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Show 1ICK1 HOPES TO ! THWART PECULATORS Turns Down Order for $100,000 Block of Fight Tickets. TOLEDO, Ohio, May 12. Advance requests re-quests for 70,0O0 worth of tickets for the WIllard-Dempsey bout here July 4 were 1 announced by Promoter Tex Rlckard j shortly after his arrival here today. Ho also said that he has a request from Chi- 1 cago for a $100,000 block of tickets, but J turned down the application In an effort to thwart scalpers. He has asked news- I papers to help him In keeping tickets I from speculators. From Cleveland Kfckard received an order , for fifty of the tickets that will sell for the highest price, $60. Other tickets will be In denominations of ?10, $15, $23, $30, $40 and $50. All applications, according to the promoter, have been for the $60 tickets. CHICAGO, May 12. Jack Dempsey and a party of friends arrived today from Excelsior Ex-celsior Springe, Mo., en route to Toledo to begin training for his world's heavyweight heavy-weight battle with Jess Willard on July 4. Dempsey is making the trip by automobile. auto-mobile. Ho plans Lo" spend two or three days In Chicago. R.ickard estimated, from the demand for reservations, that there will be 47,500 others ranging down to $10, whlcb will be 60 feet from the ring. Bids were submitted today for nearly two million feet of lumber for the building build-ing of the arena. Battling Ne.son, former lightweight champion, wired Ilickard today, offering his services as referee for the contest. The telegram said : "Open for position as referee of Willard Wil-lard -Dempsey bout. Price optional. Would rlo it for y-fu for nothing. Put It up to Wilard and Dempsey." Rickard has not yet replied. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 11. Member of the Ministers! union of Cleveland at a meeting today voted unanimously to protest to Governor Cox against the Dempsey -Willard boxing matcn at Toledo. To-ledo. The civic com mil tee of the F-Tl-eraicd (".lurches of Cleveland al.o ili file a protest, the Rev. K. R. Wrigat, The match was condemned as a menace men-ace to public morals. SAX FRANCISCO. May 12. Two Fan Francico contra, tors were said to ic r.urry:r g to Toledu, Ohio, today to ere.-t nn a:er.;i r" C.O.OviO capacity lor tins Jvi XV! Hard -Jack Derntv-ey havy weign t title fitrht ther'- on July 4. The contr.vt'WM hiiilt the arena iur the Jcffriej-Johnson fight in iUTA-. |