Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 3, 1921, Page 1

DEMPSEY WINS BY KNOCKOUT IN FOURTH 3 rthiumn.e VOLUME V Che Casper Daily NIGHT MATL RINGSIDE, JERSEY CITY, stretched in the fourth round. heavyweight champion, knock: CASPER, WYO., SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1921 NUMBER 226 short right hook to the chin. EAGLE TO SCREAM WHEN WAR VETS INVADE CITY FOR THREE-DAY FETE GREAT ‘SAUCER’ STADIUM FILLS ‘FROM THE TOP” |All Casper to Join’ | in Celebration to | Lap Over Double Holiday Here Great Crowd Flows in When Gates to the » Fight Arena Are Thrown Open at Jersey City at 9:30 O'Clock RINGSIDE, JERSEY CITY, N. J., July 2.— (By The Associ- With patriotic and festive irits already rising toward |high. tide, .Casper . today | rushed through its last day of | business preceding a double) | holiday in anticipation of join- jing heart and soul in the Independ- jence day celebration planned by the | United Spanish-American War Vet-| ated Press:) —Gates to the big fight opened at 9:30 a. m. and in popped the crowd. when the sun was out, glistened like a giant bowl of brass, was soon flecked with humanity. But, unlike an ordinary saucer, it filled from the brim down instead of the bottom up, erans for the sixth annual encamp-| The saucer of yellow pine, which|™ent of the department of Colorado | and Wyoming. While appreciation of | sacrifices will again glow with the as sembling of the veterans of two states, immediate sorrows which for the first to arrive was the gallery od with the periscope eye who had camped all night outside the arena for the privilege of paying Promoter Tex Rickard five dollars and fifty cents. Gradually, however, the wave of humanity rolled d@wn to the ringside, as the more plutocratic ticket holders reached the stadium. Unlike the or- dinary show, today’s “battle of the century” had no exclusive bald headed row. Hairless pates, in many cases, were replaced by coiffeurs par ex- cellence, for women who. regently had espoused the boxers’ art had turned dut;in full force. Thewcasly comers found, just three things to do; debate the weather pros- ects, which in the morning appeared dubious; admire the world's greatest arena in which 90,000 could nestle just as cozily as the proverbial sar- dines, and speculate on future ring A sultry day followed a humid night. ‘The sun tried to pierce the screening clouds that gave a constant threat of rain then gave up the attempt after brief unsuccessful effort. It was an eal day for the spectators, for no one longed for the scorching sun and no one wanted rain. But the crdwd had many things to GOLLIER HOME 5 STRUCK BY LIGHTNING HERE Family Absent on Visit and No One Is Injured When Resi- dence on Beach Street Ts Struck The home of Edward R. Collier, 625 South Beech street was struck by lightning this afternoon and pertially destroyed according to reports to The Wribune. The family fortunately was absent from the home when the bolt struck. The Collier family is said to be spending a vacation at Table Rock, Neb. No fire resulted from the bolt and in the absence of the family no esti- mate of the Gamage is obtainable. Telephone and light service wires in that vicinity were put out of commis- ion. — WANDERER SENTENCED. CHICAGO, July 2.—Carl Wanderer, convicted of murder of his wife, un born child and the “ragged stranger” in a fake holdup, was today. declared and sentenced to hang _—— Mi s presidency, one of the the state of India, "has granted full suffrage rights to women. NGINEER TRIES | SUICIDE, STABS | SELF IN HEART In = spirit cf meiancholia, Carl Bemenity years old, an employe of the drafting department of the Midwest _Q@efining’ company, © at- -tempted ta tske is own life this mornins by plunging a small scratch a body above the heart. Bloeding severely the man attempted te jump from the window of his of- , fice an the sixth floor of the Mid- i talk bout. Everyone had something in common and this led to conversa- Yon even among men and women as far separated as Fifth avenue and the lower East Side, New York and Chica- go, America and Europe, as foreign to one another as prince and pauper: with interestz as varied as those of lawyer and ditch digger. They came, these pilgrims, equipped for anything from a trip to moon to a journey featured by Signor Dante. Travelers who landed in host Ric- kard’s > seventh circle of seats, rim- ming the emphitheatre, came. as for the rate track, with glasses to span the300 feet-of the ring. Many car- ried as part of their regular equip- have deppressed the jubiliant feeling | associated with the Fourth of July in| recent years will be no bar to un-! restrained jollification in the event pending here, and Casper business houses on Monday will be deserted in observance of a full holiday. The vanguard of delegates, reached Casper today and beginning with the last arrivals tomorrow morning there will be a full round of events for the thresday encampment and some counter attractions. Boxing and ring| events will hold forth at the big sta-| dium) erected on North. Wolcoit to-| night and Monday, a wild west show will be conducted at ‘the fair-grounds Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, lively ment: Sun glasses, one pair; pillows, | Programs will be interspersed and two as many as the old family sofa at home| #T*at parades Will b6, staged on had held; sandwiches, a legion, fans|July 4. The- morning event, to be held at 10 o'clock, will see scores of visitors in line and has been combined with the decorated auto parade which} was originally scheduled in addition to the veterans and many floats will) be entered in competition. At night/ as numorous asx the wings of the fuz- ous Jersey “skeeters” that also vy planed to Boyle's Thirty Acres. ‘What the fight fans saw when they arrived was a great hollow lined with men and women, a great hollow in which the Woolworth. building could ALL FRANCE ON EDCE AS HOUR OF FIGHT NEARS Country Folk Swarm Into Paris to Get News of Championship Battle Here; Interest Rivais War News PARIS, July 2.—Today crashing banks, wars, cabinet crises, reparations, Silesia and a multitude of othe> pressing public questions were unqualifiedly thrust to the background by Paris. For France, today, the world revolved about the mecca of sportdom, Jersey City. A Even Communist organs devoted columns to dispatches of |their typewriters on the probabilities in the presence of her $-year-old| Maurice Maeterlinck, author of the breakdown about three months ago,|the Excel:ior: “I forecast victary for jthe combat, and all news was subor. |dinated to fight dispatches in a man ner wholly unprecedented. | Cartoonists and columnists directed \their efforts on theme and erstwhile KILLS H of the “great conflict.” pas | Early arrivals of country folk gave DENVER, July 2.—Mrs. Hattie | indication that the non-resident crowds Belle Hampton, wife of H. A. Hamp-|of the city would equal those which ton, retired business man of Omaha,|came for news of the battle of the daughter. Mr Hampton. who,..*as|‘‘Blue Bird’ and known ‘throughout shaving in the bathroom, when--be;the world as the “Belgian Shbakes- heard'the shot rushed into Mrs Hamp-| pears.” was an enthusiastic supporter ton’s room and found his wife lying |of Carpentier. Macterlinck had fre- across the bed with a bullet hole in|quently donned the gloves with the her husband said. Georges Carpentier.” me This view was generally held by the Chameleons, lizards, and snakes are| majority of experts in this city. the latest pets among fashionat{>; Betting on th efight opened briskly women in Landon, even boa constric-;this morning. Several large bets have Jain down without scarcely hav- ing a draw in its neck, a great hallow saaauinl seater taeaad composers of exhaustive editorials on the Near East situatign hammered Neb., shot and killed herself in the|Marne and the signing af the ar bedroom of her home here early today | mistice. her right temple | French champion, being no mean box- Mrs. Hampton suffered a nervous |ér himself. Last night he telegraphed tors 10 fect long finding owners|wre recorded with Dempsey the favor- readily lite at 3% to 1 Short Hook to the Jaw Stops Carpentier’ After Carrying Losing End of Battle Through Three Rounds; Great Crowd Witnesses Championship Fight , N. J., July 2.—Georges Car- pentier finished flat on his face, his legs and arms out-| . Jack Dempsey, the world’s ed him out a few seconds after the round opened, sending him heavily to the canvass with a The actual time of fighting in in the fourth round was one minute and 16 seconds. Previous to the knockout, Carpentier was floored with a left to the body and a right to the chin. Carpentier took a count of nine be fore springing to his feet where the stim, determined Dempsey measured him with a punch to the chin which ended the battle. Dempsey stood over the fallen French idol until the count was finished and then tenderly picked up the bleeding and dazed Frenchman and dragged him to his corner Dempsey gave Carpentier an un merciful beating. He opened up a cut under the challenger’s eye and bat tered him viciously around the head with rights and lefts until Carpentier’s face was swollen and bleeding. Ca pentier fought gamely back at the champion but he was outclassed. Once he was half knocked and half push through the ropes and most of the time was going away from the cham pion. Dempsey kept after him, driv ng him to the corner whenever he had xn opportunity, Carpentier was out only for a few seconds. Manager Des camps applied first aid as quickly as the dazed Frenchman dropped into his hair. Police immediately climbed into the ring and made a path for the hampion and Carpentier to go te heir dressing rooms. When Demps nt home the winning punch t swelling crowd that packed the arena was on its feet yelling The crowd so apathetic during preliminaries, went wild when fighters entered the ring, during the the the WAR IS ENDED j BY SIGNATURE | OF PRESIDENT \pted by Both ‘day Follows eat; Techni- $oday Compromise Resolution Houses of Congress Yé President to Vacation ' cal State of War Is Endé S RARITAN, N. J., July 2.—The resol a of congress de- claring war with Germany and Austria, . ary at an end was signed here late today by President $ lg. The president affixed his signature to t\ vasure at 3:10 Pp. m. eastern standard time, at the home of, ~aator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, where he is spending the week end. WASHINGTON, —The res- olution ending the state of war with Germany and Austria, finally adopted yesterday by congress, was started early today on its way to President Harding at the home of Senator Frelinghuysen at Raritan, N. J. The president is expected to sign it late today or Monday. BY ROUNDS Edward W. Smithers, chief teleg ONE. rapher at the White House. car. They went sent a’ at 3:18. Car- ried the document, leaving at 7:45 pentier landed a light left and a. m. He expected to reach Rari- | clinched. fan seon after noon. Carpenticr landed a right. They fought at close range in a clinch. Dempsey was short with a left to the head, Carpentier missed a right but con- Paris Mourns 1s i ) nected with a left hook. .Dempsey F ight Result punished him, beating him unmerei- Carpentit was grog; and ulby. 3 bisBine at the nose. Dempsey missed d|a right swing but beat Carpentier as they clinched. PARIS, July 2.—(By The Assoc! Pross.)—The defeat of Carpentier was received with deep regret by all Paris and pathos marked the scene of the posting of the first news of the match. An aged woman befare the office of the Echo de Paris moaned as a final four rounds and at the knockout. The shrieks of the women as blow followed blow and blood was drawn. ‘The sudden manner in which the main bout was staged with postpone ment of the last preliminary caught the spectators by surprise. There were cheers when the American cham pion was introduced but the crowd around the arena, cheered itself hoarse as Carpentier was hailed as the champion of the old world, idol of his country and a soldier of Fran: As calm and unperturbed a fighter as ever entered the ring, the French birdman kept his eyes turned up, watehing planes circling overhead with @ noisy staccato at the very mo merit the boxers appeared. There was not the usual rush to the ring after the knockout—that championship rush that carries dll be- fore it. What rush did start soon was checked by a heavy detail of police around the ring. The throng, which during the bout rose and sank in their seats in a wave which rippled from ringside to rim, stood in their places after the knock (Continued on Page 7.) from the bottom of which only the sky, a fringe of Jersey's famous smokestacks and two buildings could be seen. In the arena, which from its (op- most tier flew at regular intervals the tri-color of France and the starry flag of America, an army of workmen were putting on the last touches. Women ‘contented themselves chief- ly with an analysis. of the boxers’ looks. The fighting jaw of the Amer- ican which they had come to know in the movies apparently fascinated some; with others it was the smile of the dashing young French birdman that cast the spell. There were many gasps of dismay when word was passed down the line that Carpentier, described by one English writer, as a Greek god with a punch, would fight without his wavy blonde pompadour, which had gone the way of all pomp- adours when a serious match was at hand. Indeed after hearing all the accounts ot how Jack was growing whiskers to protect his jaw, and Georges had | RUTH GETS TWO HOMERS NEW YORK, July 2.—Babe Ruth cracked out two homeruns today,! bringing his total up to 30. The first/ was clouted in the seventh inning of| the first game with Boston, the ather was made in the first inning of the} shorn his locks so that he could not be| second game. Hl towed around the ring by them, a So ge spectator wondered if he woud be able} Patent medicines are forbidden en- to recognize the fighters when theydtrance into Italy, Roumania, Algeria| entered the ring. and Sierra Leone. MAN LOSES LIFE IN ATTEMPT TO CROSS PLATTE Andy Brae, 24 years old, an emoiove of the Stepps & Tay- lor Cattle compnay was drowned in the Platte river this! morning when he attempted to cross in company with six others at a point just below the Evans ranch, five miles east of Casper. The current of the river caught his horse and in the excitement which followed the animal went beneath the surface and. came up riderless. . It is probable that Brae was struck by, the animal's hoofs while underneath! the water. j Six other employes of the cattle company also had extreme difficulty in making the crossing and it is a” miracle that at least two of the other) boys were dragged from the water in time to save their lives. ‘Word was immediately flashed to! whet Selling. bul ‘thie was |Casper and an expedition of relief ‘started. Up to a late hour this after- Prete ee Ry, gihier employes who | von Braeis body had not been recov j ; ‘He was immediately taken to the | ered although the river is. being pa- office: of Dr. Riach on the second | ‘trolled for ‘miles, floor where first aid treatment was | given. He was later removed to the private hospital where it is sald that yell, known rancher in the Barnum country. He. is said to be survived he has better than an even chanee | by his mother and father: iin) Chey-| near here. 2 { Heise. for recovery. ‘Jenne. 5.8 Brae is a brother of Bia Brae, a drop from TRIBUNE SCORES BIG BEAT IN GIVING NEWS OF FIGHT Actual Timing Shows Tribune Five Min- utes Ahead of Next Fastest Service | Three Thousand “Extras” Sold Over five minutes ahead of any other service carrying the} returns of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight, The Tribune was en- abled to stage a real “beat’’ this afternoon in getting the verdict to the huge crowds which gathered in front of The} Tribune building to hear the fight returns. | The roar of approval from the vast assemblage which ov- erflowed the street in front of The, all the preliminary arrangements, giv a A a . s around! ing the names of personages and| Tribune and taxed the ground: | ate nines of” brcerneee ene the postoffice ta capacity, could be ciguis and of the crowds outside and! heard in many parts of Casper and it inside the arena, t was in this manner that many Casper ites learned that the fight was before they knew who won ‘The Tribune's beat was made pos sible by the marvelously rapid and re Uable report furnisHed direct from the ringside” over a leased wire by The Associated Press. Over 6,500 words bearing directly on the fight were re- ceived by The Tribune while during the early merming hours over 3,000 words were devoted to general news, of the day. The fight news told of 90,000 SEE FIRST, GATE $1,600,000 RINGSIDE, JERSEY CITY, N. 3., duly 2—Announcement was made after the contest that 90,000 | persons had witnessed the battle. The receipts totalled $1,600,000. Bout then sles SNOW IN IDAHO. Paying tribute to the enterprise ex- hibited by The Tribune in handling the fight returns, Casper grabbed with avidity a “fight extra’ which made| its appearance on the streets of Cas- per carrying the fight by rounds and thousands of words of material on the fight, just 28 minutes after the word was megaphoned to the crowd that Dempsey had won. over Ten minutes of the time was lost awaiting the lead for the fight story whuch stimmed up in detail Dempsey’s victory. that 2,900 papers had been sold. This| figure added to the circulation of all! other editions gave The Tribune a to-| tal circulation fq the day in excess, of 9.000 papers, a.new record for Wyo-! ming journa. In less than two hours after the fight"was over, ‘The Tribune's fight) extra was speeding on trains to many places in central Wyoming. Before night many towns in this vicinity will have had the full story at the fight from the sale of papers in those cities./ The Tribune's efforts in behalf of its patrons and friends today is just one of the many events that has been | arranged to make The Tribune the most effective news organ in the state. | The co-qeration is appreciated. An-| houneér Harry Yessness, who was on the heavy end of the megaphone while! the returns were being given to the! crowd scored a decided hit, his effect ive voice having carried to all sections of the crowd which gathered ta hear IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. July 2—A 2 degrees two days ago toa. snowstorm. today swas_ reported from Helse and. Amoon, two towns An inch of/ snow. fell at ithe returns. \ COUNTESS TO GET PROPERTY WASHINGTO: Property Custodian Miller was or- dered today by Justice Hitz of the District of Columbia supreme court, to return to Countess Von Bernstorff. wife of the former German ambassa- dor to the United States, stocks, bonds and cash amounting to $1,000, 000, which was seized under the trad- ing with the enemy act. PHYSICIAN KIL PUEBLO, Colo., July Pearson of Colorado killed and his ife critically injured when their automobile went over an embankment at Cokedale, Colo. 6:30 o'clock last night. Dr. Pearson had bridge over the Arkansas when apparently lost control of his auto: mobile which rolled over several times. The body of Dr. Pearson was taken to Salida and Mrs. Pearson re moved to the Red Cross hospital in Salida. July 2 Alien Springs was about | just crossed bulletin was posted and then reached for her hankrechief to dry an_ irre Carpentier fell through the ropes trying to avoid a punch. He fled into Dempsey when he crawled back into the ring and landed severe blows on the champion's body at the bel. Demp- sey had the better of the rou; Gharrity. TWo. Carpentier missed with a left and clinched. _Carpentier backed away and Dempsey hooked him with a right to the jaw. _Demsep followed him beat- ing him around the head with rights. Carpentier was short with the left hook. But he staggered back a bit and split the Frenchman's eye with a left hook, The cut was under tbs eye. Carpentier missed a right swing They exchanged body punches in the clinch ag the bell rang. pressible tear. BALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game.) At. Philadelphia— R. H. E. Brooklyn 330 100 301—11 14 1 Philadelphia ..300 003 012— 9 15 5 areca _ Batteries > Cadore, Schupp and THREE, mess ing, Baumgartner and/ Carpentier ducked a left hook. ers. Dempsey backed into the ropes and hit him with = short right. Carpen- tier landed two uppercuts to the (Second Game.) At Philadelphia— R. H. E.} body in a clinch. As they clinched Brooklyn —_...000 021 002— 5 8 0] Dempsey punished the invader in Philadelphia 201 000 000— 3 11 1] the body and Carpentier nearly fell Batteries—Grimes and Miller; Hub- down when hi issed a right . Melt kod? Wcxcsy. Jo’ en he mis: a right swing. ‘They missed left to the head. Demp- sey struck the invader in the body At Pittsburgh— RH and Carpentier nearly fell down Cincinnati 000 000 000— 0 when he missed a right swing. They Pittsburgh ....240 100 missed lefts to the head and Demp- Batteries— Brenton, Coumbe sey punished Carpentier viciously in Wingo; Adams and Schmidt, infighting. tem. Dempsey landed a left and right to the head without a return. They At Chicago— RF exchanged left hooks to the chin. St. Louis 001 009 200— 3 Carpentier’s right swing was short Chicago 010 100 000— 2 and Dempsey clubbed him on the atteries — Doak and Clemon: jaw with Ieft hooks in the clinch. Vaughn and O'Farrell At Boston—New York-Boston, Dempsey battered Carpentier into a corner with rights and lefts at the bell. The bell sayed Carpentier from two games postponed; rain. a knockout. Dempsey’s round. Bormans net oe a ‘FOUR. han) - AMERICAN LEAGUE) gy. continua nombarament of — heavy body blows from Dempsey’s (First Game.) fists was rapidly weakening Carpen- At New York— R. H. E.|tier, The Frenchman began to sag Boston ----000 010 O1I— 3. 6 2} Woticenbly at the knees and after New York 129 010 10*— 5 8 Ofabout 55 seconds of punishment, Batteries — Russell and Walters;|crumpjed up on the floor from the Collins and Hoffman. vicious right to the body and left te the chin. Carpentier was not uncon- At New York (2nd Game) R. H. E.| scious but in sore distress as he lay Boston ... 000 000 010—1 7 1) curled up on his side. Referee Ertle New York - 310 010 00x—5 10 1] began the count as he stood alongside Batteries—Myers and Ruel; Hoyt] the prostrate Frenchman, while Demp- and Schang. sey leaning against the ropes with # sardonic grin on his face watched the At Cleveland— R. H. E.| rise and fall of th@ referee’s hand. At Detroit 000 021 500-- 6 10 2] the count of mine Georgés rase to his Cleveland 010 100 010— 3 9 O} knees and grose in a game but weak- Batteries—Ehmke, Holling and Bas-jened fashion. T champion was ster; Mails, Sothoron, Caldwell and} upon hiny again in 2 flash nad another Nunameker. crushing left to the mie section fo} a+ lowed by a slashing ¢ (9 the chin (First Game.) with of Dempsey's ¥ ig > behind it At St. Louis— KR. H. E.| hurled/ Carpentier to ik» Uoor again Chicago ......002 000 090-11 17 0} with g thud that eouldyh iteard many St. Louis 000 203.102— 8 10 1} feet Foo the ring. Batteries—Devenport, Kerr, Schalk;] | Aggin Carpentier Is (on his side while the count went dii and at the sound of eight be made a desperate attempt to regain his feet. He raised his body part way from the floor with Bayne, Davis, Kolp, Deberry and Col- lins. At Washington— RHE Philadelphia 000 210 120— 6 11 right hand, but the effort was fu- Washington 000 001 000— 1 9 tile, and two seconds later the Eu- Batteries—Rommel and _Perkins;|ropean champion was counted out. Courtney, Erickson, Shaw and 31 The time of the final round was 1 minute and 16 seconds, Just one hour after the ex-! tra made its apperance on the street, the circulation department reported { MIDWEST OIL TANK, FIRE IS CONTROLLED Fire Foam chemical effectively , curbed what threatened to be a dis- astrous blaze at the Midwest Re- finery plant tank farm this morn- ing after a 35,000-gallon tank had been struck by lightning. Just 42 minutes after the blaze started, working under the worst possible conditions, the fire had been brought under contro! and before an hour elapsed had been extinguished. The conditions which added to the seriousness of the blaze was a sone 4 which shot to pieces in | ae the air, the burning timbers falling ; disaster which cost seven tanks on back into the oil‘tank. The tank | the north side of the river resulted also was so full that fire foam | in tanks that were not protected by could not be effectively used until | fire foum. the fire burned the oil down three | The bolt of lightning struck the or four inches. This allowed the foam to form and the blaze was | flames smothered in a few minutes despite | the burning wood. | Fanned by a brisk southwest wind, | the blaze in the tank which is lo- cated at the extreme southwest of the Midwest tank farm jeopardized other tanks and the refinery itself in the path of the blaze. The recent | tank shortly before 11 o'clock, the shooting skyward until caught by the brisk wind and moved toward the other tanks and build- ings. The wind swerved slowly to a northwesterly and the jeopardy to the plant was removed. Ut was but a few moments later that the blaze was entirely controlled by the fire foam.,