The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-25
Dempsey Carpenter Bout But One
OF Anglo Yank Franco Contests
Bv JACK VEIOCK.
~ ~ Sporting Editor.

~ola Father Time will soon turn
.,e class over, and with Its turning
W, ,vili pass into the vistas OF his
Mr M while sportdom its back ex-
w.c,an,ly awaiting n new deal"
The wear Just ebbing has been one
,he most brilliant the sport
uorld has ever seen. Like 1899, It
ssa highly favored by international
.n,netitlon, and tho increase in in
! v.s-sectlonal contests in, the United
s,sfes added to It's luster.
where 1920 had its olympic
rs aud It's international yacht
- ssos 1921 boasted of It's battle OF
~ century" and international ten
Wy Wy and golf events OF unusual brill
,ancy. - -. ,,A u.-o.,,
IL fading out recorders OF sport
ys, events listed many n perform
.rsa the like of which was not
Ssemed possible n few years ago.
pecords of all sorts went crashing
4 i,,o the discards and attendance at
Ts % events reached proportions that
s,snd as an undeniable proof that
mort is constantly growing in popu-
nrity. ,., .,
,slatlons are becoming more cordial
year by year, while here, at home,
& rood natured rivalry has never been
GARNER and the ability displayed by
i s,hletes in all sections of the coun-
,ry indicates that sport is making
apld and progressive steps in all of
rs branches.
Battle of the Century.
No sporting event within the
memory OF anyone living today at
\ ,racted the worldwide interest com
4 handed by the big international
heavyweight boxing championship
u<ybetween Jack Dempsey and Georges
Il csrnentler. And this means that 1t
4 stands alone in the greatest single
sporting event Up 20 this time.
Nearly 100. 900 spectators crowd
Cd Tex Richards monster Jersey
city arena on July 2, and while that
vast throng OF humanity watched
dempsey knock his opponent out In
A four rounds. followers of sport
4 throughout the world waited eager
. ly for returns from the ringslde. No
4 snort event now in prospect can APP
I srnanh 1.-THE Dempsey Carpenter
h fight, which was the best adver-
4 tIsed, most highly financed and
eolorful event ever staged.
The worlds series. won by the
Il
2sge76 spectators for total gate of
4 1900. .29S for eight games, whereas
the big fight drew around one mill
! lion cold dollars.
4 Unprecedented crowds attended
the big football games throughout
4 the country, and 1t is unofficially
estimated that football activities
called for an outlay of something
like S6,500,000 on the part or the
! public that supports the game.
The Davis cup matches and ma
,ional tennis championships drew
4 fine crowds. The galleries that fol-
lowed the biz championship golf
matches were greater than ever be-
fore, and horse and auto racing
ilourished.
Every branch OF sport. in fact,
from track and field athletics on
down the line was well patronized
and took we'll defined steps ahead
during the year.
California Keeps 10 Front.
California's athletes kept in the
frs9limelight throughout brilliant sea-
II son OF track and field games.
ii The sharp spiked boys of the
q University of California captured
the Intercollegiate team champion
n ship games at Cambridge, Mass, and
h fthe sons OF the Golden state in gem
eral did themselves pround, es-
q pecially Charley Paddock. who
Il Knocked worlds records in the
d dashes galley west.
81 The Penn relays, the special
\ games between Yale-Harvard and
n cornell-Princeton teams against the
q combined oxford Cambridge team
3 from England, and the annual
n A. A. U. indoor and outdoor meets
81 we're great successes. Yale and
II a:..:=;s.Ea defeated the invading OK
III i&-Cambridge aggregation, but the
"a HHllshmen found some balm for
4 usr feelings by holding Princeton
and Cornell to a tie in n dual meet
At T.ayers Island.
College rowing had another good
N year. The return of the classic in
81 teroollegiate regatta to Poughkeep-
ae the coming east OF the Califor-
hla crew for speciai race with
9'fsfrineeton prior to the Poughkeepsie
event, and the staging of all OF the
regular fixtures on the water boost
u high.
z The champion oarsmen OF the
Id United States navy carried off ma
lor share Of the honors again this
# Eear' and though defeated at
N Hhceton, the Middies came BACK
win the Poughkeepsie event,
II which, with a victory in the Ameri-
q sah Henley, gave the Annapolis out
y. he top rung on the rowing lad
y. Great Year for Boxing.
q Joking, which advanced TO high
"a Pahe during the world war, was
. more popular than ever. The Demp-
%y'Carpentier bout lent impetus to
n uie mitt game, and in every state
81 whefe It Is legalized boxing was ex-
ID Temely popular.
h me tendency on the part of some
n pVhoters to offer purses OF un-
prscedentcd size for title bouts re-
tNSWa M Initiating the game, from a
n u,anelaI no..laI standpoint, beyond all pro-
1 pUruons, and early In the year a
IA sress OF boxing men from all
~ N or the country was held IN
i" NV YORK for the purpose of form
~ bos national organization. The
% Ssy was formed as planned, but
81 Ss Az not functioned with any great
N'sfee OF success.
Il bosomoters In various cities have
" tbet gong along much the same as
n tboS always have done, and despite
Fl srs Efforts of professional reform
Gao put the game in i'll repute In