DEMPSEY DRAWS THE COLOR LINE; NEWPORT CLIMBS IN DAUPHIN-PERRY LEAGUE
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FIGHT RECEIPTS ABOUT
$700,000 ARE GREATEST
IN HISTORY OF THE RING
The final statement of receipts of
'the Dempsey-Willard fight will not
be given out until late to-day. was
the word from Promoter Tex Rick
ard this morning.
Frank Flournery, who was asso
ciated with Rickard in promoting the
fight, told Mayor Schrelber's secre
tary, DeWitt Fisher, thai he thought
the receipts would not figure much
above $700,000. This amount is a big
surprise because Rickard had bank
ed on a million-dollar gate.
Of this amount it la estimated
lhat the city of Toledo will receive
about $42,000. while the government
tax will come to more than $5 4,000.
aThe city has already received $30,000
of its share.
Rickard was very much disap
pointed in the attendance and the
receipts because the people out this
•way told him that the fight would
draw heavily from all the cities in
the middlewest. As a matter of fact,
local people did not attend the fight
in large numbers at all. Practically
all the high priced seats went to
sporting men from other cities. Rick
ard said that if the fight had been
held in New York or San Francisco,
all the tickets in the $lO and sls
sections would have been grabbed
up. There was no gallery crowd at
this fight at all. The popular priced
Seats did not sell.
While the fight drew the greatest
receipts ever taken in at a glove con
test, Rickard wejt to enormous ex
pense to stage the affair. Among the
principal items of expense were:
Arena. $150,000: Willard, $100,000:
Dempsey. $27,500; government tax,
$12,000: City of Toledo. $42,000.
This makes a total of $373,600
without numerous other incidental
expenses. The promoters will receive
as their share an amount much
smaller than they figured on.
Some of the money which was
■taken by the city will be used to
Bid the children and the poor of the
'city. The children are to be sent to
summer camps and many of the little
ones who have never had a chance
gfor a real vacation, will now enjoy
themselves as a result of the fight
having been held here.
, The big arena will be auctioned
to the highest bidder as it stands.
Practically all the lumber can he
salvaged with very slight damage.
The lumber was furnished by local
firms, who pooled their interests in
the big contest.
Rickard Asks Investigation
Promoter Tex Rickard has asked
the Army, Navy and Civilian Board
of Boxing Control to make an in
vestigation of the charges made bv
W. Rocap that Rickard and Willard
.'were in league in arranging the
bout "to double-cross the public."
Rickard's letter is as follows:
Army. Navy and Civilian Board of
Boxing Control, 340 Madison avenue,
New York. '
Gentlemen: T enclose herewith a
ropy of an article written by W.
Rocap. containing most serious al
legations against the honor and good
faith of myself and Jess Willard. |
Hill League Stars Meet the
Klein Chocolate Tomorrow
STANDING OF THE CLIBS
Teams W. L. Pet.
Reading 13 3 .613
Galahad 9 8 -563
Rosewood 8 9 .437
St. Mary's 3 13 .187
Schedule For the Week
Monday—Reading vs. Rosewood.
Tuesday—Klein Chocolate Com
pany vs. Allison Hill League All-
Stars.
Wednesday—St. Mary's vs. Read
ing.
Thursday—Galahad vs. Rosewood.
Friday—St Mary's vs. Reading.
The tenth week of the schedule
for the Allison Hill League opens
this evening with Heading and Rose
wood, old time rivals, fighting fcr
the honors. These two teams are al
ways full of action when they meet,
and a close contest is assured.
To-morrow night the Klein Choco
late Company will come to the Hill
grounds at Seventeenth and Chestnut
streets, to play a team that repre
sents an All-Star combination. Man
ager Presslcr will pick the All-Stars
from Mellinger and Swartz, Hummel
and Shaeffer as batteries. Bender,
tfirst base; C. Swartz. second base; El
* lenberg, short stop; Zerance, third
base. In the outfield will be Conner
or Cobaugh, left field; Fetrow, center,
field, and "Bill" Ho'erner right field.
This combination should give the
chocolate tossers a good battle.
Manager Breckenridge will use his
regular lineup of New York and East
ern League stars for the contest. He
plans to use "Smoke" Wertz in the
* j; Is there i|
V. any such thing jl
V. as too much ./
V "Turkish"? / /
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See Thursday's Papers
—NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT
FOR ANY PARTICULAR CIGARETTE
—lt may even make you like
your present cigarette better
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MONDAY EVENING.
This article, I understand, has been
distributed throughout America.
Mr. Rocap asks your board to In
stitute an investigation. I Join him
in the request. I would have pre
ferred a court of law where Mr. Ro
cap's testimony would be given un
der oath, but I am quite willing to
have this matter tried out before
the tribunal of Mr. Rocap's own
choice. I am confident that a com
mittee of good sportsmen will see
justice done.
Very truly yours,
(Signed), Tex Rickard.
Rocap's attitude is generally con
demned. He put himself on record
that Willard would win and has been
making alibis ever since. The truth
was that Willard had no chance,
whatever. Jack Skelly, the former
featherweight, who was the alternate
referee of the bout, said that he hon
estly believed thht Dempsey was the
hardest hitter the ring has ever
known. Skelly said that he hits
harder than ever John L. Sullivan
used to hit. Willard says that there
was more power behind Dempsey's
punches than he ever thought was
possible.
Ray O. Archer, Willard's pal and
manager, said it was too bad that
charges of quitting had been brought
against Jess.
"Jess was beaten," says Archer,
"and we have no excuse to offer. He
was game to the core. Those cries of
'Yellow' were most unjust. Would
you want a blind man to fight? Jess
was knocked down and got up seven
or eight times. In the third round
he couldn't see. Jess didn't want to
go into this fight in the first place.
The public demanded the fight and
Jess responded. He hadn't fought for
more than three years, since March,
1916. He did his best to get into
trim, but he had passed the fighting
age. I don't want to detract any
credit from the new champion.
Dempsey is a fighter from the word
go."
Dempsey will be presented with the
gold and diamond belt emblematic of
the heavyweight championship,
which was offered by the Army and
Navy and Civilian Board of Boxing
Control. The belt is now being made
and will cost, according to the state
ment made by Promoter Tex Rickard
about $20,000.
The fight fans are discussing the
announcement which was made by
Manager Jack Kearns that Dempsey
weighed only 187 pounds, when he
went into tho ring. This is nearly
10 pounds lighter than he was suppos
ed to have weighed. No announcement
of the weights of the men was made
at the ringside, for the Dempsey peo
ple did not want Willard to know
that Jack was trained down so line.
His condition, however, but his
weight, was good, although in the
second round It could easily be seen
that Jack was very tired after pound
ing Willard so hard in the first
round. There was more actual fight
ing in that first round than there
would be in ten rounds of an ordi
nary fight.
box if at all possible. "Don" is at!
present on the roster of the Reading I
team, of the Hill League. The Klein '
lineup will likely be Wertz, pitcher;!
Trout, catcher; Walsh, first base; !
Cranston, second base; Wrightstone, i
third base; Glenn Killinger, short
stop; with Brown or Sherk, Bergerj
and Hunter in the outfield.
An added feature of the good
sportsmanship on the part of the
Klein brothers will be the distribu
tion of chocolates given gratis to the
league. The team will come to this
city in one of the big auto trucks, j
and officials of the concern will be j
given reserved seats in the press iox. !
Tne contest will start at 6.15 and the j
largest crowd of the year will un
doubtedly be on hand.
NO PROFITEERS
"Those new arrivals at Seaview
Inn seem to be quite wealthy."
"They are prudent too."
"How's that?"
"They had been here only a few
days when they contrived to get the
word passed around that they
amassed every dollar of their for
tune before the war started." —Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
SHAMELESS
"I fear Glithers is a political
trickster."
"His conscience doesn't seem to
bother him any."
"Probaby not."
"At least, he has no objection to
being known as a practical man."
—Birmingham Age-Herald.
SNOODLES "" t """ '
"JIM" MORRISEY
I TELLS HIS STORY
ABOUTBIG FIGHT
Well-Known Harrisburg Box
ing Enthusiast Was Num
bered With Spectators
James Morrisey, Jr., Is home from
Toledo. He was one of the 46,000
j spectators who witnessed the pass
! ing of Jess Willard as champion
heavyweight of the world. "Jim," as
| he la known, is a member of the
| Philadelphia division police depart
j ment and well known in sporting
I circles. He was at the big fight for
the Harrisburg Telegraph and here
I is his own story:
"Jack Dempsey is now king of the
i pugilistic world, and is entitled to
! his laurels. A greater fighter never
I lived. In his battle with Jess Wil
lard on July 4 the Utah boy fought
i the most sensational battle in his
1 career. He battered Jess Willard.
I looking like a human being into a
i bleeding and awful mass, and did it
in three rounds. Willard's showing
was the most pitiful of any cham
pion of all times. Dempsey was the
most remarkable fighter In the his
tory of pugilism.
"Throughout the nine 'minutes of
fighting Willard never landed a solid
blow upon Dempsey. Through those
nine minutes Dempsey hit Willard
with such terrible force that long be
fore the second round was over the
crowd was shrieking 'Stop it.' The
sound of the first gong had hardly
died away before Dempsey launched
a terrible attack that quickly closed
Willard's right eye, smashed his
nose, cut his lips. Willard's face was
a bloody mass and his body one big
splotch of red. It was not a fight,
just a slaughter.
Two Blows Brought Answer
"The first two blows that Demp
sey landed was Willard's finish. The
challenger dodged several blows of
the champion and then rushed in,
ripping a mighty left to the stomach,
and followed with a flashing right
to the jaw. Five times this work of
Dempsey was repeated and five times
Willard was down in the first round.
Referee Picord was evidently dazed
for he overlooked his right to end
the fight right there, which he
should have done. i
"But Dempsey was not to be de
nied a real victory. Another ripping
left went into Willard's stomach and
down he went again. He came up to
be met with a volley of blows that
sent him back helpless into the
ropes. Pecord, the referee, did not
begin to count and there, according
to many ring critics, pulled a bone,
for the rules are that when a man is
1 helpless and hanging on the ropes
with his heels off the ground, he
can be considered a knockout vic
tim. Dempsey stood ofT waiting and
no one knew for what. But at last,
Willard, his face a smear of blood,
dragged himself from the ropes and
tried to fall into another clinch.
"Dempsey sent a right crashing to
-the head. Willard dropped again,
but dazedly climbed to his feet and
staggeed across the ring. Dempsey
followed and dropped him a fifth
time. Once more Willard got up
only to be dropped by. two lefts in
the stomach and a right to the head.
And then came a very peculiar inci
dent while the crowd shrieked in de
lirium. And while Willard groveled
at his feet, Ollie Pecord, the referee,
began to toll off the count. He
seemed to have reached the fatal
ten for he stopped counting and
pushed Dempsey back Into his cor
ner. At once pandemonium broke
loose.
"The crowd assuming that Demp
sey had won with a knockout went
insane. The crowd surged towards
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Ollie Pecord counting over Willard during one of the knockdowns. Keystone
the ring and some of the ringside
division tried to climb through the
ropes and embrace Dempsey, who was
standing in his corner. Willard's
seconds were assisting the giant
to his corner and trying with every
means in their power to bring him
back to a semblance of his old self.
'Dempsey wins." shrieked the crowd.
But Dempsey hadn't won, not then,
for Pecord and some of the other of
ficials ordered the crowd back. And
before the crowd could realize what
was doing or what happened the
fighters were again at work. "What
happened?' demanded the crowd, and
then it was announced that Pecord
hadn't quite completed counting out
Wlllard before the bell rang. But no
one heard the bell, which was pro
nounced faulty by Pecord even be-,
fore the battle began, and which !
sounded but faintly. Dempsey, real- j
izing that he was a certain winner, ;
played things safe in the second act. i
He opened with a rush at Willard !
and smashed several ripping blows
to the head and body. Just to stun the 1
champion a little more. One drive 1
sent Wlllard reeling to the ropes. t
Another sent him back near Demp- j
sey's corner. Then Dempsey slowed ;
up a little.
"Willard looked a wreck when he !
came out of the third round, and be- i
fore it ended he was the most bat- '
tered champion that the heavyweight j
division of the ring has ever known.
Whirling from the corner with all I
the speed and aggressiveness of,
which he is capable, Dempsey went;
ont to finish Wlllard in that round.
And he did.
Willard's Eye Closed .
"Driving his powerful left to Wil
lard's head, Dempsey closed Willard's
right eye completely, and also in
creased the gash over the left eye
to such a point that Willard was |
almost blinded. Then Dempsey be
gan driving for the Jaw and stom
ach, while Willard staggered around
the ring and tried to avoid him. But
Dempsey Draws Color
Line, but Will Meet
Any White Challenger
In his first statement since be
coming world champion. Jack
Dempsey announced that he will
draw the color line and pay no
attention to negro challengers,
but that he is ready to defend the
title against any white heavy
weight. He proposes to do the
atrical work for seven or eight
months and will not fight in that
period. The largest theatrical
offer received yet is SIO,OOO a
week.
Dempsey says that when he has
i finished his proposed theatrical
engagements he will take on any
j one who wants to challenge for
the title. He will follow the de
i mands of the sporting public in
i his fights, for he does not believe
! in disappointing the people who
pay for the game.
His statement that he has
| drawn the color line means that
I Jack will pay no attention to any
challenges which might come
j from Harry Wills, who is Just
now the king-pin of the black
i heavyweights. Next spring it is
not improbable that Dempsey may
| be matched to fight Georges Car
penter, the French heavyweight,
| or Jim Becket, the new English
j champion.
his efforts were useless. Once, in
that third round Willard attempted
to rally, and tried to fight back.
Dempsey backed Willard toAhe ropes.
And once it seemed a certainty that
Just another blow would shove the
| giant for the long, long count
"Before that blow could be struck
j the bell rang, and the light was over.
Willard tottered to his corner. It
i looked to many as though he never
j could make it. But with a dying
| heave he landed in his chair. There
| his head sank upon his breast. His
| seconds leaned over, looked anxiously
jat him, tried to talk to him. They
j realized that the reign of Jess Wil
lard as king of the boxing world was
A towel was hurled into the
ring. For a second there was silence
from the crowd. And even Pecord,
the referee stood as though he was
petrified. But in a trice he leaped
i across the ring, and yelling for
j Dempsey to come forward,
i "Dempsey stepped to the center of
i the battlefield. Pecord raised the
! arm of Jack Dempsey. which an
nounced that Jack Dempsey won the
fight on a technical knockout, and
so became the heavyweight cham
pion of the world.
"Among the fight fans at the ring
side of the big battle I met several
fight fans of Harrlsburg and vicinity
including Dr. William Dailey and
Squire Frank Stees, of Steelton;
Charles Goodman, Robert Seal and
Cornelius Nelley, of Harrisburg. All
j these boys were right at the front.
East End Leads Bunch
in City Junior League
LEAGUE STANDING
W. L. Pet-
East End 17 8 .880
Swatara 17 9 .662
St. Mary's 8 12 .333
Hygienic It It .223
Week'* Schedule
• Monday—St. Mary's vs. East End.
Tuesday—St. Mary's vs. Hygienic.
Wednesday—Swatara vs. East End.
Thursday—Hygienic vs. St. Mary's.
Friday—East End vs. Swatara.
This evening the St. Mary's Juniors
of Steelton are scheduled to oppose
the East End nine at Nineteenth and
Greenwood streets. The St. Mary's
tesm csme through last week with
one victory and two defeats with the
Swatara nine. To-night they will
their luck with the leaders.
JULY 7, 1919.
NEWPORT RISES IN
DAUPHIN-PERRY
By Defeating Duncannon and
"Kid" Strieker She
Nears Lead
< Standing of the Clubs
W. L. Pet.
Marysville 6 3 .667
Newport 5 4 .655
Millersburg 4 4 .500
Duncannon 2 6 .250
Saturday's Results
Newport, 3; Duncannon, 1.
Marysville-Millersburg game
postponed.
Newport continued her mad pen
nantward rush on Saturday by de
feating Duncannon, at Duncannon,
by a 3-1 score, incidentally trim
ming an old teammate, the renown
ed "Kid" Strieker, who made his de
but In a Duncannon uniform. Striek
er hurled for Newport In 1917 and
was largely responsible for the
Dauphin-Perry pennant waving In
that town at the end of the season.
Newport Near First Place
By virtue of her victory on Satur
day, Newport moved within a game
of Marysville in first place, with her
protest of her defeat by Duncannon
on June 28 still undecided. A meet
ing of league officials will be called
within a short time to decide the
protest, according to President
Knauss. Newport will move into a
tie with Marysville In the event that
the game is awarded to her, or with
in a half game if the game is mere
ly ordered replayed. Relative to the
protest. President Knauss has an
nounced in his weekly bulletin that
the name of Noss, who was pro
tested by Newport, had never been
filed with him. Duncannon. how
ever, had written him, saying that
the names of several additional
players had been sent him. but he
says that this list was never re
rpiv^d
Strieker Hit Hard
Strieker was treated roughly by
his old teammates, a total of ten
hits being pounded out by the heavy
Newport clubsmiths. With hits
bunched in two innings and Duncan
non errors bunched in another, one ,
run was scored by Newport in each
of the third, seventh and eighth in
nings. N. Wagner, Rush, H. Wag
ner and Kearns were the chief of
fenders, each driving out a brace of
hits. Both Norman and Henry Wag
ner managed to drive out triples.
Duncannon was able to collect.
seven hits off the delivery of Gil- |
day, but were unable to hit when ;
hits were needed. Newport played a j
fast fielding game throughout ,nu- i
merous plays bordering on the sen- |
sational being made. No errors
were made by the runners-up,
whereas the Duncannon defense was |
somewhat unsteady. The line-up and
summary:
NEWPORT
R. H. O. A. E.
Gutshall. ss 0 11 5 0
N. Wagner, lb ... 1 212 0 0
Rush. 3b 0 .2 1 2 0
H. Wagner, If .... 1 2 * 0 0
Kepner. 2b 0 1 2 3 0
Peterman, ct .... 0 0 1 0 0
Shreffier, rf 0 0 1 1 - ®
Kearns, c 0 2 7 0 0
Gllday, p
Total 3 10 27 11 0
DUNCANNON
R. H. O. A. E.
Waits. 3b 1 2 0 0 1
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D'Haven, If 0 0 2 0 U
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