The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-27
.NA|IYN0MEN
TO Witness
BIG Battle.
Site for the Contest Of
fers Every A yantage
For the Crowds

est arena ex sRlckard has built Is
ready to accommodate approxi-
mateiy 70,00o.spectators when Cham
pion jack Dempsey meets Georges
Carpenter in Jersey City July Q.
Since April % more than 600 work
menshaYe been distributed over all
sections o. the huge ocatgonal sau-
Ger which grew daily under their
tattooIot hammers until today when
their labor was completed. Tho
great reinforced structure covering
nearly third Of the tract known as
eBoyies Thirty Acres" awaits the
inspection OF government engineers
and ths installation Of telegraph
wires through which millions of per
sons. compared to whom the 10000
actual Spectators will be numerical
IL insignificant. will see the Battle
OF the Century through their minds
We, \
twenty-five minutes from Broad
way and 42nds street, more ad-
yantaseous site for the contest cOud
not have been chosen. Tube trains
under tie Hudson river will carry
thousands Of persons to stations
near the arena. Ferry boats will
carry more thousands across the
river from Manhattan trolley CEN
ters IN Jersey City within easy
reach 81 the battle ground. More
than a dozen trunkliue railroads
withsJerseys City as a terminal will
bring thier quota from distant
places. Several trans-continental
railroads with yards only a few
blocks away from Boyles Thirty
Acres win park special trains OF
Pullman cars on convenient sid
ings which enthusiasts from dis
tant points viii use for shelter dur
ing their stay ere.
The arena Is the largest ever built
by Richard or an oth'er promoter
for & boxing contest. 1t exceeds by
far the amphttheatre in which JEFF
fries and johnson met in 1910 at
Reno, New. and also the one where
less Willard lost his title to Jack
Dempsey; at Toledo, O., two years
ago! Il has been built at a cost Of
100000. Two and half million
feet 81 lumber equal to ATS miles
81 boards laid end to end or about
i40Scar loads, have been used'in the
construction.
setters than ever before at a box
trs bout, holders Of reserved seats
VIII be protected at Jersey City on
July 81 4 ong experience in the psy'
chology3 OF fight crowds. has taught
TseS Rielsarfi the wisdnm Of precau-
tiong Fences. with bsrbdeI RGa
barricades will mark the limits Of
the various seat sections, to which
the CROWD will have access trough 20
entrances. Every seat, except the
$5fgeneral admissions has been re-
served and the holder Of $50 or q
$40 seat will enter and walk to the
desired point Of vantage with as
much; easerand certainty. Richard as
stres. as the purchaser of an orches
TIA seat In a metropolitan theater.
Advance sales have indicated that
a:greater proportion of women will
attend the bout than has ever been
Tia case in a title match heretofore.
Rickard has declared that nearly
one fourth Of the crowd Will be
composed Of feminine spectators.
Boxes Immediately in rear OF the
so seats, have been constructed
WITH thefaim Of accommodating box
parties conf rtably.
Numerous groups Of officials, In
cluding Governor Edwards Of New
Ierseys and his staff; Mayor Hague
n Jersey City. and possibly Harry
II. Dansherty, attorney general OF
ne United States, will add to the
color and the quality 81 the unusual
Ehrong.
Only in the varying distance at
which the different priced seats are
located from the ring, will they
yafysinI desirabiliay. Persons in eV-
eryspart OF the arena will have a
clear view OF the boxers through
out. From the ring, raised about
tive feet above the level of the
ground thejseats extend in gentle
slope upward 81, every direction for
apppcxinh teIy 800 feet, making the
breadth OF the arena from side to
side slightly more than 600 feet.
The structure at its most distant
point 1888 feet high.
Fans, curiosity-seekers and the
hangersson, familiar to every box.
ing crowd have made life a bit irk-
some for the force Of watchmen,
whom Rechard has installed at the
arena on day and night shifts, for
protective purposes. Refreshments
tents and booths for those who will
vend esoft drinks, peanuts, crack
erjack and souvenirs" have been
erected outside the big enclosure,
within the past week. War prices
for these commodities may prevail
but as vet none Of the vendors has
had the temerity TO flash menu or
give an milling Of the cost of edIbles
TO the intending purchaser.
inside and outside the arena
the big bout promises to furnish
the most colortnl scene which the
patrons q boxing ever have Wit
legged. ! S :. I