The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-06-29
BY LEFT LEAD

While everything is in preparation
for the big quarrel between Tommy
Gibbons, st. Paul boxer, and Jack
D mp y, dynamic heavyweight
champion of the world, to be held at
Shelby on independence Day, war cor
respondents are gathering from all
over the country. From Maine to
California the experts are fitting in
daily until right now the old State of
Montana probably harbors the largest
collection of experts that has assem-
bled since the memorable scrap be-
tween Dempsey and Georges Carpen-
tier at Jersey City two years ago.
Every big city in the Union is rep
resented by at least one chronicler,
and in several instances there are
half dozen experts representing
their paper. From New York there is
Sheriff Bill Mcclellan, New York
Herald; probably one of the best
writer's on sports in general that has
ever thumped the typewriter keys.
Bills rare humor has always been
treat for the fight fans wherever he
was represented and it is a sure thing
that Old Bills report of the big fuss
will be well worth reading. Then
there is Hype Igoe, famous cartoonist
and writer of the New York World,
who is here to do his stuff as only
Hype can do it. With his tricky
little style and his trickier little
drawings, Hype is bound to go over
big. and the fans back home can bet
that little Hype will send them back
good account of everything that
happens at Shelby.
Jimmy Dawson is here for The New
York Times. AS a matter of fact Jim
has been on the ground for nearly
two months. The big fellow was
the advance guard of the New York
scribblers and long before the other
New York papers had decided on
sending their big guns here Jim was
flashing his stuff over the wires every |
day. Jim's colleague, Martene w. |
Corum, Joined the bunch the other
day, and is now stationed at Shelby, |
keeping the wires hot with his reports
of the doings in that thriving town
and hustling them back to The Times
readers in New York. Warren w.
Brown, dry humorist of the outfit, is
sticking around here and busy flash
ing to the Evening Journal in New
York. Warren has an inimitable style
of his own and is known all over the
country. Brown worked for years in
California but less than year ago
kicked the Golden Gate dust off his
fet and hiked to New York where he
has made good ever since. Then
there is Frank Menke of the Inter-
national News Services and other syn
dicate services. Frank is a real hus-
tier and it was his ardent efforts that |
helped the promoters reach salts
factory understanding several weeks
ago when it looked as though the big |
match was in jeopardy. There is no
more earnest worker than the same |
Frank Menke.
And Damon Runyon Too II
Davis J. Walsh, sporting editor of
he International News Service, is al
10 on the job, working like a beaver,
earring off corking good descriptive
stories of the situation in Montana /
and the fight in general. There isn't
anything about the boxing racket that
Davis is not familiar with. Through Il
ears he has been a careful student
If the game and he can call them
light with the best of them. Damon
Runyon, daddy of them all as a II
writer of sports, is here sending his II
classics to the Hearst papers. What
| wonderful fellow is Damon. AL II
Ways courteous and democratic in his
4ttitude towards everybody, the boys H
ust swear by the handsome kid. II
lack Lawrence, or cold Jakey," as ii
hn 70 h r,a &c oil hnr iii
loing his stuff for the New York Tri- III
'une. Jack scarcely looks the humor- II
st that he really is You would II
ever suspect to look at Jack, that II
le had so much real humor sunk II
way behind his retiring and bash II
I'll disposition. ii
Harry Newman, of the New York ii
)aily News and the Chicago Tribune, II
oined the gang here the other day II
nd is on his toes day and night bust II
ng in with his slangy descriptions of II
he big row between the champion III
nd challenger. Newman is one of
be veterans. II
From Chicago there is Frank Smith II
porting editor of the Chicago Tri- III
une, one of the best hustlers that II
yer attended a tournament of this III
ind. Frank knows sport from A to II
,zard and he will be in charge of a II
ig corps of assistants from Chicago II
hitch is expected to arrive here with III
4 few days to send back reports II
the fracas to the Tribune in Chi II
ago. Hughey Fullerton, will be one II
Smiths assistants in handling the II
fairs of the fight for the Chicago II
ribune. Hughey is already on the
,b, trying to dope out who the win
er will be. Earl Barlow and Ed.