Weekly journal-miner., 1913-12-03
PLENTY OF DOPE ON MATHEWS
 GAGE FIGHT
ALL KINDS OF LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS ARE RUSHED BACK AND FORTH
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

between EldRSIdH duO Oul OHh AiN tie mile high bungalow are likely to go busted with over-usage. Ies, sir-re, that is exactly the serious Sit nation arising from the hilarious, in teresting, come again please core spondence being conducted III con nection with the negotiations for local fight between Frankie Gage and Danny Mathews some time be- tween now and Christmas day. Tele- grams are flying fast and thick and Uncle Sam's local ronveyors of ecistles are already shouting for help.
 Tie negotiations, however. are d1iiy assuming a mo5. interesting ph: se. Mathews, cUnfred in soli- tude among the clouds of Flagstaff comes across with a deluge of tele- grams and letters saying he wants to knock the living stufings out cf one Frankie Gage. NIT. Gage, who is resting in this city and whose motto is money talks" is also busy at the telegraph office. So there you have it.
 Perhaps if some one would get 1t into his bean to run up to Flagstaff and see Mathews personally. better understanding could be arrived at. Mathews letters are decidedly in coherent. He evades the real issue when he disregards writing about how he stands on a $500 side bet
 When Mathews was a Prescott visitor he showed all kinds of in clination to meet Gage, just plumb wanted him in the worst sort of way. Since emigrating to foreign climes, Mathews has apparently as sumed a far different attitude. Gage on the other hand has followed Mathews to this city and declares that he is here to talk business. He shares Danny's anxiety for Gage Mathews love feast but will not fight unless there is a $500 side bet. Now, here's the situation. Can Mathews secure this backing at Flagstaff? In order to solve this problem, telegram has been sent to a prominent sportsman at Flag staff containing the information that $lOO of a $500 side bet has been posted as a forfeit with the Journal Miner. No reply has been received yet
 The following communication was sent by Danny to the Journal-Miner yesterday to the sporting editor:
 FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.,
 November 28. Mir. Nj. Miller,
 Sporting Editor Journal-Miner,
 Prescott, Arizona:
 Dear Withdrawing just talked with Robert Lankan over long dis tance, he informed me that Frank Gage was in your city and wanted To meet me there.
 Would like to say that l would like to box him over any distance for any sized purse. l ask no guar antee. All I want is a chance to show him I am his master. He talks of not asking any side be-. Well, if he does there will be some Mathews money for him to slap his lamps on. Hope he consents to box me within the next ten or fifteen days for I will be going East be- fore very long.
 So hoping you will make him box me, l remain as ever,
 DAN MATHEWS.
 The following communication was received by the matchmaker:
 "Just received your telegram and in reply will say I will surely meet Frank there. But first l will say must have a guarantee as well as Gage. He may make all his hot air bluffs about betting. Some people may think he really means business. But, you seee, they don't happen to know him as well as I do. He has no more money than I have, which is no money at all To fight Frank ten rounds, I want a guarantee of Sl50. To box him fifteen rounds ] want SIPS. To box him twenty rounds l want no guarantee at all.
 He is too tough a boy for me to fight for nothing. But over the 20 round route I can make some side money for I am sure can stop him in that length of time.
 You offer me the Christmas date. I am not foot loose to take that date as have a date at another place for that day.
 Will give Gage a crack at my
 Al.