The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-23
GREAT CROWD
Is AT FIGHT;
RECEIPTS BIG
George F. GetE, Aasoeiated
With Richard, Is Kept Busy
Before Bout Starts
CROWD ARRIVES EARLY
Starts Pouring Through Gates
at 5 r. M.-Stiff Breeze
Chills Spectators
BY CHARLES w. DUNKLJcY
ASSOCIATED Press SPORTS Nditef)

WCA6A0 NI0AuY1OI16ulp U8tAAS QStWSCu
Jack Dempsey and Gene TunI,ey, his
conqueror Of year ago.
Spectators and Others holding
large blocks of tickets started I'M
loading them late in the afternoon,
attempting to get rid Of $lD paste
boards, the highest priced tickets,
for $50. or any amount thev could
get. The cheaper tickets, with box
office value Of $50, SIS and &e0, also
were being dumped on q slack mar
ket for prices much less thar their
purchasers paid for them.
IS Seats Taken First
By $50, with the fight itself three
hours away, $4,000 to 10000 specta-
tors were in the enclosure. Strangely
enough, the cheaper and most unde-
sirable seats, the IS ones located at
the extre me north rim of the arena,
3l3 rows from the ringside, were
among the first occupied.
These early birds consumed hot
dogs and gulped down bottles Of pop
to satisfy them for the dinner they
lost.
AS soon as the gates were opened
at S p. M, the crowd started pop
ping through the turnstiles. The
stream of fight fans was guided to
the gates by solid lines Of police and
ushers. There were in excess of
$500 police, all in uniform. stationed
at the SO entrances.
Another crew Of citizens, sentries,
ticket inspectors md -,=hers directed
spectators to their wooden benches
and chairs making up the 10000
"ringside" seats or the permanent
seats in the horseshoe shaped struc-
ture.
More than $500 ushers, police and
employ comprised the crew that
handled the crowd.
Getz Arrives Early
George F. Getz, millionaire coal
operator, associated with Richard rs
the legal promoter Of the fight to
comply with the Illi4.0is boxing law.
showed up at the ringside before Z
o'clock, long before Richard, the
manager, made his APPEARANCE.
Getz, tall. silver-haired and SO.
was the busiest individual in the
place. He dashed around the ring,
attending to the demands Of the
newspaper correspondents and whis-
pering instructions to the police.
Getz became associated with
Rickard in the venture because he
considerod 4 . civic duty TomoE.
row he leaves on 4 hunting trip to-
Africa.
Ring on s0-Yard Line
The ring las perched on the SO
yard line of the gridiron on which
the Army and Navy elevens battled
last November before 10000 spec
tators. 4 .ecord-breaking crowd for
football attendance.
The ring II nor, h.avily padded and
covered with canvas. was five feet
above the ground and was on tho
level Of the eyes Of man standing
at the ringside.
Four tall pillars, one 1t each cor
ner, supported the super-structure OF
the ring.
Forty-four lights of 1000 watts
each. with silvered reflectors, hung
suspended Is feet above the ring.
flooding it with light. The three
strands Of ropes encircling the ring
were wrapped in white cloth and
were strung from shining brass cor
ner posts. At the west and east
sides Of the ring were more OF this
shining brass pipe to enclose the
berths of the time keepers and
judges. =,
BY 7:45 D. m. the stadium was ill
ling up with amazing rapidity, with
the guessers guessing that between
10000 to 100000 persons were in
their seats 1t that hour.
A haze Of tobacco smoke hung
over the place, adding to the diff
culties Of the boys IN the ringside
seats to see what was going on IN
the ring.
When the first preliminary
started. shortly after 8 o'clock, there
were big patches Of vacant seats in
the concrete stands, but the ring
side seats were filled. Among the
occupants Of the first $50 drst-row
seats were George Brennan, Demo-
cratic leader Of Illinois; p. D. Stair,
Detroit newspaper publisher; Frank
D. Mckay, state treasurer Of Michi-
gan; Judge Floyd Thompson Of the
Illinois supreme court; Oliver Rey-
nolds, vice president Of the Pullman
company, and his wife: Roy D.
Keene, Chicago Newspaper publish
err; Harvey Gibson, president Of the
New York Trust company. and his
wife.
Weather Cool
The weather was cool, but not
ffigid enough to NEST The prepara-
tions Of the spectators. The tenn
perature was around IS degrees. The
spectators, however, came prepared
for an Arctic blast. They were
bundled in heavy winter overcoats,
top coats and even slickers because
Of . threat Of rain. A stiH broese
swept out on the southwest, carry
ing the haze Of the tobacco smoke
with it. but = fresh haze sprang up
instantly.
When the first preliminary started
and the rinp was flooded with light
| the spectators became sea Of facei
as far IS the eye could reach. Tn,