Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-05-06 | Page 14 | Dempsey and His $300,000

DEMPSEY DiMPSEY AND Ii wS I S How flow is it possible for tor promoters to agree to pay Jack Jacic Dempsey for tor his IlLs appearance in a fight at lit Shelby Montana e oil July 4 with no prospect ot of receiving bac back their and more more how can the promoters go further and otter offer 60 50 per cent of at the gate receipts up pp to to Mike Gibbons who is 13 to meet the cham chain champion pion piou Prize fighting must be bo the most profitable business in the United Staten when the principals are con Con- Contending contending contending il tending for tor championship hon rs and aud thero there must be l e a big percentage ot of the men of o the United States cul cui- cultivating all alt the tho sporting blood that th through their veins vales in the hope hop of Borne day seeing a tight fight for forthe forthe the championship ot or the world and many of ot the sports must have mon mon- moncy mon money cy ey to throw at the birds bir is By Dr the way where la fa t Shelby Montana 1 Is it a s suburb of ot or la Is It one of pt the towns on the tho border where all the bootleggers v aho haye baye money sell lug Canadian to A Americans have settled down Shelby promises to rise riM from oh- oh obscurity ob obscurity as did Reno Nevada when lack Jack Johnson in meeting Jim lt ef tries struck A solar BOlar blow At AtUt atthe Ut the e white race raco 00