The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-05

% tlrTnly WeuEeQ was edCn 0uHldn
unit that street cars were blocked,
traffic of all kinds was suspended, and
no person I'm the center Of the throng
had so much as the luxury of extra
space to shift from one foot to the
other.
The erald-Republican had a per-
feet bulletin service. more complete
than that furnished a crowd one-third
as large farther up the street and far
more complete than the service ever
before furnished for any great event
A leased wire from the ringside into
the office Of Knight & Warnock
brought bulletins Of incidents at Reno
not more than a minute after actual
occurrence.
The rapidity with which ringside
events were served through the mega
phone in the Knight & WarnOck Of
flee. and that in the Office of Powers
& Marioneaux was amply demon
strated all through the fight, a con-
vincing climax coming with the knock
out when The Herald Republican not
only flashed" the result to its own
crowd, but turned the megaphone
and notified the group in front of the
Tribune Of the result almost a full
minute before the message came from
the musty offices Of the forty years
ago" institution. In fact, The Herald
Republican announcement actually
dispersed the fans who listened to the
bulletins in front Of the Tribune Of
flee.
Gloom Over Crowd.
When the Flash" came from the
stentorian voices through the man.
moth megaphones on the second floor
of the Herald building that johnson
had won by a knockout in the fiji
! eli 1 nn0
persons. who came within the range
of The Herald-Republican an
nouncers.
johnson wins in the fifteenth
round" shouted the announcers. first
directly across the street. then swing
/ ing the big cone. the electrifying dec
! lamatiOn was repeated up and down
\ the street into the ears Of the vast
crowd. It fell like a pail. and save
/ for a few cheers here and there. all
/ was silent. The mighty Jeffries had
I been conquered by a negro. The re-
suit was anything but what the crowd
wanted to hear, for II was a white
mans crowd.
Respectfully Satisfied.
In justice to the colored people who
were scattered here and there in the
vast concourse. II may be said that
| they accepted the victory for the
] IlSnllnE CDdUlplon OF lnelI race Will
respectful satisfaction. They made nc
outward show of their delight nc
matter how much they were inward
/ ly tickled
When the words came which told
the result of the battle between the
two greatest human fighting machine:
| OF the century, IL was not a surprise
AS the bulletins we're read round by
| round sentiment and hope had to give
way TO the true status of the situa
ton The negro was the white man,
| master.
The great crowd disappeared. no
with the confusion Of an army in re
/ treat. but with the same quiet ant
order which had characterized its as
semblage during the two hours wher
the men, women and children haC
stood sweltering in the heat. tens
with excitement and interested II
catching every word concerning tn
! fight.
Crowd Keeps Coming.
As early as $3.50 o'clock Main street
from Second South to First Soutl
streets, was packed wioh jostling
happy and anticipating gathering
While the crowd was large and varieC