River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-03-12

u as his first battles had earned
him. he was now receiving
from $4,000 to $4,000 fight, as well
as equally large sums from the NOV
ing picture men.
Stubener took his managers percent
lge of all this according to the terms
of the contract old Pat had drawn up
and both be 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 fats and apartment
houses were bigger than Glendon ever
dreamed
There was secret syndicate of bet
ters, however. which could have made
az accurate guess at the size of Stnbe-
ner's holdings. while heavy bonus after
heavy bonus. of which G!endon never
heard. was paid over to his manager
by the moving picture men
Stubener's most serious task was in
y
gladiator. Nor did be find it difficult.
GlendOn. who had nothing to do with
the business end. was little interested
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
~ shy and secluded and preferred art
galleries and books 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 Stuhener interviewed
between GlendOn and the world He
was never even interviewed save in
Stubener's presence
Only once was Glendon approached
1t 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 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:
Its 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.
such things don't happen any more.
It's 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 lighter 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-
fesSional 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 GlendOn. never approached
again. dismissed the matter from MS
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
who was as alOOf from the fighting
world as be. Because he had little to
say with those be encountered he was
called sullen and unsocial. and out of
this a newspaper reputation took form
that was not an exaggeration 50 much
as it was an entire miscOnception.
Boiled down. his character in print
was that of an OK muscled and dumb
ly 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 APP
peared in print uncOnnected with it.
Often in a headline or under a photo
graph. 1.-The Abysmal Brute" capital
lied and without quotation marks, ap
peared alone.
All the world knew who was this
brute This made him draw into him
self closer than ever. while it devel-
oped a bitter prejudice against news
paper folk.
Rocr.a rdipr 6Uhtipo itself his QaTiior