The San Francisco call., 1910-07-04

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n EMO, July 3.-The world is
X pouring into Reno today the
L - multitudes from the farthest
shores of this country and from coun-
tries beyond the seas Tomorrow
America viii pause in the celebration
Of her anniversary for tidings from the
arena where these thousands will sit
Two men are going to fight; and
these two arc the best OF their kind.
-T here lies the reason for all this in
terest Tor this tenseness in the air
The people Of today know that these
two six footers represent the best OF
list fighters. And OF the two, the
breathless thousands want to know
which Is superior Who will lick
that is it-Jeffries or Johnson? Who
viii lick.
TT Is nothing 10 be ashamed of, this
interest. It is as old as the old race
Of man. 1t antedates our finer things,
ss II antedates our evasions and sub
f'eties. It goes back TO the DAYS when
man born of woman wore no clothes.
And from those days It has come
down, retaining its. strength, until this
tlird day Of July, 1910.
GOODNESS IN BRUTALITY
p It IS a brutal thing and, inasmuch
q we are strong, we are brutal, too
Brutal III the words better sense. bru-
tai enough TO so 10 war and revere
our wars heroes, brutal enough to
ght fair and to glory in it, and brutal
enough to brave hardships and endure
huge things. We are fighters and we
are proud OF II. And. being fighters,
we turn our backs on business and art
and industry. on books and Offices
and laboratories and colleges; and We
crane our necks TO watch two giants
slug each other. They can slug little
better and with more effect than any
other giants whom we know. They
are the best man TO man fighters
whom we as race have yet produced.
hey arc therefore well worth watch
ing, well worth special trains and long
Journeys across far seas. To see these
two batter each other is TO have lived
Therefore we come to Reno by the
thousands
The best of their kind; one repre-
sents offensive fighting. the other de-
fensive- One has always won because
he kept on irving to beat and paid no
attention TO the blows Of the man op-
posite him. The other has always won
because he has been marvellous in pro-
tecting himself and while protecting
hss always found an opportunity to
strike 2 vital blow. Each is complete.
therefore each is worthy OF admira-
sPENSE OF PROSPECT
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see tomorrow afternoon Picture what
each Of these two can do. Let your
mind 90 on ahead but for few hours
10 the afternoon in the planked arena
among the Rray-brown hills The
dusty road. the thudding autos the
packed gate. the growing audience |
Thousands coming in and then more /
thousands.
Until at last there comes that stir |
which prOclsims that the fight is near. |
And then at length the fighters crawl |
through the ropes. ROBBED, they wait |
briefly; 4 bell clangs; they come to- |
Cether; their gloved hands meet; they |
separate again; they raise their fists;
they fight. They fight Look al them. 4
at each Of them. and see if lighting is
not a big thing.
A TALL black negro. q skin as lus-
trous as smooth silk A lean body. |
whose ribs show at times beneath the /
fauLeneo neSn. Huge, wide should /
ers. whereon black muscles souirm in |
heavy Jumps. Arms long and wonder ]
ful in girth. More than six feet he I
stands q splendid work in flesh and 4
blood. and bone. And watch him move. /
Like a machine. He is so perfect in
the combination of his senses and his !
hands that il seems as though error
We're impossible, as though he were
immune from human misjudgmenL
hloTT flies fouard his tho 1
face is out Of reach. A fist attacks his
body; his huge arms block the way.
And when the other grapples with
linn mark the economies of motion, the
absolute sureness with which limbs
and trunk work to one end.
or ATLAS
Then look al the other. See the
chest so thick and so broad that il
seems as though he were short instead
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