New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

But il is neither Carpenter nor
Dempsey, negathe two Of them, that
makes this glaaiatorial display the bat
tie OF the ages Public interest public
opinion. if you will--has stamped it as
something ahoge. and beyond the Gus
tomary trend gof Sport or entertain
ment Not city, not municipality,
not states fGYtF gation, but the whole
world, has its eyes turned to Tex Rick
ards gigantic hoxing arena in the
shadeless, arsIA WIND swept reaches of
the Jersey suburb.
interest there is in both Dempsey
and Carpenter The chief charm of
the impending Struggle is the spice of
uncertainty. What Dempsey has been
and is all sporting men know. His
training has been in public, open as the
book oil life itself. But what the chal-
lenger is can only be surmised He has
been prepared III. secret, beyond the
prying eyes. of the press, and all but his
immediatesfeaiowrc rcountrymen, sparring
partners and, camp followers. 70 s7sl
as'9HtA Tragic Significance gan'a's
Inufeda as Is this great Republic is
thirty years OF pugilistic renown, the
outcome Of 9fife Battle is simply an in
cident Of an itafagtal year in interna-
tional competitive sport. But to Franc.
there holds d tragic significance such
as enthralled that gallant country in
the nerve raekiipg. days when the Ger
man guns tflundered against Verdun.
Carpenter IS the great idol of the
lart of the, triscolor He typiies in
prowess in athletics, and to a more
pronounced dsgree than Suzanne Len
glen. theirsidafized tennis champion.
France loSt .fonT million sons,' says
Partisan .t59 .it959aG3Stist here for The fight,
'and as I nation, prays as one that
Georges viii be- fgturned the victor.
His success or failure is a matter of
national concern. On the result may
ldnge the eleSAtion of France. Our
manhood needs the stimulus of such a
victory. His.defeat would be regarded
as national calamity"
In the past there have been pugilistic
encounters III this country that from
the purely. ettAif8Blfj ) Standpoint appeared
q more even Hest of Drawn and bone.
But none in the history of the prize
ring has attracted, the general atten-
tiqhe efd5hSa assSSx2iigg test The NEE ting
hhrngsis F S} FtiseamT i n,,hIisty aS is3
ard, he is 4, l55gSlIsard, 5Sl too, in sensing
that psychological attitude to which a
nation must lbSe, attuned in order to
rise as man TO the highest pitch of
fronzied interest And frenzied in
terest, there j = 'tfr6ughout this land.
There have bsen many gorgeous
afectacles in sport in the past in the
United States. and in Europe. One can
picture the oEftgHsh Derby. with its
quarter MILTON tffenzied, nudging on
lockers; the recent polo cup tests at
birmingham. with the blare of pan
cpIied and royal ssplendor, and nearer
at home we Nave our Kentucky Derby;
our ArmyNavy and Yale-Harvard
football games riot to mention the
annual classic. struggle for the cham
pionship Of the baseball universe. All
will pate into ignifcance (from an
American Standpoint at least} before
the international fight at Jersey City
OF the afterpQopdof next Saturday.
Expect $4,000 Spectators
real international test with the
gloves it WIN 1be and the greatest
crowd ever assembled behind admis-
sion gates Will TOOK on. The Rickard
structure is the most gigantic ever
dedicated to sport aud pales into insig-
Iifieance the gforNsof Rone's Colosseum.
Accommodations Snr4 more tnanl $1,000
spectators have been provided, and o
week tin2p pros4ec t. 1T appears every seat
vilfi5be taken, WAN standing room at
prcmufa IL sy estimated that the
gate receipts agaA exceed million and
halt dolianW ssnd'ghat the combatants
Will divide more than a quarter mill
lion in spoils between them.
AS to the outcome of the fight beg
leave to refer YOU elsewhere on these
pages to the opinions of shrewd judges
who have followed more closely the
training of the principals. What times
the writer saw Carpenter in action
the Frenchman struck him as a con-
lesque for public consumption. | do
not think Carpenter has once un-
covered his hand since coming to these
hospitable shores.
He can scarce hope to cope toe to toe
with such a crushing slugger as our
champion, and doubtless will have to
depend upon his well-known speed to
rounds. Personally / believe the
Frenchman will attempt such strategy
as jim Corbettl employed successfully
against the e7great John l.. Sullivan
the hit and -fade away tactics Gentle
man Jim made4routine text.
however tnats may be, Carpenter
and the champion will grace the most
picturesque setting the ring game has
ever known. Every element OF cos
mepolitan gathering is to be represent
ed, and that Representation will look
Tor tair plaAsand hope that the best
man wine
To Start at O'clock
According to, present plans of the
management, the big fight will be
saving time. Folii many reasons sni L viii
behoove the patrons to make an early
start for the gigantic stadium at
Boyie's Thirty Acres, Transportation
facilities are ,ideal-4almost perfect.
But in this day and generation of the
gas-driyen motor, where hundred
thousand are gathered together in
sport, there is bound to be certain con-
fusion and deIaG in making ones way to
his proper yantagespoint, just as there
WAS in the equestrian days of old,
when chiwfrg jousted for the love OF
fight and ,ftfiilioh4dollar purses would
ransom a half dozen kings.
Carpentier is lighting to gain and
Dempsey to defend title well worth
kings ranspnf even in these days
of frenzied finance That the bout
will be decided on it's merits strictly
there can be Httle doubt. Even to a
scrdid natufe the 'guerdon is priceless
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