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Show Dempsey-Tunney Will Fight In Philiie Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney will meet for the heavyweight championship cham-pionship in the sesquicentennial stadium sta-dium in Philadelphia, September 23, Tex Rickard has announced. The nsht will be ten rounds for a judges' I decision. Rickard said that he had made his ik'dsiou after receiving assurances fro m the Pennsylvania athletic commission com-mission and exposition officials that ili'jre would be no interference with Hie match. Governor Pinchot has given his approval, ap-proval, according to the promoter, aau Mayor Kendrick of Philadelphia lms joined in the approval. Rickard deposited 50,000 with Voung, guaranteeing that he will stage the fight in the Quaker city. Present plants all for a seating i rapacity of 150,000 at the stadium, l with prices l'anging from $5 to $30. Rickard said that he would order Dempsey and Tunney out of their training camps in New York state 0 immediately and that the champion I undoubtedly will prepare himself at 1 I Atlantic City, as lie did for the bout J 1 witli Louis Firpo. |