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PORTS i VERY MARKED CONTRAST | ™% BETWEEN TWO FIGHTERS Dempsey, Conqueror, Grim and Dark of Visage; Carpentier Carries Smiie of Friendly, 1 3 Wholesome Youth. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. EW YORK, July 2—Might does not make right, but it made Jack Dempsey heavyweight champion pugi st of the world and the might of his right arm today enabled him to set at naught the determined efforts of a courageous aspirant for his honors. The victory of the American over Georges Carpentier by a knockout in the fourth round of the "battle of the ages” before 90,000 sweltering humans crowded into the arena at Boyle’s Thirty Acres in Jersey City in midafternoon today typified the triumph of the cave man over the artist’s model, a human bull over a panther with a soul, of power and force over crafti- ness and science. After several pairs of boxers of less welght, fame and ability—much less abllity—had gone through the mo- tions of fighting for some two hours while an assembling throng looked on disinterestedly, with their thoughts centered on the contest to come, two athletes, trained to the minute through many weeks of careful and mins(lking preparation, clambered through the ropes of the monster arena erected by an enterprising Texan, George L. Rickard, a man fted in correctly diagnosing the pulse of a people and with financiaf courage sufficient to risk one million dollars for the high stakes of half that sum as his award. Ring Drama Is Put On. ‘With the introduction of notables of the state and city and of boxing finished; with the ring cleared of floral pleces. photographers, seconds, trainers and advisers, and ‘with the raucous-voiced venders of peanuts and ice cream, sandwiches and pop, fans, cushions. eyeshades, field &lasses and what not stilled, the ring drama of a century started. For- gotten were the physical discomforts due to sitting on hard boards by the mass of humanity. which fairly swelt- ered from the effects of the literal steaming resulting from a shower followed by sunshine and from the natural, animal heat generated by & larga crowd closely confined. One of these modern gladiators— Dempsey, the American of Irish and Scotch forebears—was grim and dark of visage and body from several days’ growth of beard and many weeks of conditioning in the open. His hair was black, he was beetle-browed and for- ‘dbidding in aspect, and he was taller, stronger, hardler and heavier by six- teen pounds than his opponent. Car- pentier offered a striking contrast in appearance, even as he differs in tem- perament. He is blonde and blue- eyed, with the ingratiating smile of a friendly and wholesome youth, supple and lithe of limb, and with a profile likened unto that of a Greek god. To him also was credited a brighter, keener mind, better co-ordination be- tween it and his muscles, greater ex- perience in the business at hand and unquestioned courage. It was a quarter after 3 o'clock when the gong sounded that sent them into action. Fifteen minutes later the fair-haired athlete lay face downward on the canvas covering of the ring foor with the admiration-compelling figure of a brunette giant standing over him. He was oblivious to the fact that a third man in the ring was toll- ing off the fatal count of ten sec- onds, unable yet to realize that he had been tried in the fire and failed to assay high enough to garner the laurels he gpveted for himself and the France for which he risked his life In war. He exhibited all the valor and ag- gressiveness expected of the son of a brave people. He was game and tried hard, but his best was not good enough to topple an adversary made of even sterner stuff. Might had triumphed—the abysmal brute had won. Even after he had been revived in his corner by the solicitous Francols Descamps, his mentor, friend and manager, Carpentier was so weak- ened from the effects of the pile- driving blows administered to his body that he staggered unsteadily when he sought to use his legs to approach and shake the hand of his conquorer. Determination Is Evident. Will. determination and confidence were evident from the tactics pursued by the challenger. From the outset he rushed and showed he was not afraid to mix it with his burly ad- versary. In the exchanges which fol- lowed Carpentier's nose was cut and later he slipped and fell to his knees, but quickly recovered and was hold- ing his own at the bell. Nothing daunted, he opened a furious assault in the second round and registered no less than five clean blows of va- rious descriptions, mostly to the head of the champion, who seemed sur- prised at the viciousness of the at- tack and was thoroughly shaken up. The chall-nger had by far the bet- ter of this round. It was here he would have won had he becn oppos- Ing a Joe Beckett or a Hombardier Wells. But Dempsey, although un- mistakably jarred. had not been reached in a vulnerable spot. The champion came back strong for round 3. and for the first time looked to be the slashing, merciless mauler that he is. Having obtained confidence through weathering the Frenchman's hardest blows, he crowded In on_ him, both of his hamlike hands being pumped piston-like and with bone- crushing force to the midriff of the challenger, who unquestionably was saved from a visit to slumberiand by the bell. Finally Takes the Count. Descamps jumped into the ring and led his charge to his corner, where he was ministered to. Carpentier recov- ered very rapidly and bobbed up for the fourth round with a clear head and with determination apparently un- diminshed. But, although he po sessed the will to do, the flesh was weak, and after about a minute of milling. in wpich Georges' efforts were confined largely to trying to evade his merciless pursuer, Dempsey landed & right to the body and Carpentier went to the floor. He lay motionless, and the peculiar, buzzing sound made by a vast assemblage about to break into cheers was heard. Carpentier jumped the agility of a cat at the co; nine, however, and attempted to de- fend himself against the attack of a warrior who already had the scent of victory in his nostrils. But the effort was futile. Agaln those piston- like blows beat a tattoo, and finally it happened. A right-hander, which traveled seemingly not more than six inches, caught him squarely on the Jaw and he went down in a huddled heap and was still there, insensible, when Referee Ertle’s right arm rose and fell for the tenth time, denoting that Jack Dempsey, a Swarthy-skin- ned American. who, of all the fighters the game ever produced, probably can hit the hardest, still was champion of_the world. Might, naked, terrible force and power had carried the day. to his feet with JACK PAYS A TRIBUTE TO GEORGES’ GAMENESS JERSEY CITY, N. J, July 2.—Car- pentler is a good, game fellow, but T think I've got it on him,” Jack Demp- sey, world heavyweight boxing cham- pion, remarked as he entered his dress- ing room after the fight. The cham- plon was as happy a schoolboy, and there were no marks on his face or ®ody to show the effect of the French- ‘man’s punches. “ won just as I thought I would,” the champion said. “It was & good fight, and I think the public was satis- fled. They say Carpentier staggered me with a ht-hand punch in the third roun never even remember ‘being hit hard enough to shake me up. “Perhaps he caught me off balance and it looked as though I was stag- sing. Perhaps I could have finished sooner, but I was taking no ‘chances. Carpentier is the heavy- weight champion of Europe, and I had my own title at stake and wanted to take no unnecessary chance of losing b Sends Telegram to Mother. Jack's first thought as he came from the ring was of his mother. He took a pencil and wrote her the following telegram: “Mrs. C. Dempsey, 3572 South State street, Salt Lake City, Utah: “Dear Mother: Won In the fourth round. Received your wire. Will be home soon as possible. Love and kisses. JACK." As soon as Dempsey had dispatched the telegram to his mother he sat down in his dressing room and en- tered into a technical discussion of the combat with Joe Benjamin, one of his sparring partners, and Kearns. “Yowve got to hand it to Carpen- tier, he was surely game,” remarked Dempsey on several occasions. Kearns Praises Protege. Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s manager, ed the following statement: T think the public will belleve me now that Dempsey is a 100 per cent more improved fighter than he was when he defeated Willard at Toledo. 1 never saw a cooler man in the ring He handled “He never lost .ils head and he timed his punches perfectly. If he had landed with the right that he missed in the second they would still be picking Carpentler up from the ring.” i Champion's Father Pleased. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 2.— *It's just as I expected,” declared Hy- rum Dempsey, father of the champion, when he heard the result of the fight a moment after it was flashed into the %Alt Lake Telegram by the Associated Tess. “Some day,” continued the smiling father, “some one is going to beat Jack, but that day has not arrived. I expected Carpentier to have put up a stiffer fight. I do not like to see a handsome boy like Carpentier lose, but all the time I felt Jack would win, and, of course, I am glad that he did.” Columbia Loses Uarsmen. Columbla oarsmen, who closed the season by finishing last in the Poughkeepsie regatta this week, will be without four members of this Year's varsity crew next season, Capt. Van Houten, who was unable to row at Poughkeepsie because of iliness; Rauffalo, bow; Scovel, No. 2, and Paul » No, 6, have been graduateds He Is Great Champion, Georges Says of Jack JERSEY CITY, N, J., July 2— Georges Carpentier took his de- feat gamely praised Demp- | sey as a great champion. In his dressing room after the fight Carpentier dictated this state- ment: “I staked my all to win In the second round. I hit him hard, but could not drop him. I tried again in the third, but a right 10 my neck seemed to daze me. I do mot kmow how he got through my guard in the fourth. “America should be proud of Dempsey. He is a great cham- plon.” Carpentier's plans are not cer- tain. He probably will remain in seclusion in Manhasset, L. L., until after Monda; unt of | between Johnny Curtain THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. { -~ “Cave Man’’ Scores OUer“%rtist%Model . Rickard Is Not to Demolish Arena Until Fall " 1921—PART I JUL SIX BOUTS ON THE SIDE Miske and Renault Go Eight Rounds After Big Mill—Five Preliminaries Held. JERSEY CITY, July 2.—There was some good fighting in the prelimin- aries to the big mill. and after the main bout was over the heavy- welghts, Billy Miske and Jack Renault, furnished the remaining spectators with an eight-round con- test in which honors were even. The first preliminary bout was of Jersey City and Mickey Delmont of Newark. It went eight rounds, with honors slightly in favor of Curtain. The next saw Packy O'Gatty of New York and Frankie Burns of Jersey Clty in the ring. Nelther Seemed to be trying very hard, and they finished the eight rounds with hair hardly ruffied. Babe Herman of San Francisco, in the third bout, showed~ the edvan- tages of training with Dempsey by knocking out Joe Matranga of New Orleans in the fifth of their eight- round go. In the fourth bout Dick Griffin of Fort Worth, Texas, a_sterling little battler, put Benny Coster of New York away In the sixth round. The crowd then was entertained by a pair of heavies, Gene Tunney of the A. E. F. and Soldier Jones of Canada. The soldier was a good old battler so far as recelving punish- ment was concerned. He absorbed wallops until the seventh, when the referee called it a day. GEORGES SPRAINS WRIST. Injures It in Second Round—Phy- sicians Are Called. MANHASSET, N. Y. July 2—Gus Wilson, Georges Carpentier’s trainer, announced tonight that Carpentier had suffered a slight sprain to his right wrist in the second round and that physicians had been called to the training camp to attend him. WILL WRESTLE TURNER. Schaefer, St. Louis Grappler, in Bout Tomorrow. Joe Turner, who defeated Metropoulos, Greek grappler, yesterday, will be op- posed by Harry (Speedy) Schaefer of St. Louls tomorrow afternoon In a finish wrestling match at the Capitol Theater, ‘The bout will start at 2 o'clock. Returns of the Nationals-Red Sox game in Boston will be detailed on the electric scoreboard. Still Champion. —By Ripley. SHOWS THAT TH. ERE WAS “SOME INTEREST” SPORTS. IN BIG BOUT. pOSSIBLE TITLEHOLDER WILL FIGHT LABOR DAY Kearns Says His Charge Will Be Ready F Contest Then, and.Bat‘tIe With Willard is Probability. i i H ! i i i i or “wuight that he had ne EW YORK, July 2—Tex Rickard stated intention of demolishing the arena until late next fall. but on the contrary planned to hold several championship battles be- He said that he had no particular oppone tween now and Labor day. contest on September 5. JESS. WILLARD. WILLIN Will Await Offer for September Bout—Harvests Potatoes as Big Fight Is Staged. LAWRENCE, Kan., July ‘Willard, former world heav ght champion, to whose crown Ja Demp- y succeeded at Toledo, July 4, 1919, I box Dempsey on Labor day if arrangements for such a bout are made. Wiliard said tonight. ‘Willard spent the day on his ranch near here directing fifty men in the harvesting of his potato crop. The Jersey City fight went about as he ex- Dected it wouid, he sald. “I have heard nothing of such a bout ‘since last spring,” the former champion sald, “when a plan was under way for me to box Dempsey March 17.° The completion of plans for the Dempsey-Carpentier bout ended that project and I was promised a bout on Labor day. “I'll make no further move until 1 hLear from Tex Rickard, but I'li box Dempsey if the bout is revived.” 58 GET THE FIGHT THRILLS [MARINE BOXERS BEATEN WITHOUT PAYING A CENT |iiinen srom compe seste ssa They didn't pay a hundred “bucks,” Nor travel miles afar, But saw the whole blamed scrappin’-fest By stickin’ 'round The Star! Dear Foiks: If by any chance there be them amongst you who wasn't down at the 11"l old corner of 11th an’ Pensylvania avenoo yesterday afternoon, when An- nouncer Hurley bellowed through his megaphone that Mister Dempsey was still the undefeated chumpeen of the world, then leemme that never since them great war, when the big board( dis- playin' the mighty Hindenburg Line. used to make The Star building the rendevoo for every nationality on earth, has there been sich a crowd as showed up to get the ree-turns of the big fight! Is Great Outpouring. 1 ain’t no multiplier, but buh-lieve, folks. ‘twas some out-pourin’ Eleventh street was jammed chock- o'block, an' the overflow spilled all around on the Avenoo. They was even hangin' on the Stars new annex scaffoldin’ by their eyelashes. un' when Announcer Hurley introduced the French scrapper as “The idol of the old w-0-r-l-d — 3 soldier of France,” one 1i'l “peanut,” so hangin', was so overcome with emotion that he moistened his eyelash with a tear an' dropped to the ground. As early as 1 o'clock the vast throng begun to cluster. but hot as it was, I must say it was the most ree-fined. genteel, orderly congrega- tion of fight fans ever rathered to- gether at one settin'! But even at that, it wasn't a crowa to be trifled with! They was there for business. an' the usual excitement at sich af- ROUND ONE. Carpentier walked into Dempsey and landed the first blow, a light left to the head. They fell into a clinch, and Dempsey battered the Frenchman in the body with short rights and lefts. Dempsey was short with = left to the head, but repeated with a left that staggered Carpentier and made him miss with a right swing. Dempaey ianded a left that skimmed Carpentlers nose and drew blood. The Frenchman backed away and missed with a right. Dempsey countered with a left that made Carpentier's knees sag. There was a furious exchange at close quar- ters, 1t ended with Carpentier falling through the ropes. Car- pentier crawled back, gamely flew at Dempsey and they tx(‘hl‘Q‘d body punches in a clinch. Just be- fore the bell Carpentier nailed Dempney with a left, and punished him in the body as the bell rang. Dempsey’s round. ROUND TWO. Carpentier missed with a left and then landed a hard right to the chin that sent Dempsey reel- ing to the ropes. The blow appar- ently disconcerted the champlon and sent him back on his heels, but he came back with a terrific right to the jaw that caused a look of worry from the Frenchman’s handlers. They went into a clinch, and when they were separated Car- pentier missed a left to the chin. Cas rights head. Dempsey hooked a right to Carpentiér's cheek and split the flesh under the right eye. short. clinch exchanging punches to the bedy as the bell rang. Carpentier's round. ROUND THREE. Dempsey began crowding Car- pentier, and the Fredchman backed away. Carpentier ducked a left hook and Dempsey backed him into the ropes, shaking him with a solid Carpentier right uppercuts to the body in the elinch, The French- man missed swing and mearly fell down. Dempsey with a long right to the faw, and as he came into a clinch De: clubbed him on the neck with the rabbit punch. Carpentier ied with a left and they clinched. was_outroughing his fral foe in the clinches. Car- for a chance to whip over a right, but Dempsey’s body punches had N hair-raisin’ days of the| FIGHT IN DETAIL | fairs when announcement is made of how an’ when the gladiators enter the ring was sure conspicuous by its absen The ‘rillin’ details of how Monsoor Carpentier an' Mister Dempsey was attired as they hopped in the ring didn’t get a hand, nor did anybody go into hysterics when a rapid-fire dis- patch stated that the mayor o' Jersey City had just took off his coat, an’ when Mister Hurley dramatically shouted that Tex Ricard “had just kissed'the two fighters” he might as well have been talkin' in Czechoslovak e far as the crowd was concerned. Have Some Merriment. A 1i'l merriment did flitter through the assemblage when particulars of how both “Carp” and “Jack” had mis- 100k each other's dressin’ rooms on terin' the buildin’. On recelvin this information one fair Jane who 4 had a couple o' “gumdrops” on the outcome of the battle. turned to her “steady” an’ xaid, “My, I do hope they're not drinkin'!" Thurfore, owin’ to the dead silence that pree-ceeded the doin's, an' the quickness of the finish after the pesky thing started. it ain't no easy matter to jedge which was the favorite! But figured on the sentiment throwed out when the knock-out was sounded, I think nine-tenths of the bunch was dead tickled it was over! All of which convinces us more thoroughly that we'd ruther watch a prize fight from the sidewalk than pay a “cen- tury mark” to =ee it at the ring! Ya may sing the last line if you keers to. but anyhow heres hopin’ you all feel better! As ever, DOPEY DAN. weakened him. The champion drove Georges into a corner, hool ing him with rights and lefts to d as the bell rang. The ‘ed Carpentier. Dempsey’s ROUND FOUR. Dempsey landed a hard right to the stomach which must have hurt. Jack kept up the bombardment, and the Frenchman, who had be- gun to sag at the knees after about fifty-five seconds of punish- ment, crumpled upon the floor from the vicious right to the body and left to the chin. Carpemtier was not unconsclous, but in sore dis- tress as he lay curled up om his side. Referce Ertle began the count as he stood alongwide the prostrate Frenchman, while Demp- sey, leaning against the ropes wi a sardonic grin on_ his face, atched the rise and fall of the referee’s hand. At the count of upon him again in another crushing left to the mid- wection, fellowed by flashing right to the chin with all of Demp- ney's weight behind it, hurled C pentier to the floor again with a thud that could be heard many feet from the ring. Again Carpentier Iay on his side while the count went on L at the sound of eight he made a des- perate attempt to regain his feet. He raised bin body part way from the floor with his right hand, but the effort was futile, and two wec- onds Inter the European champion wan counted out on hix back. The time of the final round was ome minute and sixteen meconds. Pl et sz (FILMS OFF FOR EUROPE Pictures of Fight Taken by Flying Boat to Liner at Sea Hour After Bout. NEW YORK, July 2.—One hour after Jack Dempsey had laid low his French antagonist in “Tex" Rickard's Jersey City arena this afternoon, films from which pictures of the pugilistic spec- tacle are to be produced had been trapsferréd through the medium of a flying boat to the liner Caronia, al- ready outside the harbor on a voyage to Europe. Immediately after the knockout the fiims were placed In a waterproof container and sent by motor boat to the Morris canal basin, where the flying boat awaited them. The aerial craft flew over the Caronia, which h left the harbor before the fight star ed, and dropped to the water offt Am- brose channel. The fiilms were placed aboard a pilot ‘boat, and at 4:27 o'clock were trans- ferred to-the liner. They are for use in British and French publications. Holabird Score in Bouts in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Md. July 2—Ap- proximately 1,500 fight fans journeyed out to Oriole Park here today to see the doughboy champions from Camps Meade and Holabird turn back the marine boxing team from Quantico, Va. The battlers from the local camps took three out of the six bouts, two resulting in draws and one going to the Devil Dogs via the sleep route. The bouts were ali scheduled to go four rounds to a decision. Three of the six were hard fought and the battlers evenly matched, while the others were one-sided. Tritta of Camp Holabird. heavyweight ~class; Burnworth, of Holabird, in the mjddleweight, and Hill of Quantico, in the light-heavy- welght, had little trouble diposing of Numan of Quantico, Roszak of Quan- tico. and Blanc of Meade, respectively. The first battle, that between Tritta, Army, and Numan, Marine Corps, _ended in the second round, when Tritta, with a left to the nose and a right to the chin. put the boy from Quantico down for the count. The second bout brought together Chic Kansas, Holabird, 120 pounds, and Whitby, Quantico, 127 pounds. Kansas showed the better general: ship and clearly outpointed his rival, although he was unable to hand out the sleep potion. | "The third contest was the one most unsatisfactory of the afternoon. The end came just sixteen seconds after the initial round had elapsed. In this tilt Burnbrook, Holabird, who j holds the welterweight championship of the 1st, 2d and 3d Army Corps, ha little trouble polishing off Roszak of { the marines. WILLS PUTS OUT TATE. Scores Knock-out in Sixth Round of Long Island Scrap. NEW YORK. July 2.—Harry Wills of New Orleans, negro heavyweight champion, knocked out “Big Bill” Tate of New York in the sixth round of a fifteen-round match in Long Island City tonight. Wills weighed 214 pounds and Tate 243. The bell saved Tate In the fifth round, when he was knocked down twice, and he took a count of nine in the sixth before the full count. LEONARD GANCELS BOUT Unable to Meet Friedman Tomor- row Because of Rheumatism. Benjamin Replaces Him. BENTON HARBOR, Mich., July 2.— ‘Word that he was suffering from rheumatism and would be unable to defend his title against Sallor Fried- man of Chicago in their scheduled fight here Monday was sent by Benny Leonard, world lightweight champion, to Floyd Fitzsimmons, promoter, to- in the night. Joe Benjamin, Pacific coast {‘lxghtwelgh(. will be substituted for im. Arrangements to have Benjamin come were completed this afternoon in a long-distance telephone call with Jack Kearns, who manages Benjamin as well as Jack Dempsey. Kearns said that if possible Dempsey would accompany Benjamin, leaving New York tonight. Benjamin was said to ‘be in perfect condition, as he was one of Dempsey’s sparring partners. Besides the Friedman-Benjamin bout, Frankie Mason of Fort Wayne, Ind., will defend his national fly- weight title against Jimmy Kelly of Chicago, and several other bouts will be arranged. Leonard, according to word received here, was willing to fight Friedman, but the Michigan boxing commission decided he was not in shape. He is suffering from rheumatism. WOMAN SWIMS 40 MILES. Is Second of Sex to Go Around Manhattan Island. Miss Amelia Gade, twenty-two years old, recently swam around Manhattan Island, a distance of about forty miles, in fifteen hours and fifty-seven minutes. She was the second woman to per- form the feat, Miss Ida Elionsky hav- ing been credited with doing it in 19165 in eleven hours and thirty-five minutes. / Miss Gade, who arrived in thi country from Denmark & year ago, ir d to have gained prominence in that country as a long-distance swimmer, and to have received a royal decoration. —_— Former Cue Champion Dead. John G. Horgan, fifty, former world champion three-cushion billiard vl-r er and simultaneously the world pocket billiard champion, has died in San Francisco. L3 ' WOULD INDICT DEMPSEY. Reform Bureau Attorney Attempts | to Charge Assault. JERSEY CITY. N. J. July 2.—An effort to enter a complaint charging Jack Dempsey with criminal assault upon Georges Carpentier was made by H. C. Gilson, attorney for the in- ternational reform bureau. which tried Ineffectually to stop the contest, at the temporary police station estab- lished near the arena Lieut. Gus Marti charge, advised the attorney 1o con- sult a magistrate. Gilson said he wantsd the fact that he had meade a comgtaint with the police recorded. , who was in ERTLE GOT IN TOP FORM TO HANDLE THE BATTLE BY FAl ERSEY CITY. July 2—Referee J job. While the rival fighters gorg: lightly. All he had was a beefsteak smoth- ered with liver and bacon. two ham sandwiches, a head of lettuce and side dishes. Prior to dining he placed two sacks of iron filings on the kitchen floor and spent an hour pry- ing them apart and pushing them together. After that he placed two flat jrons in the hands of the hired girl and let her swing them at random while | he ducked in and out and to one side. Half an hour of this found him in a healthy perspiration. Then he sat before a phonograph funnel, using a SEVERAL BOXERS READY : TO ISSUE A TITLE DEHI BY SPARROW MCcGANN. EW YORK, July 2—When will championship of the world t: opponent? It is pretty ear! N for Dempsey in mind, but would consider any heavyweight who might prove capable of putting up an interesting contest w The promoter evaded a direct query as to whether he would stage a return battle between Jess Willard and Jack Dempscy on Labor day He said, however, that he had the assurance of both Dempsey and his manager, Jack Kearns, that the champion would be available for condition when he counted out Carpentier following Dempsey. telling blow in the fourth round. He had trained hard for the th the champiom! % “I have not heard from Willa: | recently,” said Rickard, “but if B |Jess wants another chance at t {champion and will agree to pdt | himself in the proper physical cod- dition, I am willing to stage such | match in the Jersey City arena. {l | can secure, however, several othgr | matches for titles in lighter weight divisions and may put on one 4t more such contests before I c | upon Dempsey for another appeaf- | ance in the ring.” £ | Rickard also expressed satisfag- tion at the orderly manner in which 'the greatest throng that ever wit- nessed a pugilistic battle was handled and the splendid and | sportsmanlike conduct and de- corum of the ninety thousand spectators. 5 “I feel sure,” said Rickard, “that today's boxing contest shows that | the sport can be conducted in such |a manner that will entitle boxing to a place on the same high plane with other proiessional sports, such as base ball and hockey. There was not the slightest trouble or dis- turbance at any time in the arena and 1 am pleased beyond words at the satisfactory manner in which the greatest promotion that I have ever undertaken in a boxing lig: was carried out.” ! Milne Leads Tiger Crew. Sidney W. Milne of ¥ member of the junior class of 1922 a1 Princeton, has been the Tiger crew for next rowed No. 3 on the varsity _—— adelphia, 2 Leads Pitt Track Team. Orville Hewitt of Pittsburgh has been’ elected ecaptain of the 1922 PR track team. IRPLAY. Harry Ertle showed he was in fige ate ed themselves at luncheon Ertle specially made re such remarks as {dont you let "em fight." | ber™ “Get out of the wa { think you're a pane of gla i told you you was a refc | The phonograph was then removed and the referee practiced coun ten with his right and left arms-d- | ternately. Then came a periodof shadow work, dancing about the fidér | shouting: “A little low, Jack.” - keep ‘em r !*Look out you big bum |jaw you just missed then ., that's I the next battle for the heavyweigh ake place and who will be Dempseg’s e ly to answer this question, but s Tex Ricard has a strangle-hold on the game of big promotion e chances are he will again be the impressario and that the big amphy- theater on “Boyle's thirty acres,” scene. There are now several men who loom as conten or a similar strufture, will be the ders, whereas a Dempsey won over Willard two years ago he was the lonesomest figh that ever held the title—no outstanding opponent at all. But now th are several men who think they have a chance to win_the world titafar honors and each has a following w! Tom Gibbons of St. Paul, who since last winter has come into the lime- light as a formidable knockerout of second and third rate pugilists, is regarded as the outstanding con- tender. Gibbons is as fast as Car- pentier, hits well and is & hard man to hurt. Indeed, he gives every appearance of being able to stand up under a beating. Has Made Fine Record. Hut whether he can take it or not is not known, because his cleverness thus far has saved him. As a hitter | there can be no doubt about him at all. He deais short blows and does not leave himself open. To date he has a great many knockouts to his credit. Harry Greb is another possibility. He s fast and clever and can take punishment. His hitting, though, leaves something to be desired; or at least, this has been the case in past bouts. Just now he looks light, ap- ears more of a middleweight than a ight-heavy. He has no difficulty in fighting at 160 pounds. Jess {llard {s another man who may come up for consideration. It WWY be recalled that he was to have met Dempsey In New York last spring, but the bout was sidetracked in favo of the Carpentier match. Little has been heard of Jess of late and the Kansas magnate may or may not be grooming himself for some future business engagement. He never did care for training and all the chances are that he has not attempted to keep down the layers of fat that cover an athlete year by year after he has re- tired from activity. If he were to attempt to come back his first course would be to meet a number of second-raters and by_de- cisive victories over them convince the public that he was an eligible contender for the crown he once wore. Fulton Is Insistent. Fred Fulton keeps saying he is in line for the title and he has lots of qualifications to back up his attitude, except one important thing—heart. Stage fright when he is up against e really good man has always hurt him, whereas against dubs he is a great a man-Killer. The public would not be likely to become greatly ex- cited over Fulton's championship as- pirations. Harry Wills is a formidable fighter, well qualified to extend any boxer he faces, but there is no public sup- port for him as & contender for cham- Plonship laurels. When Jack John- 2on gets out of prison Wiils may find & promoter willing to get the two men together. Knockout Bill Brennan is for the highest fistic laurels, seoker but, — No Players or Patrons Appear; All Go to Fight- JERSEY CITY, N. J., July 23— A double-hender base bnll game! between Newark and Jersey City of the International: ho shares their optimism. Leugue, was postponed because, none of the players reported. Neither did any onlookers. They: all went to the big fght. i while Bill has merits, they are the qualifications of a second-rater. He is not of championship mettle. The same may be said of Bob Martin;of the A. E. F. Martin is clever and a hard hitter, but his stature is by no means that of a champion. No man that Roper can beat has any licedse to pose as an aspirant for the throhe. DEMPSEY ENTERTAINE Given Informal Dinner in Jersey City and Later Is Guest in New York. NEW YORK, July 2.—Jack Demp- sey tonight was the guest of friends who helped him celebrate the suc- cessful defense of his title. { The champion went from the arena to the home of William C. Heppen- heimer in Jersey City, where he spent Friday night. There he was entér- tained at an informal dinner, which was attended by Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, Mayor Bader of At- lantic City and a few intimate friends of the boxer. H Later Dempsey, with his manager, traine: and_a few friends, came o the Hotel Belmont here, where an- other informal celebration took plate. The champion’s plans for the im- mediate future are uncertain. Al- ready he I8 swamped with theatrigal propositions, but is much averse to even a short career behind the foot- lights. Dempsey plans to laaye for his home in Salt Lake City within a week. : —_— Wins 1,000-Mile Auto Race. | RENO, Nev., July 2.—W. W. Bramb- lette won the 1,000-mile Nevada gyto road race. George Harrison was second and Joe Nikrent third. The winner's time for the distance was.29. hours 4§ minutes and 49 seconds. INPUC. RIS R T N N2 IR S ST, Cee et e