Show IE TO PS YIO AID ID N P PROMOTION N OF F OWN TITLE BOOT BO WITH HARRY WillS WILLI I Champ Puts Up Quarter of d r r Million to Assure Battle atte Both Fighters on Percentage Utah Ma Mauler ler t First to Ever Promote Own Title Bout j By Lincoln United Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES March 13 William 13 William Harrison Dempsey heavyweight champion since July 4 1919 said it with money late lato today For the first time in the history of pugilism a champion I shoved shaved his own cash across the line to assure the people he would Fight right Dempsey posted a bond in a local bank to talk I for lor him I i I Floyd Flod Fitzsimmons promoter of ot the Labor day match between Dempsey and Harry Wills 1115 negro challenger put up a a. sim as his guarantee to make the make the fight a reality My I money says sas what I have been trying to put over over for a long time Dempsey told told the the United Press tonight and th that t Is Is I J am going to fight tt t Harry Wills on Labor Labor La La- bor day x There has bas been altogether too much unfriendly ballyhoo b In connection connection connection con con- with the next bout for the worlds world's heavyweight championship FIGHT ALL SET I The fight tight is all aU set now and I Iam Iam Iam am going to st start rt training within two weeks Fitzsimmons posted a a. quarter that was furnished by a syndicate of ot Chicago and South Bend Ind capitalists Dempsey's Dempses hotel The Barbara worth half halfa a million dollars went Into the I million dollar prize fight tight pot as security for tor his bond I By investing a quarter of ot a mil mil- Hon loh dollars In his own fight the champion is Js doing the unheard of ot thing In the pugilistic sport He Is gambling a large slug of ot his for for- fortune tune une on his next battle for tor which he Is Js not to be guaranteed one ole nickel Both Both Wills and myself will g god t tort ort od a a. percentage basis said the champion I will get about 40 p i cent of ot the gate and that mean I I figure that I will clear more t a million m dollars The bout J a w L draw I am gambling that 1 Fitzsimmons and the fh were both happy over the 0 outgo e e of ot the hectic negotiations w have hav finally materialized into match f Dempsey and the promoter promoted gether with Estelle Taylor e champions champion's film star wife VUe Mrs Irs Fitzsimmons left pr fj for the week end after the b b ness nes had been transacted Fitzsimmons will return to to middle west late next week start setting the stage for or the 3 battle of ot the century AWAIT FIGHT LAW If It the new Illinois t fight ht I goes through the bout will be hin h he heIn In Chicago said the prom If It not it will be staged In my my arena at Michigan CIl City T stadium is near Chicago and the fight fans tans from that elt city a surrounding surroundIng- territory including k big colored representation qi 1 south side will turn out fo fo 1 4 s Jt I b battle v Both Dempsey Dempse and Wills e 1 sold on this match to such an an r- r tent they are gambling on 4 purse Neither one of ot them get a nickels nickel's guarante ex Z some mone money I have already p d them for tor training tr expenses A prominent figure In the long negotiations between Dempsey a ap I and p d l Fitzsimmons was Rob Roy Bent the champions champion's confidential adviser Benton a veteran ringside authority authority au au- is th the Colonel the Dempsey Dempse corporation and le he was responsible for tor the match The United Press asked the champion tonight If It he w uld retire retire- after the Wills battle He Not unless I am beaten and I dont don't expect anything like that to lo happen If It there are an any Uke likely contenders After Wills is disposed d of I will take them on also |