The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-02
Thousands Will Witness the Bat
tie of the Century Between
the Big Bruisers.
HAVE COME FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD
Larger Percentage of Feminine
Enthusiasts Will Be Pres
ent Than Ever Before.
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1 @NH w Io1lA, July lack Demp-
sey, of Salt Lake City, the world
heavyweight champion boxer, and his
challenger, Georges Carpenter. of
Lens, France, European heavyweight
champion, are ready for their battle
Of the century" in Richards arena, at
Jersey City, tomorrow afternoon. Only
light work has been INDUCED in by
both boxers for the past two or three
days, during which they have been
gradually getting away from the more
drastic training exercises.
The largest crowd of spectators that
ever witnessed a heavyweight bout for
the worlds championship will invade
Jersey City. For the past week special
trains, motor cars, ocean liners and
all other modes of travel have been
bringing to the metropolis from all
parts of the world thousands who will
surround the ring in Tex Richard 8
mammoth wooden bowl. Hundreds Of
the visitors from the west and distant
points, are using Pullman cars parked
IN railroad yards near the arena as
temporary hotels. Hundreds more
have crowded leading New York ho-
tells, until reservations tonight were
virtually unobtainable. Manhattan cit
henry, too will furnish a large part of
the crowd which will pay to Tex Rick
ard more than s1,000,000 in gate re-
ceipts.
Theaters and other amusement
places, as well as hotels are sharing in
the bounty. Tonight is fight night"
along Broadway, resembling in a mea-
sure the football night with which
Inhabitants of a hundred college towns
of the country are familiar.
But a large number of those who
will witness the bout tomorrow are
far from Broadway tonight. They are
the general admission ticket seekers
who will pay only a modest $3.50 for
the privilege of watching from some
distance Dempsey and Carpenter pun
mel each other. The general admission
pasteboards will go on sale early in
the morning.
A larger percentage of feminine en-
thusiasts will be in the crowd tomor-
row than has ever been the case here
tofore. The women, who will be mainly
in the higher priced seats, will come
as members Of parties which promise
to make tomorrow's crowd the most
colorful in ring history. City and state
officials will be present in boxes. Men
Of note in the arts, sciences, profession
al and business callings are here for
the bout.
And all the while, United States rev.
enue officials smile. Tomorrow's bout,
when amusement taxes, surtaxes and
half a dozen other varieties of taxes
are deducted, will net the government
about 100000, which is approximately
what the boxers will receive for ~
rounds or less of action with eight
ounce gloves.
The bout will be a no-deeision af-
fair, as required under the laws of New
Jersey. This fact is mainly response
BILE for the lightest wagering on a
heavyweight bout in years. The title
can change hands only on a knockout
or foul. Odds which made Dempsey
a 4 to / favorite several weeks ago,
to Wall street brokers, with plenty of
Dempsey money to cover the small In
flux of French backing which has
come from the other side.
Trainers of both boxers in state
ments tonight declared that the men
are ready. Questioned about the cut
over the eye which Dempsey received
in training four weeks ago, Teddy
Hayes, the champions chief handler,
declared that 1t had healed satisfactor-
lily and that no trouble from it was
expected. The camps of both men
have been quiet places for the past
two or three days. With the increas-
ing vigilance of Manager Francois
Descamps at Manhassett, Carpenter
might as well have been on desert
isle, so far as the desired privacy was
concerned.
The nature of the Frenchman's
training routine at Manhassett, calling
for his appearance in public only twice
a week, has surrounded the bout with
more uncertainty that has ever been I!
the case before. A sort of mystery sur
rounds the Frenchman which even ex-
perienced newspaper men have been
unable to fathom. It has been generally |
believed that Carpenter has done |
most of his serious work in private, |
more or less camouflaging on press
days" his real condition The whole
of secrecy, probably inspired
by the willy Descamps, has succeeded