The Winslow mail., 1926-09-24
DEMPSEY WEIGHS 189

O0ulpSey W6lSuSu III dL 100
pounds at o'clock, and also sur
prised the wise ones by his weight,
being under the figure expected.
Dempsey, however, had no airplane
and could not make a dramatic en-
trance, he contented himself with
the slower, but safer train and had
no Philadelphia welcome for his
welcome. Not long before time for
tim to enter the ring, the failure
Of the expected sell-out to materi-
alize (some 1000 seats being left
at the box office had the specula-
tors on their feet, many were over
stocked with the higher priced bits
of past board and were forced to
take a loss. Some tickets with
retail value of $27.50 were report
ed sold on the auction block at
the stadium gates for as low as SIS.
Both the ex-champ and the
champ-to-be sprung surprise on
those who dispensed free guesses
as to weight. Tunney had been
guessed more at 1877 than 1856. On
the other hand, Dempsey had
been guessed into the ring in ten
or more different weights, with
1914 as the most popular.
TNUNEY TIPS SCALE AT 1877
AS a matter of fact, both men
entered the ring below any weight
posted by the form followers.
Tunney's weight proved sur
prise when he scaled 1876 pounds
at o'clock. 1t was expected to
see him in the ring at approx
mately 1876 to 1877 pounds. Claim
ing from the first of his training
period that he knew better than
anyone else his condition and
what he needed to perfect in,
Tunney set his sights for 1876 lbs.
at bout time. He may have
missed it by ounces. Jack Demp-
sey, although his crown was still
on perfectly straight, was pushed
out of the early spotlight by his
rival.
USES AlRPLANE
Tunney took novel and speedy
y
ing camp at Stroudsburg to the
Sesqui Stadium, flying to the
scene of the fracas in an air
plane. Physicians who examined
the ex-marine after his landing de-
clared that his pulse was steady,
and that his nerve and nerves
were both intact.
Tom Reilly, of Philadelphia, was
the referee. The two judges were
Frank Brown, of Pittsburgh and
Mike Bernstein, of Wilkesbarre,
Pa.
Tunney started for the ringside
at $50 o'clock. He was the first
to enter the ring. He wore a blue
bathrobe, trimmed in red, the gift
of the Marines. The blonde chal-
lenger received a tremendous
ovation from the crowd as he
stood in the center of the ring.
observing the freshly strewn
rosin.
The challenger was attended by
Jimmy Bronson, his manager Bull
ley Gibson, Louis Fink, his train
er. Tunney Immediately sat down
and began to nod to accquaintanc-
es at the ringside.
A tremendous roar from back in
the crowd indicated that Dempsey
with his bodyguard had set out
for the ring to find out what all
the shouting was about. With him
were Jerry Luvadis, his faithful
little trainer, Gus Wilson and
Gene Normile, his business mana
ger.
Dempsey and Tunney immedi-
ately began the task of wrapping
their hands with strips Of cotton
bandages.' Dempsey personally
wrapped his hands with Jerry su-
pervising it. While this was be-
ing done splashes of rain began to
fall on the canvas. The crowd was
becoming impatient and started
yelling for the fighters to hurry
up Tunney was working more
slowly with his task than Damp-
sey. Gus Wilson and O'Brien |
stood in Tunneyy's corner while |
the ban1ag.ng was being done,
and Jimmy Bronson repre3e'frd |
Tunney in the cha,npion's corner |
to watch the taDlng process.