The Washington times., 1923-07-03
FIGHT NOW
BELIEVED
SURE
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closing love scene was built from I
cloud of gloom which settled ovel
the city early in the evening"
"Once Looked Hopeless"
J. e. Lane, trustee for the fight
declared early that sit looked hope
less"
Doesn't look as If there'd be 6
fight" was the comment Of George
II. stanton, the Great Falls banker
who had nuFaed the bout along al
various stages Of its uncertain
career.
And Jack Kearns, the business
man for the worlds champion, ex'
pressed his opinion as follows:
mo dough; no fight"
But somehow as the night wore
ON there came a feeling to those
who honed for the bout that KeaFna
was weakening. His Unconditional
utterances regarding dough and
fight no longer carried the final
ring. 1t was sensed that he was
weakening. He seemed to be yearn-
ing for a chance to talk It over
again. He had come to know that
Montana was not hluffing. He
knew, IS did everyone else, that
Great Falls did not have and could
not find that extra 100000. And,
also it appeared he had come to
the conclusion that II he did with
draw Dempsey and retreat, some
thing dire and sinister that did not
sound good even to think about
might happen.
Word Of the newer attitude was
conveyed to Lane, Stanton and to
Judge Roy Akers, another angel"
Stanton went after Kearns. For
an hour these two remained closet
ed, and then Kearns told Stanton:
81 wih send Dempsey into the
ring il you place $4,000 in my
hands now and let me gamble to
get the rest out Of the gate receipts"
"That is extremely nice Of you"
Stanton responded with touch OF
sarcasm. eft is most kind Of you
to want to accept q proposition now
which you rejected several times
earlier in the day-most kind, Mr..
Kearns. but. unfortunately, that
proposition no longer holds good,
The men who put up that $4,000
withdrew their loan when you turn
ed down the proposal. Therefore,
1T looks to me as IL Dempsey would
fight for $4,000 or not at ALL"
''All right" snapped Kearns,"
s'the fight is off,"
Guess it is" Stanton replied.
But before the word could reach
those who waited for the final an
swer Lane and Akefs entered the
picture.
"Wait a minute" they said.
Its OK with me-" Kearns re-
piled. Zone more little conference
means nothing to me-"
And again they went into secret
session. That conference.-the last
0ne-lasted two hours. When the
confabbers finally got through all
were smiling, except Kearns.
The announcement, official, came
from Lane as the crowd seneeQ 1t
and hit the open air to rejoice.
1.-THE fight is on for July f."
Lane announced, and went into the
details whereby Kearns agreed to
send Dempsey gambling for
Terms Of Kearns' Agreement.
The following program has been
agreed to and will be more or less
carried out tomorrow in Shelby.
Ql-The missing 100000 to be paid
out of the first gate receipts, II
any, with the promoters to finance
the preliminaries, the cost Of the
arena. the $1,000 salary of the
referee, Jimmy Daugherty, and
the show In general.
20-Kearns, in return, guaran.
tees Denpsey's appearance at the
scheduled hour. regardless Of
whether the receipts Justify the
step.
(3-Loy Molumby returns as pre-
Major Lane, Dan Tracey and other
individuals who have taken q shot
at managing the affair at one time
or another.
Just how much ready cash
Molumby win find available for
promotion purposes upon his re-
turn to Shelby today 10 another
matter. According to a formal
statement issued by Kearns upon
the premature occasion that
marked calling off of the bout.
there IL only $4,000 in ready cash
money at Shelby, with debts many
and pressing. He also limited that
the ticket situation was in a de.
plorable condition. The $4,000 due
Daugherty. the wages of ushers and
preliminary fighters and other Incl
dental expenses must be paid before
the great fight goes on. Otherwise,
the second fight will be between the
promoters and the lnfuriated
creditors.
The exact number OF tickets sold
II not known. Stanton, when
pressed for answer. said he believed
the fight would be witnessed by
10000 persons. This, IL true, would
bring the promoters out in the
clear, but 1t IL significant that
Stanton declined to be q party to
one of Kearns' many propositions.
Additional news Of the Dempsey
Gibbons fight will be found ON tho
sport pages.
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