New Britain herald., 1924-09-11
Firpo Will Go into
 Ring With Check For Bail In One Hand,
 Bail Bond In Other.
By The Associated Press

By The Associated Press,
 Jersey City, N. J., Sept. II, - While final legal barriers put in the way of the fight were being cleared, scenes usually typical only of cham pionship ring battles were enacted this afternoon outside BoSle's Thirty Acres, where Luis Firpo and Harry Wills clash tonight,
 The proverbial weather luck Of Tex Rickard which has yet to fail the promoter in any of his major nstic ventures. again was in evi- dencs. The day was bright and clear without the slightest prospect of any Interruption tonight on the part of the elements,
 Firpo and Wills were astr early. Both had a good nights rest and after light breakfasts, took brisk walks for limbering up purposes. Firpo, with few of his handlers left before noon from an uptown Manhattan apartment and crossed to the New Jersey side of the Hud- son 10 await the formalities of weighing in this afternoon. Wills was given a typical sendoff by a crowd of his own race ss he left his Harlem retreat in an automobile for Jersey City.
 Counsel To Be Present
 Although the legal barrage which has been levelled at Firpo for sev- eral weeks was suspended today when failure greeted the 11th hour effort to obtain a warrant for Firpo's arrest on a charge of violating the Mann act. Rickard and Firpo had counsel in readiness to avert any further unexpected action aimed at preventing the bout.
 Hyman Bushel, Ftrpo's attorney, was on the ground early prepared to provide bail. It was predicted that F1rpo would ented the arena tonight with 6. certified check in one hand and q bill bond in the other, with one eye on Wills and the other on the lookout for possible warrant officers
 Several hundred fans, many of whom had withstood chilly nights vigil, were on hand when the first ticket wagons wheeled into position outside the big pine bowl. AS the day wore on the lines steadily in creased but plenty of tickets were available and no early indications of q Beil.out.
 10000 Attendance
 Eickard predicted an attendance of close to 10000, but the seating capacity of the saucer is 90,OO0, and at the Willard -Firpo bout year ago this was stretched to around 100000.
 Bright weather, however. was ex- pected to boom interest. Thousands who have been disappointed in ef- forts to witness the polo matches, including the Prince of Wales, were prepared to cast their lot with fight fans in the hope that it might change their weather luck. .
 While tickets booths were doing a thriving business with one agency reporting sales aggregating s12,000 up to 1 ?. m, regiment of 800 police officers was mobilized to raaintaia order. The lines covered all avenues to the bowl and extend ed over a radius of. seevral miles, No one without special business or in search of ticket was permitted inside these lines. Plain clothesmen mingled with the crowds on the lookout for confidence men and speculstors. The gates to the arena verA to ke thrown open at o'clock.
 Over ia West Hoboken, a crowd 9oAgregted in front of Joe Jea- nette's syannAsiue. where the fight CTS are to weigh ia kbout o'clock. NewspaSermen sA New Jersey boxing comnatssions officials only were to be allowed to witness these formalitiee.
 ..l Betting 6 to 5
 Among the speculative fraternity, NHisk betting was reported, with most of the wagers sticking to the odds of $ to s on Ffrpo.