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    Medforb
The Weather
Maximum yesterday 75.5
Minimum today 39
UNE
Prediction!
Fair.
Pally Sixteenth Tear.
Weekly Klfty-Klrst Year.
MEDFORD, OIMXiOX, SATUJiDAY, JULY 2, 1921
NO. 88
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FRENCHMAN
DEMPSEY: BADLY P1ISHE
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"Fight of the Century" Proves to Be One-Sided Affair Car
pentier Game, But Completely Outclassed Knocked Thru
Ropes in First Round, But Comes Back Pluckily in the
Second Victor Carries Defeated Rival to His Corner,
Where Faithful Descamps Tenders First Aid Record
Breaking Crowd Witnesses International Fistic Battle
Every Seat Sold Crowd Gives Loser Tremendous Ovation.
Champion Happy As Schoolboy
JERSEY CITY, July 2. The champion was as happy as a school
hoy, and there were no murks on his face or body to show the ef
fect of the Frenchman's punches.
"I won just as I thought I would." the champion said. "ft was a
pood fifiht and I think the public was satisfied. They say Carpentier
HtiiKKcred me with a rlht hand punch in the third round. 1 never even
,rcmcmhcr being lilt hard enough to shake me up."
"Perhaps he caught me off balance- and it looked as though I was
staggering. Perhaps I could have finished him sooner, but I was tak
ing no chances. Carpentier is the heayyweight champion of Europe,
and I had my own title at stake and wanted to take no unnecessary
chances of losing it."
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. 372 South State St.. Salt hake City, Utah.
"Dear Mother: Won in the fourth round. Received your wire. Will
he 'home soon as possible. Love and kisses. "JACK."
MINCSIDE, July 2. .Jack Dempsey
:ho world's heavyweight. uhampiom
enocked out (ieorges Carpentier of
jKrnneo a" few seconds after the fourth
round opened today, sending him
heavily to the canvas with a short
right honk to the chin. The actual
time of fighting in the fourth round
was one minute and sixteen seconds.
Previous to the knockout, Carpentier
waa' floored with a left to the body,
and a right to the chin. Carpentier
took the count of nine before spring
ing to his feet, Where the grim, de
termined Dempsey measured him-with
a punch to tho chin which ended the
battle. Dempsey stood over tho fal
len French idol until the count was
finished and then tenderly picked up
tho bleeding and dazed Frenchman
and dragged him to his corner.
Dempsey gave Carpentier an un
merciful beating. Ho opened up a
cut under the Frenchman's eye and
battered him viciously around the
head with rights and lefts until Car
pentier's face was swollen and bleed
ing. Carpentier fought gamely back
at tho champion, but he was out
classed. Once lie was half knocked
and half pushed through the ropes
and most of the time was going away
from the champion, Dempsey kept
after him, driving him to the corner,
whenever he had an opportunity. Car
pentier was out only for a few sec
onds. Manager Descamps applied first
aid as quickly as the dazed French
man dropped into his chair. Police
immediately climbed into the ring and
made a path for the champion and
Carpentier to go to their dressing
rooms.
Crowd Goes Wild.
When Dempsey drove home the
winning punch tho swelling crowd
that packed the arena was on its feet
yelling. Tho crowd, so aputhetic dur
ing the preliminaries, went wild when
the fighters entered tho ring. During
the four rounds and at tho knockout
tho shrieks of tho women, as blow
followed blow and blood was drawn,
joined the din.
Tho sudden manner in which tho
main bout was staged with postpone
ment of the last preliminary caught
tho spectators by surprise. There
were cheers when the American
champion was introduced, but tho
crowd, tho arena around, cheered it
pelf hoarse as Carpentier wag hailed
as champion of the old world, Idol of
his country and a soldier of France.
As calm and unperturbed n fighter
PRELIMINARY BOUTS RESULT 1 KNOCK
outs; crowd shows little interest
HINGSIDK, JERSKY CITY, July 2
(lly Associated Press.) The carnival
of blows, with tens of thousands
massed about a little IS foot ring in
Jersey City, opened at 12:10 with pre
liminary bouts that served as cocktails
for the feast.
The first bout was between .Mickey
l.elmont and Jackey Curlin.
In accordance with the New Jersey
boxing law no decision was rendered
In the preliminaries, but Curtin was
generally conceded to have outpointed
Delmont In the first tilt, a fcather-vvi-iyhl
mnicli.
NO MATCh
as ever entered the ring, the French
.birdman - kept his eyes turned up,
watching planes circling overhead
with a noisy staccatto at the very mo
ment the boxers appeared.
There was not the usual rush to the
ring after the knockout, that cham
pionship rush that carries all before
it. What rush did start soon was
checked by a heavy detail of police
around the ring.
The throng, which during tho bout
rose and sank in their seats In a
wave which rippled from ringside to
rim stood in their places after the
knockout came. Tho crowd cheered
the conqueror, but. it also cheered
tho vanquished. Tho Frenchman's
supporters clung around his corner
until ho was revived and staggered
from tho ring, tho "battle of the
century" was over.
Fight by Rounds
Round One They were sent away
at 3:18. Carpentier landed a light left
and clinched. Carpentier landed- a
(Continued on Page Eight)
The second bout between Paekey
O'Gatty and Frankie Burns, bantam
weights, followed immediately.
Frankie Hums had an advantage on
Ioints in the second eight-round pre
liminary. The referee stopped the Herman
Metranea bout, the third lyelimlnary,
in the fifth round when .Melranga was
hanging helpless on the ropes.
The fourth bout between Griffin and
Coster was stopped In the sixth round
when Coster was kneeling on thi
fhor.
j-JJD ; 1 ; As the Fighters Appeared in the Ring
ON i, w .
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CHECK FORGER
FACES CHARGE
OF DESERTION
James L. Burke Arrested for
Attempting to Pass Check
On Local Merchant Proves
to Be Deserter From U. S.
Army..
A message received by Chief of
Police Timothy this morning from
tho commander of the army post at
Vancouver Instructed hjm to hold
James h. 'Burke on tho charge of
desertion from the army and rob
bery. This was a vory easy task for
the chief to perform, as Friday af
ternoon in Justice Taylor's court
Burke was bound over to the grand
jury in $300 bail for forging a check,
and Is a prisoner In the county jail.
Burke arrived here several days
agowcaring an army uniform, assum
ed tho name of Hanson, and to raiHC
money forged tho name of Ray Toft
to a check for $20, which ho tried to
pass ut Davidson's cigar stand. The
clork, however, called up Hay Toft
by phone and learned that the check
was a forgery, whereupon Burke
seized the Check from his hand and
hurried away. He was later found
and arrestod by Putrolman Adams.
It was learned that ho also tried to
pass tho same check, or another of
a similar nature, on a .Medford room
ing house.
SAX FRANCISCO, July 2. The
bay district council of carpenter hut
af fWte-d a compromise nRreemont
railing for the open whop, biit recog
nizing the union orKanlzatinnH other
wise, according to an article appear
ing in the San Francisco Call today.
The union officials would niuke no
statement.
According to the Call nrtlclij the
carpenters have accepted all condi
tions laid down by a special arbitra
tion board which reduced wages and
the other building crafts have been
given until Thursday to take action
on the agreement.
The Winner
SEPARATE PEACE
It A It IT A N". N. .1., July 2. The
resolution of congress; declaring war
with (lermany and Austria Hungary
at an end was signed here Into today
by President Harding. The president
affixed his signature to the measure
at :i : 1 0 p. mM eatsern standard time
at the home of Senator Joseph H. Fre
linghuysen, where he Is spending the
week end.
ClllCAOO, July 2. ("nil Wanderer,
onvlrled of the murder of his wife,
unborn child and tho "rflmied
slraiiffcr," In a fake holdup, was to
day declared Bane by a Jury and sen
tenced to hang on July 2tl.
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NO PAPER MONDAY
! Following Its established ens-
torn the .Mail Tribune will publish
no paper on Monday, July 4th, so
that the employes may join In
the celebration of Independence
day.
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LADY SPEAKER
IS
Mrs. Kate O'Hara, Woman So
cialist, Abducted By Band of
Men at Twin Falls and Car
ried Over the State Line Into
Nevada.
OGDKN. Utah, July 2. Kato O'llare
social in t lecturer who wbh forcibly
taken from Twin Falls, Idaho, lsat
night, was released at Montcllo, Nov..
suvornl hours later and at onco had
nine of her allosed kidnapers nrrosted
by a deputy sheriff there, according
to the assistant chief dispatcher of the
Southern Pacific company at Ogden,
who waa In touch with Montollo by
wire.
TWIN FALLS. Idaho, July 2. Mrs
Kato Rlcharda O'llare Is al Montello,
Novada, whero ten of tho men who
yesterday kidnaped her are undor ar
rest according to n telegram H. II.
Krlcdhcim said ho received this mor
ning from her. Mrs. O'llaro has ap
pealed to tho governor of Nevada for
protection, uccordlng to tho mcssugo,
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, July 2. No
word of the whercahoutH of Kute Rich
ards O'llaro who was yesterday kid
naped by a band of men, had beon re
ceived today cither by jKdicc author-
Ilit'H or II. If. Friedheim, Bpontior for
Mrs. OMlare'H speaking engagement
here. Krlcdhcim said today that the
identity of some of tho kidnapers was
known by his wife who was alono In
the Krledhelni residence with Mrs.
O'Haro when she was spirited away,
and that prosecutions would bo Insti
tuted. ' ' i
Mrs. O'ilare, with her 10-year-old
daughter, came here yesterday from
Vale, Oregon, to fulfill a speaking tn
gagement In the fact of warning of a
danger situation believed to exist here
communicated to her by Krlcdhcim
after being called in conference with
city and county authorities.
HOfSti, Idaho, July 2. No clue to
the whereabouts of Mrs. Kato O'Hare,
socialist lecturer, who wag kidnaped at
Twin Falls last night, had been devel
oped early this morning.
Mrs. O'Hare was taken from the
home of II. H. Friedheim, who had ar-
(CoUlnneiJ on Fro TClgnt)
KIDNAPPED
BY IDAHO MOB
SOCIETY UN,
RICH. POOR. HAL
TO SEE "FIGHT
Unprecedented Scene at Jersey City When Fight (or Heavy
weight Championship of the World Is Started Thousands
Camp Out All Night to Secure Good Seats in Early Morning
Elderly Man Drops From Exhaustion W. C. Teagle,
President Standard Oil, Entertains Party of 20
Large Number of Notables On Hand Governor Sproule
Declines at Last Moment.
t'llU.APF.MMIIA. .July 2. C.ov
crnor Kprmil of Pennsylvania, who
was invited by (invernor Kd wards of
New Jersey to ho his guest at tho big
fight Hald today lie would net at
tend because he does not believe, tho
people of Pennsylvania would like It.
JKItSBY'mV, July 2. Tho elite
of tho fight crowd began moving
toward tho arena at noon. A party
of twenty, including several United
.States senatorH, was the guest of W.
C. Teagle. president of tho Standard
Oil company.
l'ackey McFaiiand, former light
weight, chartered a tug to curry
across u party of friends.
Tho real scramble for tho arena
started after tho noon hour. CrowdH
pouring from the office buildings of
Lower Manhattan, tho uptown ho
tels and tho lato trains began a con
certed attack on tho ferries and
lubes, whero long lines of passengers
were kept waiting for trains and
boats.
Largo sightseeing busses cruised
through tho theatrical and hotel dis
trict In New York, charging $2 to
transport passengers -to the nrena
gates. Taxlcabs offered accommo
dations for $Ti a sent.
Governor Hdwards was tho host at
a luncheon party of tho Union League
club hero.
Thomas Tuohey, a cook on a Jer
sey City lunch waKon wan the first
in lino for the $5.50 seals. Ho ar
rived at tho arena at H o'clock las;
nlKht and could not bo budded fr.im
his place, nlthotiKh a policeman fi
nally took pity nn him and h-Id hm
place whllu he skipped off for a bltu
to eat.
Hchliul him was CornolliiM Noon
an, 5S, a retired police lieutenant.
Third in line was Charles Hosenbloom,
a 17-year-old crippled newsboy from
Memphis, Tenu., but ho permitted a
woman to precede him Into the crena.
An elderly man, who had stood in
lino most of the night, dropped from
exhaustion Just botoro reaching tho
gate.
Hy noon the last four rows of 15.50
soats had been filled and all tho
standing space about tho outer rim
occupied.
Close around the ring were several
girls, apparently about 18, who sat
constantly "with their eyes glued on
tho .squared circle. It was evidently
their first fight.
Thero wero comparatively few per
sons turned away for presenting coun
terfeit tickets. Three young men,
who claimed they purchased $25 seats
at a prominent New York hotel, wero
informed they wero not genuine when
they reached tho gate. They wore
allowed to enter tho arena after pur
chasing tickets ut tho box office.
Hudson tubo officials estimated
that 00,000 more passengers than
usual, had traveled through tho tubes
botween six u. m and 1 p. m.
Crowd Starts Kui-ly.
rtlNfJHIDK, Jersey City, N. J., July
2. y the Associated Press) Oates
to tho big fight opened at 1 : ao and In
popped tho crowd. Tho saucer of
yellow pine which, when tho sun wus
out, "glistened llko a giant bowl of
brass, was soon flecked with human
ity, but, unliko an ordinary saucer, it
filled from tho brim down Instead of
the bottom up, for the first to arrive
WILLIAM T1LDEN AGAIN' WINS TURF
COURTS CHAMPIONSHIP. G. BRITAIN
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Wl.MIII.KDON, July 2. (lly Asuoci
ated Press.) Wllllum Tilileii or Phila
delphia, world's lawn tennis champion,
(successfully dccndcd his tltlo In the
challenge round of the British turf
court championships here todry, de
feating II. I. C. Norton, tho South Afri
can. The scoro was 4 0, 2-6, fi l, C O,
7 5.
WIMULKDON, July 2. (Hy Associ
ated Press.) Randolph I.yeett and
Max Woosnam, KnKland. won the final
match in the men's doubles of the
British turf court lawn tennis cham
pionship tournament hero today, de
0, S. SENATORS
T. LAME
OF THE CENTURY"
was the gallery god with tho perls
copo eye, who had camped all night
outside the arena for tho privilege of
paying Promoter Tex Rlckard $5.50.
Gradually, however, the wavo of
humanity rolled down to the ringside,
as the more plutocratic ttickct-hold-ers
reached the stadium. Unlike the
ordinary show, today's "buttle of tho
century" had no exclusivo baldheaded
row. Hairless pates, in many cases,
were replaced by coiffeurs par excel
lence, for women who recently had
espoused the boxers' art had turned
out In full force for today's carnival
of blows.
They came, those pilgrims, equip'
ped for anything from a trip to tho
moon to a journey featured by Blgnor
Dante.
Bring Fumlly Bedding.
Travelers who landed In Host Rlck
ard's seventh circle of seats, rimming
tho amphitheater, came as for the
raco track, with glasses to span tho
300 feet to . tho ring. Many carried
as part of their regular equipments:
Hun glasses, one pair; pillows, . ns
many ns tho old family sofa at homo
had held; sandwiches, a legion; fans,
as numerous as tho wings of the fa
mous Jersey "skeeters" that also vol
planed to "Boyle's thirty acres.'
What tho fight fans saw when they
arrived was a great hollow with men
and women, a great hollow In which
tho Wool worth building could have
lain down without scarcely having to
draw in its neck, a great hollow from
the bottom of which only tho sky, a
fringe of Jerseys famous smokestacks
and two buildings could bo soon.
In tho arena, which from Its top
most tier flow at regular Intervals
the trl-color of France and tho starry
flag of America an army of work
men were putting on tho last touches.
Women Study Looks.
Women contented themselves chief
ly with analysis of tho boxors' looks.
Tho fighting jaw of tho American,
which they had come to know In tho
movies apparently fascinated, some:
with others It was tho smile of tho
dashing young French birdman that
cast tho spell. There wero many
gasps of dismay when ' word was '
passed down tho lino that Carpentier,.
described by one Kngllsh writor as a
"Greek god wtlh a punch,' would '
fight without his wavy, blondo pom- '
padour, which had gone tho way of '
all pompadours when a serious match '
was at hand. ' ' ' 1 '
And, after hearing all tho accounts'
of how Jack was growing whiskers trt '
protect his jaw, and Georges had
shorn hla locks so he could not bo
towed around tho ring by thorn, u
spoctator wondered it ho would be
ablo to recognize tho fighters when
they entered tho ring.
Society Women There.
As noon approached, boxes squatted
halfway back In the arena took on
tho aspects of a horse show crowd
doing tho unusual.
Society women, smartly dressed,
and wearing their hats of many col
ors, sat munching sandwiches and
drinking soda pop.
When tho bleacher seats wore
thrown open tho third person to
enter was a member of tho fair sex.
Tho bout, under tho boxing law oC
New Jersey, will bo a 12-round no-do.
(Continued .on Page Five)
feating A. H. and F. G. Lowe, England,
in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0, 7-5. .
WIMBLEDON, July 2. (By Assoct
ated Press.) Randolph Lycett of Eng
land and Miss Elizabeth Ryan of Cali
fornia defeated Max Woosnam and
Miss P. M. Howkins of England tn the
final of the mixed doubles In the Brit- '
Ish turf court tennis championship to
day, 6-2, 6-L
PHILADELPHIA. July 2. Philip
Necr, of Leland Stanford unlvorsity
won the Inter-collegiate lawn tennis
championship today by defeating J. B.
Fenso, Jr., of Harvard, In a five-set
match. Scores: 3-G, 6-1, 61, 1-0, 6-1,
GATHER