New Britain herald., 1921-07-02
.9l,600 FIGHT FANS
 WATCHING CONTEST
Preliminary Bouts Take Attention
 Of Early Arrivals
CARPENTER GETS LOST
Frenchman, On Arrival At Great Arena, Baffled By Its Vast Size and is Rescued By Two Guides Who Pilot Him to Room.

and is Rescued By Two Guides
 Who Pilot Him to Room.
 Ringside, Jersey City, July (By Associated Press) The carnival of blows, for which tens of thousands had massed today about little IS foot ring in Jersey City, opened at 12:10 with preliminary bouts that served as cocktails for the feast the battle between Jack Dempsey of Am erica and Georges Carpenter of France for the heavyweight boxing title of the world. < =
 Curtin Seems Winner.
 The first bout was between Mickey Delmont and Jackie Curtin.
 In accordance with the New Jer- sey boxing law no decision was ren- dered by the referee at: the end of the first preliminary between Johnny Curtin and Mickey Belmont, feather weights but Curtin was generally conceded to have outpointed Del mont.
 The crowd was extraordinarily quiet for fight audience. During the first bout there was hardly a sound but the clang of the gong and the thud of blows. There was a sigh as of relief as the bout ended. The crowd arose and stretched after its first taste.
 The second bout, between Packey O'Gatty. and Fran1ie Burns, ban tamweights, followed immediately. II Rain Ceases.
 At 1915 it began to sprinkle 1 The railbird, with nothing but the wide, wide world behind him was the only man who dared to raise an umbrella. .
 In few minutes the sprinkle ended. Women in sport clothes some of them wearing flowers, sighed with relief.
 , Just before the third preliminary bout started, Governor Edwards en- } tered the arena. Hail the chief cried the announcer through the ann lplifier and the crowd "hailed" show ing it's first enthusiasm of the day. . 1,6OO Seats Filled. Announcement was made at 1880 ) that the house was sold out-mean- ing that the 91,600 seats were oc- cupied.
 Frankie Burns had an advantage on points in the second eight round z preliminary.
 ! The third preliminary brought to- ' gether Joe Metranger of New Or leans and Babe Herman, of Cali = fornia, featherweights. A patch of
 blue sky appeared at 1:30.
 Third Bout Stopped
 The referee stopped the third bout
 in the fifth round when Metranger
 was hanging on the ropes. . . The fourth bout was between Dick IGriffin, Fort Worth, Texas, and Benny . Coster, New York oantamweights.
 As the afternoon began to a life
 size start, the mercury stretched a bit,
 when the human heat of 91,60O pack u ed into the arena added it's calories . to that of the sun, thoroughly yelled by clouds.
 | Carpenter Gets Lost Carpenter entered the arena at ? " o'clock He went immediately to his l. dressing room.
 Il He lost his way on reaching Boyle S l. Thirty acres. He stood outside puzzled
 as to which entrance to take. Two = guides went out and piloted him in - Francois Descamps, the iFrenchman' S Il manager, entered the arena talking to j. himself with Parisian abandon and gesticulating as he marched to the 6 dressing room a few feet ahead of the n challenger. -. It Carp's arrival was unnoted by all II sve nine of the 90,600 odd spectators d They raised a cheer but the midget tt demonstration soon. was: over. The ; challenger looked as dapper as ever l. He was. wearing a gray suit and cap
 to match.
 Il About ? o'clock the crowd began n shedding it's coats and it soon became
 a shirtsleeve party.
 Fourth Bout Stopped
 The fourth bout was stopped when
 Coster was kneeling on the ring floor r Light heavyweights, Gene Tunney
 and Soldier Jones were the principals Is l. in the fifth bout
 e Flowers For Dempsey. n At 2:15 there arrived at the : ringside for Dempsey a great flora : horseshoe inscribed success" It was r composed of red carnations ane
 gladiolas.
 V A slight rumpus broke out in one r section but soon was queted. Alp e parently the dispute was over sea - tickets.