Morris tribune., 1914-05-22

from $4,000 to $4,000 fight, as we'll
as equally large sums from the NOV
ing picture men.
Stubener took his managers percent
age of all this according to the terms
of the contract old Pat had drawn up,
and both he and Glendon, despite their
heavy expenses, were waxing rich.
This was due more than anything
else to the clean lives they lived They
Were not MASTERS.
Stubener was attracted to real estate,
and his holdings in San Francisco con-
sisting of building flats and apartment
houses, were bigger than GIendon ever
dreamed.
There was secret syndicate of bet
tiers. however. which could have made
all accurate guess at the size Of Stube-
ner's holdings, while heavy bonus after
heavy bonus, Of which Glendon never
heard, was paid over to his manager
by the moving picture men
Stubener'S most serious task was in
maintaining the innocence Of his young
gladiator. Nor did he find it difficult.
Glendon. who had nothing to do with
Besides, wherever his travels took him,
he spent his spare time in hunting and
fishing. He rarely mingled with those
Of the sporting world, was notorious
ly shy and secluded and preferred art
galleries and hooks of verse to sport
ing gossip.
Also, his trainers and sparring part
ners were vigorously instructed by the
manager to keep their tongues away
from the slightest hints of ring rotten
ness.
In every way Stubener interviewed
between Glendon and the world He
was never even interviewed save in
Stubener's presence.
Only once was Glendon approached.
It was just prior to his battle with
Henderson, and an offer Of 100000
was made to him to throw the fight
1t was made hurriedly. in swift
whispers, in a hotel corridor. and it
was fortunate for the man that Pat
controlled his temper and shouldered
past him without reply. He brought
the tale of it to Stubener, who said:
"It's only con, Pat. They were try
ing to josh you" He noted the blue
eyes blaze. And maybe worse than
that. If they could have got you to
fall for it there might have been big
sensation in the papers that would
have finished you. But doubt it.
"Surh things don't happen any more.
It's d myth, that's what it is, that has
come down from the middle history of
the ring There has been rottenness
in the past, but no fighter or manager
Of reputation would dare anything Of
the sort today.
"Why. Pat. the men in the game are
as clean and straight as those in pro-
fessionaI baseball. than which there
is nothing cleaner or straighter."
And all the while he talked Stubener
knew in his heart that the forthcom-
ing fight with Henderson was not to
be shorter than twelve rounds-this
for the moving pictures-and not long
er than the fourteenth round.
And he knew. furthermore. so big
were the stakes involved. that Hender-
son himself was pledged not to last be-
yond the fourteenth
And GIendon. never approached
again. dismissed the matter from his
mind and went out to spend the after
noon in taking color photographs. The
camera had become his latest hobby.
Loving pictures. yet unable to paint.
he had compromised by taking up pho
Biography In his hand baggage was
one grip packed with books on the
subject, and be spent long hours in the
dark room. realizing for himself the
various processes.
Never had there been a great tighter
who was as aloof from the fighting
world as he Because he had little to
say with those be encountered he was
called suIlen and unsocial. and out Of
this a newspaper reputation took form
that was not an exaggeration so much
rs it was an entire misconception.
Boiled down. his character in print
was that Of an OK muscled and dumb
~ stupid brute. and one callow sport
ing writer dubbed him the ''abysmal
brute"
The name stuck The rest Of the
fraternity hailed it with delight. and
thereafter Glendon's name never ap-
peared in print unconnected with it,
Often. in headline or under a photo
graph. THE Abysmal Brute" capital
lied and without quotation marks, ap.
peared alone
All the world knew who was this
brute. This padp him draw into him
self closer than ever while it devel-
Oped 4 bitter prejudice against news
paper folk
I'e.rding fgatine itself his earlier
mild interest gr'.w srrpnser The men
he now fought were anything but
dubs, and victory did not come so
easily. They were picked men, expe-
rienced ring generals. and each battle