Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-29 | Page 7 | Financial Success Assured for Big Fistic Contest in Cleveland Friday

Financial Success Assured for Big Contest in Cleveland Friday PrO Promoters loters Will Be Satisfied With ith Gate Gale Advance Ad Ad- Advance vance yance Sale Reaches r By Charles Dunkley Associated Press Correspondent CLEVELAND June 29 The JP-The The 1 worlds world's heavyweight heavyweight heavy oy weight championship light fight dedicatIng dedicating ing tag Cleveland's new municipal municipal mu mu- stadium next Friday night will be no million dollar affair but it if f it draws there will be no wails walls of protest from the promoters This was indicated today when officials of- of of the Madison Square Gar Oar Garden Garden den corporation of Ohio declared they would be extremely satisfied If f the gate receipts hit tilt the mark Figures revealed for the first time ime showed in cash already tn in n the bank with to be added added add add- ed eel in reser 3 reservations lions certain to be picked up PROFIT LOOMS Although the thc advance sale is actuallY actually actually actu actu- ally the total advance counting the reservations amounts to 1 thus th assuring financial success for the fight The promoters hope lope to dispose of another I worth of tickets between today and Friday If the fight draws which already seems assured the Madison Square Garden corporation will have havea a B profit of approximately Stribling and will get Iet 52 2 2 1 per cent with the c champion 40 Q O per Pel cent ent p ol this amount The sum aura of ot will be paid to the city for the rental of ot the stadium stadium sta ate and will vill be spent in providing preliminaries The corporation corporation corporation cor cor- will also spend in Installing seats and another in promotion FIGHTERS REST Both Stribling and arid the champion were resting today their hard trainIng training train train- Ing finished Except for a a. little boxIng boxing box box- Ing tomorrow night Stribling finished finished finished fin fin- his five weeks' weeks training grind last night with four rounds of boxing box box- ing tag another round of at shadow boxing and still stUl another punching the heavy bag He worked out before spectators spectators spectators spec spec- the largest crowd that had seen him Wm in action since his camp was opened Alter After hitting the showers show show- showers ers Jumped on the scales and tipped the beam at pounds wl which ch is the weight he hop hopes s to carry in the ring when he meets the German titleholder worked out before a crowd of spectators who paid 1 admission to his camp at Conneaut Conneaut Con Con- Lake park His work was impressive im Jm- im- im and heartily satisfactory to his handlers The German Orman boxed four rounds three against Tony Marullo Marullo Ma- Ma rullo the New Orleans veteran set a burning pace and smiled a wide open toothy smile of things for the hearty cre greeting tin ac accorded accorded ac- ac accorded corded him by the largest crowd that ever eyer jammed his training camp