New-York tribune., 1922-07-26


care of the late rush for seats. WI
demand, four box Offices were kept
at the Gardens main entrance.
There seemed to be no doubt last
night that the attendance, assuming
that the weather is fair, will exceed
$4,000. This prediction was made by
Rickard himself and also by his part
ner, Frank Flournoy. The weather. Of
course, is vital factor in this fistic
classic, rs It was in the Dempsey
Carpenter match one year ago. 1t is
understood that certain amount of
rain insurance has been taken out by
the Garden management, but at that
the big bout is more or less of a
gamble against the weather.
Tex Rickard said yesterday that the
bout would be held on Friday night if
rain necesstated a postponement, but
ne added that it would require a
veritable deluge to cause the adjourn
ment
Bowl Flooded With Light
All the work on the arena was com
pleted yesterday and last night the
$4,000 lighting system was given it's
first try-out. After several adjust
ments had been made it was found to
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light flooded the giant bowl the GOO
ushers who handle the crowd were put
through their PAGES. A majority OF
these men are veterans of the Dempsey
Carpenter affair and know their bust
ness. The rehearsal, which could be
called a dress affair, because most of
the ushers and special cops were in
uniform, was supervised by Mayor
Hague of Jersey City and the heads
of the Police Department of that town
In the Dempsey Carpenter bout
many persons witnessed the scrap from
the roof Of a factory to the south of
the arena. Persons anticipating free
view from this vantage point to-mor~
row night will be disappointed, as a
huge canvas screen will be run up on
masts that have been reared from the
rim of the bowl
handling the crowd that prevailed for
the heavyweight battle last July will
be in force tomorrow night, including
a three-minute service on the tube. AL
most all of Jersey City's regular po-
lcemen will be on the job for the pur-
pose of maintaining order, and q cor
don of bluecoats will be thrown about
the arena as early as o'clock in the
afternoon. The only persons who will
be permitted to penetrate this line will
be those carrying tickets. The ticket
booths will be outside the line.
Persons going to Jersey City to-mor-
row night to see the fight are advised
to get off at the Summit Avenue sta
tion Of the Hudson & Manhattan tube.
instead of at Exchange Place or Grove
Street. The Summit Avenue station is
much nearer the arena than either of
the others and it affords the best
transit facilities, although it is no great
walk from there to Boyle's Thirty
Acres. Trolleys and motor buses will
be operated from the Summit Avenue
station directly to the main entrance
to the arena.
Ferry Service Installed
In addition to the three minute serv-
ice in the tube there will be extra
ferryboats operating between Jersey
City and all Manhattan slips south of
Forty second Street. While the tubes
were jammed before and after the
Dempsey Carpenter fight, the ferries
were not crowded and those who used
them made the trip across the river in
comfort.
Frank Flournoy said yesterday that
the championship battle would be
started promptly at 10 o'clock unless
some totally unexpected circumstance
arose to cause delay. The first pre-
liminary will be started, according to
Flournoy, at 8:15. This bout will bring
together Red Munroe and Johnny Co
ney. They will go four rounds. The
altered yesterday, owing to the unfit
ness of the original cast. Joe Quinn
will meet Phil Krug, instead of Jimmy
O'Gatty, and Mickey Donley has been
substituted for Johnny Shugrue as
Pete Hartley's opponent
Owing to the hundreds of reserved
tickets that have been filed for per-
sons coming from distant points in the
South and Middle West the box Office
at the Garden will be kept open until
the moment that Leonard and Tender
enter the ring. The Garden manage
ment has deemed it wiser to do this
than have the reservations held at the
Jersey arena.
No lightweight contest that has been
held in this section in the last twenty
years has created more interest and
more fight talk than this battle be-
tween Leonard and Tender. All con-
temporaneous sports, including base
ball, have been tossed temporarily into
the dim shadows. A hot pennant fight
is going on in the National and Amer
lean leagues, but the Yankees and
Giants have been forgotten in the
frenzied discussion of the relative
punching power of the two leading
lightweights. Baseball fans are now
fight fans. and they will remain in that
state until Leonard either reaches a
super height in the fstic armament or
falls under the body drives of the
Philadelphia challenger
Fight is Paramount Issue
Nothing else can achieve any con-
siderable Importance until this great
question is settled. The plot leading
up TO tomorrow nights climax has
been simmering and sputtering for
three years and the public has been
Working up to q pitch that rivals the
suspense that was felt in the last few
days preceding Dempsey's meeting with
Carpenter. Late advices from both
training camps told the world last
night that Leonard and Tender are
ready for each other. They are no
more ready for each other than the
public is for them
While Tex Richard and his staff of
assistants and the officials of Jersey
City have been cooperating smoothly
in the work of making this lightweight t
extravaganza a success, the reform ele-
ment of Jersey, assisted by sympathiz-
ers in Manhattan and Brooklyn. has not
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