Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-02
SCENES At R|NGS|DE
BEFORE GONG SOUNDS
Yellow Pine Saucer Rapidly Fills
When Gates Open; Many
Women Present.
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Gates 10 the big nsht opened at a.4b
and In swarned the crowd. Through
!. the entrances on each aide of tho big
wooden cctaaon poured the men and
! women who to-day were TO Witness
. Jack Dempsey Of America and
: Georges Carpenter of France do bat
: tic for the heavy weisht honurs of the
world and the nlumpest purse In his
: tory.
Soon the SANGER of yellow pine
I when the sun was out, Rllstened like
n giant bowl of bsSsss. was tiirked with
humanity. Hut unlike an ordinary
saucer. II fiied from the brim down
instead Of from the bottom up for
the first to arrive was the gallery
/, god with the retiscope eve who had
camped all night outside the arena
for the privilege Of paying promoter
Isickard Ave dollars and ATTY cents.
, Gradually, however, the wave of
humanity rolled down to the ringside
as the more plutocratic ticket holders
/ reached the stadium.
The early coifiers sat down 10 walt
, They found just three things to do.
9 debate, the weather prospects, which
3 in the morning appeared dubiuusi ad-
, niire the worlds greatest arena In
[ which 10000 odd could nestle just as
coyly az the provcrbial sardines and
speculate on future ring history.
J A snltry day had followed humid
I night. The sun tried to pierce the
: screening clouds that gave a con-
stant threat of rain then gave up the
attempt after brief unsuccessful
effort. II was an ideal day for the
: spectators. for no one longed for the
: scorching sun and no one wanted it
. to rain.
After sitting for hours in a wooden
pit beneath a lowering sky; the army
!. nf spectators shrugged the kinks out
. Of their backs. polished their glasses
and prepared 20 view the worlds
/ greatest fight in the worlds greatest
/ arena.
) When champion and challenger
r later usurp the stage, it will be under
: the gaze Of one Of the most refns rk-
> able fight crowds ever assembled
crowd that came frvm the four corn
Z ers of the earth. crowd which EN-
! braced notables IN every walk Of life,
| A crowd In which thousands Of women
Q waited as eager eyed as men for that
test Of strength and skill which would
come when the champion Of the old
world met the champion Of the new.
The first preliminary, an eight
: round bout was put on early In an
effort by Promoter Rickard 10 clean
up the preliminaries 30 permit an
early start Of the championship bout,
An airplane circled low over the
stands taking pictures, az the gena
. sounded
! Bv noon the four rews Of $3.50
seats had been fitted and all the stand :
. ing space about the outer r1m was
occupied
The SO. SIS. $40. tab $40 aud $40
zecttons also we're nearly full and a
! vas every moment getting fresh
dropa
no the are~a with it, topnarsst tier
decorated al regular intervals with
! the tfiacolor Of France and tho star
~ Gag Of America an army Of work.
nfen were putting on the laat touches.
Richard said at II o'olock that no
counterfeit tickets had been presented
vi to that time, lie added that good
| sales were reported from his head
quarters IN Madison Square Garden
and at the arena gates.
No Decision 20 be Given.
The bout under the boxing law Of
New Jersey will be- 1s-round no de-
Icls.on contest. No ofilcial decision can
bc rendered in such contest If both
boxers are on their feet at its close
IN a championship hight the title would
a. the contenders might be punished
provided both were on their feet at
the conclusion.
John Dempsey, brother OF the
champion. took seat at the ringsfie
at i14s.
Women were prepared today to dc
more than watch the Dempsey Car
pentier punching contest. Several of
them covered it for their papers
taking their seats in the press section
The ring was the scene of greatest
activity. The canvas covering wa,
pulled taut and the ropes bound with
white flannel tape, About the ring
experts were setting up telegraph in,
struments which were to take tiding,
from the ringside around the glob,
over more than a million miles O
! wires
Further hack in the arena hundred;
: Of ushers in red caps and food vender.
: in white coats hustled busily.
Towering twenty feet above the rims
more than fifty feet away was a plat
2 form for moving picture operators
J The movie tower wasn't the only thinf
about the arena. First there was tn.
talk. Then there were airplanes
The first two circled at a good alti
: tude but did not pass directly ovei
the stadium but back toward New
York.
The five dollar boys were preceded
into the a1npbitheatre by another whit.
coated battalion of peanut and soda
pop vendors. There were 80 many o.
these white jacketed youths that il
, appeared the soda dispensers wer,
holding a national convention.
The crowd was extraordinaril,
, quiet for a fight audience. During tn,
, first bout there was hardly a soune
! but the clang of the gong and tn,
, thud of blows. There was a sigh a,
of relief as the bout ended. The Grove
arose and stretched after its first tast
er.
The second bout between Packe,
o'Gatty and frankie Burns, bantam
weights, followed Immediately.
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LETTERS ON ESTATES.
Register of Wills Isaac r. Brown