The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-19
COVERING FISTIC CLASSIC OF ALL
TIMES WAS A MILLION DOLLAR JOB
First Pictures Reach San Francisco Monday Noon After Thrilling
Aeropane Race Across Country Most Costly Story History

capital at S.oZ and ten SECONDS. Equdl-
" as rapid transmission was reported
from Mexico, Cuba and South Amer
lean counties. Direct cable connections
were established from the ring to
Cuba.
The Associated Press, United Press,
international News Service and Uni
versal Service for the first time IN the
history of the prize ring carried detail
stories of the fight to clients III every
part of the world. Within the United
States and Canada there was not a
single break and the delivery OF the
news of every move in the ring to the
press of America could be measured
only by seconds. More than two hum
dred telegraph wires were operating
from the ringside from early in the
morning until darkness. Even the
United News, which does not operate
Saturday night, set up its wires and
carried the big story. Consolidated
Press carried a running story that
started at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Reporting the fight was exciting and
hard work, but it did not carry with IT
the thrills that went to the makers OF
pictures. A record in transcontinental
transportation was undoubtedly made
in their delivery on the Pacific coast.
The hghtCwas finished at 3:31 p. m.
Saturday and the pictures OF the knock
out were delivered in San Francisco
at 1910 D. m Monday. The first pict-
ures of the fight to reach Chicago
were delivered in that city in little
over nine hours and in time to catch
the regular city edition of the Tribune.
The Tribune plane left Jersey City at
4:10 and arrived in Chicago at | a. m.
with short stop at East Cleveland,
Ohio. 1t was the only one to get
through to that city. The first pictures
reached Pittsburg at sos and appear
ed in the first edition of the Sunday
Press. The Press airplane got away
from Jersey City flying field at 5: Al.
All the big dailies OF the Atlantic
seaboard rushed pictures OF the tight
to their home offices by special mes
sengers. Aeroplanes, automobiles and
motorcycles were used, depending en-
tirely upon the distance to be covered.
The big race west, however, was
between the Newspaper Enterprise
Association and the international Pict-
ures. in conjunction with the Chicago
Herald Examiner and Hearst PACING
coast newspapers. The Hearst organl-
cation had two planes and the n. +.
"A. three. One N. E. A. plane was
wrecked at the start when the pilot
selected to drive into a tree instead OF
crowd that had gathered to watch
the start. All of the planes arrived in
Cleveland about the same time. At
0:30 the Cleveland Press was on the
streets with a picture of the knock
Tlax,o1o,,I 10th found
necessary to abandon their planes and
charter special trains and the run to
Chicago was made at 90 miles an hour.
A baggage car was hastily attached
to the n. E. A. train and turned into
Photographic studio. The work OF
turning out prints was continued dur
ing the run.
The n E. A. train reached Chicago
at 4:30 Sunday morning. The \. +.
A. emergency plane got away from
Chicago at 5:58 Sunday morning. A
short distance north of Omaha it run
into a terrific storm and was forced
down. A special train was made UP
Immediately by the Union Pacific and
was run through to Lamar1e, Wyo.,
where another emergency plane which
had flown east from Cheyenne upon
hearing of the accident picked up the
pictures and began the last leg of the
Journey. The last thousand miles were
made without stop in little over
twelve hours.
The N. AnE, plane and U. S. mail
plane carrying one shipment OF In
ternational Pictures reached San Fran
cisco togethers Two Hearst planes lett
Chicago for the coast Sunday morning
bv different routes, but no detailed re-
ports OF their difficulties have as yet
been received in New York and but
the one shipment OF pictures has so
far been delivered.
In order that there would be no de-