Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-02
THE BIG FIGHT
IN DETAIL

Ringside. Jersey City, July z.-tBy
the Associated Press. )-Gates to the
big tight opened at s:45 o'clock and
in popped the crowd. Through the
entrances on each side OF the big
wooden octagon poured h men and
one who today were TO witness
Jack Dempsey OF Anertca and
Georges Carpenter Of France do hattie
for the, heavyweight honors Of the
world and the plurnpest purse In his
tory.
The eaucer Of yellow pine, which,
When the sun was out, gAstened =
a giant bowl OF brass. was decked WITH
humanity. But, unlike an ordinary
saucer. 1t filed from the brtm down
instead OF the bottom up for the first
to arrive was the gallery god with the
pe-iscope who had camped ali
night outside the arena for the. prtvi-
lege Of paying Promoter Tex R4ckard
Ave dollars ard fifty cents
Women IN Bald Headed Row.
Gradually, however, the wave Of
humanity rolled down to the r!agst6e.
as the more ~plutocratic ticket holders
reached the stadium. Unlike the or
dtra-y show, todays performances. adj
ve-ttsed as Athe battle Of the century,
had no exclusive bald-headed row.
replaced by coiheurs par e1caEarce.
for women who recently had espcuscd
the boxers art had turned out tor to-
days carnival Of blows
Long Wait
+ The early corners eat down. 10 wall.
They found just three things to do.
Debate the weather prospecA which
r.tre the worlds greatest IN
which 10000 odd could nestle just an
cozily as the prove-btal sardines, and
speculate OF future ring history.
It was an idea! day for the spec
tators, for no one !onged for the
searching sun and ne one wanted it to
rain.
Travellers who landed IN HoH
Richards seventh circle Of seats
trimming the a~.apitheater, came aa for
the race track, with glasses to span
the 800 feet to the ring. Many car
rted SUE glasses. pillows, as many as
the old family sofa at home had held:
sandwiches and fans!
What the fight fans cav when they
arrived was a great hollow lined with
men and women, a great hollow IA
which the woolworta building could
have lain down without scarcely hav-
ing to draw In its neck, a great hollow
from the bottom Of which only Tire
! sky a fringe Of Jersey Citys famous
be seen.
City Hospital see@.
One Of these buildings was a fac
tory which snuggled in naghhor.y
fashion right up to the southwest Of
Mr.. Richards Aghnng parlor. The
other was the city hospital, on a blum
half a mile away.
In the arena, which from, it's top
most tier few at regular intervals the
%tri-color Of France and the starry nag
OF America, an army OF workrnen
were putting on the latest touches
The ring was b Of b great
lest activity. The IVA covering was
pulled taut and the ropes bound with
white flannel tape.
About the ring, experts were setting
Up telegraph instruments which ere
around the globe over more than =
million miles Of wire.
Movie Operators
Towering twenty feet above the
ring and more than fifty feet away
was a. platform for moving picture
operators Unlike the movie stand at
Reno which blocked the New OF tie
score spectators who loudly p-o-
tested, this one was he.d up by a slim,
steel girde- that appeared not to
hinder, the view Of the ring from any
seat
But the movie tower wasn't the
only aerial thing about the arena.
First there was the talk. Then there
were airplanes
Long Lane to ren
The elite OF the Tight crowd began
moving toward the arena at the o.
hour. A party Of t~werty,!ncluding
several United States senator's, was the
guest OF W. c.. Teag!e, president Of
the Standard Oh company OF New
Jersey.
A number OF chartered tugs and
private craft Of all kinds carried en-
thusiast4c crowds from lower Man
haitian to the Jersey shore during the
tronn hA1r