New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-03

noon the tidal wave increased in vol
ume and there was hardly sign of
break in the oncoming ranks twenty
minutes before Dempsey and Carpenter
entered the ring
Those who gathered about the big
arena before dawn were folk with SIS
to pay for seat on the pine peaks
that formed the horizon for the bat
tie scene. Admission to this altitu-
dinous section was sold from trucks
stationed just outside the police lines.
The tickets were placed on sale about
the hour that Jersey City milkmen were
getting on the job, and when the gates
20 the arena were opened at o'clock
in the morning the skyline spectators
most of them armed with binoculars
swarmed in and began the climb to
the heights. BY the time the holders
of the more expensive pasteboards ar
rived there wasn't SIS admission
to be had.
Policemen said that many women
had been waiting since before dawn to
purchase the cheapest admittance to
the bowl
Outside the arena hundreds of hawk
ers sold everything from chewing
gum to alleged binoculars and they did
and 25 cents each. The 25-cent type
was an enticing imitation of the kind
used in the navy, while the ones sold
for dime were diminutive opera
glasses.
According to the folk who invested
heavily in the glasses they made the
ring appear farther away than ever.
At noon the $40 seats just below the
fives had filled and the crowds began
a oiTCr INTO
where the price increased in $40 jumps
until the half century was reached.
There were spaces in the $50 rows
when Joe Humphreys announced the
hrst prellminaries soon after the
many factories surrounding "Boyles
Boiling Acres" had blown the noon
whistle
The great river of fight fans flowing
Jerseyward originated for tho most
migrated from New Yorks shore be-
tore ten were able to make the west
ward trip in anything like comfort
Although many extra ferrvboats were
operated on the Hudson and trains
were started out of the tube terminals
at barely a minutes Roadway, both
means of transportation were taxed to
the limit. Tugs, lighters and all man
ner OF motorized river craft were
crowds from Manhattan to the Jersey
side. Those who attempted to cross
aboard ferries with automobiles found
themselves in helpless jam and many
of them, when they found it was i'm
possible to get over on the lines oper-
ating from lower Manhattan, made
trenzied dash to Fort Lee in hopes of
crossing there. Conditions were little
better uptown for the motorists and
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New York side and mingled with the
throngs making their way to the arena
on foot
Even when the ringward rush was
at its height the only congestion at
the turnstlle was caused by the
extraordinary precautions taken to
guard against counterfeit tickets.
The crowd, once inside, was probably
the most orderly that ever attended
great sporting event After the fans
found their seats they sat down quietly
and goodnaturedly waited for the ap-
pearance Of the Champion and the
Challenger.
When band perched high up on the
western slope of the bowl struck up
Maggie Murphy's Home" the crowd
sang. but the rough stuff flung down
by prize fight gallery gods when they
are feeling fit was entirely absent. If
there was an unpleasant or offensive
incident it missed the attention of the
writer.
When Joe HUMPHREYS, red of face
and perspiring, climbed into the spot
less ring to introduce the principals
in the first preliminary, he received
only calm and casual greeting. There
was little clapping, little cheering
and few razzy remarks from the upper
hIlt hot oil al
phries nor the fghtersa couple of
lightweight appeared to mean any
thing and the first bout was watched in
indifference. The fans appeared re-
lieved when it was over.
Hardly round of applause greeted
The second preliminary, and the spec
tators still seemed more interested in
the band than in what was going on in
the ring.