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

gate leading to the choicest seats.
A wild stampede ensued, but the Jersey
CITY police herded the cattle" in iig
time and dubbed them right back
where they belonged.
Many Bronx taxicabs were CONSIGNED
to rust while the worthy johus "tubed"
to boyle's Thirty Acres for a GLIMPSE
OF their idol, Benny, In action. His
trends took it as a good omen that
Leonard was assigned the dressing
room used by Dempsey on the occasion
OF his tilt with Carpenter.
The weather throughout the after
noon and evening was as uncertain as
maid of sixteen summers--and half
as romantic. Spatterings of rain were
as often succeeded by valiant attempts
at sunshine. 1t was just such a sue
cesslon of sunshine and shadow as
ADDED such uncertainty to the occasion
OF the fight of the century," for which
the arena was built.
Sam T. Hall, the Beau Brummel of
Chicago, chaperoned Matt Foley and a
dozen moro good men of Chicago. Mr..
Hall estimated q crowd of at least g. 600
from the Windy City. Saws half that
number at least called at his hotel
during the afternoon to learn whether
he had backslid from the Tolstead doc
trines.
John Stormon, of Montreal, made of
the occasion regular festival. He
spent the afternoon at Empire City
racetrack, where he picked five winners.
John. who weighs 235 pounds, is as
fervid as he is big and wished to parlav
his winnings into a fortune But the
Tender admirers asked too great odds.
Quakertown was better represented
than at even the Dempsey Carpe ntier
fight. Both Pennsylvania and B. g. O..
railways put on extras, besides several
special fight trains.
From personal observation the great
furore about the betting was largely
exaggerated. Most of it was purely
conversational. There was no possible
way to check up a rumor which had
huge fortunes staked on the issue. A
number of definite wagers were re-
ported which are hereby submitted
without verification:
In practically all betting, even as
reported, it was stipulated that all bets
should be called off in case of a foul
William Goldberg is reported to have
bet $4,000 even that the bout would
not go the limit of twelve rounds; also
$1,000 to $500 that the mill would
terminate before the end of the eighth
Fred Schumm, of Brooklyn, reported
wager of 5000 to $4,000 that Tender
would not last three rounds; $4,000 to
$1,000 that Leonard would win; $4,000
to $1,000 that Benny would not knock
out the challenger, 81 500 to $500 that
Tender would not knock out the cham
plon.
Paul Whiteman is said to have bet
$4,000 to $1,000 that Leonard would
score a Knockout. On this same propo-
sition Nate Lewis bet $1,75O against
to $1,000; Leo Lewis wagered $1,000
to $1,000 that Leonard would stop
Tender inside of two rounds and $4,000
to $4,000 the champion would win with
a Knockout. Ted Snyder bet $4,000
against $4,000 that Leonard would score
a Knockout Henry Waterson bet 5000
against $4,000 that Leonard would not
win inside of six rounds.
When it comes to handling a big
fight "Tex" Richard stands ten miles
above all contemporary promoters.
There was no more confusion in hand
ling and seating the big crowd than
prevailed at Boyle's Thirty Acres the
afternoon of July 2, 1921. That cele-
brated heavyweight championship bat
tie was the acme of perfection in pro-
motion.
Even though it was necessary to in
stall a complete lighting system at the
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