Show FANS TO LEAVE TWO MILLIONS WITH CHICAGO BUSINESS S MEN That Is Why Merchants l Are Arc Tickled Over Promotion RAILROADS HAPPY They Agree Ag cc to Serve c As Ticket Distributors for Tex CHICAGO Aug 2 81 By The Associated Press Tu Tex Rickard said uld today that September 22 would be be the the latest date he could possibly hold the Tun ney fight In Soldiers' Soldiers field lie He made this statement in comment comment- commenting ing on a dispatch from Los An An- Angeles geles rele which said ey would be bc unable to box until utter after Sep Sep- September 26 Rickard Immediately wired Ired the former champion ex explaining tx- tx the situation and advis advis- advising advisIng ing in him to be ready to fight on that date I nEW EW YORK Aug Aur 2 By 81 By ByThe I The Associated Press The The date for the cham chain championship return heavyweight eight match between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in Chicago has been definitely shifted from September 15 IS to September 22 Billy Dilly Gibson Tun- Tun Tunney's Tunney's ney's heys manager said he was IUS In Informed tn In- Informed formed today by telephone word ord from Promoter Tex Tu CHICAGO Aug By 2 By 2 By The As- As Associated Associated Press Chicago merchants who ho have had one eye on business and the other on Tex Rickard for forthe forthe he the the last week neck were particularly grail grail- gratified led fled to learn that Chicago actually had lad landed the premier prize of pugilism a pugilism pugilism-a a gate To them It means much more than the he worlds world's title battle between bc two heavyweights It means upward of fight lIght fans with money to pend spend and Chicago the place to spend It t. t Already they have e figured out that these hese welcome visitors will leave lene about bout somewhere between the he goodbyes and hellos to the folks at home Of course the rail rail- railroads roads oads will get their share and the fighters and Rickard too but the pile hats hat's left a couple of million Jon should remain with the merchants they fig fig- figure figure fig fig- figUn ure Un and figure it this way HOW now THEY FIGURE Expected out of town fans Hotel bills Amusements Stores and shops Taxicabs etc All of which means that nearly all II of the merchants will be In for their heir share of the profits The railroads are preparing for forthe forthe the he heaviest travel ever experienced for or a sporting event Rickard has arranged for a wide distribution of his fight tickets since the he railroads have ha offered their co- co cooperation operation in handling town out-of-town or or- or orders orders ders by y making their own ticket of- of offices ices flees agencies for the fight ht tickets UP TO 10 A range of prices from from 5 to 40 will eS prevail val The 40 seats scats choice h tsih locations will be b the last i put out for sale ale The next n best seat will be 30 and then on down from 25 25 20 to the bottom price of 5 foI or the unreserved sections The cost of promoting the fight aside side from the million or more the boxers will split will run up In the six figure division Theres There's just for using Soldier field the cost of extra seats the state and federal f deral taxes the ballyhooing and other in- in Incidental Incidental necessities which Tex has to meet Rickard himself the wise prognosticators caters opine will be repaid for his worries by a profit of a half halt million or so 60 |