The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-31
Sports Roundup

iS0n, too, talked about the long
icount" in Chicago the night they
first used the neutral corner rule.
Gene got hit with q sucker
right" he said. Dempsey couldn't
knock your hat off with right.
But as Gene RULED away he
walked right into . left, hook.
Dempsey hit him five more before
he went down.
Barry (Referee Dave Barry
started to count and Dempsey
went to his own corner, right be-
hind Tunney. He wouldn't 60 to
the neutral corner. When he did,
Barry started the count again. It
really was 10 seconds not II. When
Tunney got up ae started to back
pedal. Dempsey finally caught
him and Tunney threw everything
he had In one right hand that
made Dempsey grab. After that
liz was Z breeze.
when Tunney came back to the
corner I asked him What night
Is it, He said Jim, don't be
ridiculous. I'm all right and you
know It,
There wasn't too much turmoil
that night but the next day they
started to whoop il up. Richard
l(Promoter Tex Rickard) dOctOred
the pictures to make II look as
though Tunney never could have
got up. And they started the bally-
hood for third match. Everybody
wanted It but it never came of. !"
NEW YORK R-News that q
Philadelphia fight promoter Is GO
ling to cover his outdoor ring to
make. sure the show win 60 on,
rain or shine, started the boys talk
ling covered ball parks. It's an old
story, revived every now and then,
but never considered practical.
They talked Of It again yesterday
lat Madison Square Garden, where
they unveiled the gaudy new
SIS 900 aluminium ring to be used
for outdoor shows. Lionel Levy,
The designer, did most Of the CAB
hing.
"It's not commonly known" he
said, "but we were all set to put
4 roof over the entire Polo Grounds
years ago. Back in the days Of
Tex Richard.
I'VE were going 70 use suspen-
sion cables strung criss-cross over
the field, sort Of 4 bridge construc-
ltion. The idea was to use some
light fabric for the covering.
"But something happened to the
money, and we never went through
with it. Maybe it was just as well.
Boxing was real big in those days
land postponements cost q great
ideal Of money.
81 suspect that the day Of the
big crowd h gone. Nobody can
lafford to build . big arena now,
unless 1t Is subsidized by 4 commu-
Unity. Television Is here to stay.
"A few years back, Mayor Hague
OF Jersey City commissioned me
Ito design an arena for football and
boxing that would seat 10000.
That never went through either.
As far as roofing 4 ball park
goes, / don't think il would be
worth while. The bah clubs don't
lose too much money on rain. They
don't even bother to carry rain
insurance. They can always play
some other day. And, with only
one outdoor fight in year, Il
lcertainly wouldn't pay for boxing. -
| Levy Is proud Of the expensive
new ring that replaces the one he
designed for the late Mike Jacobs
Years ago. The cid ring, frs,
fused the night Max SchmeIine
knocked out Joe Louis, cost only
ia, 900. Twelve men were needed
Ito put 1t up and take II down. II
lcost . fortune to transport II TO
Philadelphia last year when the
international Boxing Club was pro-
meeting its important shows there.
Eight men can put this up in
six hours" he said. "At the pres
ent rate that means about 500. II
ican be carted anywhere n the