New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-02

WIN cargo Vi wet Il0a Deans.
The battalions and divisions of fans,
came from all points OF the compass
in mighty swarm and made ready for
to-day's overwhelming descent upon
Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City
They thought, talked and dreamed of
only one thing-the battle of the ages.
to be fought at o'clock this after
noon between Jack Dempsey, OF the
United States, and Georges Carpenter.
OF France.
The great army of visitors, due to
the lack of horizontal sections OF
mahogany where fight fans were wont
to gather IN more bibulous days.
camped on street corners, in hotel lob
bies and in restaurants until long after
Broadway's electrical aurora boreahs
had fjckered out.
Fascinated with the festive indoor
ana outdoor sport of expressing dog
matte opinions as to the result of this
afternoons encounter, this array OF
temporary monomaniacs emitted a
mouthful that gave Father Knicker-
bccked such an earful that he arose
to face this epoch making day with
head that buzzed and throbbed like a
cellar full of Harlem hooch.
The business OF gauging out of-town
sentiment was not difficult. The fan
atics, representing various latitudinal
and longitudinal points between Ponta
del Gsda and Bocas del Zorro, were
overwh elmlngly of the opinion that
Jack Dempsey will stride out Of Tex
Richards octagonal arena this after
neon with his heavyweight champion
ship crown still hNnly glued to his
elose-cropped brunette dome.
IN o.1H Io,r-,, TvOo,I,t-o,, ~,
and theater belt, and in the darker
reaches Of the erstwhile Roaring For
ties, one could listen long and intently
without hearing q voice raised that
conceded the FYenchmau 4 Chinaman's
chance. The visitors unm stakably are
Dempsi6ed in their practical beliefs,
ana the man from Sioux City or Say
brook Junction usually comes to New
York with C. preconceived determine
ton 10 be uacompromisingly practical.
After rubbing the backs Of their fight
tickets, 10 see whether they were rough
or smooth, the sportive immigrants
from the provinces gave voice last
night to their practical opinions.
Hard 10 Understand
The collective ve~dict was that
Dempsey vii win by Knockout
Some believed that the wearer of the
tricoior would be pasted into tenn
porary oblivion in the first round
while others selected stanzas further
along in the tWclve-c haptered epic,
All, or nearly all, we're unaterably
convinced that the battle could have
but one iniSh--a PROSTATE challenger
and q victorious defender
A careful exploration Of the various
points whero cUt-of-town opinion
could he heard left the writer with
the very distinct impression that
Georges Carpenter is drawing VIZ
tually all of his support from New
Workers. Lc~doners and ParisianS.
The Why and wharefor Of this may be
left fer the reader to ponder over. i
presents nice psychological problem
From the West. the South and the
East have con a thousands Of fans or
q hectic pilgrimage to the battle
ground across the Hudson and they are
giving the champion vociferous sup
port-oraNy. They are not backing
their rhetorical explosions with cash.
Cornered by persons wishing to bet
real money on the challenger the out
cf-towners appeared yesterday to take
refuge behind involved arguments as
to whether Dempsey actually was
Stacker in 1918 and wheteher Carpen-
tier really was the man who won the
war
Up from the sun-kissed isle of Cuba
has come 2 flock of enthusiasts of &
decidedly Dempseyesque complexion.
The Cunans admit that they know but
little of the capabilities of Georges
the gigantic figure of Jess Willard
towering over the battered hulk of Jack
Johnson in Havana a few years ago
That left a lasting impression in the
vicinity Of the Caribbean.
Canada fnr DEMPSEY
Then The Cubans read Of the giant
being slashed 70 red, white and blue
ribbons and being left bloody and I'M
conscious on the floor of sun-broiled
ring in Toledo. They read that this
feat had been accomplished by man
named Dempsey: That impression OBJ
liberated the other one and was still
working so strong yesterday that the
sports from the island republic were
backing it with pieces Of eight and
other negotiable material from the
Spanish Main.
Charles Flynn, vice-president of the
great Hotel Sevilla, in Havana, arrived
ut the Commodore last night en- route
to q ringside seat and declared that 1T
vas impossible for him > see how
Dempsey could lose. Others from
Cuba are equally blind to any other
outcome Of the big quarrel. Among the
Cabans who are here for the fight are
inany wealthy planters and business
men and it was said along the dry
white way last night that they had
wagered large blocks of coin on the
champion. some Of them having placed
their bets at odds Of and to /.
George Wright, a prominent Cana
dian business man who lives in Toron-
to, is or hand for the big show and
brings word that Dempsey has carried
the Dominion by a large majority, d
Situation which seems to be at vari-
anee with the attitude taken by other
British possessions.
Peter A. Porter jr.. business man
Of Buffalo VIII carry to the ringside
this afternoon the firm conviction that
Dempsey will win in decisive fashion.
buffalo is we'll represented among the
visiting legions and here again the
leaning is all toward the champion.
John Russell, president IF the Cham
Ger Of Commerce in Detroit, is stop
ping at the Biltmore and he seems to
voice the feeling Of every one in that
guy, from Henry Ford down to the bat
BOY tor Ty Cobb's Tigers, when he says
win"
Mayor John Calvin, of Cincinnati is
mere for the fight, and, while he per-
scnally believes that the chances of
eSeh man are about equal the army Of
ohlans who have followed him east
@srl are about % per cent for Demp-