The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1921-04-28
Jersey City's Chamber Of Com
merce Wants ito Show" the
Rest Of the Country.

merce isn't letting any grass grow
~ under its collective feet in con-
neclon with the Dempsey Carpenter
match, scheduled for its thriving To-
cality on July 2. II is going to get
all the advertising possible out OF 1t.
Already maps are being printed
showing the site. the railroads run
ming 10 it, the tube connections. the
trolley lines and automobile facilities
for reaching it. with all the accom-
panying arrows and signs pointing
the way TO the now famous Thirty
Acres" owned by John Boyle, brother
OF the Justly celebrated Fire Chief
Roger and Andy. These maps are to
be mailed all over the country. invit-
ing visitors and promising everybody
hospitality and the best protection
afforded by any city In the East.
President Bob Hoos is all smoked
up over the affair, believing 1t will
boost Jersey City and it's interests
better than anything else that could
have been thought OF. He says that
the bringing OF the big bout there had
a lot 10 do with swelling the big vote
Mayor Hague and his ticket got in
Tuesdays primary election
VUIORK OF levelling of the ground
w for the erection OF the arena
Is on in earnest. Yesterday
there were about twenty teams, 100
men and couple OF steam shovels busy
throughout the day. and the debris
which has Uttered the plot for years
was slowly but surely disappearing.
Crowds gathered to watch the clean
UP and groups of youngsters, swarm
ing all over, have already made the
spot historic. An impromtu battle
was staged, as II to beat Dempsey and
Carpenter TO the honor of having It
out. on the spot where the boys figured
the ring would be pitched Owner
Boyle was around too with map OF
the layout in hand as much inter-
ested as II he himself was the pro-
motor Jersey sure Is exciting itself
over the big event.
A SUDDEN switch has been made
~ In the training plans OF Demp-
sey. Instead of lolling around
at Summit. N. j., playing tennis and
golf as fun and recreation. Manager
Jack Kearns has decided TO start the
champion off on regular working
schedule without waste Of time. AS
result, Jack is boxing and doing
road work to-day and will continue
from now on. Perhaps Jack was be-
coming too healthy, rusticating. He
went dow 10 Summit about ten
pounds over fighting weight, and in
little more than a week has added ten
pounds more, so that he is up around
the 200 mark. This shouldn't do him
any harm though, as Ii will give him
something TO train on.
Joe Benjamin the lightweight, and
JiI1ny Darcy the ligh. heavyweight
are the champions sparring partners
now. Kid Norfolk, the colored heavy,
wall be added TO the staff soon. He is
expected TO give Dempsey some real
stiff workouts.
Atlantic City quarters haven't been
selected yet, but they probably will
be for Manager Kearns seems bent
on having Jack train there, despite
criticism directed against the place,
with its all too many sidelightS to
take ones mind of serious work.
TVHE reservations list for The best
seats for the championship af-
fair Is growing fast. YeSter-
day promoter Rickard received an
other application from Chicago for
200 $50 tickets. A stack OF mail easily
two feet high was piled upon Secretary
Coultry's desk last evening. al contain
.ng requests for seats, while another
batch kept two stenographers busy.
This is roma rka1ble considering that
the event is more than two months
off, and tina. the tickets have not yet
been printed. What will happen when
they are put on publk sale at the
Garden is easily imagined. We are
not a ticket agency, as some OF our
friends seem TO think, but we have
been bombarded with applications
too. Looks as II Richard was right
when he said recently that the meet
ing OF Dempsey and Carpenter will
be the biggest sporting event ever
heqd In America.
FUNNY. isn't It, how managers