The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-27
RED CORPUSCLE VS.. REFORM
BY BILL AK

and agreed not to interfere, A large or
ganlzation terming itself the Stop tn :
Fight Club" has scattered a few tracts
through the papers. reading like the odes
of youths to the eyebrows of mstresses,
so free were they of the real salt ont
Of which things worth while invariably
come And. In answer to queries of
newspapers, many men occupying posi-
tcns of trust and hoping to occupy them
longer or to grab a more luscious plum
from the loaded tree have spoken words
in praise of Gillett's action. But in many
instances 1t is safe bet that were 1t
rot known that these remarks would
find their ways into newspaper columns
they would never have been made.
But America, from Maine to Califor-
mia, from the lakes to the gulf which
laps my native state. is talking fight,
and the fight will occur. And this brings
us back from a long ramble along ethical
lines to the real meat in the cocoanut.
World of Reporters
1t would surprise you TO know that
there are 435 newspaper reporters IN Reno,
none Of them holding a commission from
a Nevada sheet.
To accommodate the press of America
telegraph companies have established 50
many sub-stations that they practically
cutnumber the residences of Reno.
w. w Naughton, with whom I sat
beneath the battle of Fltzsimmons and
Jeffries, and a great old scout In spite
of his bald pate and burden of well-nigh
80 summers. is one of the best known.
John l.. Sullivan is doing reportorial
work, too, and is serving several Lon
don newspapers And the author of the
Sea Wolf" Jack London. is now wri.-
ing fight. Every paper of prominence
is represented by a staff man. Cartoon
lists are doing faithful work for those
cts I
photographers increase the number of
those on the scene drawing salaries from
newspapers to nearly the 1000 mark.
And the boys who send the news stroll
through the camps of the principals
without asking leave. and to these. the
veterans of many hard fought battles
relate stories which tend to appease the
almost Unsuitable appettes of the Amer
lean public.
Interest in Battle
Reno is little town. on the map chief
ly because of the ease with which di-
vorces are obtained here.
Those residing here for the purpose or
becoming free of matches devoid of the
happiness which poets picture make up
the bulk of the population,
And now fighters. fight fans, reporters.
special writer's cartoonists. artists and
photogra pliers. brought here for one pun
port of this city a most interesting doc
ument.
And within eight days there will be as
many people here as are within the 40
odd square miles of the Magic City of
the south
The fight will draw from every state
Of the union.
Carloads of money will be strewn about
the place, and the fighters and promoters
WILL roam q pOldar harvest
America interested? You could not be
here a moment without realizing the fact
that Hallev's comet cut very little ice.
and the blowing up of the Maine still
less.
And what dreadful task confronts the
reformers and the members OF the stop
the Fight Club"
Fighters Don't Meet
Since Corbett has shaken hands with
John L. Sullivan. nothing has occurred
to mar the serenity of the atmosphere.
Johnsing is hard at work, having
patched up his differences with Little
and various police officials, and having
installed Flanagan as his real, real man.
ager.
Jeffries is doing conscientious work and
is determined to win the July frolic.
The two fighters stroll about the neigh.
boring country every day, but one never
encounters the other.
Both seem to desire to meet only on
July when they face each other with
in the borders Of the circular stretch of
rope.
And it is just as well. too. There is
no need to excite the crier of fake be-
yond the limit to which his natural bent
will take him.
The fight will be sure enough fight,
according to the ideas of the red cor
puscle There will be no fake. 1t will
go about Is rounds, and my prediction Is
that Jeffries will score a knockout.
And I have again violated that Pre-
dict Not adage of the ommortal Bobo.