New Britain herald., 1927-09-23
All Glasses There

crowd reached its greatest propor- tions.
 All Glasses There
 United States senators, governors, society leaders and men and women who purchased tickets only by dint Of hard saving mingled in $40 ring side seats and in the dim distant reaches of the s sectors, two and three city blocks away.
 In their reactions 10 the conflict 1t was kipling's old story of sister hood under the skin, of Julia O'Grady and the colonel's lady over again.
 Governor Fred Green of Michigan, Governor Len Small of Illinois; Frank L. Smith. United States sena- tor-elect for Illinois; George H. Reynolds, Chicago banker; Mrs Samuel Insull, wife of one Of the worlds greatest executives; James J. Jeffries, sometimes termed the greatest heavyweight champion of them all; George Brennan, leader of Illinois democracy; Mrs P D. Ar mour, 3rd; Jackie Coogan's mother: Lou Emerson, Illinois secretary of state; Kenesaw M. Landis, baseball commissioner and former federal judge; Mrs. Glen Eden of Chicago. a petite brunette and one of eight women in the first ten rows faced; Mrs. George F. Rider of Chicago and young Frank Rider: George Getz, millionaire coal man and nom- inal promoter of the fight; one man in a khaki work shirt, and thousands upon thousands more were there.
 Didn't Sec Fight
 When the gong first changed and the former champion dashed across the ring as if to annihlate the man who dethroned him last year, the writer turned his back and, since Dempsey missed his first vicious strike, did not see a single blow struck although for the next thirty nine minutes the observer sat with his back two feet from the ringsidc in which one of the worlds great est man-to-man struggles was re- corded.
 He found the story of the struggle In the crowds involuntary muscular reactions, it's eyes, faces, cheers. booes and exclamations.
 Reactions In Round One
 Round one: Jim Jeffries watched intently, his face a mask. Senator Smith grinned open mouth. Secre tary of State Emerson hunchcd for ward on his seat. Gctz slouched back in his chair, his face a dream Of satisfaction over his promotonal success. Dempsey and Tunney seem ed to be feeling each other out after that first blind rush Of the former champion. Commissioner Landis bobbed as If with a punch. Alta boy, Tunney." the crowd roarL1. Tunney apparently had rushed in with lefts and rights. Benny krue- ger, used for weeks as a Dempsey sparring partner. crouChed near the ringSide in ring rcgala, new red gloves tied 10 his fists. The little Germans face told that Dempsey. his ideal, the man teaching him the rudiments of the craft, was not go l bag, Gene" shouted a huge man in the front row, an assurance that Gene was getting in his famous art of rendering impotent the Killing thrusts Of the Manassa Mauler. A general relaxation and anxious turn ing 10 ncighbors In wide-eycd won- der told that the round had ended l,<t fnat
 Crowd Gets Excited
 Round two: The crowd htched forward A big man wildly chewing gum. his jaws thrusting forward pugnaciously. half raised himself from his seat with an aboy Gene, a beauty left to the body" A moment of relaxation and then the whole throng surgcd upward with shouts of Let 'er go. Jack; let 'er go once more"
 The left which Jack Kearns said he taught Dempsey to use by tie ing his right arm to his body, and the right as wcll-old Iron Mike" were pummeling the champion. A youth with smugglcd in home movie camera half arose as he sighted his machine at the new ac- tivity. Jemrics' interest was greater and he was talking out of the side of his mouth to a ncighbor. but with never a glance excepting at the ring. The milling was getting hotter. Then came the relaxation which proved the ringside chairs actually had backs as neighbor talked to neighbor with smiles or gestures Of grim determination. It was the bell.
 Landis Bobs About
 Round three: Getz showed his hat over on to the side of his head but his face told nothing of the milling. Landis stared intently but, except ing for his bobbing from side to side as If swinging with blows, he revealed nothing. Back to the big gum chewing man who between rounds had switched to a black cigar. The big cheroot might have been raper. He was a Dempsey fan and showed his joy that Old Jack was going great. keep crowd ing him. Jacll,' he yelled. Hold 1t. boy" Evidently Jack had slight edge in the exchanges. Jeff ries dragged his cap down over his eyes.
 Woman Shows Excitement
 Round four: Smiles faded im- mcdiately. The battle was more deadly in it's earnestness. "Go on