Evening star., 1927-08-03


~ HICAGO. August 81 JACK
Dempsey's opposition to enter
ing the ring before September
26 today continued to be the
chief item Of interest in his
imminent enga cement with Gene Tun
new for the worlds heavyweight title
In a statement at Los Angeles last
night, the challenging eX-champlon
made known that he wanted to be
right" when he renewS his acqualnt
ance with Tunney, and said he did not
see why Rickard would not delay the
bout until after September 26, to give
him an opportunity of getting INTO
the proper condition.
DEMPSEY said: Il want to be right
when l fight Tunney again. / see
no reason why Rickard can't grant
me the favor l ask, delaying the fight
until the last week of September. be
cause of the Illness of my wife. |
can't leave her in her present condl-
ton and Richard knows that II am
not happy mentally l can't be right
physically"
Jack May Give i'm.
Notwithstanding, Dempsey's close
friends intimated that they thought
Jack would ultimately agree TO RICK
lSs
wife's physician that her condition
was not so serious as he supposed.
The doctor said Mrs. Dempsey Would
be able to accompany her husband
East in time for the proposed fight
date, September Is or q.
With the stadium rented. the pro-
moter's license issued, and all other
necessities arranged for, Chicago fight
fans and officials were of the opinion
that the date of Richards choice
eventually will prevail.
Rickard and George Getz, the NOM
inal promoter, said they were ANXIOUS
10 hold the match on the original
date but might delay it until the ia
If Dempsey proved obdurate. Demp-
sey's. plea for the later date was
vetoed entirely, because the stadium
is unavailable after September 20.
After Getz had been granted a
promoters license yesterday by the
Illinois State Athletic Commission,
he met with Charles Fitzmorris. city
controller and his business aide, to
discuss handling the tickets. GetZ
desires one central ticket agency,
downtown, and hopes to restrict dis
tribution of the admissions to this
one place. excluding the ticket brok-
ers. Nothing definite was agreed up
on, pending Richards return next
Monday with his ticket staff and
blue prints for construction Of the
ringside section of around 10000
seats.
With these seats, the stadium will
accommodate the 1000 crowd Rick
ard confidently expects will want to
see the fight. If that attendance is
realized, it will be the greatest out
pouring to an athletic event in the
history of the world.
Even that figure, however, will not
equal the Soldier Field record.
Last Summer at the Roman Catho-
lie Eucharistic Congress, an estimated
crowd of 100000 persons, swarmed
within the massive doric columns
on Holy Name night.
The first Army.Navy foot ball game
ever held in the West was played at
Soldiers Field last November. That
in it's present state of completion.
Vice President Dawes dedicated the
structure November 26, the day before
the Arrny-Nayy battle, in sleetstorm.
Is Spacious Place.
The curve of the horseshoe was
completed just barely in time for this
event, the two long stands at either
side having been finished the previous
year.
Situated just a few hundred yards
off Chicago's famous Michigan boule-
ward facing Lake Michigan, it's ac-
cesSibility has been thoroughly tested.
More than $4,000 automobiles were
parked in the wide open spaces of
Grant Park. around the stadium, for
the Army-Navy crowd.