The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-03
:Teeming Thousands
Sweat and Wait for
Entry "Conquering
Hero In Wooden Boul.

in which the Woolworth building
could have been laid down with
scarcely having to draw in its neck,
a great hollow from the bottom OF
which only the sky, a fringe OF
Jerseys famous smokestacks and two
buildings could be seen.
one of these buildings was fac
tory, which snuggled in neighborly
fashion right up to the southwest OF
Mr.. Richards fighting parlor. The
other was the city hospital on q
bluff half a mile away.
There were black spots atop TINS
hospital that looked suspiciously like
human figures. 1t seems safe guess
that tomorrow the doctors would
show surprising jumping eye diseases
for it was a long, long, aerial trail to
the arena One could imagine in"
ternes leading their patients TO win
dows facing the arena whenever there
was a tongue to be examined-and
the patients following joyously.
Starry Flag and Tri-Color Kiss
From the arena on its topmost tier
flew at regular intervals the tri-color
Of France and the starry flag OF
America, an army of wornnen were
putting on the last touches.
Tie ringside was the scene Of the
greatest activity. The canvas covering
was pulled taut and the ropes bound
with white flag-net tape.
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ting up telegraph instruments which
were to take the tidings from the
ringside around the globe over more
than a million miles Of wires.
Moving Picture Cameras
Farther back in the area, hundreds
Of ushers in red caps, and food vend'
ors in white coats hustled busily. A
rush on drug stores for throat lini
ment impends tonight, for the sand
wich boys helped their wares with
abandon.
Towering twenty feet above the rims
and more than fifty feet away was
a platform for moving picture oper'
ators. Unlike the movie stand a.
Reno which blocked the view Of tbs
Johnson-J Jeffries clash TO severa
score Of spectators, who loudly pro
tested, this one was held up by
slim steel girder that appeared moi
TO hinder the view OF the ring from
any seat.
Aerial Scavengers on ID. III. List
But the movie tower was not th'
only aerial thing about the arena
First there was the talk Then there
were airplanes.
The first two appeared shortly be
fore 10 o'clock. They circled at
good altitude but did not pass directl!
over the stadium. Apparently the!
concluded they wouldn't waste gaso
line, until something was doing II
the ring, for with a snort they turned
and scurried back toward New York
Ringside men confined themselve
carefully to technical details and tn
women analyzed the boxers looks
! The fighting jaw Of the American
which they had come to know in IN
movieg apparently fascinated some
with others, 1t was the smile Of IN
dashing young Frenchnan that cas-
the spell.
Women Gasp for Greek God
There were many gasps Of dsma
when word was passed down the lin
that Carpenter, described by one Enc
lish writer as a Greek god with
punch, would fight without his wavy
blonde pompadour, which had gon
the way OF all pompadours, when
serious match was at hand. Indeed
after hearing all of the accounts c
how Jack was growing whiskers I
protect his jaw and Georges ma
shorn his locks, so that he coul
not be towed around the ring by then
a spectator wondered II he would b
able to recognize the fighters whe
they entered the squared circle
their DISCUSSES.