BOXING

Hokitika Guardian, 24 September 1926, Page 3

BOXING

THE BTG EIGHT. 1 VISITORS ROLLING IN. Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.^ (Received this day at 11.0 a.m.l NEW YORK, Sept. 23. News from Philadelphia states that fifty thousand people arrived , over night to witness to fight, mi.my of whom wore unable to procure a place to sleep, and they walked the snvets all night. Others slept in automobiles. Train after train is bringing thousands more all day. Some are seeking accommodation which is utterly impossible to secure and others are Hunting fight tickets of which, very few are available. Speculators are asking .fifty and one hundred dollars for seats marked 27J dollars and they declare they will nsk one hundred and fifty dollars before night. Automobiles have thronged the roadways bearing likeness plates front half the States in the union. No pesson without a ticket will be allowed within half a ■mile of the stadium after three o’clock Hotel lobbies and streets are picked with people aiul restaurants of evendescription, are crowded and temporary stands are doing extraordinary business. Taxicabs are extremely scarce. LAST OBSTACLE OVERCOME. NEW YORK. Sept. 23. Bv the unanmous decision of three Judies of the Common Pleas Court at Philadelphia, an application for an injunction to Stop the fight was dismissed on Thursday morning, thus lem ' ing the last legal obstacle. LATEST NEWS. NEW YORK, Sept. 23. Philadelphia, advises that with the sun finally emerging from- an overcast sky and the -last legal injunction restrainng the fight dismissed, everything is now O.K. for the lug fight, Alrendv thousands of peoplo' are beginning to stream towards the stadium, while the gates open at three m the afternoon though the fight does no start until 9.45 p.m. at the earliest. The official weighing in shoved Dempsey tipped the scales at X9olh. am Tunney ISo Jib. • Dempsey plans to arrive at the last minute in a special train, hut 'Jiinnev arrived early in the afternoon, choosing the spectacular medium of a private aeroplane, claiming it was safer than motoring over the crowded slippett roads through the mountains from his , canto at Stroudsburg. The latest betting is about < —2 in favour of the champion.. LONDON. September 21. The greatest interest is being manifested in the Dempsey-Tunney fight. Leading newspapers have sent the foremost descriptive writers to Philadelphia and they have been cabling I columns to the “Daily News” that 1 the fi.dit has begun and will he received here at three o’clock this morning. •:* London is in practically direct communication with the ringside and will receive the account round by round. All the morning papers have arranged for special editions. TUNNEY V/ INS. NEW YORK, September 2-1. At the end of tenth round, of tihe Dempsey-Tunney fight Tunney won. He received the judge’s decision and became the new champion.