The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-04
The SPYS SERVICE,
Bulletins From the
Big Fight Served
Hot and Fast.
THOUSANDS BRAvEO the RAIN.
A Jeffries Crowd Hears the
Decision Of Siler With
Joy.
THOUSANDS BRAVED the RAIN.

There was only one place in Worces-
Ter last evening where returns of the
nght were given, and that was in front
OF The Spy office. Indictment weather
could not keep sports away, for they
knew they would receive the news hot
IRON the ringside. 1t came hot, too.
Not detail of the fight was two sec
onds old before a megaphone artist was
telling the people of Worcester how it
was
Rain poured down, but that made no
difference. To be sure, it thinned the
crowd some. Before the rain started
in the early evening, the crowd gath
ering was tremendous. 1t seemed as
If every section of the city We'd with
each other in sending up it's biggest
Gelegatlon to listen to reports from The
spy. OF course, when the rain came.
many left Some had neglected to pro-
woe themselves with umbrellas, some
stayed regardless of umbrellas. while
others hustled home for coverings and
came back.
everybody wanted to hear. the re-
turns Which came over The Spy wire.
Il
nave been on a fan evening, it was q
think 1t was raining If he saw the size
tremendous one Nobody would ever
think 1t was raining If he saw the size
OF that crowd. 1t was easily the big
gest crowd that ever listened to re
ports of afght, except the one in
front of The Spy office when the cham
plon put it over Fitzsimmons. And de-
spite the rain, the crowd of last eve
G q ADpf 10 I.
one.
1t was an appreciative crowd, too. 1t
couldn't be anything else. Even the
omnipresent small boy who stood on
the edges, realized that the bulletins of
the fight which The Spy gave out last
evening were the most accurate and
quickest returns ever given in Worces-
ter The Spy made a record in the
last fight Of the champion, but 1t topped
that record las1 evening and went sew
eral points better.
The Spy wire ran direct from the
ringside to The Spy office, where a
prize winning operator took the news
OF the fight before it had time to cool.
In one IF the front windows was sta
toned special megaphone artist, who
read off the bulletins with lightning
like rapiGity to the thousands gathered
below. The crowd damned in the i'm
HlSuldlG front OL iDS Spy ONCE ike
sardines in a box. AS far back as the
street car rails they We're wedged in.
When no cars were passing, they oecu-
pied the space between the rails. From
the Front street side of the rails the
crowd extended as far back as half
way down the walk to the big mall back
of the city hall. IT was an immense
crowd, and 1t got immense service.
When the announcement of the de-
cision was made known the people in
front of The Spy office knew it before
the crowd that waited outside the doors
of the Coney Island Athletic club. In
fact it was known to the crowd in front
of The Spy office before many at the
ringside got it, for the decision of the
referee was drowned before it reached
their ears.
In the final cheer the crowd showed
its appreciation of the excellent service
which The Spy gave in last evenings
fight. AS they went home they told
each other how well The Spy gave the
details, and what Worcester people en-
joy in having an enterprising paper in
its CitV