| Show IF DIG BIG BOUT IS STAGED AT Ai RENO RENOL RENOi L i IT MAY PROVE A Af f JINX TO WILLARD I i Floto Recalls Nevada Has HasI Played Havoc With the I I i Crown of Many a Ch Chain Chain- m- m pion Likely to Go East By Otto Floto Fiola i KANSAS CITY March All G.-All l 1 aboard for Reno Wonder 1 whether that's going to be the 1 1 cry heard about July 4 41 If by byr r chance chanco the big bout was staged 1 in the Nevada metropolis what r a strange turn of fate it all be and what pranks our daily moves really prove them them- s to be It was in Nevada that Jim Corbett lost his title It wa in Nevada that Jacl Johnson won the title from Jeffries Jeffries Jef- Jef fries fries which made it possible for Willard ViI Wil- lard lard to meet the colored man and beCome become be- be come champion Wonder whether it will will be Nevada again where a champion cham- cham pion is destined to shed his laurels c Wasn't it in that state that Jack Root t lost his pugilistic standing as wen well and was there that Battling Nelson gave way his honors to Joe Gans Truly an ill state for champIOns I However Tex Rickard must have a battleground if he intends to stage a limitless bout and as Nevada offers the inducements of twenty five rounds the next best thing to the limitless affair affair af- af fair he probably will give serious consideration consideration con con- to George state In spite of the rumors whIch have manifested manifested mani- mani themselves that he intends to sidestep the th site of nf th the divorce divore colony w with ti- ti the e big ebig big big- j bout w with ti- ti the e big ebig big big- j bout The spot nearest to Tex's heart as a S prize site is of course New York where therell there'll be a ten round bill passed within a week or so Next to that Tex believes he can draw as much oney floney in either New Jersey or PennSylvania Penns Penn Penn- s Sylvania although the former state c limits to eight rounds and the six rounds he can in Nevada Ne- Ne latter latter to as yada vada with fifty rounds While discussing discuss discuss- 1 ing the fight with us the other day I Rickard said How long do you think the bout will last We Ve tol l him it should be finished and packed away inside of ten rounds what I 1 think he retorted I 1 think Dempsey's Dempsey's Demp- Demp sey's style of fighting will make him either a winner or a a. loser inside of five rounds He fights so fast Willard will have to extend himself from the start to protect his title and with both these grizzlies extended to their how can it go very far Perhaps Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel- Philadel phia might be a sweet spot and six rounds plenty to settle the question of supremacy between them concluded Tex Tec However there always is a question I whether the public will stand to have havea a 1 championship bout advertised for six 1 or eight rounds Regardless of whether it ends in a punch or a round the fans want to belIeve when they push their money through the box office window that they are to have a surfeit of boxing That old line Une on the advertising advertising adver- adver posters which reads Twenty rounds is what catches the eye and induces the fan to loosen the purse strings Yes as we say Philadelphia with Its six round limit might prove more profitable than Nevada with its round ty-round limit Or Frisco might gather more kale with four rounds than New Orleans with its twenty rounds its a guess uess at best |
