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showed an iron jaw and stuck to the finish. Charles P. Taft, owner of the Cubs, is itt -Chicago, and definitely says that the deals of the Comiery syndicate for the purchase- of his stock is off. EDDIE GRANEY RAPS The difference in the price asked and bid is too wide to be bridged. Taft will arrange . some business details in connection with the club, andmay select a new president be fore he leaves. TELLS OF REF BY EDDIE GRANEY. The thing the fighters of today need most and get least of is the plain, Jjlunt truth. They are being "yessed to death" by those' who fawn and flatter. It's always "yes, yes," from everyone, with never a sober, checking "no" to drive home a warning or advice. . The result is a surmounting van ity which frequently makes the younger scrappers of today the Eddie Graney, Famous Tuxedo Referee. laughing stock of everyone outside their own coterie. And of course it prevents them from ever becoming really "big." As an example of this colossal ego tism the assumption that the.world hangs breathlessly on their words and actions I remember one young- ster with whom I sat in a box at the Atheater, watching a Lillian Russell "FRESH" FIGHTERS--iREE'S DUTIES performance. With the utmost assurance he ask ed the usher to go behind the scenes for a specially requested song. "Just tell Lillian that I want her to sing it," he said, with a wave of his hand. Needless to say there was no re sponse. Lillian Russell probably had never even heard of this second rater before. Another, when his fighting was criticized by the dean of sport writers in this country, announced in a huff that he was "going across the con tinent to see that guy's managing editor and have him fired." And if you undertake to be frank with this type of ringster, you may count on his being your enemy for-N ever. They can't stand sincerity, if it's critical. And their name is legion. A sport that is bloated with cheap vanity, that lives on flattery, spurnin-j the blunt, wholesame-ration of truth, cannot long remain vital. I can't draw a pleasant prospec for the future years of the present day fighter. What ring favorite, or for that mat ter what other professional athlete, ever becomes a success in the busi aess world, except perhaps as owner of a saloon or cafe? Today the winners swagger down the street with hat and cane, and mane plastered over their eyes. To morrow they're bums. Of course here are exceptions, but they only emphasize the rule. Their parasites make, them so. Fighters, promoters, referees, all ing followers, are expected to' carry