Evening star., 1935-09-24
F|GHT-MAD FANS
JAM GOTHAM FOR
BAER-L0U|S BOUT
10000 Tickets Already Are
Claimed Toward Million.
Dollar Gate Tonight.
WEATHER is PERFECT
FOR SELL.0UT CROWD
Dempsey Declares That He Will
go Through" With Seconding
His Livermore "Pal."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 24.-In the
grip of flstic fever such as the Big
Town hasn't known in dozen years,
New York turned most of its attention
today to the latest heavyweight war
the l5-round match between Joe Louis
and Max Baer in the Yankee Stadium
tonight.
Baer scaled 2l0is pounds and Louis
1s914 at the official weigh-in this
afternoon at the offices OF the State
Athletic Commission.
There was not the slightest surprise
manifest by the weights of the two
fighters, both of whom appeared in
superb condition. Louis scaled shade
more than had been expected. Baer
was within half pound of the figure
his handlers had predicted.
Upwards Of $4,000 fans, their enthu-
siasm soaring With the weather tenn
perature, were estimated to be moving
into the city by auto, train, airplane
and boat from all parts Of the country
to witness the biggest pugilistic event
since the palmy days of Tex Rickard
and Jack Dempsey.
Although several thousand tickets
remained unsold. the final days rush
was such that Promoter Mike Jacobs
and his associates in the Twentieth
Century Sporting Club stuck to their
prediction Of capacity crowd Of up
wards of 95 900" and certain million
dollar gate"
$4,000 Already Sold.
At II am the promoters Office said
the advance sale was somewhere be-
tween s90oo00 and 81 900, 900, mean
ing that more than 10000 tickets
either had been old outright or were
being held on reservation.
There was an early jam around
The clubs box office at Forty-ninth
street and Broadway. where tickets at
every price except s5.75 still could be
purchased at face value.
Up and down Broadway, however,
spectators were doing a big business,
with choice tickets selling for any,
thing up to 5000 apiece, depending
on the location.
Clear Autumn skies and a warm sun
forecast ideal conditions for the fight.
The temperature was around 70 be-
fore noon. The great Richards
traditional weather luck seemed to
be holding good for Jacobs, his one
time associate.
Hotels Crowded.
Most Broadway hotels were jammed
Fistic tourists. in some instances,
camped overnight in the parks or on
the outskirts of the city. On every
corner crowds collected to argue about
the outcome of the fight. Hundreds
Of curious collected aorund the sta
dium early in the morning, where
the battle of hammers marked the
final preparations for handling the
biggest crowd that has ever seen a
sporting event in New York.
Stadium gates were scheduled to
open at 3 pm.
Max Baer spent the night at mid
town hotel and remained in seclusion,
pending the trip to the Boxing Com
MISSIONS omceS Tor the weighing In,
scheduled around noon.
Louis, with an escort. left his train
ing camp at Pompton Lakes, N. j., by
auto for the trip to New York. The
colored fighter and his handlers
planned to spend the afternoon quietly
at an apartment in Harlem.
Jack Dempsey, noncommittal last
night on the subject of seconding Baer,
apparently intended to go through
with his original plan to be in the
Californian's corner.
Some of my friends think I'm MAX
ing a mistake" said Dempsey, but
that doesn't mean anything to me
Baer is my pal He wants me in
there and I'm not going to turn him
down."