The Wolf Point herald., 1923-06-28
BY LEFT LEAD

While everything is in preparation
for the big quarrel between Tomm,
Gibbons, st. Paul boxer, and Jacl
D mpsey, dynamic heavyweight
champion of the world, to be held a
Shelby on independence Day, war cor
respondents are gathering from al
over the country. From Maine tc
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 a
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
a good account of everything that
happens at Shelby.
Jimmy Dawson is here for The New
York Times. AS matter of fact Jim
has been on the ground for nearly
two months. The big fellow was
he advance guard of the New York
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
lay. Jim's colleague, Martene w. |
;orum, Joined the bunch the other
lay, and is now stationed at Shelby,
-eeping the wires hot with his reports
# the doings in that thriving town
nd hustling them back to The Times II
eaders in New York Warren w. II
Brown, dry humorist of the outfit, is
ticking around here and busy flash
ng to the Evening Journal in New
'ork. Warren has an inimitable style
t his own and is known all over the
ountry. Brown worked for years in
alifornia but less than year ago
licked the Golden Gate dust off his
ct and hiked to New York where he
as made good ever since. Then
here is Frank Menke of the Inter-
ational News Services and other syn
icate services. Frank is real hus-
er and it was his ardent efforts that |
elped the promoters reach salts |
actory understanding several weeks
go when it looked as though the big |
latch was in jeopardy. There is no
lore earnest worker than the same
rank Menke.
And Damon Runyon Too
Davis J. Walsh, sporting editor of
lie International News Service, is al
, on the job, working like beaver,
caring off corking good descriptive |
ories of the situation in Montana
nd the fight in general. There isn't /
1ythtng about the boxing racket that
avis is not familiar with. Through | /
ears he has been careful student II
the game and he can call them II
ght with the best of them. Damon II
unyon, daddy of them all as a II
ritter of sports, is here sending his II
assics to the Hearst papers. What II
wonderful fellow is Damon. Al-Il|
ays courteous and democratic in his II
titude towards everybody, the boys II
st swear by the handsome kid. III
.ck Lawrence, or "Old Jakey," as II
e boys love to call him, is also here H
ing his stuff for the New York Tri- II
Inc. Jack scarcely looks the humor- II
that he really is. You would II
had so much real humor sunk n
yay behind his retiring and bash II
disposition. II
Harry Newman, of the New York Hi
lily News and the Chicago Tribune. III
med the gang here the other day H
d is on his toes day and night bust II
: in with his slangy descriptions of II
. big row between the champion III
d challenger. Newman is one of 1
3 veterans. Hi
From Chicago there is Frank Smith II
orting editor of the Chicago Tri-
ne, one of the best hustlers that II
sr attended a tournament of this II
Id. Frank knows sport from A to II
ard and he will be in charge of |
!, corps of assistants from Chicago IN
ich is expected to arrive here with II
few days to send back reports II
the fracas to the Tribune in Chi H
90. Hughey Fullerton, will be one II
Smiths assistants in handling the II
airs of the fight for the Chicago II
bune. Hughey is already on the II
/, trying to dope out who the win II
will be. Earl Barlow and Ed. L