Evening journal., 1910-07-05
THE EVENING JOURNAL
GAVE THE FIGHT NEWS

fan. answered the phones in the business
Office part of the time Oh by the way,
we nearly forgot TO say that David J
Reinhardt, the well-known lawyer, read
the bulletins 10 the notabes gathered in
The Journal editorial rooms.
Richard Turner, the expert operator at
the end of the United Press wire, had
alongside of him William W. AfcKinnon,
who is telegrspher for Scott and Com
pany, brokers' who handled the carbon
sheets and helped in every other way
that he could
Then along came Eugene i. Tcvis, of
the Royal Studio, No. 407 Market street.
who took several photographs Of the en-
thusiastic crowd from different angles.
The United Press made good on its
promise of quick service At times the
bulletins were received but thirty sec
onds behind the time of the actual oc-
currence. This was made possible by
direct wire from Reno to Denver, and
from Denver TO New York There one
operator with a visible typewriter re-
ceiyed the news. and another operator
peered over his shoulder and relsyed the
news TO Wilmington As fast a. New York
received it, At times the United Press
was four or five rounds ahead of the op-
position services in giving the bulletins.
The actual finish of the fight was an
nounced by the United Press one and
one-half minutes ahead of any other
news distributing agency in the East.
And then after the public had been
given everything by the megaphone SER
vice came The Journal special fight eX-
ira. The big press was running inside
of half an hour after the result Of the
fight had been finished. That's some
speed, too, if You can understand what
newspaper making means. An excited
throng desieged the Office for copies OF
the special edition
First of all. seven thousand papers had
TO be rushed to Philadelphia. Not an
afternoon newspaper in that city issued
an edition yesterday. SO some of the
wide-awake news agents there hunted
up The Journal and stole march on
the other "newsies." Tho Philadelphia
papers had to be forwarded on the Fed
eral express. and seven thousand papers
were printed and bundled in time TO be
taken 10 that city. An order for ter
thousand more papers for Philadelphia
was received by The Journal TO be for
wardcd on the same train. but the telc
gram sent at 720 o'clock did not reacf
+ The Journal Office until nearly nine
o'clock. too late TO be flled.
Isn't that Just little card for vii
mmgton. when city like Philadelphia
I has 10 come to Wilmington to oct news
of big hannening like worlds cham
pionship prize fightg We think 50, any
way
a., go. .t. .,,,,o al. Local fo,,,, m,
for the fight extras. which were cagerl.
bought mp for sums ranging from on
cent TO q quarter apiece. One man pai
o boy doilar for a hslf dozen of th
first papers sold ON The street.
Another man netted twenty-eicht dol
lars from five hundred papers, OF cours
The journal does not get this money
Altogether eighteen thousand paper
were issued and sold The papers wer
sold at the usual rates to the newsboy'
and as financial proposition The Jour
nal stands a loser on its fight bulleti
service and extra edition. But the publ
was entitled to the news, so what's tn
difference.
Chester. Ncw Castle. Newark. Middle
town. and as far as Dover called over tn
phone for news of the fight and got il
We're sorry we didn't keep account o
the number of calls that came over th
phones. but that would have been a jo
i'm itself.
We don't want to forget, either. TIA
assistance Samuel S. IIof, of the traC
tion company. and his force gave in get
ting cars through the Fourth stree
crowd Mr.. Hoh held mp ears for a me
ment OF two while the memphone wa
working. so that the noise wouldn't dis
turb. and he handled the situation with
out the least semblance to an accident
The Journal feels that il has hi
"holiday' We're satisfied if the publ
is. Come to think Of it, it was grea
/. time. wasn't it?