Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-05-27

smacks and thuds and scuffles as the
obstreperous We're subdued by their
| neighbors. i,
Almost had all confusion been smoth-
cred when a tier Of seats near the ring
went down. This was greeted with
fresh roars of laughter, which of It.
self died away, so that a lone voice
far back was heard distinctly as It
piped:
Go on, Glendon! We're with your
Glendon had the Celt's intuitive
knowledge Of the psychology Of the
crowd. He knew that what had been
vast disorderly mob five minutes be-
fore was now tightly in hand. and for
added effect he deliberately delayed.
Yet the delay was just long enough
and not second too long For thirty
seconds the silence was complete, and
the effect produced was one Of awe.
Then just as the faint hints of rest
lessness came to his ears he began to
| speak:
when finish this speech" he said,
II am going to fight. promise you
1t will be real fight. one Of the few
real fights you have ever seen. am
going to get my man in the shortest
possible time
"Btlly Morgan. in making his final
announcement, will tell you that it is
to be forty-fve round contest. Let
me tell you that it will be nearer
forty-five seconds.
"When l was interrupted l was tell
ing you that the ring was rotten. 1t
is-from top to bottom. 1t Is run on
business principles. and you all know
what business principles are. Enough
said.
you are the suckers. every last one
Of you that is not making anything
out Of it. Why are the seats falling
down tonight? Graft. Like the fight
game, they were built on business
principles"
He now held the audience stronger
than ever and knew it.
'"There are three men squeezed on
two seats. l can see that everywhere.
What does it mean? Graft. The stew
ards don't get any wages. They are
supposed to graft. Business principles
again. You pay. OF course you pay.
How are the fight permits obtained?
Graft.
"And now let me ask you: If the
men who build the seats graft, If the
stewards graft, If the authorities graft,
why shouldn't those higher up in the
fight game graft? They do. And you
pay.
fault Of the fighters. They don't run
the game. The promoters and mana
gers run It: they're the business men,
The fighters are only fighters. They
begin honestly enough, but the mana.
gers and promoters make them give in
or kick them out. There have been
straight fighters. And there are now
few. but they don't earn much as
a rule
II guess there have been straight
managers. Mine is about the best of
the boiling. But just ask him how
much he's got sailed down In real es-
tate and apartment houses"
Here the uproar began to drown
his voice.
LET every man who wants to hear
shut up the man alongside Of him!'
Glendon instructed.
Again. like the murmur Of q surf,
there was rustiing of smacks and
thuds. and scuffles. and the house
quieted down.
"Why does every fighter work over
time insisting that he's always fought
square? Why are they called Honest
Johns and Honest Bills and Honest
Blacksmiths and all the rest? Doesn't
it ever strike you that they seem to
be afraid Of something?
when a man comes to you shout
ing he is honest you get suspicious.
But when prizefighter passes the
same dope out to you you swallow it
down.
MAY the best man win! How often
have you heard Billy Morgan say that?
| Let me tell you that the best man
| doesn't win so often. and when he
does it's usually arranged for him.
Most Of the grudge fights you've heard
or seen were arranged too
"1t's program. The whole thing is
| programmed. Do you thinks the pro-
moters and managers are in it for
| their health? They're not. They're
business men,
'Tom. Dick and Harry are three
| fighters. Dick is the best man. In
two fights he could prove it. But what
happens? Tom ticks Harry. Dick ticks
Tom. Harry ticks Dick. Nothing
proved. Then come the return match
es. Harry ticks Tom. Tom ticks Dick.
Dick ticks Harry. Nothing proved.
Then they try again.
Dick is kicking. Says he wants to
get along in the game So Dick ticks
Tom and Dick. licks Harry. Eight
fights to prove Dick the best man,
when two could have done it. All ar
ranged. A regular program, and you