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Jack Dempsey vs. Tommy Gibbons at Shelby, Montana...
Jack Dempsey vs. Tommy Gibbons at Shelby, Montana...
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July 05, 1923
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 5, 1923
* Jack Dempsey vs. Tommy Gibbons
* Heavyweight boxing title (1st report)
* Shelby, Montana financial flop
The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "DEMPSEY WINS BY DECISION" with subheads and round by round descriptions. (see) Nice for display. More in the sport's section and 5 related photos are on the back page.
Complete with 32 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The aftermath was worse than the fight for Shelby: a large arena, the size of a football field, had been built. Since most of Shelby's residents and those of nearby cities could not afford ticket prices set so that the city could come up with the money guaranteed to the participants, only 7,702 paying fans showed up, making the fight one of the biggest economical disasters in boxing history. An estimated 13,000 people got to see the fight free. Four banks in Shelby went bankrupt in the months following the fight. The town's dreams of prosperity went away with them.
Category: The 20th Century
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