The Washington times., 1929-02-20
NO I ABLES
FLOCK TO
|. MIAMI
BY James L. Kilgallen
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb.

BY james i. AllgaHen
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Feb.
20 (I.N.S.).-Jack Dempsey,
promoter of the Stribling-
.Sharkey fight at Flamingo
Park Arena one week from
tonight, peered intently at the
box office statistics today and.
Smiled.
- For there he found consolation for
his other troubles, such as the
.ssuuabble over the referee which
te ended with the selection Of Lou
Magnolia, Of New York. Dempsey
noted with satisfaction that the re-
ceipts are nearing the total OF
= 3275, 900.
o4t Dempsey. with all the enthu-
aiasm of an ambitious young busi-
J. ness man, is now certain that the
"gate" will reach $35O.000, and per-
haps 100000.
- Retired millionaires, Congress-
fsYnen, United States Seniors, judges,
sssWall Street brokers, mayors Of
n cities all over the country. bank
presidents to the number of at
least 200. society men and women,
actresses, governors of States ana
other luminaries are pouring into
.-.town on every trains
Press reservations for the
I fight are unprecedented. Al.
& ready there are AZ more re.
quests than the total accounted
for In the Dempsey .Tunney
s.battle Of the long count" i'm
Chicago. With only ZOE accom-
/. mOdatiOns for the working
-- press. 3I4 requests have been
received.
- Newspapers all over the country
nave sent in reservations in Flor.
Ida alofie, 4S newspapers have
efader applica tons. New York has
E2Z cprresuond dents an the ground.
gost0n has ] 6. Chicago 12. Kansas
city, s; st. Louis, 8; Cleveland, aOs
Atlanta, 12, Buffalo, 2; Philadel-
phia. 10: San Francisco, 4; Salt
Lake City. 2; Toronto, !; Montreal,
u and Havana.
The list Of people already here,
or coming. reads like record from
who's Who" Seven governors
will see the fight, perhaps more.
II 1ttCIuuG 1ON. <At0GLLss11AlNAANS
.aof Maryland; Lieut.. Gov. Sterling,
ssof Illinois; Governer Green, of
aMichigan: Governor Carlton, of
Florida; Former Governor Fuller,
OF Massachusetts, and possibly for
Kner Gov. "AI' Smith, of New York.
Governor Smith is in Florida
Vacationing and while he, per-
sOnally, has made no appIica-
tiOn practically all Of his COM
panions have.
Reservations also have come from
more than a score Of Representatives
in Washington, from IS United
States Senators, from a. dozen Fed
eral judges, and more than 200 bank
presidents.
The list includes such names as
Harry F. Sinclair. Harvey S., Fire.
stone, j. j. Hertz, Irene Castle Nc.
Ford Bernard Gimbel, John McCor.s
mick. William Muldoon, James J.
Corbett, Rex Beach. Mrs. Payne
Whitney. Gertrude Phillips. the
Shakespearean actress; Jimmy
Walker and Walter Chrysler.
What with all the celebrities here
such personalities ais. Sharkey and;
Stribling are rather overshadowed.
But they do not seem to mind. On
days that he feels like it, Sharkey
goes through more or less perfume
tory workout at the Miami Beach
: Kennel Club before the hoi 90lioi
who pay SO cents head admission.
This done, the Boston COB speeds to
his hotel in big motor car, where
he n1ingles with the elite.
Stribling Is not taking things
: any too seriously, either. He I
= : has not worked in two days.
+. The deep sea fishing in Biscayne
Bay has lured him.
"Pa" Stribling refused to abide by
the recommendation of the, Massa-
chusetts boxing commission that
1Dhnny BRASIL and Jack Sheehan,
both of Boston be named as referee
and alternate referee. The upshot
of the matter was that another con-
ference was held, at which Lou
Magnolia. of New York. was selected
as the third man in the ring. Bit.
ter words were exchanged by PA
Stribling and Johnny Buckley, man.
ayers of the fighters. before an agree.
ment was reached. BRASIL was
,1iamed as the alternate referee.
The timekeepers were picked, too.
They will be Remy Dorr. official
rtimekeeper: H. Stribling. of Macon,
and Jim Downing, of Tampa, Fla.
y. This afternoon Dempsey viii meet
with the managers of the fighters to
discuss the rules under which the
contest will be staged and also the
appointment of knockdown referee.
There being no Florida boxing com.
mission, the bout will be fought &C.
cording to either the Massachusetts
or the New York regulations with
whatever reservations are made at
'today's meeting. The Massachusetts
rules, for example, provide that there
be no draw decisions while New
York permits a draw ruling.
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