The Washington times., 1921-07-02


unprecedented plans for handling TIL,
great crowd with dispatch.
Long before the gates OF the grea
4 arena were opened to the earl,
! comcrs a ''deadlfne" was established
four blocks in every direction. will
l.4o0 policemen and 1remen on dut,
10 guard the territory.
No one without a ticket to the figh
or legitimate reason for penetrat
Ing the lines was permitted to pasi
through. Plain clothes men from
throughout the metropolitan distric
were on the job also. with orders q
pick up known crooks and with eye,
peeled especially for pickpock cts
Such persons were to be arrested or
sight and locked up until the fighI
! crowd dispersed. Ferries. trolley AMI
surface lines. and tube trains from
Manhattan were under the surveiI.
lance of picked men for the same
| reason. ss
NO shot DOGS,
Vendors of peanuts crackerjAck
and the ever familiar ''lemo" were no,
| allowed within the police lines around
the arena. and within the arena It.
self for the first time in pugilistic
history the ''hot dog" man was miss.
ing. The "hot dog" went 20 the
board because fire would have been
necessary TO serve him to the fghi
! ans. Instead the big crowd had tc
content itself with cold sandwiches
and colder drinks.
Fans entering the arena through
all OF its eight entrances were re.
lieved of newspapers. It was feared
that should thousands of discarded
| newspapers be dropped beneath the
seats fire would be Inevitable ss a
| result of the carelessness of smokers
Rather than deny the smoker his
right TO a fas or cigar. the "poip-
| ers" went into the discard.
Two hose companies were stationed
Just outside the arena. and fremer
with orders to keep n constant watch
| for the sign of blaze anywhere In
the big structure were on hand early
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL READY.
An emergency, hospital. with nurse,
and doctors in attendance, was the
last word In the way OF precaution
Cots--fifty of them were set up
under a canopy. and ambulsnces were
In attendance to rush serious cases
OF heat prostration or illness from
any other cause to nearby hospital
In his campaign against the rims
that attempted to blk the public
with counterfeit tiekuts for the big
fight, Promoter Tex Rickard arranged
for twenty expert engravers and
photographers TO be stationed at the
entrances to pass upon the legitimate
and bogus tickets. The decision OF
these men was to be fnal
Within the ar ma itself 400 police
men and 300 fremen were stationed
TO keep order and guard against
hre. The fact that the big night bowl
is built almost exclusively of dried
white pine was responsible for ex-
traordinary precautions against the
possibility of q blaze.
The small boy and the stripping
alike, as we'll as some OF their elders
who had planned to witness the night
from trees. telegraph poles or build
ings In the vicinity OF the arena
were doomed TO disappointment. For
their own protection and that OF
private or public property. all such
would-be witnesses OF the battle OF
the century were ordered down from
lofty perchea
DEMPSEY rs FIT.
Dempsey is ready. Regardless OF
the sinister insinuations that have
been made by various critics about
bis physical condition. the champion
is ft. He has trained for ten weeks.
This period of training has been too
long to suit Dempsey. vet he has
come through 1t in remarkable shape,
and II he showed a touch OF erouchi-
ness now and then, who could blame
himf IL has been merely the innpa-
tience and the nervousness OF nne
condition that cropped out
Carpenter. too, II in fre physical
trim. He is as finely drawn as is pos
sible for battler of his build and
inches. He will go into the ring
weighing about f72 pounds Against
100 to lo5 for Dempsey. He has
trained according to methods he has
found to suit his constitution during
fifteen years OF ring experience, and
the nstic public may rest assured that
he has overlooked nothing that might
help him wrest the worlds champion
ship from the bronred brow OF Jack
Dempsey.
Carpenter is confident. too. He has
nothing to lose; everything 10 gain.
He is cool as nice fat cucumber
planted in ice. according TO the volu.
BILE Descharnps, his manager. He be-
lieves that he will win and be hopNs
to DO 20 within nve rounds. SO sure
"a Desonamps that his French title
holder viii drop the big boy from
Salt Lake that he has asked Tar
Ricksrd for a cash fEure on q bout
between Georges and any challenger
Tax may select for Labor Day.
JACK CONFIDENT. TOO.
This confidence thing Ia not one
sided. however. The camp OF Jack
sempsey breathss confidence, too.
The champion, OF course. has all to
lose. and battling. now. Ia nothing