The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-02
INTEREST OF THE
 ENTIRE WORLD IS
 CENTRED ON BOUT
(Continued from Page Onc)

(Continued from Page One) where he is almost equally popular; South America and the Far East all will be represented.
 All past impressions of huge fight crowds and the attendance feature of interest as impressed upon the mental retna of veteran boxing au- thorities fade before the magnitude of present scenes. Reno, with it's gath ering for the Johnson -Jeffries class; Havana, the site of the Willard Johnson battle, and Toledo, where Dempsey wrested his present title and ring honors from Jesse Willard, of- fered nothing that compares with the night before scenes before the Demp- sey-Carpentier battle.
 Greatest of All
 Great as were these heavyweight championship contests and the as semblies that witnessed them, the contest but a few hours away ap- pears to exceed in pugilistic possi- bilities. attendance and gate receipts --spiced with an air of mystery sur rounding the person of Georges Car peHlleT-dny Ol tue JULIUS lOi tnt tlAiS since the day when the idol of the ring. John L. Sullivan. fell before "Gentleman Jim' Corbett at New Or | leans.
 l The outcome of the battle appears to be the one and only subject of discussion and controversy among millions of persons who normally take only the slightest interest in matters pugilistic.
 | Sentiment Fnvors Georges Sentiment appears to lean strongly | in favor of Carpenter, probably be- cause of the halo of heroism that the war has given him. However, but a very small percentage of the French mans well-wishers care to carry their enthusiasm to the point of bet l ting on him to win. Dempsey Is 2h to 1 favorite in the wagering. and there are thousands of dollars of uncovered wagers here tonight, although betting by the Frenchman's supporters has increased noticeably within the past few days.
 | Many expert followers of pugilism express surprise that the spread in odds Is not greater, as Carpentier is as much ''man of mystery" on the eve of the battle as he was the day he landed on the Isle of Manhattan preparatory to training for the cham pionship clash. After weeks of the closest application and effort on the part of the boxing writers and au- thorities, virtually little is seen in tho real ring ability of the French challenger.
 | A 'Nrnn of Mystery"
 His few public training exhibitions in hiA camp at Manhasset, L. l., have shown little that was not generally known before. Lightning fast afoot, possessing powerful right-hand punch which he can shoot from varI- ous angles, and a well-musclei body. except around the mid-section. he appears to be at best middleweight with the legs of a heavyweight. Of his ability to take punishment from a terrific hitter of Dempsey's calibre little is known and much doubt is 1 expressed.
 No question arises regarding Car pentier's courage or gameness. This he has demonstrated both In the ring and on the battlefield Tn ring strategy and skill he also stands high. and should he elect to box a stand-off contest, taking full advan- tage of his speedy foot work and | clever boxing, Dempsey will find a | ioi uiilCi ciit VRPohCht eV tOPc s~ieu than was the case when he faced Willard. Fulton and Brennan.
 h Dempsey's Favor
 The champion also has hts speciaf points of recommendation from a ring standpoint Dempsey is ter rife hitter with either hand and from any angle. He does not need to draw back his arm to shoot a blow. In- stead he starts his punches from al- most any point of the arc of attack, and although the fist travels but few inches, so great IS the power of CO., ordinated muscles and weight of body that the result is appalling. Another Dempsey asset Is his pe- culiar crouching form of attack with it's puzsling weaving in and out of the head and body, making q diff cult target to hit squarely. He has also shown ability to take hard blows and respond within a fraction of second with a still more crushing counter without the slightest evil dence of injury or loss of spead Occasionally Dempsey abandons his crouching form of boxing and elects to stand. erect. Under these condi- tons 1t has been proved that he Is not . hard man upon whom to land blows with full power. Even under these conditions. however. spempsey has not within recent years. shown signs of faitering under such bonn bardment.
 Considered in . general way. 1t said that Carpenter Is the better and faster boxer, both with glove and afoot. while Dempsey reverts to soms extent to the older type of fighters. always willing to take a blow in or- der to land one.
 Jack ts Heaviest.
 1 If 1t should prove that tomorrow's 1 encounter is contested along these l lines, Dempsey will have the advan- taee of At least 20 extra pounds of