New-York tribune., 1918-06-12
Fulton-Dempsey
Bout avored bv
Danbury Board
Barber" Reisler, However
Insists He Will Gum
Up the Fight
By Fred Hawthorne

If you should happen to drop into the
shaving and shampoo emporium of
John Barber" Reislcr this morning
and drape yourself in the good Johns
chair and tell him to give your face
the cup and down" twice with the IA
vorite tool of the Ethiopian race, and
then lean back and expect to pass q
pleasant quarter of an hour-you may
get HORRIBLE shock.
If "Barbering" John should gouge
pieces out Of your favoritc face and
stick the shaving brush in your left
nostril and dig his finger in your right
ear, and sit on your chest while he
massages your Adams apple. grape
nuts ts"-theres reason.
John has been working up the
muscles of his forearms these last four
days, telling us, via the typewriter, of
just how and WHY he was going to
gum the works at the proposed heavy
weight twenty-round battle between
Fred "Ferocious" Fulton and Jack
Demon" Dempsey, scheduled to be
fought at Danbury, Conn, on July 4.
John has been trying to get himself
elected as the champion crepe hanger
of the world and the original little
KILLJOY on wheels, but now it looks
as though John was only going to be
the chief mourner.
Danbury Crazy for Fight
Through our SECRET and SER
VICEABLE underground news bureau,
Aunt Eleanor, we learned last night
that old Danbury Town is. just crazy to
see Fred and Jack mingle at the Ball
Grounds on Firecracker Day. Old Nat.
the countryside on his nifty nag yes
terday, running down clews and
sounding public sentiment" and last
eve he reported as follows, namely and
to wit: That the Danbury Mercantile
Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce,
through it's directors, had indorsed the
proposed Fulton Dempsey bout and had
stated that "the bout can hold nothing
but benefit for Danbury in nearly
every respect"
The Danbury Ministerial Association,
according to Nat, went on record as
being opposed to the fight, but there is
way Of getting around that obstacle,
according to our faithful correspond
ent.
con the Fourth" said Nifty Nat, 1--WE
men folk about here are going to col
lect all the gents who button their col 4
lars in the back and. tote them over to
the swimming pool at Falls Hole, back
O. neighbor Ross's shack. Then we're
goin' to play games and have all the
lemonade and cake that the Redding
Ladies' Auxiliary can make, and after
that We'll start playin' blind mans buff
that. When they're all feelin' kind of
weary like Pm goin' to start 'em
preaching three minute sermons, and
then we men folk are going to beat it
ever to Danbury and see the fight. By
the time the ministers get through
preachin' the fghtll be over"
John the B., it's your move!
This city is going to see another
notable series of boxing bouts between
some of the leading ringsters at Madi-
son Square Garden on June 20, when
the War Hospital Entertainment AS
sociation will conduct huge pro-
gramme for the benefit of our soldiers
who have been, wounded overseas and
are now convalescing at the different
base hospitals in the East.
Every boxer will work for nothing on
that night, and the bouts will be for
blood-and charity. Here are some of
the boys who will exchange punches:
Benny Leonard, Ted Kid Lewis, Jack
Britton, Joe yelling, Fred Fulton, Jack
Dempsey, Packey Mcfarland, Irish
Patsy Cline, Harry Greb, Johnny Till
man, frankie Callahan, Battling LIE
whisky, Gunboat Smith, Joe Lynch, Kid
Herman and Ritchie Mitchell.
A committee of sporting editors and
sport writer's will meet at o'clock this
afternoon at Sherry's to plan further
details.