Show AIM the coming louis conn will VV fight set get a new record tor for gate receipts there are more than two or three close to the fight game who dont think so go it will be a sellout lout but the idea Is that the yankee stadium cant match either soldier sol field chicago or 0 r the tennial in philadel P phia heres res the low down from rom a gate receipts authority 75 mike jacobs will charge for seats he ringside billy conn win will scale the crowd down from that I 1 believe you win will find the attendance atten e somewhere between and I 1 00 my guess would be around slightly below the second tunney dempsey meeting me eting in chicago which drew 1 jacobs boasts that he will gross three million dollars on this fight this sent us prowling into the record book to check the leading money records of 0 the game here they are tunney dempsey chicago dempsey tunney philadelphia 1926 dempsey carpentier jersey city 1921 dempsey sharkey new york 1927 dempsey firpo new york 1923 louls louis baer new york 1935 6 louls new york tunney heeney beeney new york 1928 the first louis conn light in new york 1941 drew only there are two outstanding points in this financial roundup the first is that jack dempsey figured in au all the shows over five altogether t these five dempsey fights hauled in dempsey altogether drew in somei thing like at the gate tar far beyond any one else it will also be noted that dempsey drew huge amounts against four different opponents tunney carpentier sharkey and firpo gene tunney with dempsey out of the picture feli from and to against tom heeney the th e louis gate record joe louis so far has been in 57 fights but joe has yet to know a million dollar gate here are it his s five best financial contests louls louis baer bacr new york 1935 louls eling new york 1938 louls louis braddock chicago 1937 louis nova new york 1941 louls louis new york 1936 1930 the five top louis fights are nearly five million dollars below the dempsey count tor for the same number of contests the conn engagement will be the first time the bomber moves into the million dollar row and this time it is almost certain to i be better than the row whether it will reach is another guess so far ar louis has drawn in approximately p roxi at the gate 37 per cent of this amount is about even if split evenly with his big managers this should have left voe over taxes have taken a terrific toll tr rom om this amount but even so one begins to wonder how louis could be in the red so tar far as back debts debt go tor for over to the government and mike jacobs if you owe today and make your net will be about and this still leaves you shy the best louis can hope to collect in the conn fight will be something about and so far as gate receipts go what he will get from motion pictures and television Is still a guess but when they stop lopping oft off 90 or 92 per cent the residue wont be any too ponderous to carry around dempsey and tunney had better breaks tunney knocked over or more tor for himself in 1827 1927 at chicago but the income tax at that hat time was light approximately 10 or 12 per pee cent both dempsey and tunney kept most of what they made although the mauler split with jack kearns before they said farewell forever those days now belong belong with the dodo and the great auk ma maybe abe you can make it today but it if you do try to keep it 4 pennant R race ace odds what should the proper and correct r odds be on the two pennant races race s just ahead A few ew dozen bookma keis gave me this weve veve made the cardinals even money against the rest of the national league the american league looks about as wide open as the kentucky derby the yankees and the red sox should be slightly favored wi rate them the better balanced teams |