What 1921 sporting event took up all of the first 13 pages of the New York Times, except for a little space on the front page devoted to the formal end of World War I ?

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It was probably the July 3rd edition, reporting the heavyweight boxing championship fight the night before Jack Dempsey v George Carpentier. But the biggest, on July 3, read: DEMPSEY KNOCKS OUT CARPENTIER IN THE FOURTH {ROUND;} CHALLENGER BREAKS HIS THUMB AGAINST CHAMPION'S {JAW;} RECORD CROWD OF 90,000 ORDERLY AND WELL HANDLED. Six--not three or five but six--front page stories were then employed to describe that combat: DEMPSEY PROVES {PROWESS;} CROWD EARLY AT {GATES;} REFORMERS DEMAND ARREST OF DEMPSEY FOR {ASSAULT;} CARPENTIER BROKE HIS {THUMB;} BLOW TO THE JAW ENDS THE CONTEST. There were also two Page One 'shorts': Dempsey Thought He'd Win and Dempsey's First Thought Is Telegram to His Mother. July 3, 1921: Executive Editor Ralph Trueblood invents the telephotograver, which makes it possible to send photographs over telegraph wires. It was the fastest method available until the advent of the wirephoto. The first photo received by the newspaper using this method is of Dempsey knocking out Carpentier at Jersey City. This article also makes interesting reading: 'Battle of the Century': The WJY Story http://earlyradiohistory.us/WJY.htm Fri Mar 15 00:22:40 CST 2002 (To fix link, removed broken links - McG) Jun 01 03, 8:32 PM