WATERLOO, la., April 29 Tom
Gibbons of St. Paul defeated Capt.,
Bob Roper of Chicago in one-elded
contest here last night. Roper was
too fat and carried too much, surplus
Made It
Leonard To
Leonard Gets $21,060;
Ritchie's Bit, $13,162
Financially, the Benny Ijeon-ard-Willie
Kitclile bout at New
ark last nte tit was as successful
as it was pugiUstically, accord
ing to an exclusive dispatoh to
the Bridreport Times-Farmer
today. Tiie total gross reeeipfs
were 858,500, of 'which 10 per
cent, went to tho stato. Follow
ing is an itexiiuced report on the
money end of the bout, boxing
fans all through tho country are
talking about today:
Total gross recenpts, . . . .$58,300
State's share, 10 per cent. 5.854)
Ijeonards share, 40 per ct. 21.0S0
Ritchie's share, 25 per ct 13,162
Leonard had originally been
guaranteed 810,000 with the
prlvileire of taking 40 per cent,
of the grate, while Ilitcliie had
been guaranteed also 10,000.
Dave Mai'Rav, who successfully
promoted the bout, made about
S11,:00 cn tlw affair, after pay
ing out all bills, including the
preliminary boys, officials, police
and rental.
As tho bout went less than
eight rounds the boys experienc
ed just 23 minutes of actual
righting, which means that for
every round They rount J Leon
ard received $915.65 and Ritchie
$577.0-1.
While the official count of the
money fixed the gross at 58.500,
the crowd, which was the larg
est, attracted to a fight staffed
within the boundaries of New
Jersey, represented at least S70,
OOO. Tile "dead-lizzie list was a
long and exasperating one to the
managers of tho two boxers.
