Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-19 | Page 9 | Philadelphia Will be Scene of Mit Bout

PHILADELPHIA WILL BE SCENE OF MIT BOUT I 0 I Rickard Richard Announces New Site for Battle Title Contest Will Be Bep p Staged in New Ce- Ce Cement Ce Cement ment Stadium NEW YORK Aug By Au If-By If l By The ted AModa-ted Press Jack Jck te Dempsey and Gene Gen Tunney are ar to toight tIght ight In Philadelphia Thereby New York Join as f supporter ot of o lost cau r II Pro Pro- Promoter Pro moter Tex Rickard Is making another after tier encountering In both cities In Chicago threatened court ac- ac actions caused him to step out and andIn andIn anIn 1 In New York Tork his to sum sum- summon lum mon tho th license committee Into court brought about the change chane of front The committee refused to license TEN TEo ROUNDS Dempsey and Tunney RIckard announces will meet In a round 10 10 contest to a judges decision at tt the on centennial stadium on Thursday September 23 and the th 1 capacity will be In the thel l vicinity of ot with prices ranging from 5 5 to 30 battle b has 1111 ha received the th The The- ap- ap approval pro al of the th Pennsylvania box box box- Ing In commission Governor Pinchot and Mayor Kendrick of Phila- Phila Philadelphia delphia Check Checks to the amount of hue hive been deposited by Rickard with the th Pennsylvania commission and the tb cen tennial authorities to guarantee good faith I I did not want ant to have Lav the New York f q athletic commis- commis commission sion ioa Ion to 0 legal local attack In connection with the tho Issuance of L 11 license to Dempsey Rickard said has been good to me m and andI andI an anI I wanted todo nothing that might Injure the th sport In this state The Tho promoter ordered both box box- boxers boxen ers to desert their present train Ing quarters and found them will will- willIng Ing Ins I am read ready to moe any time Dempsey said and from now un until n til the th time tim I 1 lose los the th title till I vilI Ill fight elsewhere than In New York P state I 7 EXPECT CRO CROWD D Philadelphians expect the bout bouto to draw between and an 10 per cent to go so to the exposition and five fhe per Ier cent to the state One On possibility of difficulty In holding the fight In Philadelphia developed In a statement by Rob Rob- Robbert Robbert Rob bert bert Gunnis o of the firm of T Taylor and Gunnis boxing pro motHS He had an agreement that all bouts bout at the tho exposition should hould be beI b bunder I under his firms firm's auspices Rick flick Rickard's ards ard's announcement says Jules I Aaronson a Philadelphia promoter I Is to bo be b associated with I him