The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-04
By HENRY VANVE

Motion pictures of the Dempsey Carpenter fight at Jersey City last July are in Birmingham. They will remain in the state until the film is worn to shreds and junked. W. J. Rudolph. representing Tex Rickard. promoter of the big scrap brought the film into Alabama, and was promptly fined by Judge Robert Irwin. federal judge of the southern dis trict at Mobile. This fine marked the only penalty for which Rickard and his associates are liable, that of transporting the film from one state to another. As they cannot be mo- tested twice on the same count, and as they do not intend taking the film out of Alabama again, it means that fans in all cities of the state will be given the opportunity of wit messing the battle of the century" The films are to be shown in Bir- mingham at an early date, according to an announcement by Mir. Rudolph.
 Saturday morning, psiyate show ing of the fight picture was held at the Rialto theatre, and quite a num- Der of invited guests were present at the initial showing. I was doubiy interested in the presentation of the film, for I had some friends along, and wanted the celluloid to bear me out in my assertions that Carpenter hurt Dempsey in that famous second round. It was almost as good as living over again the scenes in Jer- sey on that sweltering July afternoon when I covered the fight for The Age e-Herald from a vantage point of 8 press seat near the ring-side.
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 The film is really remarkable bit of motion picture photography. The camera men shot the actual fight rectly over ring side, and the blur big sport happenings is conspicuous by it's absence. Carpenters famous right to the jaw, which momentarily staggered Dempsey is clearly in evil dence. Every blow of the famous four-round battle is to be seen, and in some instances it's effect on the crowd, as the camera shows the 90,00G fans rising to their feet in the huge cone-shape stadium, when an exciting moment arrives.
 Close-ups of the champion and the Frenehman are shown, as they begin training for the big affair. Their training camps at Manhasset and At lantie City are pictured. and the &C., tivities in each camp prior to the big test are shown. Every move of train Ing on the part of the champion and challenger are shown, including some hectic bouts with sparring partners. The camera caught the surge of hu- manity towards Jersey City on that memorable afternoon, the thousands lined up awaiting the opening of the pine board stadium, and then inter- esting moments at ringside, where David Belasco entertains a party of friends, where the corpulent Irwin Cobb mops his brow and hammers on a typewriter at ring side, in giv- ing wonderfully humorous account of the struggle.
 Then come the actual scenes of combat, showing that Dempsey, had he cared to become venturesome, could have ended the fight in the first round. The surprising second round. where Carpenter, after a short rest, summons every ounce of strength and gameness and sends a blow home that he had expected would end the fight-a terrible right to the chin. Dempsey is rocked but goes into the clinch. In the third round the champion batters his foe into submission. The expression on