The evening world., 1921-01-11
Taking of MOUie Pictures
Harms Boxers Best Form
Unexpected Presence Of Cameras at Dempsey Brennan Bout
May Explain Champions Failure to Score
Quick Knockout.

,NHANN, maHy thousands OF dollars
lN1 changed hands OH the Dcmp-
sey- Brennan boxing bout recently.
held In Madison Square Gardep, and a
third-rate heavyweight thumpcr was
boosted into Grade A OF the pugilistic
fraternity oll because
1t was a moving picture 1ght!
Now. the fact that moving pictures
are taken OF a boxing bout is not, IN
itself, suggestion that the event 'is
arranged" or that it may be a set
up but there Is always present the
possibility that the scrap will not be
a genuine test OF the ability oFboth
men. The pictures, to he Of any value
for presentation before the public,
must necessarily be long enough to fill
In q period OF pme that will retain the
interest, OF the patrons OF the movie
houses Therefore. a quick Knockout
that Is, one that comes with a bang
in any round under ten or twelve, is
not considered a drawing nlm, Wise
boxing lovers know this and are
guided in backing their favolftes ac-
cordingly They will not wager that
their choice will topple over the other
fellow inside Of five or six or seven
rounds because they would stand to
lose II they did.
Now, this happened to apply pecu-
llarly to the Dempsey Brennan en-
gagement The fact that motion pic
lures were 10 be made Of that 80 and
that Tex Rickard. the promoter OF the
bout, was to display them, was
NOT MADE PUBLIC!
Not one bettOr OF the thousands IN
the Garden that night had an inkl.ng
OF this arrangement Only when the
patron got into the Garden did he re-
alize II, and then because he saw the
great battery Of motion picture stu
dio" lights swinging over the ring IN
stead OF the usual cluster OF shaded
electric lamps
Many was the Crouch that was
voiced because the cRliDre and record
of the'two men made 1t a popular cdr-
/ tainity that Dempsey would send
Brennan back on shutter TO his
dressing room in few ripping,
| smashing rounds, as he had so many
others. So the wagering that was
done was based on the length Of the
go--that is TO say, on how long Brcn-
nan would last There was nothing
/ laid on the Anal result OF ne anrair
So when the mlX-up began there
was a somewhat Indifferent audience
and as the men hustled in the centre
Of the ring there were comments Of:
Gee. has Jack gone bacS?" or. "Say
Brennan has got something" Round
ended nobody hurt.
In the second Dempsey, in fine fet-
tie, speedy and adroit, took a few jabS
from Bin, and the CrOwd-the easy
( crowd yelled with delight, some be-
cause they felt they had been Btung
MANY not 40 wise, because they
thought Bill really was working well
Give that round to Bill II won't hurt
In tho third Jack gave Bill walloI
: on the head that looked for secon,
as II BIN would shoot through tn
27th street wall OF the building III
hung on for a moment and when tn,
bell rang he gave a reproachful TOOL
at Jack which carried a world o
meaning. when he reached his cor
ncr he said to one OF his attendants
rs my head on my shoulders"
"Sure 1t is," said his second reAs
suwngly. "Why do you ask7"
"Well, | never got such smash 4
my NE" said Bill Say what a bcl
he can give II nc cuts loose"
Wen, perhaps Jack wasn't trying
very hard, but II Is sure az shooth
that be was a b. pbeved by the wa
Bii cut up M lh1 second and jus
gave him notice 10 watch ont and ne