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Mara sues Tunney for 405000 over Dempsey bout
Tim Mara testifies in New York supreme court that he arranged the Philadelphia bout that toppled Jack Dempsey, seeking 25 percent of Tunney earnings and 10 percent of the Dempsey purse thereafter. Gibson, Tunney’s former manager, is in a sanitarium after mental incompetence ruling. Telegrams show Mara discussing plans for the Dempsey Tunney fight and refer to Dempsey as the big fellow.
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