The New York herald., 1921-07-04
DEMPSEY RUSHES TO
SEE FIGHT IN MOVIES
Deserts Idol WOrshippers to
View His Knockout of
Carpenter.
100000 PURSE is TIED UP.
Injunction Issued in Action
Over Film Play-RefOrmerS
Plan New Suits.

Where Dempsey battered Carpenter
into submission Saturday a flea har-
assed dog was snoozing yesterday
afternoon. His sorrel body stretched
out near where the Frenchman fell.
Away up aon the skyline, racing peril
ously along the lip of the arena, five
kids were playing tag and keeping out
of thesway Of fat watchman. A few
men, maybe twenty-coatless, shirtless
and completely overcome by the heat
were fiat on their backs in the long
pine tunnel connecting the ringsde
and Entrance C. Newspapers pro-
tected their faces from the flies. They
slept deeply. Coats adorned by watch
mems badges hung on nails near by.
A horde OF ragged children poked
around seeking prizes--broken hats,
wrecks of umbrellas empty TASKS. the
sleeve Of raincoat. a vanity bag,
piece of a dollar bill.
Here and there around the huge,
brutal bowl--now empty and ugly, but
flled on Saturday by 10000 heat sodden
men and women--policemen lolled
against the uprights. Strolling around
the boggy ground where the automobiles
had been parked, were a few men and
boys fighting It out again. II Carpen-
tier pronounced CarpenteerJ only had
a little more hcft above the waist. II
he'd been hitting anybody but Dempsey
If Dempsey is that easy for Wills to
hit. Somebody'll get Jack some
day. but not for few years yet.
Dempsey Is Well Guarded.
In the meantime the champion guard
ed like Mexican President on election
day took his ease in the Hotel Belmont
A dapper young man, who had a way
OF bending his head forward a triHe
every time he spoke of the mighty war
rior. was meeting all callers:
Mr.. Dempsey amt in at the present"
he said with the most gracious of smiles
"Mr. Dempsey and Mr. Kearns are out
In their car. Mr.. Dempsey Is relaxing
after his training and his magnificent
victory yestesiay over Georges Carpen-
tier, ciAampeen of Europe and light
heavyweight champeen OF the world
You can say in the paper, IL you want
10, that II Mr.. Dempsey had a mind TO
he could claim the title of light heavy
weight champeen OF the world being
that he won such a magnificent victory
over Georges Carpenter. who won the
title from Battling Levinsky in three
rounds in Jersey City.
Mr. Dempsey wishes to excuse him
salf from gentlemen of the press. His
doctors order rest and quiet for a spell.
Mr.. Kearns was telling other gentlemen
from the press that you may say in the
paper that Mr.. Dempsey was in bed at
10 $50 last night and slept like a baby.
This morning he went To early mass. Mr..
Kearns says, and to-day the champeen
IL making a few society calls on his
friends.
"Mr. Kearns also said that he wanted
TO get Mr.. Dempsey away from the city
soon. Maybe he will 60 to Atlantic City
for a few days, Mr.. Kearns didn't say"
Ready for willard Any Time.
Willard" replied Kearns. Sure
we'll fight willard any time 1t can be
arranged In few days we'll go West
probably out to the coast, stopping off
r. salt Lake City TO see Dempsey's folks.
Dempsey? Well. to tell you the truth he
had to move--so many people coming to
see him. you know. Had to get out SOS
he could get some rest. You see the last
lvo years have been busy ones for the
champ. Not much chance to relax. I'm
going TO sec that he gets good vaca-
tion this time. But as soon as he rests
UP we'll take on Willard.
''Tie and Mike Trant. his pal. had a
reunion this morning with the police
dogs they gave him. and this afternoon
Jack and Mike take the car and go over
to Newark. What do you think they
went for? To see the movies OF yester-
days fight"
The Rev. Wilbur Crafts. superintend-
ent CT tie International Reform Bureau.
passed TIE day telling Jersey City con-
sregations what he and his colleagues
purpose doing now that. despite his pro-
tests. the bout took piaNe anyway Mr..
Crafts announced that Tire bureau would
go before the New Jersey Legislator
next January prepared 10 relegate prize
fighting TO the limbo OF ''polygamy and
prostitution"
There wer, 10000 criminals at that
fight" said Mr.. Crafts. Including the
Roosevelt family. / except only the po-
1icemen and the detectives and othe.
members of our bureau who went to that
fight with a view TO equipping them
selves with material with which to battle
prize fighting.
1T Is likely tnat we snail cause the
arrest OF ono OF our own people--one
OF the attaches of the bureau who went
there to get evidence. We may prefer
charges against him and have him plead
Not guilty In order that there may be
n trial and give us additional material
with which to work. II will establish
n precedent that will be useful to us in
our future work"
Carpenters pay for his brief tussle
with the huge American--s200, ,000--was
turned over 10 him Immediately after the
nght. ft was Tex Richards check on
the Guaranty Trust Company. Before
the F'renchman leaves America he will
pay something more than $4,000 10 the
Bureau OF Internal Revenue by way OF
income tax.
Dempsey's money-ss00. 900. or as
much as the President of the United
States gets for four years hard work.
remains In the Guaranty Trust Com
sany's vaults because OF an attachment
bbtained by Frank p. Spelman. presi-
Gent of the International Gypsum Com
fany. who asserts that Dempsey owes
Aim a large sum for his services in con-
rection with the motion picture film
'Dare Devil Jack" in which Dempsey
bumped q whole flock of heroines into
happiness and slugged whole police
forces into unconsciousnes
Various clergymen referred 10 the
fight in their sermons yesterday. The
Rev. Dr. Christian f. Reisner, pastor OF
the Chelsea Methodist Episcopal Church. |
deplored the fact that $500 a day was
raid TO so-called fighter who had not