Shelby Breathes

The Dempsey-Gibbons fight at Shelby, Mont., caved in suddenly last week and for a time experts declared that it was all over but the " I told you so's." Montana business men, however, were quick to proffer their bank accounts and Jack Dempsey received his second $100,000 installment. Shelby breathed again.

The temporary inability of the promoters to meet their obligations was due to a national apathy in the purchase of tickets for the fight. Although the advance sale has been ballyhooed as amounting to $700,000, actual inspection of accounts showed less than $40,000 in the credit columns. Indications are that the fight will draw meagerly and that Montana will have to collect reparations from every state in the Union to pull itself out of the hole.

Meanwhile Dempsey has received $200,000 in cash and has no worry.