The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-04
RICHMOND EAGER
FOR FIGHT NEWS.
This Good Mans Town Is Mighty
Anxious to See Those
Reno Bulletins.
BUT VERY FEW ARE BETTING
Nc, Matter Where You Go, Peo-
pie Are Discussing Great
Ring Battle.
BUT VERY FEW ARE BETTING

Right here in this quiet. good mans
town the talk is all about the fight.
Older folk who frown upon the pus1-
l1stic encounter between two human
brutes deplore the frenzy; good women
believe and declare II is shocking even
to think OF it, yea only small part
of the population Is really not con-
cerned. Thore are features about this
battle to be fought in Reno to-day
which are freighted with regret: ana
there are some thousands who would
like to sec it prevented at the last mo-
ment-providcd Jeffries stands to lose.
From all parts of the town, from all
part of Virginia there has come u
steady stream OF demands for bulle-
tins. fresh from the arena in the deserr
land But there is no service to be
supplied. The telegraph companies and
the telephone company which used to
furnish them from the squared circle.
and which sent out threadbare items
from great national convention halls,
are not In that business to-day. Tho
newspaper leased wires are left alone
to hum with the vibrant story, round
by round. Transcontinental wires.
buzzing from the Atlantic TO the Pa
cifc. will loop gracefully into Reno TO
bear the story which tho world awaits.
And right here in this quiet. GOOD
mans town there Is united demand
20 get the news long before II is
thrown into type.
biggest story of Day.
And this fight is indeed the biggest
newspaper story OF the day, or any
other day in recent times. Not even
the battle between Bryan and Taft can
equal II. The sad intelligence of
great monarch's death came to stun
the world with its startling sudden
ness other big events cut into the
public brain. stayed there moment. to
be swept out againt by something
more fresh. But this fight has held tho
multitude by the ears for nigh onto
year Lately the appetite was whetted
and whipped to fever heat. To-day
| the white gladiator and the black glad
| iator Will stop into the ring to fight
| until one or the other has received the
| count.
| No matter where you go about this
| town you will hear about the fight.
| The majority is hoping that Jeffries
VIII win; the great majority is half
| inclined to gamble upon his chances
/ only for that fear that one powerful
/ blow will put him down and out. There
has been no betting to speak of. Small
wagers are made here and there at
odds much nearer even money than
+ the prevailing pool room figures In
Y
/ Reno.
There Will be no work where 1t can
be avoided in Richmond to-day. Not
because of the fight but because 1T is
a national holiday. and those idle peo-
pie are filled with one lone thought
the fight How many of them will
swarm into Capitol Square to see the
| mammoth bulletin board is not known.
/ but the number Will run high up into
the thousands.
Want the Renl Dope.
There was never a time when more
interest was displayed in a ring bat
tle," said an old fight follower last
night. You don't hear this talk sole
/ ly in the saloon; you can't get into a
car without hearing 1T. and every mar
has his own opinion. Curiously
enough, Mike Murphy has nodded
opinion for the masses. OF all tht
daily stuff which is telegraphed on
of Reno every night there is none t.
equal Mikes. Those smart literar,
guys employed at fabulous prices
have fallen far below the regular re
porters. People don't want llterar.
stuff from prize ring; they wan
dope from experts and from traine,
reporters. II you will allow me.
,, should say that your own paper, TIL
Times-Dispatch, has measured u
cause of the public pressure-becaus
! of this extraordinary demand from tn
public-even from those people VIII
denounce the brutal sport. They de
: nounce 1t, but they read 1t, and the
are itching to see the fight. Believ
: me. Richmond's interest in the battl
: is akin to that of Reno itself. Fo
3 proof of this, tell you to go anywher
: in town and escape the pusilistlc con
:. | Versation.''