New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-28

mine how the multitude compared with
the attends~ce at the Dempsey Car
pentier heavyweight battle of July 2,
1921. The staff of experts handling
the gate receipts had only fairly begun
by the time the show had been con-
clude.. But certain it was that the
attendance never before was beaten
save by the Dempsey Carpenter battle
in question. The gate was much
heavier on that occasion, of course, but
then the prices were practically treble.
Tex Richard, promoter of the light,
weight champ onship record breaker,
estimated at the time the principals
wee entering the ring that the re-
ceipts would better $450,O00 for an at
tendance we'll over 10000. This csti-
mate, of course, was uno "a cial, but
Richard is n shrew guesser in all mat
tiers pertaining to money and attend
ance.
In the dim light of the giant saucer
the crowd looked indeed as great as on
tine occasion of the fight Of the CEN
fury for which the stadium was con-
structed. Despite the threatening
weather it was an attendance that
could not we'll have been surpassed had
Certainly the general admission sec
tons were packed to OVERLOOKING, for
the back fence was lined all the way
round with squatters. 1t was said that
SIS ringside seats commanded prices
as high as $40 and $50 in some in
stances.
Neither within or without the huge
bowl was there the least sign of con-
fusion save for a few moments just
shortly after O'Clock when the linn
tied So section ru shed the So seats.
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The rush only served to add a thrill
and maintain interest till the prelimi-
naries got under way. There was not
much choice between the seats vacated
and those pre~empted.
Every one who held reserved seat
coupon got the chair or seat to which
he was entitled. The main force of
ushers and police quite naturally were
modified inside the reserve sections.
firmly irrespective of persons that
none attempted to impeach the rights
of others inside the sacred precincts.
A genealogist might easily have
picked out of the front chairs near the
ringside more than one hardy boot
logger newly rich, for position was
purely a question of money. Of course,
all the "regulars" that grace Madison
Square Garden, the Velodrome and
other popular clubs of New York and
New Jersey were on hand, although
probably not so conspicuously placed
as was their won't In some manner it
seemed apparent that more than the
customary number of choice seats had
fallen into the clutches of spectators,
who took mighty good care to keep
beyond the outer ramparts of the alert
and protecting police. The New Jersey
police absolutely refused to stand for
any sort of specializing in fight wares
But the vendors piled their illicit
wares on the street, down by the ferry
landings, the tube stations and the
trolley terminals.
Benny Leonard saved $4,000 by an
ounce and fraction. Tex Richard lost
$4,000 by the shade of a few rain
fecked clouds. Leonard weighed just
one ounce under the stipulated 1875
pounds at o'clock. The cloudy
weather checked the sale of general
admissions.
Not until GAS were the gates thrown
open to the public, but the congestion
of the throngs outside in very few
minutes made mighty fine showing
even in the yawning pine pit known as
Boyle's Thirty Acres. There was a
profusion of the fair sex, but they
were not so gay and Respondent in
bright colors and feathers as in the
afternoon of July 2, 1921, when Jack
Dempsey spilled gallant Georges Car
penter for row of wild raspberry
bushes.
About o'clock, after the provincials
or So boys had limned the Interior ring
of the far removed upper circle, some
careless attendant happened to unlatch