Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-01-12
WORLD MATCH
PLANS TAKE
DEFINITE FORM
NOTED PROMOTER SAYS
LAS VEGAS IDEAL SPOT
FOR SCRAP


ON July 4 of one OF the biggest
boxing matches ever staged IN
the United States if the plans
Of Tom Kennedy, nationally
known promoter, materiailze.
The next twenty-fOur hours
will Determine whether or not
the wOrld's middleweight cham
pionship belt will be hung IN
an arena in Las Vegas tllls
summer.
Kennedy spent Friday IN Las
VEGAS during which he conferred
with the Mayor, the District Al
torney, other county and city OIL
ficials, DR.. Roy w. Martin, PreSl-
dant of the Chamber OF Com
rnerce, and local bankers.
Lauds Las Vegas
"I have been in the boxing pro-
| fe6sion for great many years ana
7 have dealt with all kinds OF peo-
ple in practically every section OF
the globe, but / have never been
trNated .ss cordially nor has any
| oR avorS been accepted with
EE R1ound enthusiasm as has
Il : accorded me here today" said
Ksa.nady to a representative OF
The Age last night.
"The staging of this bout In Las
Vegas means that conservative
estimate of more than $4,000 people
will attend" said Kennedy. This
wil mean that no less than a MIL
lion dt tllars wall be spent by -heSe
lans who will atterd the match.
III the NIan& which W, are
now negotiating take definite
form within the next twenty
four hours the place that the
worlds midleweight champion
ship will be staked will be Las
Vegas"
Permit Asked
1t is understood that Kennedy
during his visit yesterday applied
for q license to stage the bout here.
This indicates that the noted pro-
moter is definitely determined to
affect the necessary negotiations
to bring about the battle.
Kennedy, who is one Of the joint
managers of Ace HudkinS has Aces
signature now to fight and it is
understood that he has flat
agreement from Jack Kearns to
! ha IN
/ Las Vegas shall have been closed.
An agreement with the Union
Pacific has already been negotiat-
, ed whereby the railroad has agreed
| to keep the trains in Las Vegas
over night to expedite the return
home of the visitors.
The leaving of the sleeping cars
upon the trackage of the railroad
company obviates the necessity of
Las Vegas providing adequate ac-
commodations since all of the visi-
| tors will want to return to their
business after the holiday.
Eks Cooperate
The national convention of the
ElkS which will be held in Los An
geles beginning July will draw
thousands of fasteners to the
bout. It is understood that Ken
nedy has received the hearty Co
operation of Harley Harmon, state
official of the Elks and that in
vitationS will be broadcast to every
Elks lodge in the United States to
attend the match and view the
Boulder Dam site at the same
time.
/ Kennedy was particularly well
pleased with a prospective site for
the arena on the outskirts Of the
city. The formation Of the ground
which he Investigated offers q
natural saucer shaped site cover
ing several hundred acres.
According to Kennedy's plans the
arena site will require much acre
age to provide adequate facilities
for the parking of several thous-
and automobiles and grandstand
space for the thousands of spec
tators. Kennedy's plans also call
for the construction of an eight
foot wire fence surrounding the
entire location.
Kennedy left Las Vegas last ni0hk
for Los Angeles and VIII return to
Las Vegas next Thursday.
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