Evening star., 1921-07-03
BY IRWIN s. COBB.

=. NEW YORK, N. Y, July 1T is re-
o corded that once upon time Aaron
81 Burr, being challenged by Alexander
Hamilton, bade Hamilton meet him
over in Jersey and there destroyed
his enemy. This afternoon, also. New
IS Jersey history, in a way of speak
Ting, repeated itself. which is habit
:, to which history is addicted. Chal-
10 lsnger and challenged met and again
y the challenger lost the issue.
III, Posterity has appraised the loser
p'of that first duel as of more value
p than the winner. who survived. one
sis moved to wonder whether in the
present instance the analogy Will
continue. Carpenter, an alien. man
I 8 who does not speak our language,
was the favorite of the crowd before
the fight started and while 1t pro-
sgressed. and, if l am one to judge. was
:. still Its favorite when he came out
- of it, summarily defeated though he
was.
forget, | am sure. the vast roar OF
appreciation which arose from thirty
=, acres of cloSe-packed humanity
, : about him when. for half a minute It
seemed that he was slipping toward
fore when an American champion
= fought before an American audience.
But then We never before hao lor d
champion a man whose war record
his lack of one rather-waS question
ed.
Even so, and to the contrary. not
withstanding, he showed himself a
"a better man. as a fighter, than the
HDempsey, who whipped Willard two
years ago at Toledo.
Won on Weight.
Carpenter was the soul of the fight,
but Dempsey was the body of it.
Considering the thing purely in its
puglstic aspects he won on merit
won because he was bigger and
stronger, because he had more en-
durance than the Frenchman. and be-
g., cause, as it turned out. he was al
most as fast upon his feet.
When the needs of the moment de-
mandad he had speed, and was al
.ent was. And to top all. he had a
s'!short- blow. using either arm at
. will to deliver it, the like of which
has not been seen on this continent
:, since Stanley ketchell passed out.
:. 1t was that drum-fire on his body
=, which wasted Carpenters substance
of resistance, SO that when the de-
s.,cisive jolts reached his jaw he had
,naugnt left in him with which to
>, weather the blast. He fought fairly,
=, did Carpenter, and like a gentleman
He was licked fairly. and like a
gentleman. As gentleman and a
: fighter he bulks tonight as the man
the majority of the audience hoped Ia
win and for whom as gallant SOL
"rdier. and a brave man. they wish
good luck through all his days. AS
= for Dempsey. unless this country
should go to war again, it seems
?. probable that he will continue to be
"our leading fighter for quite some
time to come.
Let US consider the matter chrono-
logically. as 1t We're.
At noon of the day when a cham
pionship battle is to be fought two
hours later almost anything that
happens is news. A prominent music
nall performer entering unostenta-
Vate photographer. his personal press
agent and his official announcer-one
sesuch just came in as did-constitutes
"a thrill.
Worlds Biggest Arena.
=. Terra cling up beyond and behind and
{? ION every side of US rise the banked
- tiers of the biggest amphitheater this
world has seen since the Caesars sat
In the Circus MaximuS having their
Christian martyrs fried on one side.
1t IS the biggest arena ever built OF
a. matchwork and pine planking AS
r suredly were the weather as suItry as
usually 1t is in these latitudes it
would be the hottest. But the whimsi-
cal gods of the weather have been
mishty good to us this July day. Tn
Ger a London-colored sky, as gray and
almost as thick as fog, the center of
population of the United States, which
for this date has shifted from some
wnere in Indiana to New Jerseys
Hparative comfort.
\ Actress ladies in makeup, and also
I some few in civilian clothes jostle
against society leaders and those who
hat Il
sciences. the drama, commerce, poll
] tics. the bench. the bar, the great
newly-risen bootlegging industry-all
these have sent their pink, their pick
great occasion. A calling over of the
Z names of the occupants of the more
Hh1ghiy-priced reservations would
sound like reading the first hundred
jTFar away and high up behind them.
their figures cutting the skyline of
the mighty wooden bowl are perched
the pedestrian classes. They are on
the outer edge of events If not actual
ly in it.
Yawn at Preliminaries.
Bout after bout is staged, is fought
out, Is finished. Few know who the
lighters are and nobody particularly
cares Who is interested in flea
biting contests when he came to see
"a combat between young bull
Eelephants? Joe Humphreys, the
human cave of the winds. bulks as
a greater figure of interest as he
hvouches for the proper identities of
tthese mute. inglorious preliminary
scrappers than do the scrappers
themselves.
Gov. Edwards of New Jersey comes
at 1880: the first good solid knock
aoWn IN the ring at 1876. Both are
heartily approved with loud thunders
OF applause. Not every one can he
tne anti-dry, sport-loving governor
or a great commonwealth. but a
Veritable nobody can win popular