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thefor 10 rounds. Tli©'-t.oelt;l Brown $800 for his endvW?ttt'iU,‘i^1 ’priv A EdBrown knocked out Skclly in the first round. Immediately, afterwhrd-^ ho hunt ed up tho promoter of /the show.“ Wfhnt. wns the gate?” ho asked. “Forty-on^ hundred dollars/’ was tho reply. “Woli, that makes my share $1230/’ said Brown.The promoter handed Brown $123, and said, “TImt ’s your share.” »“How come?” demanded Brown;-------“Well, you wero to get 30 per cent of hto gate* for a ten round exhibition,’’ ox plained tho promoter. “Thirty per cent of $4100 is $1230. That W{is to bo vours for fighting ten rounds.! But you only fought, one. So all von g« t is one tenth of that which is $i23. Tuk- it or leave it.. ’ ’Itofereot Smith, hove into view, and made the request for his $50.“You agreed to referee ton rounds of fighting for $5(1 didn’t you?” asked the promoter of Smith.“Cert a inly.”‘ * Well, you refereed less than ■one round. You get one tenth of the sum agreed upon for a ten round affair. Here is your $5.' ’After strenuous argument Smith got his $50. but the most that Brown got was $800. lie never fought on a percent age in Terre ITnuto again.
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Twin Falls Daily News
Twin Falls, Idaho, US
Wed, May 13, 1925
Page 5
Full Page
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John H.
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