Show I How Some Famous Fight Critics Work I Naughton iton Refused to toRe Be Interviewed Hi lii Baggerly who formerly was sporting editor of or the San Fran Francisco Bulletin and who is now proprietor of the leading paper in San Jose Co Cal tells an Interesting story of ot his e ex experience etc etc- in doping San Francisco bouts some years ago Somehow or other I hit it right sixteen sixteen sixteen six six- teen or seventeen consecutive times and came to the conclusion that I knew all about it I called the turn so many times that a lot of the boys got to following my Ideas In betting Suddenly Suddenly Suddenly Sud Sud- denly things s went wrong The harder I tried the worse I got I missed once then I missed again I 1 was outguessIng outguessIng outguessing outguess outguess- I ing myself right along My popularity popular popular- ity received a rude jolt Finally I came to the conclusion that in the future I would write the news let the facts and statements from the rival camps speak for themselves and my personal opinion out of it It was Baggerly's personal opinion that Jack Tack Johnson would beat Jim Jef- Jef fries but it is doubtful if he ex expressed expressed expressed ex- ex pressed that idea in so man many words at the time the world was eating up the dope on that battle Gilligan who was handling fight stuff for the Bulletin Bulletin Bulletin Bulle Bulle- tin at that time was out ana ano out for Johnson He lie even prided himself on being the original Johnson man In San Francisco In Tn the fourth round I when Johnson got a little careless and Jeffries showed a flash of ot his old form I Gilligan was wild and when the fighters fighters fight- fight I ers era were close to him delivered a real lecture to the big colored colored- man on the value of ot carelessness And Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son leaning over Jeffries' Jeffries shoulder listened too Bill DIU Naughton who was sporting editor of the San Francisco Examiner for many years had a strong folloWing followIng following follow follow- I ing among the fight fans No matter matter matter mat mat- ter what others said they always came back with this Wait Walt and see I what Naughton says I Naughton was at Reno when Jeffries Jef Jet fries fought Johnson In fact tact he was there some some time before the fight tools tool place An obscure reporter from an outside paper one day asked him for foran foran foran an interview I have no opinion to express expresS' expreSs re replied replied replied re- re plied Naughton I am not going to express my personal opinion Ill I'll tell what I see see- and what I hear a and aid d let I it go at that Harry B. B Smith of ot the San Francico Francisco Fran Fran- cisco cico Chronicle Is one of the best Fran I balanced bal hal and most thoroughly conscientious conscientious conscientious fight tight critics In the country today Eleven d das s 's before the John Jeffries-John the son fight he remarked Figuring fight strictly on merit Johnson should win |