New Britain herald., 1926-09-20
COURT ACTION NOT
 ID HOLD OFF BOUT
General Public Confident That
 Fight Will Take Place

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 20 Pl- Despite the maze of court orders, threatened tnjunctions and the like in which those directly interested in the empsey-Tunney heavyweight championship battle are enmeshed, fight fans apparently have little doubt that the bout will be held next Thursday night as scheduled.
 Money for seat reservation con- tinues to pour into the headquarters here of Tex Rickard, promoter of the fight, in such a steady stream that the staff of clerks is all but swamp ed The sale today had nearly reached the S1,700,o00 mark, with every mall bringing additional re- quests for tickets. Rickard said he expected the sale to so over S1,900,- GOO, which would exceed previous records for fight collections by pore than s250.o00. He announced that the fight ticket office in Madison Square Garden. New York, would be closed at p. m., Wednesday and that applications after that hour would have to be made at his Phil adelphia headquarters in the Belle yue Stratford hotel
 The promoter expressed confidence that the S1,0Oo.000 bond he has ar ranged with the National Surety company to cover all legal proceed ings which might tend 10 interfere with the bout would be approved by the courts. He said the bond would serve to protect all parties in inter- est until the various suits could be determined "on their merits It would also protect ticket holders. he said, by "assuring the holding of the bout as scheduled"
 Richards Statement
 Jealous and envious people are trying to break up this fight add ed Mir. Packard. They are not go- ing to do it. I have 127.000 seats available, which will make it the largest attended athletic event in the history of the world. High govern ment officials, millionaires and thousands of men known all over the country have made reservations for the fight. Do you think I will let them stop an event of this kind? ?'
 Three legal actions are pending in connection with the championship battle. Jack Kearns, former mana ger for Dempsey, is said 10 be in terested in all of them. Two of the suits are to come up for hearing to- morrow, one in Atlantic City and the other here. In the seashore resort, where the champions training camp is pitched, the court will hear argu- nlent on whether a temporary re- ceiver appointed Saturday for Demp- sey shall be made permanent, while the action in this city is to prevent Rickard from paying Dempsey or Tunney any money prior to the fight. The champion is under s1OO.OOO bond to assure his appearance at the Atlantic City hearing. The receiv- ership proceedings were said to be related to kearns' S330,QOo suit against Dempsey in a New York court for alleged breach of contract.
 Another legal move, and the only one designed {, stop the fight, was that threatened by the Chicago Coli scum club. which claims to hold a contract with Dempsey to fight Harry Wills. negro heavyweight. B. c. Clements, president of the club. who recently obtained an injunction from an Indiana court, said he pro- bably would start proceedings today m thi. city for a restraining order to prevent the fight.
 Don't For Fans
 Anticipating a host of pickpockets and other underworld characters here this week for the Dempsey Tunney fight, the detective bureau today issued a list of "don'ts' In warning the visiting fans. Some of them are:
 Don't leave articles Of value In hotel rooms. Check them with the clerks.
 Don't leave valuables in automo- piles when parking.
 Don't make friends with stran- gers. either male or female, as there are all kinds of confidence games be- ing operated by men and women. On asking to be directed to any place ask a uniformed policeman or-some- one officially connected with the hotel.
 Beware of pickpockets.
 Don't expose money in public. or carry money or valuables Tn any one pocket. Don't carry money or valuables in hip pocket.
 Don't carry ladies handbags or purses loosely on your arm. Be particularly careful in elevators, as