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Show ! FPT MIS " , Ul DKDEUH0 Practically All of Choice Ringside Seats for Toledo Battle Are Sold. TOLLDO, Ohio, May 17.- Although the heavy weight championship baUle between TV i I lard and Dempsey Is nearly Bevcn weeks away, T'' Kirkard, promoter of the contest, announced tonight that virtually vir-tually all of th tickets, tii'j choice ringside scat", had been sold. The mini-her mini-her of tliefio rt;.si:r ion.s had exceeded j all expectations. Tim tickets will be j mailed to purchasers Monday. The num- j ber of $C0 fc-alM i.s HmiU-d to 'loOH. Officials of liio Detroit Athletic ci'ib1 pla'T'd an order f"i five hundred ?0u scats, while tin: K.Uh of Detroit requested re-quested five tluiusH ml sen fs of various prices. Tho Jii'troU lodge, will brintf thiee 1 1 to 11 sa rid mi-hoc rs to tho contest In a special boat. Willi a party of friendH, Dmpny and Mat tailor Ja-k K.-arns inotorod alon tho fdinit'M of Jjnke Krio and Maumt: hay thia aft or noun in F-ar"li of a train In? camp fni' thf! h'-avy vvitKiit chit Mgiilclt. Ono particularly favored i on Mauno-e buy, abuut a milii from the tile oC the arena. J L n ;i former rlnblione of fourtoeri rooniH and Ls siltiatvd wirliivi a stone'? tm'ow of (he. bay, tho fishing and wwim-tnintf wwim-tnintf faeititieH irovinff an allurin? at-traoUon at-traoUon to Detn(sc-y. Outdoor Gym for Jack. K'-a rits announced that he would ulos a rlfiil Monday and a! ;i rt work on the roust ruction of an outdoor mnafjiuin, Hu rcmpyey can sctLlo down to Ids training train-ing Rrind. Tho heavyweight rhallenffp was de-litfhUM de-litfhUM witli tlifi propoHt'd camp. He was so enthused timt ho told friends that he v inliod tomorrow was tho J)urth of i July and that he wus being called Into j the. ring to face Willard. I "The place i bl,ur tuiouch for me to en-torlain en-torlain a lot of friends, and I know diall enjoy every minute, " Dempscy said. won' L come into town unless It's absolutely ab-solutely nccewsary, When I am not on tbn road or working In the gymnasium, I will spend my time fishing and later swim mln?." Kickard postponed his departure for New York oiii?ltt until tomorrow. TIo expects to return to Toledo auout the ; middlo of the week to complete the remaining re-maining details for the championship battle. |