Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-07-02

tory will be made in a great pine
board arena in Jersey City tomorrow
afternoon when Jack Dempsey de
tends his heavyweight championship
against the fistic challenge of Georges
Carpenter, an International glove
contest in the broadcast application o1
the term. Every section of the GLOBE
will await with the keenest intessi
the outcome of the battle between tho
American defender with a long record
of ring prestige and a Frenchman
noted equally for his prowess in the
squared circle and on the stcrner bat
tie field of the world war.
The last legal obstacle To the match
was removed late today when the
Hudson county grand jury refused &c
return an Indictment charging prin-
cipals and promoters with conspiracy
to hold Il Mize fight in violation OF
the New jersey state law.
The setting for the bout Will be in
geeping with the magnitude of the
affair. Seats have been provided for
more than $1,000 spectators and ma =
jor portion of thee1 have been sold A
purse of s500000 has been given b,
Promoter Tex Richard. OF this grea,
sum, an amount far in excess of any
nancial prize ever offered pugilists in
the past, Dempsey will receive $500,
900 and Carpenter 100000, regardless
of the outcome.
Advance ticket sales up to an early
hour tonight amount to nearly $15o
100000. Regardless of the enormous
expense attendant upon the vetuTe
Richard is certain to clear net
profit several times larger than any
that has resulted from his previous
efforts in this direction While of.
fetal figures are not available al
this time, it is estimated that the
purse, cost of arena and overhead eX.
penses will mount close to the million
dollar mark
Richard, Dempsey and Carpenter
will not be the only persons 10 profit
by the battle of Il century" as the
contest has been described. Cnclc
Sam, as represented by the lnterna
Revenue collectors, will receive q
large share of the proceeds The pro-
moter. principals and scores of 9th.
ers connected with the hout in minol
capacities will contribute under thu
income tax laws a sum estimated a
100000.
Every nook and Granny of the globe
will be represented in the vast as
semblage of spectators During tn,
A
train has brought its quota Of fighr
fans from all sections of the Cnitct
States, Canada and Mexico. Trans
Atlantic and Coastwise steamers hay,
added hundreds more to the Grove
that Will descend upon Jersey City to-
morrow morning to witness the bout
France, the home of the challenger
England, where he is almost equally
popular; Spain and other European
countries, South America and the Fal
East-all will be represented.
Past Impressions Of great tiEh
crowds and the attendant pictures ut
interest and enthusiasm retained upon
the mental rctina of veteran boXin,
authorities fade before tho magnitud,
OF the present scenes. Reno, with its
gathering foN the Johnson Jeffrie:
contest, Havana. the site of the VII
lard-Johnson battle: and Toledo
whore Dempsey wrcst'd his rresen
title and ring hondrs from the gigan
tic Jess Willard. offered nothing tha
compares with the night before scene
on the eve OF the Dempsey arpehtie'
battle.
Great as were these heavvweigh
championship contests and the crowd
that witnessed them. the contest but
few hours away iappears to exceed il
pugilistic possibilities. attendance AM
gate receipts, combined with AN air o
mystery surrounding the person %
Georges Carpenter, anly of the bout
for the title since the day WREN tn
idol of the ring. John L. Sullivan, fcl
before Gentleman Jim Corhett a
New Orleans.
The outcome of the battle appear
to be the only subject of discussion
and controversy among millions o
persons who normally would not kno,
the difference between the prize rim
and the Arctic Circle. Sentiment ap
pears to lean strongly in favor o
Carpenter. probably because of tn
halo of heroism that the war ha
given him. However. but very SINAI
percentage Of the Frenchman's vel
wishers care to carry their enthus
iasm to the point of betting on him t
win.
Dempsey is a p to l favorite in III
betting and there are thousands O
dollars of uncovered wagers here TO
night. although wagers by the French
mans supporters have increased no
ticeabiy within the last few days.
Many fight experts express sur
prise that the difference in odds is no
greater, as Carpenter is as much .