The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-02-18
RICHARD HAS
BEEN STUNG
WENT THE LIMIT FOR UTAH, GUT
IT'S ALL OFF NOW.
LOS ANGELES MIGHT GET MILL

Nevada Man viii Try to Pull on the
Big Fight in Southern California;
Nothing Doing, il is Said, in the
Sage Brush Country.
New York, Feb. 12.-please. little
witch hazel and talcum powder. Gen.
tleman by the name of Tex" has been
stung Well, Richard has had his say.
and evidently the governors pat hand
was better one than the promoter
held. The wall accredited to TEX"
in yesterdays papers is probably the
swan song of the Salt Lake enterprise.
DO you remember what Mr.. Kipling's
Mulvaney said about the bad elephant
after said elephant had been out on
a spree and had been well walloped
for his sins?
Il fetched him one more crack, and
wild that he let out most melancho-
lious loot, an knew the rest was no
more than considerin his feelin's"
Something like. The rest will be
no more than considering "Texs"
feelings.
He made a good fight and he played
the low hand as we'll az any man
could have played 1t. IL it had been
possible to secure the big attraction
for the Mormon city TEX" would have
secured it. The most rabid sport In
Utah must admit that Tex" went as
far as he could go and did not stop
until he ran up against a stone wall
Still there seems to be question
as to the location of the fight. Tex"
Richard knows that if he goes to San
Francisco he will be backed in on
siding with every switch spiked He
knows that the pulchritudinous Glea-
son will take all the curtain calls and
respond for the management when
there is any after-dinner speech max
ing to be done.
Is Considering Los Angeles.
SO Tex is going to take a look at
Los Angeles. If it has to be California
and there is a chance to eliminate
San Francisco, Tex" will cast his lit.
tie vote for any place outside of the
Golden Gate city. The chances are
against the selection of the southern
city. San Francisco has had all the
great championship battles of the west,
barring the two which were secured
in Nevada. Tom McCarey has always
been bidder for the big events, but
when 1t came to the show down there
was a strong card in the hole and that
card was labeled San Francisco"
No Money in Nevada.
Nevada seems to be eliminated from
the eligible list. The sage brush state
had two of the best advertised fights
ever pulled off in this country and
both fights lost money. The Carson
City affair drew very small gate,
and Goldtield, although credited with
the biggest gate ever drawn in the
country, Is not honestly entitled TO
the distinction. AS matter Of fact
four or five fights drew more money
than the Gans-Nelson Around battle
and after the fighters got their money.
the arena had been paid for and the
advertising account settled, Goldfield
was facing a tidy loss on the venture.
TEX" Richard is game, but to take
a 100000 fight to Nevada gets out of
gameness and into emotional insani.
ty.
1t will be up to the Golden State.
The promoters are bubbling about o
100000 house. JEFF himself thinks
the fight will draw that much money.
1t Is true that the cost of the neces.
saries of life has risen alarmingly of
late, but the increased cost of living
hardly iustfies a tariff which will
make 100000 gate possible.
Pay off on the governor of Utah.