Contributed by Loren H
Description: Children Under Ten Barred From Fight
Date: July 1 1910Newspaper published in: Albuquerque
Reno:
No child under ten years of age will be allowed to enter the arena for the Jeffries Johnson fight and no child between ten and fifteen will be permitted to witness next Monday's great battle unless he or she is accompanied by a chaperon of mature age and discretion.
These two orders were promugated by Promoter Tex Rickard today. He had been beseiged with inquiries regarding the right of minors to be present and to make the matter clear he drafted the regulation set forth above.
No state or municipal law restraining minors from witnessing prize fights or boxing exhibitions exists here, according to the pronmoters. But Rickard explaine in making his orders public that he was strongly opposed to children of tender years attending the championship match. He thought though that a young person between ten and fifteen was no longer a child and should be given if duly chaperoned the privelige of seeing the two greatest pugilists of the age clash in what perhaps may prove to be the last big ring event of the times.,
The last seat will be placed and the last nail driven in the arena before the sun sets tomorrow say the contractorsl By noon the boxing platform will be completed. This platform is powerfully constructed to sustain the terrific strain it will receive from the two men in action . It will be capaoble it is estimated of supporting a weight of 100 tons and and will be so securely bracxed and double braceced that the vibration will be eliminated.
The fans who have paid 50 dollars for their arena reservations will have an advantage over their less fortunate fellow patrons, besides being nearer the fighters, their seats are made of planks tht have been smoothly planed... those of the others are what the carpenters call in the rough.
It is said that there will be no five dollar seart as was first intended. The lowest price is ten dollars and unless thae sales shows signs of falling off it is understood that none will be offerd at a lower figure.
There will be no boxes. Women attending the fight who wish to seperate themselves from the main body of spectators will not be enabled to do so according to the present arrangements and the contractor in charge of the work said this afternoon that no provision will be made for railing off any of the seats.
Great care will be taken in roping off the ring. A railroad mechanic who is said to be an expet at rope splicing was engaged today to do the work. He will receive twenty five dollars for his servies.orsuppooldoo

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