Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1910 — FIGHT BULLETINS RECEIVED BY PRIVATE WIRE. [ARTICLE]

FIGHT BULLETINS RECEIVED BY PRIVATE WIRE.

Western Union Issues Statement That Pursuing New Policy No Sporting Bulletins Will Be Furnished. / » The Western Union Telegraph company, wishing to respect w.hat it conceives to be the sentiment of the public w|th. regard to prize fights and similar sporting 'events, decided not to furnish any telegraphic news on the Jeffries-Johnson fight at Reno July Fourth. , The departure of the company from its old idea is due solely to its desire to conform to what it thinks is the moral sentiment of the American public. Its position, as outlined today, that the people have reached the conclusion that such events are not proper, and that its judge, court and jury is the public in all matters of service. S. M. Williams of the executive Aaff of the company/said when asked about the new order of things: “We have simply quit the sporting business; that is .all there is to the matter. There was a time when the company supplied racing news, and the people of the state and country decided that it was not the proper thing to do. We quit it. This year we are not going to sell any prize fight information, and we believe that we are merely responding to the judg ment of the public.” Nothwithstanding the new rule of the Western Union, the ‘ bulletins of the fight will be received in Rensselaer unless plans miscarry. An effort is being made to receive the bulletins over the private wires of L. J. Swabacber & Co., and in case this fails some other means will be devised to secure the bulletins. They will be displayed at the armory as the figbt progresses at Reno. An admission of 25 cents will be charged to defray the expenses of the operator and messengers.