The Washington times., 1921-07-03

RINGSIDE, Jersey City. July
John Dempsey. older brother OF
the champion. was on hand early.
He slipped up to the ringsids about
1f:15 by himself and took a seat In
between bunch OF nswspapsrmen
without attracting any attention.
"Everything's nne," he said, grim
ming. Are we going to win? Iou
know IL"
Ringside seats were very slow TO
MI up, except the press section.
which teemed with perspiring re-
porters, who busted themselves
hammering typewriters and hoping
that rain would not cause q post
ponement-
one-Eyed Connolly. famous inter
national globe trotter and gate
crasher. vas among the first to ar
rive at the ringside. Connolly, who
has crashed more gates than any
other "Bojack" in the business, did
not have to crash his way into the
big tight today, as Tex. Rieksrd
handed him an annie oakley" ana
saved the lives of several gatemen.
Everybody at the ringside looked
up expectantly about IL o'clock at
the sudden changing of the big
gong. The hirelinss who were In
stalling II were simply testing 1t
out. 1t sounded like an ambulance
gong and some wise cracker piped;
Make way for the doctors;
they're coming for Carpenter"
The weather grew much more
warmer as hte time for the big bout
approached. Men began to peel off
their coats. Earlier IN the day
many had worn light oyercoats, as
1t seemed actually chilly.
Arthur Brisbane, famous editor
and journalist, came down TO the
rinsside at 1920 and took a seat
among the hght writer's.
Az always, the $3.50 seats were
the ffrst TO All up. The $3.50 seats
consist of the first two rows at the
back of the gigantic stadium Tho
real nght fans Allied there quick.
and soon a row OF spectators were
perched high on the railing In the
back of the last row. They were
about 100 yards away from the
ring, but as they were high In the
air, their view was a good one, and
they were able to see every move
There were two lines of ticket
seekers outside the arena. One
was six blocks long, with the peo-
pie standing six abreast. The other
was four blocks long. with the peo-
pie four abreast. There were only
a few women in the longer line,
but there were a considerable num-
ber In the shorter line. Some of the
women were alone, others were In
groups. All objected TO telling
their names or giving any informa-
tion about themselves
A man wearing a full cowboy
ouNht was in one of the lines. He
had big roll of greenbacks stick
ing from one of his pookets. He
looked like a Mexican and spoke
English with difficulty.
Frenchmen and Britisherx, who
for the most part we're picking
Carpenter to win. sat side by side
with the boxing fans OF this eoua-
try.
Women. beautiful and otherwise,
were scattered here and there
throughout the crowd. The fair sex,
for the most part. we.s late In com
ing.
One OF che FIRST persons TO Join tn,
all-niRht ticket line after daybreal
was a French womsn. dressed entirel,
In black. who could speak no English
One line OF fight fans stretched si,
blocks from the ticket office, with
men standing six feet abreast. Their,
were only three women In H.
The crowd was restless during
the long wait thi ough the morning
hours. They seemed TO fear the
rain. When. shortly after 11:3O
o'clock It was officially announced