Headline
Statistics of the Jeffries-Johnson Fight
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1910-04-17
- Publication Year
1910
Page
11
Film Projector / Film(s)
Summary
On July 4th 30,000 people will pay 150,000 pounds to watch the fight between Jeffries and Johnson for the heavy-weight championship of the world. Thirty million citizens of the United States will 'follow the fight' in the newspapers, and afterwards pay anything up to 5s a head to see it reproduced in the moving pictures. The moving picture trust expects to make at least £12,500,000 out of the fight.
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