Evening star., 1921-07-03
BY IRWIN S. COBB.

NEW YORK, N Y, July 1T is re-
. corded that once upon time Aaron
% Burr. being challenged by Alexander
Hamilton. bade Hamilton meet him
over in Jersey and there destroyed
his enemy. This afternoon. also. New
50 Jersey history, in a way of speak
>, ing, repeated itself, which is a habit
- to which history is addicted. Chal-
~ lenger and challenged met and again
the challenger lost the issue.
III; Posterity has appraised the loser
p'of that first duel as of more value
- than the winner, who survived. One
d is moved to wonder whether in the
present instance the analogy Will
Icontinue. Carpenter. an alien man
IS who does not speak our language
was the favorite of the crowd before
" the fight started and while II pro-
r,gressed. and, if l am one to Judge was
:. still Its favorite when he came OUT
. of il, summarily defeated though ne
was.
Dempsey. a native born, will never
forget, l am sure. the vast roar OF
appreciation which arose from th1rty
.,acreS of oSe-packed humanity
about him when. for half minute II
seemed that he was slipping toward
.,f defeat. The thing never happened pc
fore when an American champion
= fought before an American audience.
But then we never before had for d
champion a man whose war record
his lack of one rather-was question
ed.
Even so, and to the contrary. not
withstandng, he showed himself a
- better man. as a fighter. than the
WDempsey. who whipped Willard two
years ago at Toledo.
Won on Weight.
Carpenter was the soul of the fight,
but Dempsey was the body of it
Considering the thing purely in its
pugliStic aspects he won on merit
won because he was bigger and
stronger. because he had more en-
durance than the Frenchman. and be-
6. cause. as it turned out, he was al
most as fast upon his feet.
When the needs of the moment de-
e mandad he had speed. and was al
a most as clever boxer as his oppon-
.ent was. And to top all. he had a
7'.short-arm blow, using either arm at
2 will to deliver it. the like of which
has not been seen on this continent
:, since Stanley Ketchell passed out.
:. 1t was that drum-dre on his body
- which wasted Carpenters substance
of resistance, SO that when the de-
s.,cisive jolts reached his jaw he had
-naugnt left in him with which TO
~ weather the blast. He fought fairly,
did Carpenter. and like a gentleman.
He was licked fairly. and like a
gentleman. AS gentleman and a
fighter he bulks tonight as the man
the majority of the audience hoped to
win and for whom as gallant SOL
good luck through all his days. AS
= for Dempsey. unless this country
should go to war again. it seems
"our leading fighter for quite some
time to come.
Let US consider the matter chrono-
logically. as it were.
AT noon of the day when cham
plonShtp battle is to be fought two
hours later almost anything that
happens is news. A prominent music
hall performer entering unostenta-
tiously, accompanied only by his pri-
rNate photographer. his personal press
agent and his official announcer-one
Shsuch Just came in as I did-constitutes
"a thrill.
Worlds Biggest Arena.
=. Terra cling up beyond and behind and
p on every side of US rise the banked
tiers of the biggest amphitheater this
world has seen since the Caesars sat
In the Circus Maximus having their
GChristian martyrs fried on one side
i.It IS the biggest arena ever built of
q suredly were the weather as suItry as
usually 1T is in these latitudes it
would be the hottest. But the whimsi-
cal gods of the weather have been
6Oou ~ US lulS july Gay. L n
der London-colored sky, as gray and
almost as thick as fog. the center of
population of the United States, which
for this date has shifted from some
where in Indiana to New JERSEYS
chief city. finds a measure of com
Srparative comfort.
Actress ladies in makeup, and also
some few in civilian clothes jostle
against society leaders and those who
follow in their wake. The arts, the
sciences. the drama commerce, poll
J tics. the bench. the bar. the great
newly-risen bootlegging industry-all
these have sent their pink. their pick
I and their perfection to grace this
! great occasion. A calling over of the
names of the occupants of the more
.highiy-priced reservations would
sound like reading the first hundred
pages of who's Ballyhoo in America.
ig-Far away and high up behind them.
!; their figures cutting the skyline of
the mighty wooden bowl are perched
the pedestrian classes. They are on
the outer edge of events If not actual
ly in 1t.
Yawn at Preliminaries.
Bout after bout is staged. is fought
out, is finished Few know who the
fighters are and nobody particularly
cares Who is interested in flea
hitting contests when he came to see
"a combat between young bull
eiephants: Joe Humphreys. the
b. Aioi'oi >oSc vi Tic "lnUS, DulkS as
a greater figure of interest as he
hNouches for the proper identities of
tthese mute. inglorious preliminary
scrappers than do the scrappers
themselves.
Gov. Edwards of New Jersey comes
at 1880; the first good solid knock
down in the ring at 1:36. Both are
heartily approved with loud thunders
OF applause Not every one can be
the anti-dry, sport-loving rovernor
OF a great commonwealth, but a
Ferltahle nobody can win popular