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Show WEATHER BEING DISCUSSED BY BOXING LANS TOLEDO, 0., July 2 What brand of weather will Toledo enjoy, or perhaps disapprove, on July A when Jess WH lard and Jack Dempsey meet in the Bay View park arena in their twelve round contest for the world's heavyweight heavy-weight championship'' Boxing fans have been debating the question for a month ever since the date for the contest was set for Independence In-dependence daj It has been the problem of the day, practically every day, lor weeks. It has been discussed on the streets, in the camps of the heavyweight rivals, in offices, factories and bv young and old So Interested has everybody become be-come in the question that YY S. Currier, Cur-rier, meteorologist for the government weather bureau, decided to dust off a few records and to search back thiouch ihe vftars to acquaint him self wiih the brand of weather Toledo is accustomed to experience on the Fourth of July. Weather Bureau Records Currier found that from 1S71 until 1910, Inclusive, it rained on twenty-one twenty-one Independence days He then reached the conclusion that it is due to rain over other Fourth of July From 1909 to 1918, Inclusive, Mr ( ur-rier ur-rier found that it rained bu twice on July 4. It failed to rain last year on "fire-cracker' day. But Mr. Currier is making no prediction in regard to what weather to expect this Fourth of Julj The a crape mean temperature for the last ten years on Fourth of July has been Beventy-two degrees. Tex Riekard. promoter of tho Wil-lard Wil-lard -Dempse) contest, said that the match would be staged whether there ts a clear sky or a driving rain There will be no postponement until July 5, he said. There is a possibility of a delay of one or two hour? in starting the contevt, if rain should Interfere, hut the match will be decided on the day srheduled. ' I am taking this stand out of re-Bpecl re-Bpecl to the public, ' Riekard said ' It would be an injustice and work hardship, hard-ship, on thousand-' of people if thrv were obliged to remain over for another an-other day. The majority of the -us-itors coming to Toledo will have arranged ar-ranged to leave within a few hours after the contest. To ask them to remain re-main over night and face inadequate hotel accommodations would not be the right thing The match will be staged as srheduled. rain or shine." Here are the official weather con ditions in Toledo on July 1 for the last ten years. Temperature High Low Mean 1908, parth cloud . with showers 82 67 74 1909, partly cloudy, with no rain 72 54 6., 1910, clear no rafti . . 71' 61 66 1911, clear until jj p. m then thin clouds, no rain 95 73 84 1912, clear until 5 p m. then partly cloudy, but no rain ..... .85 66 75 1913, clear 7 a m. to 5:0 P. m . showers morning and evening 94 71 84 1914, somo clouds until 6:30 p. m., then clear, no rain 99 58 68 1915, clear to partly cloudy until 2 p m., i hen cloudy with showers ,.78 55 66 1916, clear to 12 noon, then clear to partly cloudy until 7 p. m., no rain 83 62 72 1917, partly cloudy 10 ',0 a. m. to " p. m ; clear at other times no rain 72 53 62 1918, partly cloudy all day; no rain 91 67 79 |