Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-16

mindful of the fact that every move
made had to be worthy of the
publicity In other words, there must
be no slip. 1t was up to me to run
point the public. Consequently the
building of the arean at Boyles
Ihfrty Acres was done with such care
and skill as could be ihtrusted in
every able mind l could find.
Not Mishap, Not an Arrest.
Our arrangements for handling the
vast crowd had to be perfect. We
worked on that problem for weeks.
The police of Jersey City regarded
the matter with deep interest and
growing pride. Their help was in
valuable.
doubt if the public to this day
1uliy realizes the perfection with
Whlch those details were carried out.
Every man on his job seemed to take
pride in his work. The result was
astonishing. We handled nearly 100,-
00o excited people that historic after
noon In Jersey City and there was not
one accident. 1t was not necessary to
make an arrest. This very remarka-
BILE state of affairs was due mostly
TO the splendid policing and handling
of crowds given by Mayor Hague
and his officials of Jersey City, who
Planned and executed wonderfully.
me thing that caused me the
was the possibility of rain. You can
readily visualize what might have
happened had a downpour of rain set
In after that great throng had been
seated OF course, If it had rained a
rev hours in advance we could have
postponed the fight. The thing I
wanted to avoid, and the thing that I
sometimes feared. was a panic due to
sudden weather changes
oont Know If / was born under
a. lucky star, but the fact remains
that have had the. greatest good for
tune In the world in all my big ven
lures when 1t comes to weather. Sew
erai times we have narrowly escaped
rams, but never yet have 1 had rain
actually interfere with a champion
ship event held outdoors
Inc details of all these arrange
iieuts were told over and over again
IN the daily newspapers until I feel
tnat the average boxing fan as we'll
as the stay-at-homes are thorouehIy
familiar with them. Suffice it to saw
mat when the sun broke clear that
morning of July many millstones
We're lifted from my shoulders. No
pody ever got greater thrill than I
ulo out or that day of good weather.
AS these arrangements went on-be-
lore they really got under way, in
including Descamps, his manager. ar,
rived from Europe and went into
training at Manhasset
Romance Found fin Career.
The Dempsey outfit went into train
ing at Atlantic City,
THESE camps had to be watched as
well as the work going on at
Boyle.s Thirty Acres. No hands were
ever fuller than mine. The press work
took care of itself. Hundreds of news
paper. men were in New York eager
to elaborate the slightest incident
into readable story.
AS expected, the.arrival Of Car
pentier added all the fuel we needed
TO the fire of publicity. His manager,
Descamps, was almost as good for
newspaper copy as the French cham
pion himself. Descamps was a show
| man by profession, even before he
got into the fight game.
writers were quick to start legends
pr the fussy little manager and to re-
late stories Of the war records of
Carpenter. Anything that smacked of
romance was eagerly sought by read
ers This ten-strike In publicity was
greater than all the gold strikes in
| Alaska put together.
For instance, it was related how
Descamps. wandering Snowman,
dealing in hypnotism and legerde-
| main, had given q performance around
| Lens, the mining section from whence
Carpenter came. He took rabbits out
Of hats, hypnotized subjects in the
[ audience and 30 on. Finally, he wound
up with a boxing exhibition, being
D. very clever boxer himself. He had
| long been a trainer of athletes. The
l and wanted to box. He, got his chance
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