The New York herald., 1921-07-01
POPULAR DECISION MAY DECIDE BETS ON THE BIG f
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OFFICIALS WILL NOT STOP
FIGHT FOR WORLDS TITLE

cost an aggregate of s1,900.ooo. Then
II fs estimated that about $4,000 automo-
biles will be parked in Jersey City at ar
average fee of SIS. That adds S125, ,0Oc
to the total. There's no telling how many
of Harry Stevenss sandwiches and
cigars the crowd will consume. but II
will be a poor day for Harry is he
doesn't take at least $4,000 from $4,000
persons.
Thus it Is reclsoned that the persons
watching Messrs. Carpenter and Demp-
scy punch each other on the chin will
have paid at least S2,030,0O0 for the
privilege. And this does not presume to
take into account financial losses through
accidents. carelessness. the activities OF
pickpockets and other outlaws and such
unforeseen circumstances as may be
brought about by bad management and
so on. After the fight is history and
everybody has had chance to take
stock of themselves and theirs, much
more accurate compilation of the cost
statistics will be possible.
For some reason or other (and one
reason is as good as another) the erst-
while odds on Dempsey dwindled yes
terday. Up until yesterday the favortte
odds We're 8 to l. There was a week
when the supporters of Carpenter
asked and received to 1. And Car
pentier's friends were chary Of laying
their cash on his chances But yester-
day and last night-in Wall street and
the hotel corTidors-men began offering
considerable sums to back the French
boxer. Wall street betting commits
sioners professed to be surprised. but
they became more interested when they
found that as Carpenter money ap-
peared Dempsey money disappeared.
Odds Now to 4.
Some of them declared that erstwhile
Dempsey hackers have become nervous
and are seeking to counterbalance their
heavy wagers upon the American by
placing bets upon the Gaul. Despite
betting very little actual money was
posted However, the change in the
bettors' sentiment caused the old odds
to Ito disappear. Finally the noni-
nal quotations were posted as 2 to 1,
with Dempsey. of course, the favorite.
But while Dempsey money was sought
little If any was Forthcoming.
The Frenchmans supporters who had
been demanding AZ to 1 when the
Dempsey element was offering 81 to
went around yesterday morning look
ing for chances of laying to 8 against
Dempsey. w. L. Darnell reported hav-
ing a wad to bet on Carpenter at that
figure. Not single dollar of it was
covered by the hackers Of the Ameri-
can champion, however.
The only actual wagers placed yester-
day by either Darnell or by James w.
Ball & Co. were on the proposition that
Carpenter will not respond to the sixth
round bell. Money, said to come from
Dempsey's camp, was freely offered on
even terms on this proposal and was
moderately accepted by Carpenters fol-
lowers. Late in the afternoon Darnell
announced that he had the following
commissions to execute: Ore thousand
dollars against $4,000 that Carpenter
will be knocked out in the MT round ;
$1,000 to $4,000 that he will be knocked
out in the second; $1,000 to $4,000 that
$1,000 to $4,000 that he will be knocked
out in the fourth, and $4,000 even that
he will be put to sleep in the fifth.
The Jersey City police say that there
Is only one way to see this fight--to
present a bona fide ticket at the gate
and behave yourself when you do get
inside. They declare that they will per-
nit no viewing from neighboring trees
nor observing from convenient poles.
They even say they will try to keep
folk from nearby roofs.
But employees of the Columbia VIM
dow Shade Company say that the police
failed to take them into account when
writing the rules. The Columbia COM
pany occupies tall building at Flor
ence and Golden streets. 1t covers an
entire city block. 1t is the only such
building close enough to Boyle's Thirty
Acres to permit of such opportunity as
its inmates enjoy.
Tex Rickard and Corn Edwards, the
contractor who erected the stadium and
who happens to be Gov. Edwards's 8
brother, went to the Columbia people
and offered them $1,000 to close their
plant during the fight. That met with
rejection. Members of the company
we're offered tickets. They refused to
close the plant. Moreover they told
Rickard and Edwards that their en-
ployees would occupy the roof on the
afternoon of July 2. The contractor
threatened everything from a spite fence
to an injunction. But the employees of
the Columbia company will see the fight
for nothing.