New Britain herald., 1921-07-02
CROWDS GATHER EARLY
 T0 WATCH BIG BATTLE|
(COntinued on Tenth Page)

'oN'i ; etll Ildu turned out III 1ull force.
 The early corners sat down to wait. They found just three things to do; debate the weather prospects, which in the morning, appeared dubious; ad- mire the worlds greatest arena in which 90, 900 odd could nestle just as costly as the proverbial sardines; and speculate on future ring history.
 And chatter it did, this democracy Of the ringside The chief topic at first was the weather
 It was an ideal day for the spec tators, for no one longed for the scorchlng sun and no one wanted it to rain.
 Democratic Throng.
 But the crowd had many things to talk about but most of it of course was about the coming affray on the canvas-cOvered square. This led to conversation even among men and women as far separated as Fifth avenue and the lower East side, New York and Chicago, America and Eu- rope, as foreign to one another as prince and pauper; with interests as varied as those of lawyer and ditch digger
 For they were all the society wom- en and shop girl, the merchant prince and the twenty dollar a week clerk who worked for him, the man who lived by his brains and his fellow without a profession, and sportsmen | from five continents
 And fighting their way out to Boyle's Thirty Acres were coming thousands more, all parts of the great army which hoped to see the fsti- cuffs.
 Traffic Congcstcd. It was case of a fight to see a fight. The tubes under the Hudson river should have 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 should have sunk under the perspiring car goes that tried to board them, and if everyone who wanted an airship at the last minute could have had one, the very sun would have been lobscured.
 But, on the other hand none of these things occurred. The crowds just struggled on, numbering along over the cobbled streets of Jersey City, and the numbers which every ! minute SlOppSu III lOl Oul- door party proved that, however many may have fallen by the way side. others had taken their places.
 They came, these pilgrims, equip iped for, anything from a trip to the moon to! journey featured by Signor Dante.
 Many Carry Glasses.
 Travellers who landed in Hostrick o;,. of ri, ming the amphitheater, came as for the race track, with glasses to span the 300 feet to the ring. Many car ried as part of their regular equip ment: Sun glasses. one pair; pillows, as many as old family sofa at home had held; sandwiches, a legion; fans las numerous as wings of the famous Jersey "skeeters' that also volplaned today to Boyle's Thirty Acres.
 What the fight fans saw when they arrived was great hollow lined with men and women, a great hollow in which the Woolworth building could have lain down without scarcely having to draw in it's neck, a great hollow from the bottom of which only the sky, a fringe of Jersey City s famous smokestacks and two build ings could be seen.
 There were black specks atop one of the buildings that looked sus- piciously like human figures. It | seemed a safe gues that tomorrow the doctors records would show a surprising jump in eye diseases, tor II was a long, long aerial trail to the arena One could imagine 1nternes leading their patients to windows facing the arena whenever there was a tongue to be eXamlned-ano the patients following joyously.
 Two Flags Flying.
 In the arena, which from it top most tier flew at regular intervals the tri-color of France and the starry flag of America, an army of workmen put on the last touches.
 The ring was the scene of the greatest activity. The canvas cover ing was pulled taunt and the ropes bound with white flannel tape.
 About the ring experts were set ting up telegraph instruments which were to take tidings from the ring side around the glove over more thar a million miles of wires.
 Further back in the arena hun dreds of ushers in red caps ano food vendors in white coats bustlec busily. A rush on drug stores fol throat liniment impends tonight, fol the sandwich boys yelpcd their ware: with abandon. But they didn't nave Caruso voices, so what did it matter if a vocal chord did get stretched a few inches if sale were made!
 Movie Men On Job.
 Towering 20 feet above the rln' and more than 50 feet away was { rlatform for motion picture opcrat ors. Unlike the movie stand at Rent which blocked the view of the John son-Jeffries clash to several SCOT spectators who loudly protested, thl