The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-04

work q A. Tho bgaas Instruments
were NO hot they almost burnt tho
hhnda y their players ana all the pen
had ned from the snare drum. The
envy OF all was the aviator who
looped, swirled andgyrated above.
Tic looked cool. IN any event.
The second preliminary lust before
noon, scheduled 10 ro ak rounda. be-
tween "Wop" English and Bastilnr
Wendt, beth Of Toledo. ended In the
INST round, English winning b. a
Al noon the crowd was rapidly
gathering. the arena being abouf one
third filled. Among the ihousana4 OF
coatless and coilnrleas spectators was
a good aprinklinr OF women.
The third preliminary, a nceduied
six round contest between Tommy
Long OF Detroit and Johnny Lewis Of
Toledo. ended In the third round with
a knockout for Lewis
Up In the squared circle, rs if ON a
sacrificial altar, tho performers In tho
preliminaries aluGged and slipped.
parted and hled, exposed to the full
fury Of tho sun. Tho sweat poured
OFT the min rivuletH as they sought to
engage the attention of an alraoat OBJ
livous crowd. Few even heard their
names an they were announced.
NfAtAf aNNNN|| N|||I|u FESAIX InN|Fa
ested. AZ the intervals the lattor went
through the ropes and sprayed them
with water and cooled their pulses
with ice.
~ 1850 .. m. the band had an
parently given up all efforts 10 enter
The only thermometer in the press
stand rose straight up 20 100 degrees.
which was at the top OF the tube. A
place was found FOR II under the
flooring away from the sun Here h
dropped back 70 100. Again placed
BY the side Of the telegraph instru-
ment It's fervor returned and In ten
miautos Il was again az te0 leaving 10
conjectures whore Il might have gore
~ longer tube. It's owner said it
was guaranteed instrument.
Johnny Rose OF ST. Paul. and Hat-
Ting Bellairc. OF brooklyn. went six
rounds In the fourth preliminary.
Rose was declared tho winner on
points bv the referee
Hard on Ham Sandwiches.
The exposed part OF a ham sand
wich became Ia time toast II was not
Drowned but u was perfectly good
toast. special writer from New
York aVerred that n green peach pur-
chased upon entering. ripened In half
an hour on tho writing bench. Al
though the process seemed pon4ihle.
his story was received with reserve.
Al i;a5 o'clock many beats In the
better sections were ssill vacant and
row unon row IA the far bIoachers
were unoccupiod.
Two hours before the start OF the
big fight ticket spectators III the
downtown district Sill had ilg bunch
81 pt unsold paetchonrda which they
were offering at an average Of ten per
cent below their face value sixty dol
lar tickets were quoted az flfty dol-
lars; forties nt thirty three and M
teens at twelve; even these reductions
Jailed TO move the surplus supply aud
was evident that the spectators
would have 70 cut their prices stfIl
farther N they were 70 sell out
The clever boxing OF Jack Malone.
81 Paul. attracted comment during
his eight round go with Navy" Raj
H'on OF Joliet MS, az 1is pounds
Only Half Crowd.
At 2.30 o'clock. within an hour OF
the big event, a careful estimate by
men familiar with big crowds placed
the attendance at loco. Nor was tho
crowd pouring In. The late ones were
arriving In small groups aud u ap-
pearcd doubtful n more than half the
eighty thousand seats would be PILED
Neither willard nor Dempsey were YET
at their arena quarters.
A photographer with revolving
camera which was mounted IN the
ring. and an Anpounres displayed
what was characterized as the ulti-
mate In optimism. The announcer
tried to egaphone the name OF per-
sons FOR whom he had kilograms bur
the camera man essaycd even more;
he tried 10 keep 20 or 30 thousand
persons immcvabio while he photo
Eraphed them.
Dempsey reached his dressing room
at 1850 p. m He was smiling and ap-
parently confident.
AZ the same time the semi-finais,
leading up TO the championship bout
was announced. II was al eight rounds
between Frankie Mason Of Fort Wayne
and Carl rremA.n Of Detroit. et III
pounds. Ressimietlc predictions as TO
the size OF the crowd had not changed
aud hundreds OF spectators Ia the far
bieechors observing vacant ecata. near
the ring moved forward ~ II By co14
mon consent. Guards and ushera made
only "a feeble effort TO stop them.
Al a;2o y. m the crowd had stop
ped coming and the arena MAS np~
parcntiy d little more than half HlIi.
The last preliminary was sin runnnA.
The bout WAS close oae and there
were many crics 0f mo- when me d.
cision was gwen 80 Trcmaln. Many
thought Mason deserved 4 drafs