Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-01

'NoHtilG.u from FIRST pascD
of fact the twenty-four-foot ring is
an anachronism. 1t isn't used any
more. ana hasn'; been used for many
years. All of the championship bouts
promoted by Tex Rickard have been
decided in eighteen -foot rings. ANA
| the New Jersey boxing rules provide
Tor ring not more than twenty or
| less than eighteen feet in size. In
, the contract, both boxers agreed 10
abide by local regulations should the
bout be held where the local rules
! coni!ictcd with tho original agree
mcn:. Richard is sure TO have a
suitable ring in any case.
The new ring platform built cs-
pccially for this bout is twenty-five
feet from edge to edge and the ropes
| can no adjusted safe distances from
tine posts. several days ago the his
turic old ring used in Madison Square
Garden ever since John l.. Sullivan
fought Charlie Mitchell there WAS
shipped to Jersey City and stored II,
the arena to he used if necessary. IT
viii probably he left in storage. but
II is there.
Fighters Ia Wear S-0uncc Gloves.
y point about this championship
|
of is the size of the gloves the mcn
viii use, Fiyc-ounCc gloves are Gus
tomary but under Jersey regulations
the bigger and softer ciGht-ouncc
gloves Will he worn. Sol LcvinSoN.
OF san Francisco, who has made tho
gloves fer nearly all American cham
pionship battles during The past
Twenty-Five years. made two sets for
this fight. SiX-ouncc and eight .HHc".
The siN-ouncc gloves Will be eft ~
the Garden for use in Sore other
bout Eight ounce gloves are the
same used in nearly all athlete C,ubS
and gymnasiums.
Both men will be fairly we'll nc
customcd to large gloves. Dempsey
has used fourteen ounce gloves
throughout his irainng so has Carp
| cutter. Dropping from fourteen 4"
| eight ounces Will make both men
| fastcr, although perhaps they ma
| lack a small percentage Of the speed
given by fighting with five ounce
| mittcns the usual thing. There is
| less danger OF cut or 4 bruiSc With
| the oight-ouncc gloves. but the sop
| critic effect viii remain about the
same. Both Dempsey and Carpenter
| pr cfcrrcd the lighter m!tts. but bowed
| to the boxing commissions decision.
noth BuNcrs HIVE Large Hands.
| Either Dempsey or Carpenter
| would have a fairly effective weapon
with fists encascd in pillows. Theirs
are the two largest pairs OF hands
| ever carried into ring To settle
Il championship contest. Dcmpscy's
hands are huge in proportion. his
wrists heavy. and his knucklcs har"
never broken down even under the
strain OF his terrific hitting. Car
| pcnticr's hands are fully as big ms
| pcmpscy's and the muscles of his
| hands undovclopcd in most athletes
are SO developed from acrobatic work
| tina; his hands with heavy wrists and
| forcarms developed out OF proper
! ton to the rest of his anatomy, give
| Carpenter much Of his hitting pow
| cr. Like Dempsey, Carpenter mas
never broken or buckicd his sturdy
hands in Il fight.
| one OF the most amusing things
| connected with this bout arc the
rumors circulated everywhere One
OF these is that Jimmy DcForcst,
| who trained Dempsey for the fight
with Willard, says Jack had AN
Iron bar" in each glove, thus explain
| ing the terrific effect Of his punches
| when he knocked the gigantic Will
| lard down Dcforcst may have said
That Dempseys hands wore like iron
| which isn't far from the truth, cS-
! pccially when they are picked by
rubbing with brine fox month be-
fore "A bout.
Dcscnmps Chnscs Down Rumor.
| Manager pcScamps heard the tale
Of the two iron bars. and hikcd over
to New York To see Richard about
it, Dcscamps says that he doesn't
| want any tricks" pulled. and that
nothing of foxy" nature will be
attempted by the Carpenter side in
the argument. Kickard assured him
chat everything would be on the up
and up. Hy this time the Iron Bar
story is probably arousinG !ndigna-
t!on in Francc.addinG Il fill-up TO the
tale that Georges is to he forced 20
fight in Il small ring whore he won't
have footroom.
Tomorrow the rumor monGcrs will
probably be cabling over that the
Americans have decided 10 tie Dcmp-
Soy and Carpenter ankle la ankle
and let them fight IL out in the way
John l.. sullivan once proposed IL
Jim Corbctt.
As for the Iron bar" stuff, both
Dempsey and Willard entered the
ring with hands soft-tapcd. and tape
and gloves were carefully inspected
by the referee, who inspected and
supervised the putting on of the
gloves, assisted in each case by men
! h., nnnnGif,. Il.