The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-07-07

of the treaty has been dropped.
own and he Immediately emerged from
the structure and entered the Flor
ence street.
At 2:57 Carpenter came into the
ring and two minutes later Dempsey
came in. Carpenter wore a long gray
bath robe over his fighting trunks.
Dempsey came into the ring in his
white silk fighting trunks and a ma
room sweater coat. He greeted the
French challenger with friendly
Hello Georges" when he shook hands
in the center of the ring
Benjamin Hayes, Jack Kearnes and
Mike Trant and Bernard Dempsey, the
champions brother, were in Dempsey's
corner with Manager Kearns in charge.
DesCamps, Journee and Eddie Ledoux
were in charge Of the Carpenter
corner. Manager Descamps went to
Dempsey's corner and demanded the
right to examine the hand bandages.
He excitedly pushed Dempsey's sec
onds away and watched carefully as
the tape was wound around Dempsey's
fists. Mayor Hague of Jersey and Of
ficials of the New Jersey boxing
commission were introduced from the
center of the ring.
While this was going on Carpenter
kept constantly looking aloft at two
airplanes soaring overhead. Governor
Edwards of New Jersey was called into
the ring and introduced. Bill Brennan
was introduced and he challenged the
winner, there was a delay of a few
minutes while Dempsey's hands were
being bandaged in the presence of Mr.
Deschamps, Carpenters manager.
Weights Announced.
A new pair of S-ounce gloves were
tied on Dempsey's hands by Manager
Kearns. Deschamps laced the gloves
on Carpenter. The weights were off
cially announced as follows: Carpen-
tier, 172 pounds; Dempsey, 1873. This
was pounds lighter and figure
Dempsey hoped to be when ne got into
the ring. Promoter Tex Richard then
crawled into the ring and warmly
shook hands with both fighters. Harry
Ertle, the referee, was attired in white
f1annels, with canvas shoes and a white
shirt with a soft collar. He nervously
paced the center of the ring while the
gloves were being tied on.
Deschamps patted Carpenter on the
back as he dug his toes into the resin
his corner. Carpenter was introduced
as the pugilistic idol of the old world
and soldier of France. These words
drew a tremendous cheer from the
crowd. Dempsey also was applauded
when he was introduced as the worlds
champion.
Rings;de at Jersey City, N. J.-Gates
to the big fight opened at 9:45 and in
popped the crowd, Through the en-
frances of each side of the big wooden
octagon poured the men and women
who today were to witness Jack Demp-
sey of America and Georges Carpenter
of France do battle for the heavyweight
honors of the world and the plumpest
purse in history.
The saucer of yellow pine, which
when the sun was out, glistened like a
giant bowl of brass, was fecked with
humanity But, unlike an ordinary
saucer, it filled from the brim down
instead Of from the bottom up, for the
first to arrive was the gallery god with
the periscope eye VINO had camped all
night outside the arena for the privii-
ege of. paying Promoter Tex Richard
$3.50.
Gradually, however, the wave of hu.
manity rolled down to the ringside as
the more plutocratic ticket holders
reached the stadium. Unlike the or
binary show, today's performance, ad-
vertised as the battle of the century"
had no bald-headed row, hairless pates,
in many cases, were replaced by colt
feurs par excellence, for women who
recently had espoused the boxers art
had turned out in full force for today's
carnival of blows.
Debate Weather ant. Dope.
The early corners sat down to wait.
They found just three things to do
debate the weather prospects, which in
the morning appeared dubious; admire
the worlds greatest arena in which
10000 odd could nestle just as cozily
as the proverbial sardines; and specu-
late on future ring history. And chat
ter it did, this democracy Of the ring
side. The chief topic at first was the
weather.
A sultry day had followed humid
night. The sun tried to piece the
screening clouds that gave a constan,
threat of rain, then gave up the at
tempt after brief unsuccessful effort
1t was an ideal day for the spectators,
for no one longed for the scorching sun
and no one wantad it Y ~ain