The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-20


 -~--------- Club. is attracting much attention. Mir. Dave has the following signs tackled up about the booth that speaks for themselves and the exhibit is a source of unfailing interest to the patrons of the fair: Alabama, The Great 5000 Square Miles of Coal.
 Alabama, The Great 10.000, ,0O0, 900 Tons of Iron Ore.
 Alabama. The Great 1s.OOo Miles of Waterways.
 Alabama. The Great 1.oOo,ooO Horse Power In Streams.
 Alabama, The Great Inealculable Tonnage of Cement Material. Alabama. The Great Fifty Mile Vein of Splendid Marble.
 Alabama, The Great-Immense De- | posits of Beauxite for Aluminium. Alabama, The Great-Rich in Miner al Wealth of Every Useful Kind.
 Ricci's band worked over time dur ing. the day and also proved 6 big at- traction. The day was very hot and the cool of the grand stand and splendid music attracted swarms of people who sat about to rest. drinking things and listening to the strains of the band. Riccis band is too we'll known to need mention except to say that 1t is up to it's usual mark of excellence and that means 8 whole lot.
 The apple tree at the entrance of the main street Is proving source of attraction. Faucets are placed in the trunk and the cider is drawn out right from the tree which makes 1t a source of wonder and delight to the children, and a pleasing thirst quench- CT to the older folk.
 An evening drew on the crowd steadily Increased and those shows on hak rushing business. These attractions are pronounced by those who have seen them as better than any that have been at any prievious fair and they are good. The management has seen to 1t that there will be no questionable per- formances and has booked the attract ions for the fun department with care.
 But the piece de resistance to many patrons of the Fair was the three round bout between John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain. The old fighters have lost some of their speed and their foot work is ot the flea hop 1t used to be, but lots of the punch is left and they landed good and hard every once in so often. Before the bout, Sullivan made a short talk. He said prize fight CTS did not have to be illiterate and coarse to make a success of their ca reer, and that often gentlemen were
 
 From the looks of the two old gen. uemen he is right. Ills English was good and he looks for all the world like prosperous, retired banker, and 50 does Jake, and for that matter they may be, for all the general public knows Certainly they have each made a bunch of money in their day.
 The sparring match started off with 0 rush and had gangs of ginger in 1t, I the Sullivan {u caution to -atnts. Jake would make a swtpe at him and the old veteran of the ring would not move his arms, but would just duck slightly, and the blow would go wide.
 John L. was breathing a bit hard at the end of the first round and Jake landed several times In a way that was heard by the crowd. The second round was a bit in Jake's favor, 600, and he landed at will, Sullivan cOnfining him self almost entirely to body blows, but in the third. John L. got busy and wiped around in the good old-fash- toned way. Jake was kept busy dodg- ing and once or twice his head went back with amazing quickness.
 Both men show their years, and 1t Is time that they should. for they have been the pace" of prize fighting for many a long year. But they are still pretty good men. Every once in a while when one or the other would get a bit riled by an extra hard punch. he would come back and you could the old muscles flash into play. rounded and firm, with the old time elasticity.
 These bouts will draw a lot of pat rons, for the first day they took re- markedly well and everyone who saw them seemed well pleased.
 Sullivan said farmer told him this