dis
tant points and the reflection that
would have been cast upon the state
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feet.
II is my understanding thar sew
eral hundred automobile parties are
already IN the state enronie 10
shelby. having come for the express
purpose of seeing the fight
Depend on Northwest.
1T Is our judgement tilat The north
west Viii put the fight over. The
Dakotas. Wyoming. Idaha. Washing.
ton. Oregon and Western Canada will
send At least l5.noe people % shelby.
1t is quite possible that the fight viii
result in a loss We expect &. hut
FL cannot be helped. The people who
are interested in this thing are game
enough 70 stand loss 5us< to see il
through
1t IS our opinion. judging from
Kearns' attitude. that Kearns is ne;
overly anxious 10 have Dempsey
fight Gibbons and would get out a.
the fight II ne could. Dempsey ss
under contract to fight Gibbons on
July and We are going 70 see TIA;
he does just that
kearns Happy.
kcarn's face Was wreathet IN
smiles when ihe word was hroneh.
him that the Sloa oon had been raised
7 felt confident all along that ths
money would he ready for Dempsey
and have turned down every efre.
made me 20 take the flght elsewhere
because Ne were anxious to make
good on the Shelby fIght.' said
Kesrns These people deserve a lol
n credit Tor their gameneSs IN rails
ing this money and I am glad thai
the last doubt has been removed.
Out AZ his training camp. Dempsey
was sust sitting down to his evening
meal surrounded hx his staff 81 snar
ring partners. when the word reached
him
That's the bes, news I have heard
today" the champion said. TN
mishtv pleased Talk abent fighter.
heing gamc. these Montana reopis
have got it all over them"
Citizens ~ Great Fails breashes I
sigh II relief when tne wors Sprees
fnAm mouth 10 mouth. M ono stree
snd down ane,her, that the fikht Ne,
on. 1i,n NhnSou. the ee.vear~ok
mRSer ~ S0elbV who has flnanciall,
hacked the f3ght fsem the start, hav
ms already sunk Nso.o o0e in the ea
tefpfisc. was IS happy as a boy.