Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-01-17
LOCAL WRITER
SAYS HUDKINS
WALKER FIGHT
WILL GO LIMIT
ANOTHER FEATURE Is
BRINGING TOGETHER
DEMPSEY-KEARNS
BY GEORGE ELLIS
The Fourth of July fight for
IaS Vegas Is a. certainty,


Las Vegas is a certainty!
AS announced exclusively in
the January 10 issue OF the
Las Vegas Age, Ace" HUI
kins and Mickey" Walker will
clash in the center of one of
the biggest arenas ever con-
structed i'll the history of box
ing for the world miGdleweight
championship title here on In
dependence Day.
Kennedy Promoter
Tom kennedy, nationally Known
sportsman ana one lime neaFy-
weight contender, is Jne promoI-
er. 1t is said that tnlS IS
Lne ilrSt time III prize ring history
where a light has been staged IN
any city where the gate receipts
were not first underWuUten ny
CoWnspeople.
Kennedy has cornerea q conSld-
erable fortune through shreWd
speculation in California real es-
tate His earnings III moving pic
lures during the past i've years
have been very nlgn. Those IN on
the know declare that this pecunl-
AIRY strength OF the promoter, TO-
gether with his unstlnted faith III
Las Vegas as a focusing point Tor
the eyes OF the nation prompted
him to back the project himself.
Fight OF Fights
The fight Will go twenty ROUNDS
to a decision.
This is the tight Of fights
since the heavyweight title has
been relinquiShed by Gene
Tunney and there are no like
" cOntenders ia the immcal-
ate Offing.
Jack Dempsey Will undoubtedly
call the count since ne has been
offered the referee post at his own
terms. And since kearn6 suggested
the naming of Jack as The official
boss of the bout 1t is believed that
he will accept if IOr no other rea-
son than picking up q speaking
acquaintance with his old slde-klck
whom he still refers 10 as hlS
friend" And that it will be
good thing for these two cld-tlm-
erS to kiss and make up is a buzz
buzz in the ears Of many tlgng
enthusiast.
Twenty Rounds
Don't cash any good checks for
wagers on this battle. This writer
puts himself down right here ana
now as a twenty round prophet.
But then this writer made a one
round bet on the second Dempsey
Tunney tangle. And ne doesn't
hop-Sklp- and jump into any Irec
for all betting orgies anymore.
But you can bet a 1924 nght-
weight dollar that the light Wll
20 past the halfway mark II you
have followed the records OF either
Of the two battlerS. The only pos
sible chance for an early decision
is for ACE" to break down and
cry in the middle OF the first
round because the gate recelplS
were not split between The sal
vation Army and the Old Soldiers
Home.
But then that's too much ad-
vance information to give away
DIR. Martins Vision
Las Vegas can we'll do tap.
dance as a result OF the shrewd
foresight of DR.. Roy w. Martin
who was greatly responsible Tor tue
bringing of the great fight with
its million dollars in cold cash and
it's incalculable value Of world
wide publicity not to speak OF
thousands of potential Las Vegans
and countless hundreds OF lnVes-
tors who will give the town the
thrice-oVer.
It was DR.. Martin VINO extended
to Kennedy the invitation to VlSlC
Las Vegas and consider 1t as
possible site for the staging OF the
world title match.
It was DR.. Martin who offered
Kennedy the use of a large tract
of land for the building of the
plsanic arena which will be con-
structed to seat throng OF
$4,000 persons.
Not Selfish
And DR.. Martin, up to going to
mess had not asked for the not
dog concession nor had he con-
tracted with The Age for the
printing of any programs. And 1t
is not likely that he will get a
single red cent for his efforts IN
behalf of the bout.
The hand of every Las Vegan
should be extended to Tom Ken
nedy when he arrives here today.
There has never been cleaner
sportsman in the history OF the
business. He has never had the
slightest question raised as to his
intent or purpose. His personal
Nfe, well and intimately known
over a epriod of years to this
writer, is one upon which the mic
roscope eye of a Watson could not
find a blemish. He is respected and
loved by every fighter and fan who
has ever dealt with him. Las Vegas
can well through out its chest at
Tom Kennedy's decision to come to
na1r citV