The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-02
STAGE ALL SET
FOR BIG BATTLE
Everything Ready for the
Fighters to Step Into
Jersey City Ring
BOTH MEN CONFIDENT
Usual Statements Predicting
Victory Issued From Camps
of Jack and Georges
BY JACK NElOcK.


NEW YORK, july THE stage
Is so' FOR the big international hattie
between Jack Dempsey and Georges
Carpenter.
Everything is In readiness. Tho
monster arena in Jersey city has
boon completed. The rirg I'm which
lack and Georges Will meet is hidden
.rd.r a 'arplulin, awaiting the NOR
.rv The metropolitan district is
-scmag with fight fans from all
r,.uts of the compass. The fighters
themselves have finished training.
They are IN condition. They await
tn zero hour"
Forecastcrs. both here and In
Washington, have promised sunshine
for saturday with rising tempera-
furos
with moro than million dollars
a.rctd, I'm the Golfers % Promoter
Tc. RIckard, according to a state
mcnt issued from his office, the seat
sale continues, although not as brisk
lv as u might have been had IL not
been for the appearance Of the Coun-
trrfoit tickets
Wou'd be purchasers OF tickets
have become wary as result or
q repeated warning against bogus
seat checks that have been put In
circulation. and as result some
ticket agencies IltNt u'bdH ~ E'A'
the genuine paste board tor less than
heir face value. Along Broadway
last night $50 seats were to he had
I'm some instances for 40 and S45.
These seats, for the most part were
brought back from outside points
where ticket agents contracted Tor
more than they could dispose of.
Ten dollar seats We're offered for ~
IN several instances.
Despite the effect Of the drive Of
the counterfeiters. II is a practical
certainty that the big arena at
Boyle's thirty acres will he tllled
almost to capacity when the fighters
answer the bell.
The usual before the battle"
statements, breathing confidence,
have been issued from the camps OF
the rival fighters.
Champion Jack Dempsey and his
manager. Jack Kcarns, who left At
antic city today for Jersey City an
nounccd that they expect to win
within a few rounds.
Challenger Georges Carpenter,
through Manager Francois Des-
camps admits he was never in bet
ter shape and says he will win,
though he would not attempt to pre-
dict how long the battle will last.
The experts. too. have had their
final say. They have painted both
Dempsey and Carpenter as wor-
ricd' or FREQ from worry in oT-
oellent condition" or doubtful con-
dtion." They have weighed every
chance either man may nave, re
viewed their records, Comhod tistlc
history for comparisons that might
he used to size up the rivals and cN-
hausted vocabularies and wits. Like
atf
The fact that there has been COM
paratively little betting on this fight
10 date is probably due to over-pro-
duction IN the way OF publicity The
flight fan who thinks he Knows
something and is almost ready TO
back his judgment with cash. sud
denly hears disquieting arguments
and rumors that bring him to halt
The gloves Dempsey and Carpen'
tier will use must be eight-ounce
gloves, in accordance with the New
Jersey law. Tho ring in which they
will battle will he 20-foot ring,
somewhat smaller than that in
which the Dempsey Willard bout
was held
Both tho size Of the gloves and the
size Of the ring may prove factors IN
the big fight. Dempsey, wearing
CIght-ounco gloves, knocked Fred
Fulton cold in less than a round At
Newark, so It Is not believed that the
size of the gloves will have much. II
anything. TO do with softening his
punches. The size of the ring is In
bis favor. according 10 concensus OF
opinion, beacuse Carpenter, II Is
said will make a running fight for
the first few rounds, In this event,
tho larger the ring, the better for
Georges
Carpenter and his handlers, how
ever arc said to have readily agreed
70 the 20-foot ring Georges has
been boxing in a l6-foot affair at
Manha5set and he will feel that he
has plenty OF room in ring four
feet larger all around.