Show I Ct TO BID D FOR BIG 1110 EVENT CHICAGO July 23 Ey By Ey The Tho As As- Associated h- h Press Chicago appears app ar t to have an outstanding chance to land lane the Dempsey Tunney-Dempsey Dempsey Tuney-Dempsey fight for th the worlds world's heavyweight championship next net September r but the pulse puls of pub pub- Us ha 1 opinion will wi determine whether widespread v objections might anisa over ove overuse use u of Soldiers' Soldiers field fed as a battle site That was the world Edward Edwrd J. J Kelly Kely president of ot the th South Park commis commis- commission sion which controls the stadium an and nd other Chicagoans brought back bak toda from front New Now York where they extended an invitation to Tex Rickard to brin bring the battle batte to Chicago President Kelly lelly although in favor favo of the battle batUe wants want first to sound ou out public opinion before b fore he agrees agres to turn over Soldiers' Soldiers field feld for tor a cham tight fight I dont don't know kow how some som e people would feel fee about using a public siad stad std std- ium um for such a purpose President Kelly said sad There Is bound to be some lome objection to the light fight fight There always is in such cases cas but It is 1 a question queston whether those tho who want 1 It ItOU it outweigh OU I those s who dont don't tto I The offer f to Rickard I k to come here h e stands just where It did so s far fa as I know now I did old not see him myself while In n New York York George Gerge F. F Getz Oetz anc and Michael Igoe of Mayor Thompsons Thompson's citizens committee saw sw Rickard but nothing definite was done Rickard in New York today said sId he would woud make no announcement con con- concerning concerning the site sIt until August Au 5 Gets Getz a millionaire Chicagoan and chair chaIr- man mn mayors mayor's citizens commit commit- committee comIt- comIt tee ee was reported In dispatches from Detroit as saying that he would be the promoter or would be b associated with Rickard In the staging Dempsey Tim ney fight ht In I Soldiers Field FIed This would comply with the Illinois law lw which requires boxing promoters to be bonafide residents resident Mr Getz Gets Instead of ot returning to Chicago left lett for Mackinac Island Iland let irr with the annual meeting of governors governor to be held there next week He it plans pun to arrange a final nal confer confer- conference ence nce with Rickard by telephone RIck RIck- and ard rd It is understood will 11 come to Chicago for tor a 3 conference with Kelly Zelly l ely and nd Getz possibly within 1 thin ten days 1 |