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ENTIRE WORLD FIXES EYES ON TEX
SQUARED CIRCLE
SET FDR ACTION;:
Boll for First Round of Titular
Clash Will Sound nt
Stroke of 3
PHILA.. FANS ARRIVE EARLY
Hy LOUIS II. JAFKK
Itlnfisido, Jcrsoy City, .inly 2.
Ever thins was set for tho big battle
by noon today In the mammoth amphi
theatre erected on Hoyle's Thirty Acres,
when finishing touches wore made on
the elghto'ii-foot ring. Kesm w lib
erally strewn over the canvas and the
squared circle cleared (or n-tion.
Tho first olhelal announcement was
mnelo shortly before noon that the bell
would sound for the first round of the
Dempsey -Carpentier battle at o'clock
precisely, rain or shine.
The heavy, low and threatening sk)
.nd cleared somovvhnt and the cloud
had drifted to the north. Then- was im
brecto and the air was a bit heaw.
The firnt of the l'hllndelphiaus to arrive
before any of the specials verv Herman
Taylor, Jack Hanlon, "Doe" Cutch,
Bobby Gunnis and (Seorgc 1-Yrniun.
They all came over lnt-t night and spout
tho night in New York.
First "out at ia:10
The first bout was put on at 12:10.
being advanced from 1 o'clock. The
contestants were "Micky" Delmontnnd
"Irish" Johnny Curtain.
Several thousand persons were In the
arena before 11 o'clock, but employes
of Promoter Tex Rickard were in the
majority. A twenty -piece orchestra
made itself conspicuous by rendering
popular songs at Intervals of five min
utes. , ,
When gates to the general admission
section opened at 0 o clock thero were
but a few hundred in line. Some of
theso real dyed-iu-tho-wool funs waited
from midnight.
Little signs of enthusiasm were dis
played by tho 5.50 entrants. A lot
of them were bleary -eyed from loss of
sleep and despite the occasional musi
cal selections they gradually fell off Into
napland, hoping to be nwnkened by a
neighbor in time for tho big noise.
Hundreds of members of the Jersey
City fire and police departments were
stationed at different points in the many
aisles leading to the ring, all set qd(1
ready to Perform their duty. One blue
coat, smiling, said :
"This is groat nothing to do ; but.
say. wouldn't it be tough If I had to
wake a pinch Just as tho boll sounded
beginning the big fireworks?"
''Guess there won't be any pinch by
that time," replied another. "I'm hen
to do my duty all right, but it's a cinch
that I'll be here when Jack pins. Carp's
back to tho mat with a right on the
chops."
rarixlans Gasp
Two early arrivals, who seated them
selves in S.r0 chairs at 10 :4.i, directly
bhelnd the press row, about 200 feet
from the ring, traveled 8000 miles to
see the battle. Yew, they were French
men, all the way from gay l'aree. For
several minutes neither uttered a word.
In open-mouthed amazement their eager
eyes scanned the huge stadium.
Finally one exclaimed: "Magnlflque."
"Nothing like It in Europe." ex
plained the other In perfect English.
"I hnve seen boxing matches in both
England and Franco, but thk is the
lurgest arena I ever have seen."
"Of course," this Frenchman added.
"we all expect our Georges to bo cham
pion of the world before the afternoon
ends. IIow can he loso? Cnrpentler is
the greatest boxer who lives he can
not be the loser."
Jimmy do Forest, one-time Philadel
phia and now of Long II ranch. N. J.,
entered the arena at 11:05. "Demp
sey In two rounds." said De Forest
"if Jack is In half the condition he
was in at Toledo. A left hook will
bring down Cnrpentler."
De Forest, wno is to referee one of
the preliminaries. was Dempsey's
trainer for Jack's bout with Joss Wil
lard in 1910.
Try Out tho Gong
A large bell was put in plnce at
the ringside and mounded nt 11:10.
"Not a chance of a repetition of the
Toledo fiasco, so far as the gong is
concerned," said Kickard. Tex was one
of the early arrivals. lie meandered
hither and yon. mnking suggestions to
the men finishing their eleventh -hour
Jobs between breaths of answering ques
tions to inquiries on various mibjee ts
about tho fight.
"Yes, it will be n great battle," wns
Tex's answer to a query on who he
thought would be the winner.
"ICo P. Flynn, mntchmaker of th"
prelims, for the "greatest battle of all
times." made himself conspicuous at
the ringside, talking to newspaper men.
"Dcmpsey will stop Cnrpentler sure,"
predicted Leo. and smilingly. "Hill
Drennan will be ready for .Tai k again
any time the champion says the word."
By 11 :15 the customers begun to come
faster. Hlocks of seats in every section
filled, and tho red-capped ushers finally
knew that they really had work to do.
The SB.SO's, 0.100 of theih. were virtu
ally filled by 11:20.
Field GUiise Help
Field glnsses and opern glasses were
focused on the ring by the dozens from
different parts of the stadium, espe
cially in the rows highest and furthest
from tho squared circles, (llus.sos also
were In possession of persons In the
$3fl sections, the $40's nnil even in the
last rows ot the ri s.
Tho crowd begon to show more life
and enthusiasm by 1 1 :30 when n trio.
singing "Peggy O'Neil." accompanied
by the orchestra, were greeted with ap
plause. Thereafter the musical oleo
tlons were moro frequent.
Hcnts In tho general admission .sec
tion wcro all taken by 11:. "J." and hun
dreds of other $r.50 birds wcro stand
ing. The ?10 nnd $15 scuts were nil
"occupied and tho other sections, except
ing the $40's and $.r0's, wore gradually
(tilling. The arena nt this tune was
sprinkled with hundred-, of women.
Throng Is Eager
to See Battlers
Continued from Pun On
for a fight nudlencn. During the first
bout there was hardly a sound, but the
clang of the gong and the thud of
blows.
Tbc.ro was n sigh as of relief ns the
bout ynded. The crowd nroso und
stretched after its first taster.
The second bout, between I'aekoy
O'Gatty and Frank ey Hums, hnntain
tvelghts. followed immediately.
Gates to tho big fight opened nt ft :.10
ana in popped the crowd. Through the
entrances on each side of the big wooden
octagon poured the men and women who
todaj were to witness Jack Dempsey of
America and Georges Cnrpentler of
France do battlo for the heavyweight
Honors ot the world and the plumper
purse in history.
8oon the saucer of yellow pine, which
wbea the sun was out, (listened like n
lahbwrpf fcjsas', vse Oabked whh
. i & i . t .
humanity. Hut, unlike nn ordlnnrv
saucer, It filled from the brim down in
stead of the bottom up, for tho first ,
arrive was the gallery god with tl"
nmUIMtl. A..n ...I.. l.a.l ............I ..11 ..t1..
I'... ,tilic 1.-JV Hllll null I-IIIIIOUU till llllll
outside the arena for the privilege i-f
I'njiug l -remoter Tex lllckarrt $K.ou.
urnuitnliy. however, the wave of hu
manity rolled down to the ringside, as
the more plutocratic ticket holders ha I
the stadium, t'nllke the ordinary show
today s performance, advertised as "the
batt.e of the century." had no oxclu-
glve baldhcadcd row. Hairless pates.
In mnm ,ib.,a -,.... M.,t...,nil t... .....I
fures par excellence, for women who
recently had espoused the boxer's art
had turned out In full force for todaj s
carnival of blows.
Tilt,., 'I'Mimai ., 1ln
The early comers snt down to wmt
They found Just three things to do- tie-
Bate the weather prospects, which in
the morning appeared dubious; admire
the world's greatest arena, in which
I'll. (100 odd could nestle lust ns coiH
as the proverblnl sardines, und specu
late on tuture ring history.
A sultr ilnv hud followed a humid
t.ight. The sun tried to nlerce the I
screening clouds that gave n constant i
threat of rain, then gmo up the attempt .
lifter a brief successful effort. It was
.in ideal daj for the spectators, for no
one longed for the scorching sun and
no one wanted It to rain.
II ut the crowd had many tl Incs t-
talk about. Every one had something
in '0111111011 tew of sunburn and in
terest in the slight unpleasantness
which later was to occur on the canvas
covered square In front of them. This
led to conversation even among men
and women ns far separated ns Fifth
avenue nnd the lower Last Side, New
iork and Chicago, America and
huropc; as foreign to one another as'
prince nnd pauper ; with interests ns
varied as those of lawyer and ditch i
digger. I
tor they were alt here society
women nnd shop girl, the inerchnntj
prince nnd the $20 n week clerk who
worked for him, the man who lived by
his brains and his fellow without a
profession nnd sportsmen from five con- '
tinents. '
And fighting their way out to Hoyle's
Thirty Acres were coming thousands
more, all parts of the great army which
hoped this afternoon to witness the
show of fisticuffs whose result would be
llashed the world around.
Fight to Soo Fight
It was a case of a ficht to see n
fight. The tubes under the Hudson
Hlver should hnve bulged with the mass
of excited humans who tried to battle
their way across to the Jersey side; the
ferryboats plying their way over the
tube trains riiould have sunk under the
perspiring enrgoes that tried to board
them and if every one who wanted an!
airplane at the Ikr: minute could have
had one, the very sun would have been
obscured.
Hut. of course, none of these dire
things occurred. The crowds just strug
gled on, lumbering nlong over the cob
bled streets of Jersey City, and the
numbers which every minute stepped in
for Mr. Hleknrd's outdoor party proved
Hint, however many may have fallen by
the wayside, others had taken their
places.
They camo, these pilgrims, equipped
for anything from a trip to the moon
to a journey featured by Signor Dante.
Travelers who lnndod in Host Hlek
nrd's seventh circle of seats, rimming
the amphitheatre, came as for the race
track, with glasses to .span the HOO feet
to the ring. Mnny carried as part of
their regular equipment : Sun glusses,
one pair; pillows, a.s many as the old
family sofa at home hnd held : sand
wiches, a legion; fans, us numerous ns
the wings of the famous Jersey "skeet
ers" that also volplaned todnv to
Hoyjc's Thirty Acres.
What the light fans saw when they
arrived was a great hollow lined with
men nnd women, in which the Wool
worth Hulldlng could have lain down
without senicely having to draw In its
neck, a great hollow from the hottom ,.f
which only tho sky, u fringe of Jersey
Cit's fnmous smokestacks and two
buildings could be seen.
"no of these buildings was a factory,
which suuggled m neighborly fashion
right up to the south 'sou-west of Mr.
Hleknrd's fighting parlor. The other
was the city hospital on a bluff a ha'f
a mile away.
There wcro black specks atop this
hospital that looked suspiciously like
human figures.
In the nrena which from its topmost
tier flew at regular intemils the tri
color of France and the starry flag of
America, en army of workmen were
putting on the last touches.
The rinj wn the scene of the great
est activity. The canvas covering was
pulled taut and the ropes bound witli
white flannel tape.
About the ring experts were setting
up telegraph instruments which were
to take tidings from the ringside around
the globe over moro than a million
miles of wires.
Further back in the arena hundreds
of ushers in red caps and food emlers
In white coats bustled bush), A rush
on cling stores for throat liniment im
pends tonight, for the sandwich boys
yelped their wares with ab.indou. Iliit
they did not hine Caru-o oe.
Towering twent) feet above the ring
nnd more than lifty feet awo) was a
platform for moving-picture operators.
I'nlike the movie stand at Keno. which
blocked the view of the Johnson -Jeffries
dash to several stole spectators,
who lnudl) protested, this one was held
up by a slim steel girder Hint appeared
not to hinder tlu iuv of the ring from
any seat.
Hut the movie tower wasn't the only
aerial thing about the arena. First
there was the talk. Then there were
airplanes.
The Prellnilniilcs
A brass band, which hoj,P,j wui,.
awav the long wait for tho (,,riv ar
rivals, put in nn early appearance
The first of the six pp 'ii.nn.irj bouts
Hint between Iiabe Hi rr. in nui Joe
Metrangn will be started it 1 cm lock.
Eastern dn!ii;ht s-ivlng tine. All of
the prt'liimnarlcH were cnii'nl foi eight
rounds, with no delay between hoiits
The other Isiuts were: Pat he) ii'iJnttv
vs. Prnnkie Hums, Dick Onfhn
Midget Smth. Jackie Cuitln Mickev
Di'lmont or Willie Spencer, ficne Tun
ney vs. Soldier Jouos, Jack Itenault vs
Hill) Mlsl-c.
The principnis were due to enter the
ring at .'1 o'clock. Eartein da) light snv
ing time, although Tex Uiekaid, th
promoter promised to bring thlin in a
few minute., earlier if the i renmiiiarle-.
were disposed of before that time. Hoth
( ai-M-ntier ind I)em;isiy expected to b'
in thoir dressing rooms by
Ci'clljCl
The first two airplanes appeared
shortly heforc 10 o'clock. Thev cir
cled at a good altitude, but did not pass
Fight Fans in Chile Give
Carpentior Better of It
Santiago, Chile, July 2 Intense
interest Is being manifested here
over tho Dempsey-f'arpentler fight.
Several of the newspapers are con
ducting contests, soliciting the oplu.
ions of their readers as to the win
ner. El Mercurlo bus received thou
sands of answers, which show a
slight majority in fuvor of the
Frenchman.
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Fight fans that saod up t'unuc,li money to purchase admittance to the
"Ijist Ten Hows," formed their line. long before I'ayhreak in Jersey
( ity. In the lower etching Is John lllllru, of (anulcn, the first of the
S.'i.oO group. Up was followed h) Daniel Dun'), of ICIiraheth. N. !.
These men iejMirted to their post in the line at 2 A. .At.
directly over the stadium. Apparently
they concluded the) wouldn't waste
gasoline until something wns doing in
the ring, for with a snort they tin tied
and scurried back toward New York.
Those who gathered at the ringside
could, of course, lime spent their time
discussing the League of Nations or the
high cost of liiii(.', but naturally the)
didn't.
It wns Dempsey "the terrible" nnd
Cnrpentler "the iu)sterius" that the
discussed. There was romance in that
subject the lure of the unknown.
While the men confined themselves
chiefly to such technical dv tails as
reach, muscle development, suimiiia
and the thousand and one other ingred
ients that go into the milking of a pugi
list, the women contented themselves
chief!) with mini) sis of the boxers' looks.
The lighting jaw of the Aaicrn an who h
they had come to know in the movies
apparentl) fai united some; with oth
ers it was the smile of the dashing
oung French birdnuin that cast the
spell There wire laati) gasps of dis
may when word was passed down the
line thnt Carpentier, described by one
English writer ns a (lieek god with a
punch, would fight without his wmy,
blonde pompadour. whicHi had gom
the wny of all pompadours when a seri
ous match was nt hand.
Indeed, after hearing nil the ac
counts of how Jack was growing whis
kers to protect his jaw and Georges had
shorn his locks so that lie could not he
towed round the ring by them, u specta
tor wondered if he would be nble to rec
ogni.e the fig'itcrs when they enteied
the squat ft cm le in their disguise.
The ,'s.ri bos were prccided into trie
amphitheatre b nnother white-eontnl
battalion of peanut and soda -pi p wild
er. Tin re were so many of the.e
white-jui ketnl youths that it appeartu
the soiln dispensers were holding a na
tional luhtcuti'in.
Tex Rickard was on hand early.
When the) wanted him the) didn't s ml
uclnrs hurdling the seat-. 'I he j-.st
told the amplifier about it and Ti.
showed up.
Now und then Chief of Police Hnt
tersby would drop in to cbnt things
oM-r with Tex and then go outside t
older wing of his anm to a specific
acre of .Mr. Ho)le's Thirt). Outsidi
il looked n bit formidable, for tilm k
mnrins were lined up suggestive!) and
tin it hup!tal had w t up an mar
gem . i.nit at tin- main gate.
lU'seniblcs Circus
The streets around the big snucer re
- i bled an early morning scene nt a
circus. Venders of Hags, souwnirs,
at cushions, peanuts, "hot dogs" uinl
ull-the other articles that find a ruidv
snle aniotig holiday and sporting crowds
did n ihrilug business.
.lust before the gates were opened,
several hundred ushers and police iniide
a thorough search of the menu to rout
"Ut nil siuattors. Scores of hoya, who
had s'creted theinsclvis during the night
in nn effort to witness the fight without
expense, were pulled out of all s,,rts
of haling places and sent scampering
through the gates.
Streams of water were then turned on
the inside of the iii'iia to wet it down
and pievent the possihlllt) of file. A
few Mitingstei's, vim had eluded the
emlier vigilance of the police, were
'lrneu out of hiding l. the deluge oi
water and soon found thiuicclwg in the
street
A large force of police outside the
saucer succeeded in mniutnlning order
throughout the night and no arn-sts
were reported ut an e-arl) hour this
morning.
The real humun tidnl wuve started to
move toward Jersc) City hooa after 7
o'clock. Tube trains nuclei the Hudson
Hlver, runniiur on a tlnce-anc-one-half-minute!
hendwny with additional
cars, were crowded with fans fioin
cwr where, while eery lnr added Its
quota to the throng, arena bound.
Several hundred pohn. ui uniform
and idninclotlU's men mingled with the
sjioctators on the wutch for uti'lesirable
clwiiaeters who generall) make large'
crowds their hunting ground Major
Hague hdcl recpiested that all persons
arrested with criminal records in Jer
sey City he held for ninety days under a
State law that makes Buch detention
possible. This was oxpettecl to act at
I a deterrent to tho criminally lucllned.
RICKARD'S ARENA FOR GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP RING BATTLM.
Carpentier Won't
Try to Mix It
Iv ROHEUT W. MAXWELL
Continued from I'uce fine
and giving their opinion of the battle
without an) ovei tares.
The eariv light fan reminded one of
the baseball bug who comes out in the
open onlv at World'?. Series. The first
thing notieenbh' was the wionnt stare,
which soon changed to daeel curiosity.
The well-known show box, filled to the
brim, was carried under the left arm
nnd the trust) thermos bottle hung
limply from n cont pocket. Other bot
tles we're worn, hut these were partially
concealed by the coat tail. Suspicious
bulges were seen in the rear, showing
that hip plasters were numerous ami
quite popular.
As tlm mob streamed toward the new
..'iOil.OOO arena, which will be out of
elnte tomoirow, the customers weio nb
soluteh positive of the following:
First. Governor Edwards will not
stop the bout.
Second. Cnrpentier is ready.
Third. Dempsiy is rend).
Fourth. Hicknrd is reach.
Fifth. Evcrvboilv is ready.
The only thing missing was the final
lesult, and the guessers decided thnt
when the pates opened Tex Hickard
would he the unanimous winner lie
wul get nil the mono) exceqit that taken
In the lighters, contractors, politicians,
etc.. etc., etc. And. in nddition, he wil!
be the sole and absolute owner of the
ureiu, to do with as he likes.
Flags Hang Limply
The weather was nnvtiilng but favor
nble when the g.iti s opcic d t !i oMmk.
The milling sun. which had bi-en prom
ised bj our wr best we.ithei- piophcts.
w.is concealed behind u hank of heuw.
el.irk, tiiout clouds, and it locked vci
a ucli lil'.i' rain. T'leie was no wind
.nui the American nnd French Hag.
which weic plncee! in conspii ue-us pho es
iiotin 1 the aivna hung llnplj from tin u
posts.
There was nothing about the place to
nrusi. an) enthusiasm in tho nirh
h'lins.
The feeling which hit tie s-pectntoi
on entering tin- arena wis ,,ne of l,.n. .
Inii a feeling ot being lost in a
strange world of ellow pun The higli
st.iueln v hic'i shot upward from il.e
ringside ended abrupt!) against a el.uk
i r.i) sky lino.
Tex Hickard was en earl) nrriial
appearing on the -;ceni- at 111 A M ,
wns not at all flustered, and seen e( ,,
le the most uninterested peism ill the
place.
"Hain or shine, the bout will go on,"
he saiel, after looking at the formidable
s) . "Nobodj will be ilislippollite d.
although some' might get wet."
(letting to the arena this iinn-niiig
ttils quite a iob. Police were cu.
where and onlv holileis ot tiekets wire
allowed to break through tin' lim-s which
vere I'Stabhshed f(,ur him ks fiom the
scene of battle. (Illicei-s on horsi li-n-h
patrolled the stieets, shooing siispii iniis
looklng characters awn).
Automobllists were welcomed with
open aims b) the operators of parking
space. A maximum price o m Uii
charged for space and the publi was
nntitli'd t" repoit all overcharges to the
police. Nothing could be fairer than
that.
It was reported that Caipiiitbr
missed a epiiet, peaceful night at .Man -hnsset.
He plitnneil to land at the
Pennsvlvaiiia Hallroad docks and drive
here in an automobile.
Deillpse) Wlls the flHolite with the
earl) crowd, anil it was freely predicted
that Carpentier would hne his b.i, ( to
the door a few seconds after the kick
off. Tins was v.oiidi'iful logic ami gicat
piedlctlng by those who were" willing to
sit on a hard hoanl seat for seven hours
in order to giue upon a spec tin le which
was likely to last about thirty sis-oncls.
Hut fins are fans, and that's that,
Dempsey the Favorite
Jink Di'iupse was the favorite' at odds
of 1 to 2 Caipenter was not the
favorite with odds of a to 1 This
ninde it even on both sides. Dcmnsev
bate shown up Wtter in his workouts,
J.yhllc the clmiy-jscr Iiub worked lu
secret, allowing no one to get n true
lino on his prowess If itc has any.
For seven weeks Uie French wnr hero
hns been toiling nt Mnnhasset, L. I.,
allowing tho public to see what wns
going on three times n week. Ho hnd
several spnrrlng partners, fourth-rate
middlewelghts nnd heavyweights, with
n sprinkling of terrible welterweights.
He boxed dally with these men, showing
dazzling speed, demonstrating wonder
ful punching powers nnd Mnnding out
like the oolworth Hulldlng on the
Sahara. He had a brilliant attack, but
his defense was poor. The truck horses
on his staff hit him frequently, but
Mnnnger Descamu9 smiled and said
It was nil in tho net. In other words,
he lutlmnted thnt Georges wns acting
nnd his training stuntb were nil the
bunk.
Pel Imps they were nnd perhaps again
they A-eie not. Just the same, Carpen
tier was smiling, confident, unpertuihed
nnd hupp) toelay, liudn't a care In the
world, anil told all of his friends lie
was going to win and let it go ut that.
Outwardly, he hadn't a care in the
world. 'J Ins is because lie has kept to
himself and was nble to put up a good
front when he faced the public.
There was no doubt that Georges was
nil si-t to male a ruii.twm Ilgut eif it.
He went into the ring with the Idea
of sticking around as long as possible
Carpentier had read all about Demp
sey 's work at the shoii'. nnd lie nisn
knew whnt the experts thought of the
battle. He was not nf all liupiesei
with the guesses of Of) per cent of the
writers, who boldly predicted he would
do n falling leap or a nose dive any time
between ten seconds nnd five rounds. A
majority of throe opinions came from
men who were nbsolutely neutral nnd
were based on their own judgment. The
fact that Dempsey Is nn American never
entered into it. The comparisons were
made without fear or tavor.
All of this tended to mnke the rhnl
lenger wnry. No matter whnt he said
about his wicked right iimnsli, whlcii
abruptly toppled over Hoe-kett nnd l.o
vinsk) ; no matter what he said about
his luck) stii) and being a man of
destiny, Georges was ready to do the
heel anil toe as long as ho could in
other words, hoof it from post to post
nnd from rope to rope, to avoid those
hull -like rushes nnd wild and wonzy
wallops.
Funny how times hnve changed. On
July -1. 1010, nfter Dempsey innilo Wil
kin! quit nfter the third round, some of
the newspaper writers who saw Cnrpen
tier box ill France shook their heads
and said :
"Don't stand for n match between
Carpentier and Dempsey. The French
man i.s no match and Jack will kill him.
H"'s too good a fellow to get hurt."
For his trouble today Georges get
$200,000. Dempsey receives $.100,000,
niul Uncle Sam gets a lot of war taxes.
The men are not underpaid and there
is no danger of either going on strike
for higher wnges. For once, both par
ties nre absolutely satisfied.
Denipse) silent last night here In n
private residence. He was under cover
In more wu.vs than cine. No visitors
were allowed and he tried to find rest
and quiet. lie left Atlantic City yes
terday after changing his nlnns a cou
ple of times nnd landed here late in the
afternoon. lie first engaged the pri
vate car of the president of the Jersey
Central, but later eifliceleel it. He
traveled in u drawing room with Mayor
Ed Haeler, Jack Keartis ami Teddy
Haves.
It wns reported yesterday thnt Demp
sev hnd gone to New York to confer
with nicknrel about his money, but
this proved to be only n wilel runinr.
lie arranged the financial end of his
net early in the week.
.Tuck wnR high-strung nnd nervous
before he left, worrying over trifles nml
seemed anxious to get away from the
Airport. He had been cooped up there
for ten weeks nnd longed for freedom.
The sooner the buttle is over tho better
he will like it.
Deiiips-e.v was woiried over the tnctlcs
usi'd by Carpentier. He has been told
thnt Georges never will bo knocked out
nnd will try to win or lose on n foul
His manager, Di'scnmps, will not see his
man tnke too much punishment anil
might hop into the ring tit any minute.
Tills was done In several battles In
Europe, and Jack fears it will be dono
today.
There Is nn doubt thnt the chal
lenger is a bniih), fox) fighter and
will try ever) thing he knows. I,.r.
Imps lie is not well aceiiinlnteil with the
rubs of Amcricnii boxing, but aclviseis
like .rack Curley and Joe Jcanotte
loubl tell him a few tilings. Harry
Ertle has been warned to be on the
lookout for funii) business unci stop
it immediately.
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tnbllshcd rule than thnt ordered by
the authorities for the Denipsey-Cnr-pcntler
fight today.
Tho haunting dread of Dempsey nnd
his friends till? morning wns not of
defent. It was n foul, charged or perpe
trated or Imagined, to becloud the Issuo
nnd mnke n clear decision Impossible.
There is no disposition anywhere to be
lieve that Carpeptier is not n clean
fighter. There is n disposition to be
lieve thnt he works too fast to keep
from going n bit wild now nnd then.
While Mr. Kenrns was smoothing IiIh
rumpled lint, M. Descamps incognito
wns, sipping a mild iced drink at the
Ititz. Around him seethed the glitter ot
an unexampled, effervescent crowd of
millionaires who were-" making a night
of It to get nn early start to Jersey
City.
M'sicti was serene. For M. Deinpsey,
he said, he had ndmirntlon, but infinite
grief of the henrt. A little, A very
little while after tho gong was struck
for the first round Georges would' turn
off the sun for M. Dempsey. M. Demp
sey would go how do you sny It? oh,
yes. to by lo-land: "So," snld
M'sicti Descamps, softly, with an niry,
upward flicker of his fingers. "Pouf!"
Of course, M. Dempsey would return.
Oh, yes! Certnlnly! From by-lo-lnnd
M. Dempsey would return laboriously,
and In tho conrso of time, but not until
the so-fatal ten were Counted over him
by the oflielnls. M. Descamps is nn
nminble gentlemnn with nice manners.
Hut he uses n quick smile thnt never
quite reaches to his eyes. You hnve In
his presence n feeling -thnt within M.
Descamps there Is another M. Dos
camps, who regards you Intently
through n sort of crevice and never
smiles ut nil.
Dempsey. Steel and Concrete
Almost everybody In the hotel crush
of Inst night, nnd in the jam nt tho
arena this morning, seemed to be
nfllicted with a haunting dread of one
sort or nnother everybody, that is, but
the two fighters who appeared today to
be the calmest men in this part of the
world.
Yesterday Mr. ICi'iirns linel two
hnuntlng drends. Ono wns tho fear of
an indecisive end to the terrific scuf
fle. The other, n haunting dread de
luxe, was of the big boo that would
hnvn thundered nt tho rnllwny station
nnd at the ring if tho moro ardent de
spise of the champion had answers to
their silent pruyers. That would have
been bad medicine for Dcmpsey's nerves.
Hut n reaction of some sort has set In.
Dempsey is likable at close iiuarters a
man of steel and concrete, with gim
let cye.s nnd n restrained smile that Is
hesitant and lacking In n purely boy
ish quality only because of the doubts
nnd pangs of the Inst two years. His
most Implacable antagonists are the
pretty Indies the Indies with the lluteel
hnlr, who talked of nothing but the
fight while they glittered under the
rcstnurant lumps Inst night nnd moved
in gorgeous motors to the big nrena to
day and vowed that Georges should mid
wontit win
To psychologists that may explain
the slow, sure drift of masculine sym-
pnthy nwny from Georges, tho mngniti-
rent, tho particular haunting dread of
tho feminine world seems to hnve been
thnt big Jack would escape uukilled.
Miss Dorothy Dnlton, for cxnmple, who
punches tho bag herself, not because she
hns nny hope of being nn international
chainplonettc ; of course, not for thnt,
but for the complexion, nnd you nevvs
pnper people do ask such weird ques
tions, was wngerlng good money on the
chnllenger up to the last minute anil
refusing to heed the nclvice of friends.
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came suddenly from California In a
magnificent suit of the color of ele
phant's breath Just to see what ho can
soo today, "Georges Is a cripple. He's
got only his right nrm. The left Is
purely ornamental stuck on for looks,
you know."
"So Wonderful," Says Dorothy
"He's terrible," said Miss Dnlton
to the nmnxlngly good-looking crowd
of stage nnd screen people nt the
Clnrldge. "I have a haunting dread
that he mny lose by nn accident. Ho
fought In tho wnr nnd he's wonderful."
The ndmlrnls arc growing reticent.
Two of them came up from Washing
ton. Their plnces were bang-up ngalnst
flie ringside In the midst of n veritable
clump of nnVal commanders nnil lieu
tennnts. They would express no
opinions. They wcro unflurrled, too.
Hut haunting dread brooded nlmost
everywhere else. If, for instance, you
were a Wall strecter you carried a
Imitating dread of n peculiarly painful
sort to bed with you Inst night nnd
went down to brenkfnst tills morning
to find it on tho other side of tho table.
It was a dread duo to -the sudden In
explicable appearance of a flood of Car
pentier money In tho Street nnd on
Hrondway. Could It bo that sonic ono
wns beating you nt your own game?
Dragging you in, ns It were, to n kill
ing? Was there, after all, anything in
the mad rumor that Dempsey was
betting on Cnrpentler? There wnsn't,
of course. Hut the bright young men
who toll In Wall Street havo been
putting up three to one money on the
champion and from some pit qf unrest
n leport camo that well, that there
might be something funny nbout. The
mejrnl of all this, of the bewilderment
thnt beset a good many brokers this
morning nnd gave them a shocked sense
of flagging brain power, Is thnt you
cannot take liberties with tho mechan
isms of a national sport. For the
thought of wives and kiddles flashed
through the minds of the suspicious like
a flicker of summer lightning. Memory
of tho baseball scandal were revived.
There are thousands of heavy bettors
in the Jersey City nrenn today who,
within n few hours, ditched nil their
hopes and beliefs nnd piepnicd them
selvVs for anything thnt might come.
Well, Huy n Padlock
Then, too, there i.s the different and
unique haunting dtend of the man fiom
Charleston, who came up with a dele
gation nnd drooped nnd wept In n taxi
cab nn the wny downtown to the place
of tho mauling. His particular dread
was that somn ono in the jnin would
lean too heavily against his pocket.
"I've felt it all nlcmg," ho said, with
his head in his hands. "I had a hunch
when I loft home. What good ts life,
anyway? And George, what did ou
say the name of this place is that we're
In? New what?"
It. "Fatty" Arbuckle was not the
only moving picture star to trek in
from California for the bout. Every
body who is anybody In Los Angeles
turned up In New York last night.
AVnllneej Held nlone among nil the men
of the craft rooted for Carpentier.
Hetty Conipton, Ethel Clnyton nnd
Liln Lee were nnti-Dempsey even
though, unlike Miss Dnlton, they don't
punch the bug, nnd therefore hnd not
Miss Dalton's expert knowledge to
guide them, llrondwny .will fondly re
! member the fight crowds when Deinpsc)
and Carpentier are bearded nnd old.
! Never before even in the. bright light
areas were so many millionaires anil
so much money visible In a given .m
For a day and n half special trains
rolled in at the rate of one an hum.
most ot them quite ns splenelld as that
which Frank Veiner brought from
Plillndclphin.
Th Du Pont set, of Wilmington,
rrrived in stnte. Henry Foi.l hail a
front place. The Whitnoys, the Itnnse
velts, Harney Hnrueh. the Guggonhelms
and vli-tiiallv all of the Mctrontilifnti
Opern crowd weie provided for In the
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ringside sections. Official Wnhrn...-s
sent Impressive delegations. InrluSui
croups from nil the embassies. J0Jt
Ttiifiulty had a party In u favored nl,.!
closo to the section assigned to fW
ernor Edwnnls. You might sny thntthl
Mayors of Now Jersey were present i!
n body. Merrick K. lllddlck. n.WLU
ens son it Congressman Carl V ffi
dick, of Montnnii, dropped from thcmW
in nn nlrplnno nfter hopping nil til
wny East to soo tho fight, and Il.,,
sentntlve Julius Knhn, of CnllfomiV
made curly arrangements for one of XI
Lost sections In the house for hlmui
nnd some' of his friends. These ren
scntatlves of tho haute niondc formM
the bright core of t.ie iicna and out,
ward in vast expanses str.'tcliorl it,
blcnchcrs for the multitudes, At
o'clock this morning the tide nf hum..
ity thnt find surged about tin. uptot
hotels during tnost nf the night rce,Cj
and floodeM Jersey City. tUM
There the natives closed their door.'
nnd looked down lu tho nttltuiles el
cherubim from upper windows nt tl!
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training quarters Carpentier w8 uj
to bo In n Jubilant mood, in M, gpc,
slon In Jersey City Dempsey wns tt
to be as cool and collected as iron. CM,
tnlnly the temper of the crowd thlt
greeted him yesterdny must hnve holsM
him grcntly. Anil yesterday th0 Jo,
newspaper In the .-ountry thnt nttcmnti
to present n narrative of current aporU
with particular regard for the ntioiyn.
crasles of tho deeply learned wtat
upcillj ic llic I llliuil'eiii pi ni-iciis-p flsj
broadly Implied that he hndn t been sjf.
ting n eiulte square deal from his on
peqpie. in me enii. uowever, hucii thlt
un not kicuiij iiiaiiei.
PARISIANS T0GET NEWS
OF FIGHT FROM PLANES
Red Light for Carpentier Victory,!
White If Dempaey Wins
Paris, July 2. Six high-powerM
army airplanes tonight will ily over the
boulevards and throw strong red Ughti
on the Parisian crow Is if Georges Cur.
pentier sncci'ids In knocking out Jack
Dempsey. Soft white rays will b
fhishcel If the Frenchman falls to ri
spond to the reteiee s count.
The betting an the light fnllinl to b.
come more active today, Frenchmen dt
mnnding '! to 1 nnd offering little monc;
even nt thnt price. At the Itr.urse itwu
said tho odds probably would not gob.
low 3 to 1 in favor of Demrney jj
that extensive betting on the lesult oi
(he contest was not expected. Thtn
was a certain nmoiint of betting, ho.'
ever, mostly nt ;i to 1, with u few strt;
bets nt !2 to 1. Several of Dempsej'i
supporters have taken small amounted
uarpentier money nt 4 to i,
Enthusiasm is still high at Cnrpnl
tier's favorite boulevard restaurant;
where mail) of his strongest adveentei
and friends gather each day. The
Frenchman's friends nro confident that
Cnrpentier will overcome Dempsey bj
what they claim is IiIh superior sWlt
but they dr not renellly translate their
commence into wners of money.
BOXER LOST GOING TO FlGHTl
Come3 From Ohio at
In This C': -.
Ernest Noolin. of Sliu.-zMHe, 0.,
who. with his Drothcr-in-law, ji. o,
Davis, and nnother man whose nam
was not given, were driving from tbelr
home town to Jersey Cltv to see the bif
ngat, became lost lu this city yesttf
dav.
Noolin who. n coord I lie to Davis. Ill
lightweight boxer, left the car on Ihl
way to tho ferry to enter a clear ttoit.
Davis and the other man (hove en l
few squares hunting for n prtinj
plnce. They waited several hours, but
Noolin did not appear.
It Is believed Noolin became confusd
because of the crowds on Market (tint
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