Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1921-07-02

mission pasteboards, will go on sale
| early in the morning. The early
| birds" sleep on their feet tonight.
A larger percentage of feminine en-
thusiasts will be in the crowd tomor-
row than has ever been the case here.
tofore The women who will be main
ly in the higher-priced seats, will
come as meIfbers of parties which
| promise to make tomorrow's crowd
| the most colorful in ring history.
! City and state officials will be pres
ent in boxes. Men of note in the arts,
sciences, professional and business
callings are here for the bout.
And all the while, United States
Revenue officials smile. Tomorrow
| bout, when amusement taxes, SUR
taxes and half dozen other varities
Of taxes are deducted, will net the
government about $50O,0O0, which is
approximately what the boxers will
receive for II rounds or less of action
with eight-ounce gloves.
The bout will be a no-decision af-
fair, as required under the law of
New Jersey. This fact has been main
| ly responsible for the highest wager
ing on heavyweight bout in years.
| The title can change hands only on a
] knockout or foul Odds which
! made Dempsey to l favorite weeks
ago, have not shifted appreciably, ac-
cording to Wall Street brokers, with
plenty of Dempsey money to cover the
small influx of French backing which
has come from the other side.
b Trainers of both boxers in state
ments tonight declared that>the men
! are ready. Questioned about the cut
over the eye which Dempsey received
in tralng four weeks ago, Teddy
Hayes, the champions chief handler,
declared that it had healed satisfac-
torily and that no trouble from il
was expected. The camps of both
men have been quiet places for the
| past two or three days. With the
| increasing vigilance of Manager Fran
co.'s Descamps at Manhassett, Car
| pentier might as well have been on
a desert isle so far as the desired
| privacy was concerned. .
| IMAM OF MYSTERY"
| The nature of the Frenchman's
|
| ling for his appearance in public only
twice week, has surrounded the bout
with more uncertainty than ever has
been the case before. A sort of mys
terry surrounds the Frencbman which
even experienced newspaper men
| have been unable to fathom. 1t has
been generally believed that Carpen.
tier has done most of his serious Work
| in private more or less camouflaging
/ on press days, his real condition
/ The whole campaign of secrecy, pro
badly inspired by the willy Descamps
has succeeded in making Carpenter
the Man of Mystery
Dempsey, apparently, is almost as
fit physically as the day on which
he met Jess Willard, although IL is
recognized that a boxer comes TO q
supreme fighting point once in his
life. Many believe that this point in
Dempsey's career was reached on
that blistering afternoon in IoIeut
two years ago However, he will en-
ter the ring tomorrow at almost ex
actly the same poundage as against
Willard and apparently just as strong
His footwork and defensive tactics
have been speeded up in the past
three weeks by fast rounds with the
featherweights and lightweights OIL
his sparring staff Overconfidenct
and "staleness" have been the two
main hazards the champions handlers
have sought to avoid. Dempsey, tive
days ago, to the eye, was anything
but stale. Whether he is over-confi
dent, only tomorrow's action will tell
Indications point to the fact that il
will be short bout. Carpenter
himself expressed that belief several
weeks ago. Dempsey enters the rine
heralded as the hardest hitter thu
game has ever seen. But in Uarpen
tiers right hand is reposed Il kick
which, according TO Joe Jeanette
and other authorities" that have fell
its force. is sufficient to drop the man
on whom lands with full force.
If the bout goes past the fourti
round, Carpenter is considered likel,
to last out The bout and not unlike.
lv to gain the unofficial neWSpape