Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1923, Page 30

,30" SPORTS.. Dempsey's Victory ANOTHER MEETING IS DUE FOR A TREMENDOUS PURSE Champion Loses Reputation as Man Killer, While Challenger ‘Shows He Has Little Chanee of Greatly Damaging Titleholder. ~ BY FAIR PLAY. HELBY, Mont., July 5—Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons will fight a return battle for a tremendous purse. And fans will not have to travel as far as this litde city to see it either. This is the chief fact n the aftermath of the famous July 4 shindy, which went to the champion on the referee’s decision at the end of the fifteen-round limit. It will be held even if Gibbons showed yesterday that he has little chance of doing any great damage to the champion. But it will be worth money to see Dempsey try to do'something wicked to the St. Paul youth. i The biggest point that critics got out of the battle is that Dempsey is: exploded as a mankiller. His two years of idleness have taken toll of his punishi ence of it, may be is worth much to him. We'll just wait and see. Un- doubtedly he needed this fight, and since he has not dissipated and has vouth, he should certainly be able to show a better defense against his _next opponent. The fight that Tommy put up against Jack was a marvel of scjence and well planned strategy. He had ! hopes of injuring Jack greatly with s B blows delivered straight or from a | PABIS, July 5.—The council of the shift. He landed enough of them |French Boxing Federation has de- without even shaking Dempsey to | cided to summon Georges Carpentier oo™ of hlu mistake MMake|ana Bettling Siki to sign for a match on September 16, when Siki's titles take it. He recelved without a blink several sharp cracks on the chin of |as light-hexvyweight champion of the jworld and of Europe will be at stake. e tort that stowed away thirty of 3ibbons’ thirty-four last opponents. k. i ;l‘lle firucj;!{s of tm;1 match will go Learning this, Tommy was forcea |'of Stlentific researc to the necessity of weathering the shock of Dempley's wallope, and he did it with consummate skili. All of | Jack's right-hand punches for the head ‘were met at . turn that dec THE FIGHT stroyed their full force, and while | in the course of the fight he. too, took a good pasting, le was not, greatly troubled. - A right from Jack | knocked him half through the ropes BY the Assoc'ated Press. i the sixth round. Dempsey pulling | SHELBY. Mont. July i.—The de- to finteh him. YINE without effect| tajled story of the fight, round by In the fiiteenth Jack, piling in with | Found. between Dempsey and Gibbons "Z‘I l‘wg "}; .Il;;'L hu(il Tommy holding | yesterday follows o var life and running aw. In thiv round the St. Paul man v ROUND ONE. severely mauied. om every indi-| They shook hands in the center of the ring ation he was relieved when the bell | and clinched after Dempsey hooked a left to faded the round and he knew he had | the bedy. Dempsey landed three lefts to thy asted out th - "hd | body and a right to the hexd. Dempsey sho wan uo‘!“ot i !e hal"ef Thereby _h“ a straight lt?!‘ to GIEb:nl fao he backed o gaimen Yo Dis well | away. ' Domprey swung & left to tho 3 e it ¢ prestige of | forcing Gibbons to retreat. bbons hooked Took Tnet & litde Ghiated tiger man | light left to the head and repeated. Dempsey ¢k juet little cheap. hammered Gibbons about the body with short the clinches Dempser hit Gib- | rights and lefts in thy ches. Gibbons’ Blaws ¥ often. but the force of the | mouth was bleedirg. Gibbons hooked left to blows was wasted by Tommy's man- | the jew and shot over a right. \er of rolling his head and breaking | Dempsey jogged him with & right uppercut. the force of the body punches. No | THe referde broks them, and Dempsey missed unce n the couss of ‘the fight did |® FERE (o the head. Poal ol Dempsey to get cet Tor a ROUND TWO. it was demensiratn Tinls 0c2a<Ion | Givhong was short with a_left and they pion o be Set to flo the nAM-!clinched. On the breskaway Dempsey tried & he' wanted to do, ‘Whereas in the pans | Kiteets S ihuiid Sibbons cliashe X . eas mpsey poun ibbons on the back of :\‘I‘ ((.11ukk lns(lnc‘(hv jolts had (h»neil:e&d in the clinch and nailed him with © necessary damage to his op- | right and left on the breakaway. Gibbons ponent. held D:mpssy's arms in the clinch to protect Lis body. Gibbons hooked a left to the chin, {cutting Dempsey's right eve. ! his right into Tom's mi In a Rough Battle. It was a bulldog, milling battle all through, Tommy taking care to keep in clore and very often locking Demp: Say's left. Jack, on the other hand, Showed a tendency to hit in the breaks, and several of his blows went low The writer would give D the ' first, fourth. sikth, acventh. eighth, tenth, cleventh, twelfth, thir- teenth, . fourteenth and _fifteenth rounds by a good margin. He would Five Jibbons the ‘Afth’ and ninth ames. and would call th c and third rounds cv M The moral victory went to Tommy | Gibbone, ‘who most critics thought would not last seven rounds. He de- serves all he can make out of it. DEMPSEY’S HOME TOWN ed a: ROUND THREE. Dempsey drove a right and.left to the body and Tom clinched. Dempsey repeated with the same punches and then nailed Gibbons on Jjaw with a 't hool forcing him to clinch. ~ Gibbons feinted and backed awi Tompsey was short with & left, but connected wlthhl right, He battered Tom's body with ight. ht to the jaw. Dempsey was short witl . He attempted to swing Gibbons off feet, but Gibbons clinched. Dcmpsey landed o right and left to the body. Tom nded the champion’s midsection as they Jack dug s hard right into He landed snother right to Gibbons swung a right to the '! Tom's stoma | the same spot. | jaw at the bell. ing power, also of his offensive speed. This battle, the experi- | - THE - EVENING - STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FIRPO NOW IS CERTAIN HE CAN WHIP DEMPSEY EW YORK, July BS.—*Meet Lu's Angel Firno, the mext heavy- welght chamnion of the world!” exclrimed the big South American fighter, when told the result of Den:prey-Gibbons fight. | ys thought 1 Démpuey, but mow I 1 can knock him o H gave Gibbons much consideration.” | Jexs Willard, who meets Firpo a weck from today for the privi- lege of Nghting Dempwey for the Feavywelght crown, merely grunt- cd when reached at his training quarters, in Yonkers, and safd: | “Oh, in’ that sot” 'MONEY NOT IN SIGHT, | TENDLER WON'T FIGHT | | MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., July | Failure of promoters to produce the $15,000 guaranteed him caused Lew Tendler, Philadelphia lightweight, to!} | refuse to enter the ring for his; scheduled fight with Sailor Freedman of Chicago here yesterday. Dis- gruntled fight fans waited impa-| |tiently in_a drenching downpour| while Tendler, his manager and Dl‘n-} moters argued. N HUGE 'PURSES FOR FIGHTS BELIEVED THING OF PAST Financial Failure of Heavyweight Title Contest in Montana and Tendler-Freedman Fiasco Seen as Sounding Death Knell. By the Associated Press EW YORK, July 5.—The financial disaster attending the Dempsey- Gibbons championship fight yesterday at Shelby probably has sounded the death knell of exorbitant purses for title matches, boxing circles here today were convinced. Reaction on the part of both promoters and public from the high | finance that has threatened the popularity of the fistic game has been apparent for some time, but it reached a climax yesterday in the price that the little Montana town paid for its picturesque but, in many ways, | tragic spectacle. If additional proof of this menace to the sport were needed, it was supplied on the same day by the fiasco at Michigan City, where Lew Tendler, Philadelphia, lightweight contender, refused to go through with his match with Sailor Freedman of Chicago at the last minute when promoters failed to provide the full amount of his purse. The cost of Shelby's bitter lesson : estimated in round figures at CHAMPION Wll.l. PAY C., - THURSDAY, Over Gibbons On Decision Means That Th Floyd Fitzsimmons, the promoter.ihut the receipts probably will not | in a statement sald that there was!'amount to half that rim. Because | but $17,000 paid in at the gate, and!of the gamble, Jack Kearns, the| paying Tendler his guarantee would!champlo manager, took on his| have left nothing to pay other ex-!last $100.000 in order to avert an penses. He accused Phil Glassman,|eleventh-hour collapse of the match. | Tendler's manager. of failure to live | Dempsey will not get his full amount, up to his agreement to post a forfeit.{but. even so, he already has received, Manager Glassman stated Fitzsim- by the payment of $210,000, more than | mons agreed to pay him $5,000 on|he was paid for any other match ex- June 30 and the remalning $10,000 ¢ept that with Georges Carpentler, | twenty-four hours before the fight,|When his share was $300.000. He said he had been given only Other Recent Examples. $3.600 last Saturday. But Shelby’s is not the only record BY ROUNDS year. New York. where the game has the best opportunity of all the places i the country to attract nailed Jack with a loft hook to the chin and received three lefts to the body and head in return. Gibbons backed away from Demp- Tn a clinch ! Gibbons landed two lefts and swune | { crowds, has had two recent examples. ! | While no definite figures were re- | {vealed. the Polo Grounds Athletic IClub was understood to have lost sey's left lead and swung three light lefts to the head. Dempsey hooked him with two left uppercut: The champion missed a right and brought ove nother left uppercut the heavily on two title bouts, the chin. Gibbons yan into the corner and around match” between Johnny Kilbane and gene Criqui for the featherwelght | the'sdge ot the Hing.to ‘svcape. - They tradsd | lefts to the head. missed & right and two weeks later the con- {and received a two light L 1 ROUND TWELV Gibbons tried to feint with a left and they clinched. They ex-hanged punches to the body st close range Gibbons danced away | fiom a left hook. Dempsey missed & right | to the head but hooked over a left to the head. Gibbons backed away from a left and the clinch Dempsey hammered him on the | back of the neck with rabbit puncl Demp. jsey drove a right and left to the body and hooked the challenger with a left to the head |33 they clinched. Dempsey missed a left the chin. but jarred the challenger with a sharp leit to the jaw. Breaking away fr a clinch, Gibbons swung a right and left the champion’s jaw. ROUND THIRTEEN. | Gibbons backed away from Dempsey's lead: !and clinched. rove tw {head and received & left in return. Dempse; {held Gibbons in a clinch, punishing him wit] rights and lefts'to the head. Jack ; right, but hooked Tom with a right | lto the chin. 'Gibboms swung & left to th | Bead.” Dompsey ‘was short with ‘s right to the body. Dempsey nailed Gibbons with a_righ 1o the jaw. Dempsev's right was short to the |head and Gibbons missed the champlon's next | | Tight to the jaw. Gibbons semt a right and | left to the body. He fanned Dempsey's nose with a right and left and backed away. ROUND FOURTEEN. | Dempsey came -with his erouch and they | clinched. ~Gibbons ducked a left and the chem. i pion drove a right to the body. Jack chased { Gibbons around the ring without lan a unch. Dempsey hooked sharply to the | but ‘missed his second left hook to the sa. tpot. Dempsey continued in forcing the fight |ing,” with Gibbons clinching at every oppor. | unity. They ¢ inchaa. ~wiobons hooked a ieft | to head and Jack jarred him with inging left to the chin. Gibbons beat Demp. ! i | i | [ {while t between Jimmy Wilde and Pan- o Villa for the fiyweight champion- hip. The deficit on both was said; to_run closely to $100,000. The root of faflure in each case| largely the same as that at —the fact that big purses were nteed the champioas, Wilde and‘ ne. both of whom were deci-| jvely beaten, plus the fact that ad- mission charges proved too high to suit the average fight fan. Both contingencies have been rec- | ognized by Tom O'Rourke. Tolo} Grounds matchmaker, who announced | that fighters he signs in the future must box on a percentage basis only nd limited the top price of seats {0310 for champlonship matches. 3| cut of more than 50 per cent. e Un’New York state the boxing law | prohibits the principals of any title match receiving more than 50 per cent of the gross gate receipts.but it is an open secret that l‘lrumnllerml teohnically complying = with | the have guaranteed additional i mounts on the eide to satisfy the emands of titleholders. [ Rickard for Retrenching. | x Rickard, Madlson Square Gar- den yromoter. who has staged more | vorld title fights than any other fig- ure in the game, has for some time ¢ oppored _the trend toward larger plrses His withdrawal {rom bidding for a heavyweight title contest be- tween Dempsey and one of severall contenders last winter was prompted, he said, by a desire to curb the finan- al flights toward which the game was headed. “The public has had enough of big| urses and exc ve demands by xers and their e, fllrkard. clared today. should be the lesson that loings an end to it and establishes the game on a nor- mal basis once more.” Shelby, incidentally, probably will law | France in a hard-fought match, sey to the punch. hooking over right and left to |tho Bead: " Dempsey backed. into & comner mor | mentarily, but ceme out fighting and fell into j& clinch in the center of the ring. {go down in fight history as the last | boom town to be selected for & cham- pionship bout, observers predict. But VISIT TO HIS MOTHER success prompted promoters to guar- ntee Dempsey a purse of $310,000, | By the Associated Prass, AT FALLS, Mont., July Jack Dempsey, refreshed by a good night's sleep, prepared today to. de- sert Montana for a few days' va- cation with his mother in Salt Lake City, Utah, after nine weeks of train- {ing for his heavyweight match with Tommy day. The titleholder said he was tired of the training grind and will wel- come a vacation. He expressed ad- miration for Gibbons' ability as a boxer and declared he wanted to glve him credit for his wonderful showing. “I hope that Gibbons was not hurt,’ Dempsey said. “He is a great boxer and put up a fast bout. I hope the crowd was pleased.” _Dempsey today has two slightly discolored eyes and a wound under the right and an old cut opened up over the left, as a result of Gibbons' left hooks and right crosses. The champlon wore a straw hat pulled low over his forehead, par- tially hiding his right eye, which Wwas just beginning to become blue. The old cut over his left eye, which was opened here in training several weeks ago, was slightly reopened by Gibbons yesterday. U. S. PAIR DEFEATED IN BRITISH DOUBLES Br the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON. July 5.—Vincent Richards and Mrs. Molla M nced to the semi. mixed doubles of the world tem- nin tourney by defeating W. C. Crawley and Miss Kathleen Me- Kane of Engl 3—0, 6—4, WIMBLEDON, England, July Vincent Richards and Francis Hunter, the American stars, yester- day were eliminated from the men' doubles of the world title tourney by M. Lacoste and Jean Borrotra of the —6, Gibbons at Shelby yester- score of which was 6—3, 6—4, 4—6. 6—4. Hunter appeared tired and was er- ratic, while the Frenchmen played steadily. with flashes of brilliance. FAILS TO GET EXCITED| SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, July 5.—| Fight fans of Salt Lake City, Jack Dempsey’s home town, received news of his victory over Tommy Gibbons | quietly and there was no unusual demonstration. More than 15,000 fans who heard the rounds megaphoned by an an- nouncer produced uproarious out- bursts about evenly, both for Gibbons and Dempsey. It was said today that plans are under way for a reception in Demp- seys honor upon hix arrival here from Shelby. - | » GIBBONS’ GREAT SHOWING ST. PAUL, Minn, July 5—Tommy Gil)b_o_n_s‘ showing against Jack Demp- sey vesterday was hailed by his fel- low. townsmen with almost as much enthusiasm as a victory would have been. 4 Several’ thousand local fans heard the round-by-round returns as an- nounéed by newspapers and cheered hisgaliant stand to the echo when the:fifteen rounds ended with Gibbons on his feet. Plans are under discussion to give Gibbons and his family a_rousing welcome - when they return from Shelby. FIGHT TO MIDGET SMITH. CASPAR, Wyo., July 5.—After box- ing nine rounds in a_pouring rain, Midget Smith, New York bantam-| weight, was awarded the decision| over Frankie Jummati of - Chicago. The men were scheduled to box twelve rounds, but had agreed to fight as long as the weather per- mitted and then ablde by the ref- eree’s decision. —_— s BOB, JR., WINS BY K. 0. | WILMINGTON, N. C., July 5.—Bob | Fitzeimmons, jr. son of the former; heavyweight champlon, knocked out ‘Wild Bill McFadden of Boston in the d round of a bout here yes- 250-MILE AUTO RACE IS TAKEN BY HEARNE KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 5.—only | flve of twelve motor cars which tarted An’ the '250-mile race at the Kansas Gity speedway yesterday fin- ished, and the average time of the victor, Eddie Hearne, did not com- pare favorably with Tommy Milton’s winning speed at the Oval last Sep- tember. A Hearne took. the $9.000 winner's} purse with an average speed of 105.76 miles an hour. Milton, who was 1 out early in yesterday's race, averaged 107.86 miles in the Septem- Lier contest. Earl Cooper was second in yésterday's race. Harlan Fengler. drivipg his maiden race, was third and Dave Lewls fourth. The chief trouble with the cars in erday’s “whirl, Miiton declared, that the oiling equipment was inadequate to the .new type of car, the piston displacement of which is 122 cublc inches, as compurad with 183 cubic inches’ in the.cais which previously raced .at the ~speedway. Although’ the displacement had been reduced. the olling system, he said, had not been aitered. Adjustment will follow, he asserted, as the result of yesterday’'s experience—the first drastic test of the new type of car on'’a ‘wooden-track. = I / ROUND FOUR. . Dempsey hooked & left to the stomach and Tom clinched. The ohampion punched him around the head with rights and lefts in close quarters, Gibbons backed into a comer to void two lefts. Whea he came out they clinched and Dempsey hurt him with body Dempsey kept pounding Gibbons on Dempsey The_cham- pion sank his right into the body. Gibbo took & sock oa the forehead and_clinche psey landed & left hook and a solid left in return. - Gibbons hooked a left to the jaw and a right to the head. Dempsey was punishing | bell. severely with short body punches at the Dempsey was bleeding from the old .wound over the left eye. ROUND FIVE, Dempsey missed a left to the body as they 1l into & clinch, Gibbons poked two light lefts to the he-d. - Dempuey missed u lett and Tom olinched. Gibbons hooked two lefts to the head and the crowd cheered. Gibbons landed a third left without a return. Dem] rocked the challenger with a right and left to the head and nailed him with a solid right to the jaw, forcing him to clinch. Gibbons danced away, forcing Dembsey to follow him. Tom ked left in Dempsey's face. Dempsey fandod a right to the body and Gibbons & left to the ribs. Dempsey shot a left to the head and Gibbons did the same thing. ROUND SIX. s left was short in a clinch. and Demprey’s Reforee them, Gibbons danced away from Dempsey’ lesds, In the clinch Dentpsey hit Tom on the chin with short rights. Gibbons ducked a left a-d bis head went through the o0 rope of the ring. Demosey pulled him back and_the crowd booed. They traded lefts to the head Defore olinching, Gibbons missed a left and in the clinch pounded his foe on tI ba the head with rabbit punches. De right and left to the body. to the jaw on his shif body, Gibbors nailed the champion with & left hook to the chin when the round ended. ROUND SEVEN, [Dempsey drove a right to the body and & Tole 03 T Jaw, s Oibbens came. ine" the ol n hooked him with & right to the chin. Gibbons hung on and backed away after the breakaway. Dempsey swung another rieht to the jaw, and Gibbons hooked him with & left at olose quarters. Gibbons ducked & left | to the head. He backed away from a hard right swing. In the olinch Dempsey kej hooking right and left to the challenger ‘body and head. Gibbons backed into tHe ropes to escape punishment. He weakening under Dempsey's tack. ROUND EIGHT. Gibhons missed two lefts and Dem) hooked a left to the chin. In the olinch th exchanged punches to the head. Gibbons whip- ged over two lefts to the head. Dempsey irove & right to the body and & left to the head. Dempsey landed & .left to the head, and Gibbons smashed the champlon with a lefi to the chin. He nailed Jack to the same spot in & clinch. Dempsey smashed Gibbons with & loft jab. Tom backed into the ropes and hooked Dempsey high on the head with a KLt o Sibbons swung o right o Jaok's obin. ol mpsey brought short right anq lefts to Tom's Tace: : o ROUND NINE. Dempsey fointed and_Gibbons backed away. Fallinginto & olinch, Jack was short with & left. Pom danced &way from a left hand and exchanged lefts with Dempsey. ~Gibbons Ianded a light Jeft to the body as they oame together. The elusive Gibbons was gotting to targot for the chamblon. Jask ft to the noss and Gibbons drove posempeey's chin e they” olinched. two lefts to the head. Gib. bons swung two lefts axd a right to Demp. 9oy's head. They exohauged lefts. drove Tom into the roLes under a bombaj ment of lefts and rigats. Gibbons hooked the champlon with right and left to the head and then d then dug his left into the ROUND TEN. Gibbons landed a light left Pompeey, hooked his laft twice ugherty was forced to go between | ROUND FIFTEE! . The crowd began throwing seat cushions into the air. They shook hands in the middle of the ring. Dempsey missed a left to ¢ They clinched. Gibbons backed away, from Dempsey’s onslaught. Demp. % ho left high to the head and backed | Gibbons into the ropes in & clinch. Dempsey | hooked two lefts to the head. Dempsey misted | & Fight swing to the head. ' Gidbons persisted | in clinching and when free ran away from the champion. = Dempsey swung two lefts and a right to the head. Gibbons ducked s | ekt to the head. Gibbens covered up to evads | Dempsey's rushes. Gibbons was tiring quick- seeking protection of clinches from 7.3, Vicious rights and lefts to the head | 1l sounded, ending the round and the { i BOUTS AT BARRACKS ATTRACT BIG CROWDS St o g Boxing in the city limits received such a cordial reception at the Washington barracks that steps may be taken to give a series of bouts at the post every month. Fully three thousand local fistic followers, a goodly number of which | were women and children, saw five lively bouts at the barracks, staged under the auspices of the Vincent B. Costello Post, American Legion. The main ten-round® engagement be. tween Andy Bowen and Joe Dundee proved a 'trifie disappointing, when the local boxer suffered an Injured el- | bow in the second round. There was | little~gree hitting throughout. Dundee was awarded the decision on points. After the second Bowen had only his left mitt to poke at his opponent. Other bouts supplied some fast going. Jack Cafoni of Walter Reed upset the dope when he whipped Vincent Carbon in_a whirlwind finish. Davy Jones and Jack Dargowitz fought six rounds to a draw. Young Rivers packed a strong punch against Young Povereski, knock- ing the latter out in the second. In a fast six-rounder, Billy Lowrey of Rich- mond, outboxed Paul Thoman, the Wal- ter Reed mitt artist. —_— AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. R H. E 516 0 613 1 Indianapolis Louisville . Hill, Fitzsimmons and Dixon, Brottem; Dean, Cullop and Mayer. | Indianapotis 1220 1 Louisvil 5 2 Petty and Krueger; Sothorom, Estelle d Meyer. Toledo .. . 1 OO riene, Giasd, ‘Matone and Siuith; Paimore: 3 l, ne a ith; 3 Sanders and Elliott, Hartley. i ! Toledo °o 5 1 Columbus . 2 5 0 w“‘l“ and Anderson; Gleason and Hart- Milwaukee .. Kansas City . 3 4 Keefo and Shinaul aldwell, Dawson and i waukss Lindsey and Shinault; Zuin and Boott. St. Paul . 715 Minnea, 5 11 8 5 8 ozt and ‘Allen; Erickson wad Mayor, Minneapolls 5 8t Paul iber that actually. witnessed the fight, labout 20.000, was due to the fact that even had no uncertainty, such as re- gulted from the muddie into which financial affairs fell, existed at Shel- by, the chances of attracting a prof- itable attendance were emall. It proved, critics agree, that _title matches must be staged proximity to the larger centers of population to stand any chance of success. 7,202 PAY $201,485 T0 SEE BIG BATTLE By the Associated Pres SHELBY, Mont., July 5.—The ap- proximate total of gate receipts at| the Dempsey-Gibbons heavywelght title bout vesterday was $201.485, ac- cording to figures made public by Charles Rasmusson, Montana collector | of internal revenue. ! The department of internal revenue | will collect a total of $22.448.50 on the receipts. Rasmusson announced. Approximately 2,300 tickets in the $20-seat section were sold at half price, he said, and on these tickets the government tax of 10 per cent was collected, even though the pro- moters suffered a loss of $10 on each ticket thus sold. The total number of tickets taken in at the gate was 7.202, Rasmusson’s figures showed. A total of 764 passes was given out, bringing the recorded attendance on the face of the collec- tor's figures to 7.966. Jack Kearns, Dempsev's manager, tell approximately $48,000 short of getting the third $100,000 of the champion’s guarantee. He received approximately $52.00 in receipts Tues- day and yesterday. He paid the fed- eral tax on $75,000 worth of tickets, however, owing to the faet .that.he assumed a tax at the rate of 10 per cent on tickets which he sold at half price, just before the crowd surged through the gates and into the arena. The discrepancy between the num- ber of paid admissions and the num- Richards played fine tennis. Jean Washer of Belgium and Su- zanne Lenglen of France defeated Jean Brugnon and Mme. MacReady of France, 6—3, 6—2, for the fourth round of the mixed doubles. Count De Gomar and Eduardo Flacquer of Spain defeated W. Ingram and J. C. Masterman of England, 10—S8, 6—3, 6—3, in the men's dou- bles. | Randolph Lycett and Miss Eliza- beth Ryan entered the semi-finals in the_mixed doubles by defeating J. D. B. Wheatley and Miss Colyer, 10—, 6—i | | { thousands of persons ‘crashed” the gate. In other words, they over- Whelmed the gatekeepers and police and swarmed into the arena. The total loss dn the fight to the promoters and business men af Shelby, Great Falls and other Montana towns will be approximately 380,000, the figures revealed. g g L AR Petworth remained in its slump when It was trounced by the Mary- land ‘Athletic Club; 12 to'5. INDIAN T L MOTOCYCLE DISTRIBUTOR - Used and Rebuilt Motocyoles Seld on Essy Terms—Repairing HOWARD A. 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NEW YORK, July 5.—Tex Rickard announced that he will start nego- tiations at once to match Jack | Dempsey with the winner of the Luis Firpo-Jess Willard bout, probably at Boyle's thirty acres, Jersey City, in September or October. | _Willard and Firpo, who will battle {at the Jersey City arena on July 12, have signed an agreement under the terms of which. the winner will be matched with Dempsey. Rickard said. The promoter has made no definite offer to the champion, but expects | to bind articles when Dempsey comes east next week with his manager, | Jack Kearns, to witness the Firpo- | Willard go. The promoter was warm in_his| praise of Tom Gibbons’ showing against Dempsey in yesterday's fight. “I have said all along that Gibbons 1s the best man of his weight in the country,” Rickard declared. “He was under ‘a heavy handicap In weight but battled gamely and cleverly. 1 don't think Dempsey has gone back. He simply had a hard man to beat.” TWO TITLES DECIDED IND. C. NET TOURNEY Two tennis championship titles were decided on the Dumbarton ten- | nis courts in the final day's play of | the District tournament. Clarence M. Charest and Col. Waite C. Johnson defeated Maj. Roherl!on[ {and Capt. Finley for the men's dou- bles honors, 6—4, 6—1, 8—6. Gwynn King, former Western High School racketer. copped the Jjunior | singles title by defeating Dave Hede- | kin in straight sets, 6—3, 6—1. 6—2. | Competition of the keenest variety featured the doubles. Brilliant back- court driving. clever net play and | lightning overhead work were dis- iplayed on both sides. Col. Johnson {twisted his ankle in the third | with the score at 5 all. He served | | three double faults, giving Robertson {and Finley the advantage game, § to 5. It was then that Charest came to I the limelight. He won h service {and displayed a spurt that proved the |undnh|¢ of the opposition. | ! “King won the junior singles title by | his savage volleving. King was also jadept in placements EASTERN NET STARS VICTORS IN ILLINOIS CHICAGO, July 5.—Although play- ing brilliant tennis, Walter Wes- brook of Detroit was unable to stem the more brilliant variety of William T. Tilden, national champion, who won his way into the semi-finals of the Illinois state tennis championship by winning, 6—3, 6—3. Manuel Alonso of Spain and Wal- lace F. Johnson of Philadelphia also won thelr matches. Alonso besting George Lott, jr., , 6—2, and John- son defeating Phi~ Bettens of San Francisco, 6—1, 6—1. Sandy Wiener, Tilden's protege and doubles partner. won the champion- ship in the boys' title, defeating Don Strachan of Germantown, Pa., 6—0, Walter Hayes of Chicago scored the first’ upset, defeating Lawrence | Rice of Boston, 4—§, 6—2, 6 | In the second round of the men's doubles Tilden and Wiener defeated Holloway and Thomas, 6—1, 6—1. “I’ll buy Washington, D. C. 'S SPORTS. o ey Will Fight Again SHELBY NOW IS FIGURING ITS LOSSES ON BIG BOUT Faces $100,000 Deficit—Only 7,202 Pay $207,485 to See Battle, Thousands Crashing Gate. Gibbons Doesn’t Get a Cent. By the Associated Pres HELBY, Mont., July 5—Its frenzy of excitement subsiding, Shei sat down today to count its losses. On the debit side of the ledger this little Montana cow town which had its day yesterday as the fight center of the world, must writt down a deficit of approximately $100,000. 3 It bought ‘the world heavyweight championship battle, to wh 7,202 paid admission. There was an outlay of $210,000 for the title holder,. $20,000 for pro motion and $85,000 for an arena. y With the exception of salvage on the huge amphitheater, estimated to be about $25,000, approximately $201,485 in gate receipts, from whit} federal taxes of $22,448.50 must be deducted, according to figures mae public by Charles A. Rasmusson, Montana collector of internal revenuc, the entire investment was a dead loss. Emotionally, for Shelby, the fightycaused by a low blow which inflicis was an outstanding success. The(severe pain. town wanted Gibbons to stay with| Fans who have been bewailing the champion fifteen rounds.” They |fact that the challenger prob: | 25.000. | weight. saw him do it. feveral thousand, a few minutes before the fight started, crashed through the fence surrounding the arena and swelled the attendance at,which are owned to a total estimated at But their presenoce did not show In the gate receipts. Champlon Earns $262,000. The potential earnings of the champion for the fight were cut to less than $262,000. manager, collected only $52,000 of the third $100,000 guaranteed his protege after the gate receipts had been turned over to him. Out of this amount he paid for two preliminary bouts. at & cost of about $1,000, and footed a_federal tax bill on $715,000 worth of tickets. The dlscrepancy between the ticket sale total and the amount he received was due to the fact that Kearns sold approximately 2,300 twenty-dollar tickets for $10 shortly before the bout, as a crowd of several thousand, apparently ad verse to payipg regular prices, surged against the gate barriers and the fence surrounding the arena. The preliminary scheduled betw. Jim Delaney, St. Paul light heav: and Jack Burke. one of Dempsey's sparring partners, was canceled at the last minute hen tunds expected tb be supplied by the promoters were not available. The fight crowd was subjected to prolonged wait before the title bout. when Michael Collinz. matchmaker. refused to permit the fight to proceed until the money to pay for the pre- the bout liminaries and James Dougherty, the | referee, was forthcoming. Collins. Kearns and Maj. J. E. Lane, trustee of the promoters, engaged in a heat- ed argument at the ticket office, while the spectators sweltered in the hot sun, but a personal check for $10.000 signed by Mayor James Johnson. treasurer of the fight, eventually was nroGuced, and the balance of the money necessary was withdrawn from the fight account after a hur ried trip to a local bank by Mayor ohnson’s son. Gibbons Given Ovation. Tom Gibbons, defeated, but win- ner of a moral victory, nevertheless, in the eyes of Shelby. which cele- brated hilariously last night, will re- rn to St. Paul, his home. with his Wife and their three smail children tonight or early tomorrow. He was given a mighty ovation by the towns- people, with whom he has become immensely popular during his train- ing here. As he left the ring a war cap of Indian feathers was pushed on his head, and his seconds fought de: perately to keep back shoutins. con- gratulating fans as he was rushed to his quarters. His wife. awaiting his coming, greeted him with a kiss when he reached home. Last night he cele- brated Independence day by shooting off firecrackers for the edification of his boys and greeting scores of friends who called to congratulate him on his showing against the cham- ion. Pl lbbons offered no alibis for his de- feat, but declared he desired a return match with the champion; that he had tired under the strain imposed by the wrestling infighting during the bout. and that he was unable to rally when he sought to put over the knockout punch he desired. He was unmarked, except for a large, blue welt on one thigh. which he said was R R R R R Good intent—plus specialization RERFECTO 2 for 25¢ GOOD intent must be the starting point in every suc- cessful manufacturing enterprise. Theintentto pro- duce good goods is fundamental. But good intent is not enough, as the year’s bankruptcy records plainly show. The intent behind Muriel has always been a good intent. 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Terms of the contract provided that Gibbons was to receive 50 per cent of the receipts above the champior guarantee of $310,000. Inasmuch us the gate receipts were only slightly more than $200,000, he receives noth ing from the promoters. Trip Is Not Barren. Gibbons' trip to Montana was 1 entirely barren of profit, however g He received $5,000 from Shelby training expenses, from $100 to § per day during the three weeks of training in admissions at his train- ing camp, and a tour of the state immediately preceding the bout, net- ted him $5,000. Gibbons has no regrets over financial end of the bout. He met the champlon, the goal towa which he has struggied for the las three years, retained his record of never having been knocked off hix feet. and with the knowledge he has gained of Dempsey’s style, he is con- fident the outcome of a return matci would be different from that of - terd AUTO-CYCLE EVENTS ’ OFFER MANY THRILLS and dare-deil 4| ey the Keen competition riding featured the auto and races at Arlington Park. Summaries Five-mile bicycle race—J. D, Eldridge, first: Walter Territt, second Norman Burkett, third eycle race—Ralph_Jones, frst Boyd Branch, $second; Walter Territt, third Time, 2.40. S Five-mile motor cycle with side car—James Hunter, first (Dewey Greenfleld, passenger): | Gharles Farrer, second; Edward Rowley, third me, Five.mile motor cycl first; Edward Rowley, second. Only two finished. Five-mile Ford race—Howard Ki (Jack Ramsey, mechanician); Wil Bam, second. Time, Only two finished. ‘Ten-mile motor cycle with side car—James Hunter, first (Dewey Greenfield, passenger): Edward Rowley, second. Time, 14.20. Only two finished, = Five-mile free-for-all outo—William Denham, frst (James Hunt, mechanician); Victor Eisenbeiss, second. Time, 13.00. Only two finished. Five-mile auto, Distriot chiampionship—Wil- liam Denham, first (James Hunt, mechaniolan Victor Eisenbeiss, second. Time, 6.30. Only two starters, both finished. Five-mile motor cycle with side car, District championship—James Hunter. first (Dewes A penenge) ¢ |Charles Thruer, soound Edward Rowley, third. Time, 6.42'5. Five.mile motor cvc.., solo. District cham- tonship—Frank Freritta, first; Edward Row- ey, second. Time, 7.54. Only two finished solo—Frank Frertitta, Time, 7.18. man, firft am Den- Mount Pleasant Juniors, With Sm and Betz dividing mound duty, took the measure of the Tremont Athletic Club, 6 to 3. Open Daily Untfl 6 P. 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