Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-05-29

II WILL only be few days more
i now until we will know who is the
greatest fighter in the world. Jim
Jeffr1es and Jack Johnson will step
into the arena on July 4-providing,
Of course, the churches do not manage
to prevent it-and there will be a bat
tie for which thousands are going to
travel many miles to see.
They have selected TEX" Richard
as referee. One thing that may be said
in ticks" favor is that he has the
requisite nerve to be the third man in
the ring with the great white and
black gladiators. That referee job is
going to be some work. Tex is going
to have his hands full from the tap Of
the first bell. Lots of people thought
when he was first selected that it was
only temporary arrangement and
the fighters would get together and
pick an experienced man. But TEX"
declared he intended to serve and
both scrappers said he would suit
them
Richard first came into prominence
in the pug world when he pulled OF
the first Gans-Nelson battle. He has
seen lots OF big fights and knows the
game fairly we'll. Of course he is not
4 Siler. Charlie White or an Eddie
Smith. but he always has his wits
about him and he should be able to
make the big fellows behave 1t is a
fact that the big men are usually cas-
Ter to control in the ring than the lit
tie fellows so. after all,"Tex'' may not
have such a time of it as some ex-
pect.
When the baseball fans get together
and talk about old times it is seldom
that somebody does not bring in the
name of Amos Rusie, once the star of
the New York Giants like Christy
Mathewson is now. Ward Jackson,
one Of Cleveland's veteran bugs"
told this one:
"Rusie, like many another star,
didn't twinkle any too brightly when
he first appeared in the baseball sky
He had been loaned or farmed' out to
the Burlington Qa.) team for the final
series of games in the old Interstate
league between the Burlington and
Davenport mines. The Davenport
teams star battery of that year was
Rhines and Harrington, afterward
with Cincinnati.
well, anyway, Rusie did his best
to earn his money Manager Chamber
lain Of Burlington had paid for his
services; and after losing one game 2
to / and winning another to 0 came
back to Indianapolis on this day am
talking about.
well, when it came time for prac-
tise-we were playing Louisville that
day-there was nobody to warm up
Rusie. Dick Buckley was engaged
with the other pitchers. Big Amos
wandered about the park disconsolate-
ly, occasionally hurting the ball
against the fence or grand stand and
retrieving it himself.
FINALLY Rusie walked over to the
stand and, looking up to the first row
of seats, shouted: Come down here,
Pop, want to warm up
"A big, red-whiskered man got up
from his seat, took of his coat, hung
it on the back of his chair and, Jump
ing over the rail into the diamond,
said: All right, Amos. my boy. Let
'em come in fast
Then Amos's father, his whiskers
streaming in the wind, pulled on q
fielder's glove and, scorning mask and
pad, stood back there by the stand
and warmed up his son; warmed up
the mighty Rusie who, within a year
or two, was destined to become one Of
the most remarkable pitchers in all
the history Of the game.
"Amos didn't spare his father. He
fed him outcurves and inshoots, high
balls and low balls, fast ones and
teasers. not even forgetting the jump