Evening star., 1924-05-31


With the arrival Of the first special
train from Chicago dumping its load
OF boxing fans. Michigan CITY
awakened into full life prepared To
handle crowd Of at least 80 900
strangers. Just at daybreak battered
nlNVtrS commenced pouring into
Town dlScharging the first thousands
The paved highway from Chicago
was congested with thousands of ma
chlneS. while other highways leading
INTO the city from towns in northern
Indiana and southern Michigan bore
caravans of boxing fans. Special
trains We're due from Chicago at in
lerVals from half an hour to an
hour until o'clock, when the first
preliminary matches were scheduled
to begin
Before 9 o'clock crowd bepap
sWarming around the arena and the
ticket booths where the So seats were
on sale were besieged. Hundreds of
fans were massed before the bleacher
ticket window before the seats were
placed on sale.
Tom To Outweigh Georges.
Carpenter and Gibbons, after re-
freshing nights sleep, were up early
prepared TO come from their cottages
up the Lake Michigan shore for thr
weighing in and physical examination
at O'Clock. Carpenter said he ex-
/ 1,.s
POUNDS. and Gibbons probably IL
pounds.
The usual pre-battIe statements
We're issued from the camps of both
boxers: Carpenter smilingly admit
ted that he never felt better in hie
Ire. and showed no trace of uneasi-
ness. lie undoubtedly took this af
teiHool contest seriously and has
! framed conscientiously into the besf
| i'41h ne mas shown in any of his
American engagements.
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Gibbons confidentiaIIy told his al
mlferS that he would he badly die
appointed If he failed to knock oI,t
carpenter in impressive and decisive
fashion. He realized that he nust d.
ehdt 10 keep his position among the
'front.' rank of serious conte nders for
the heavyweight title. G;t,uons said
thdt his condition was s;. ,erb thai
ne was hitting more acc .rateIy and
harder than when he fought Demn-
Sey in Montana last JUL 4 and thst
he was stronger
According to the scheduled pro
gram Gibbons and Carpenter will
enter the ring between 3 and {
O'Clock, central standard time. The
contest Will be started as soon as
possible after pm. if the weather is
threatening
The ten-round semi-final between
sammy Manden. Rockford. ILL.,, and
lauI FrltSch, France, will be staged
after the Gibbons Carpenter bout
Today'S contest. conceived by FIovd
FltzSlmmonS, owner of the Michigan
City arena. was made possible as 4
result of the financial support Of
Frank r. Parker. Chicago. who, at the
age of twenty mine Years. is report ed
to have made million dollars in the
past five years. chiefly through Wes'
Virginia mining enterprises
Parker, with a reputation for will
ingness to take a chance in any ven
ture that promises thrill. came into
newspaper prominence last winter.
when he piloted his airplane from
Chicago to Beaver Island, Mich. with
supplies for islanders who were re-
ported maroond and starving there
Learning of the islanders plight
Parker. with a newspaperman and
another pilot as passengers, hoped
off from Chicago in the teeth of "A
biting blizzard. flying over Lake
Michigan, which was filed with
broken ice Parker and his compan-
ions were in sight of the island when
the oil line of his plane burst. Forced
to shut off the engine, Parker vol
planed downward and landed safely
on the island.
Carpenter has been guaranteed
$4,000 or privilege of % per cent
of this afternoons gate" and Glib
bons will box for 30 per cent of the
proceeds