Show I IL 1 T r r 1 It 4 J 7 d r- r Tex RIckard and J. J J. J J Gleason on sent me complimentary tickets for tor the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fight in Reno in 1910 I combined business with pleasure pleasure pleas pleas- ure by taking over a few carloads of or beer boor to supply the tho wide open Ide en sa sa- sa loons bone As an advertising stunt and for a a. little lIUto fun tun I had a a. bunch of ot tickets ticket made resembling made resembling the real fight tickets but advertising tho the Maier Maler brew brew- cry Cl The Tho moochers grift rs guys gus etc were all out in full force forc a as 35 asat at every big blE fight My Iy friends told them I 1 had lots of ot tickets The panhandlers panhandlers pan pan- handlers would woul single mo me out and I. I had a lot Jot of ot enjoyment nj out o of listening listen listen- ing lug to their blandishments and studying their technique When the crash would come conic Id I'd take tak them aside go 10 into m my Inside vest pocket and slip them tho the brewery brewers advertising ad tickets with a a. warning warnIng warn ing to put ut them away at nt once b before or tho the town was wu after me The They'd d do do without the tho tickets T 11 t i Je C 1 tf x x 0 1 J. J t x J t. t M o Y o f v. v tt y M x 4 f. t. t ti v 1 I 4 Y N 4 t As 8 the crowds gut sut bigger Id I'd put a a. couple in my rry breast coat coit pocket and nd saunter t through tho the throngs Some Somo of tho light-fingered light gentry sentry would get them Which pro proves Im I'm m sorry lorry to SU say alLy that t everybody e isn't honest onest Att After r tho the fight tight I waited wafted over o a a. da day In Reno DeCoro Beoo leaving I cledon called cled on n Rickard to congratulate him on tho success o of hl his big And always al remember rex Tex Ill I'll bo lie glad to do something for or you and nd Gleason any time I cap c n I t t d him Tex Tec looked ot at me mo with that poker faco face Immobile except for tor the chewing hewing o of his cigar Youve You've certainly certainty done plenty for tor us already Tim ho said but ald but more moro for or yourself nd And he handed d me a a. bunch hunch of ot about fifty of Qt my Mater Maler brewery ads which had hind been accepted as tickets by the eyed eagle c gatekeepers b at the big fight |