Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-02

nerS were vigorously instructed by the
manager 20 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.
II was Just prior TO HIS bnttle With
Henderson. and an offer OF S1OIooO
was made to him to throw the fight
II was made hurriedly. in swift
whispers. in a hotel corridor. and 1t
was fortunate for the man that Pat
controlled his temper and shouldered
past him without reply. He brought
the tale OF 1t to Stubener. who said:
Its only con. Pat. They were try
ing TO Josh you He noted the blue
eyes blaze. And maybe worse than
that. II they could have got you to
fall FOR IL there might have been a big
sensation In the papers that would
have finished you. But doubt it.
such things don't happen any more.
It's a myth. that's what il 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
IS clean and straight as those in pro-
fessional baseball. than which there
Is nothing cleaner or straighter."
And all the while he talked Stubener
knew in his heart that the forthcom-
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 he spent long hours in the
dark room. realizing for himself the
various processes.
Never had there been a great fighter I
who was as aloof from the fighting !
world rs he Because he had little TO 4
say with those lie encountered he was 1
called sullen and unsocial. and out of /
this a newspaper reputation took form .
that was not an exaggeration so much /
rs IL was an entire misconception-
Boiled down. his character in print
was that OF an OK muscled and dumb
" stupid brute. and one callow sport
ng writer dubbed him the ''abysmal
brute
The name stuck. The rest of the
fra t. rnity hailed il with delight. and
thereafter Glendon's name never APP
pearei in print unconnected with il.
Otter. in a headline or under a photo
graph. The Abysmal Brute" capital
zed and without quotation marks, APP
Deared alone.
All the world knew who was this
brute This made him draw into him
self closer than ever. while It devel-
,ped q bitter prejudice against news
paper folk.
Rega riding fighting itself. his earlier
mild interest grew stronger. The men
" hON iOu-uL were anything DuI
lubs. and victory did not come so
EASILY They were picked men. expe-
fenced ring generals. and each battle
vas problem.
There were occasions when he found
[ impossible 10 put them out in any
designated later round Of a fight.
Thus with Sulzberger. the gigantic
German. try as he would in the eight
enth round. he failed to get him. In
he nineteenth IL was the same story
nd not till the twentieth did he man
&c to break through the battling guard
nd drop him.
Glendon's increasing enjoyment Of
he game was accompanied by severer
nd prolonged training Never iissi-
'ating. spending much Of his time on
uniting trips in the hills. he was prac-
ically always in the pink OF condition.
nd. unlike his father. no unfortunate
married his career He nev-
r broke bone. nor injured so much
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