Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-07-01 | Page 8 | Receipts of Fight Are Now over a Half Million Dollars

uu Receipts of Fight Are Now Over a 1 Half Million Dollars j TOLEDO, June 30 Barring of the Rabbit punch, one of Champion Jess Willnrd's favorite deliveries, will be demanded by Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, before he allows the rnatienccer 10 enter tne ring with Wu lard. July 4. earns made his decision tonight. The punch is a blow delivered to the bsi k of the neck while the men are jfighilng in clinches with at least one arm free Both Willard and Dempsev have been using it with punishing ef-l-rt in their training bouts and Manager Man-ager Kearns claims that while the blow-is blow-is i lavorite with the champion, it is not at all important in Dempsey's repertoire rep-ertoire of punches. Such a delivery is barred and has been forbidden in big fights. The rules of the Toledo boxing commission are silent about the punch. They insist in-sist upon clean breaks and prohibit the kidney punch while the boxers are clinched The blow, however, is permitted per-mitted under the Toledo rules if the boxers are not locked in an embrace. Kearns said he will request OUie Pecord, Pe-cord, referee, to see that the punch is not delivered and will insist upon having hav-ing an understanding with Willard to that effect before the day of the contest. con-test. Dempsey was measured for height this afternoon by William Muldoon of New York, whose figures gave him sis feet, two inches. Dempsey did his last boxing todav, when he finished four rounds. The challenger plans to loaf aboat his camp, eating and drinking what he pleases, merely taking light walks to keep his muscles loosened. The cut over Willard's eve was opened today while he was boxing with Walter Monahan, but the blood was quickly stopped The champion does not believe the wound will bother him to any extent even if opened in the Independence Day contest. He boxed six rounds this afternoon and plans to continue work with the gloves tomorrow tomor-row and Wednesday, resting Thursday The total receipts passed the half million mark today and there was every indication that all records for receipts for any form of a one-day exhibition ex-hibition or entertainment would be broken within the next 24 or 48 hours Not more than one-third of the seats have been disposed of to date