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8 RENO WAITING FOR GONG Fighters, in High Spirits. Loll About Their Camps. BOTH MEM EXPECT TO WIN Desert City Full to Overflowing for the Big Battle To-morrow. •OW THE TWO FIGHTERS COM PARE IN MEASUREMENTS. Jeffrie* Johnson. V?e - - 85 32 Vei|ght .. 220 20fl kifttil 6 ft. m 18. 6 ft. »i in. Week 18*4 iT'-i be*? (normal) ... 45 38Vi !■-•' <eipanded) . . M 42 bleeps 15 16 !"rsr«-arTTi 13 14*4 ■MM . * in^i Xes<h "5 II •v*i«.« M S5 rhisb KSH 23 EH i" 5 13 lisluf ......... 10 9% richts 20 71 •joft . . . 0 4 Re~.o. N>v.. July 2. — Reno Is Just -wait ir.e now for the moment when Billy Jor dan, the nnnounoer. will climb out of the ring with all the epeea that hi? fat lejrs can carry him, crying, "Let 'er go ■•• An other languid luaet in these brown hil!9 and I^e great Jeffries-Johnson battle wHI be on. In the mean time, the desert city is tak ing: aa the appearance of ■ national con vention. The delegates from the world's fportir.g centres are arriving on every tram. The streets and hotels are filled with a ■hlfting mob of men from all the walks of life. The hum of conversation on the ftreet i.« punctuated with the 'click of the roulette waec-ls and with the cry of sou venir hawker?. And all are awaiting the fight that nothing but an earthquake, fire or death car. now prevent. The camps of the fighters are quiet, with the quiet of sn«r!!»e Th* arena fully completed. $« waiting out in the white duft, an ugly skeleton that in ■ few hours will be palpitating- with life and thrills that run down iron's spines in moments of physical strife. Pr.-.bai>ly not another stick will have to be touched. The parse money is vp — all of — the rum of $101,000 which the fight lovers will pay Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson to measure their sinews, their brains aril their fighting hearts. The only movement from the rival camps to-day was in the way of pleasure and: thought killing. Both Jeffries and Johnson made automobile trips into town. Tllllßlallll just for fun and to have the crowd to «tare at him. and Jeffries be cause he had to, in order to get 4o the fish ing grounds that he decided to visit late in The afternoon. The critical time of waiting is being •watched closely by fight experts. Jeffries has surprised them all by his apparent un concern on the eve of the greatest battle of his life. Nothing elac was expected from the nt-gro, who thinks only of the mo ment. To the sporting men who Blade the trip to ■aana Springs in the early afternoon, a restful scene was presented. On the lawn at the side of the white cottage Fat Jef fries and his cronies around a small table. The fighter had on a pott shirt, and a eoft cap rested carelessly on the back of his head. He was leaning over a hand of card? ficrurine how to win a few rents from his opponents. "When be succeeded be was lv.pry. and hi? laugh rang out bo that the crowds hanging over * the fence marked "private" smiled in sympathy. Over the group a great willow tree spread in reel i branches. From a branch hung a cage - :-r. two pigeons. On the grf-en lawn a tiny white dog played, running oc casionally to lick the hand of Jeffries. Around aJ! swung the great bare hills and the green meadows. Of the thoughts that passed through Jfffries's mmd — between hands — he xrlarred past the group out Into the l.rilliant sunshine and the blue sky no one of his Intimate friends pretended to say. Sometimes his eyes would take on a deep. fombre look and he would scowl. Again his c-yes would flash in fun. a dimple would show and a.l would be as merry as a wedding- morning. To those who braved the sunshine and the <\ .* and the bumps in the road and made their way to Rick's roadhouse. on th«» other side of town, another scene of rest v.-.is shown, but it was rest of a different kind. The** was much hilarity r.r.d load merriment, and The sound of BBBKfns and Instrumental music breaking out at odd times proved' that th* negro champion and h!s crew -were amusing themselves as though th« fight were al ready over. On the outside there was absolute cer tainty of the outcome In eaßikricsmp. Noth ing has arisen to add or detract from the arguments pro and con that have been agitating th* 1 fl^ht 'fan;?" of the country for a year. In the Jeffries camp the hangers-on and trainers are ■wllline to bet their last dollar that th*» msn whom no man ever hap brought to his knees by a. blow will make Johnson look like th*> outside of a storm cellar after a hurricane. They can ccc r.othing but the hu^e, flaying arms of Jeffries mowing down his opponent. They rr«-dict less than t*»ven rounds after the ■Bat blow Is Rtnick. On the other hand, there is plain joy : r . the hearts of the rr.** who follow Johnson. They see the jiegro astride tha world. They depend on youth and science— especially that right BBBOBBBt. The dead level of opinion among the fic:ht experts is that the fight •will M a long one and a hard one — in other words, the greatest ring battle of the decade. "We will get our moneys worth," said an Eastern sporting man. who had looked the situation over carefully. "This fight ■will re, talked of for twenty ><ars. The men who stayed at home will be kicking themselves #1! over when they read the rounds.*' From the vantage of the hotel doorway, however. it looks as thouaji few had stayed at home. Asnontt the crowds that throng the barrooms and gambling houses are the faces of men known around the world. The state police are doing what they can to keep the grafters and the thieves away — everi to the assent of searching; trains at the border— hut there is many a loophole, and the light fingered sentry are here In force. H:%h noon and four deep around the roulette and Bare tables— that is the situ ation in Rtno to-day. it is Impossible for the visitor from cities where Rambling Is >;»-r,t under a discreet cover to venture half a block from his room without stum hling across a frreen table and a pretty checkerboard and a man in shirt sleevf« raking in ail the money in the crowd; Drifting in and out of the temples of chance are nail II dressed sporting men. business men on a vacation, faces from the under world and the men that belong to the hills and the desert— quiet and keen, something of the mystery of the sage brush distances in their »-yes, skin of leather and broad hats covered with white duet. These are the contrasts of the new metropolis, th« mecca of »-portdom and th* place of "play Interest" to the aver age man In every town from coast to coast to-day. PRISONERS TO HEAR RETURNS Chicago, July 2.-Flght news round by round will be> telegraphed Into the county Jail here on Monday. A telegraph operator who is a prisoner will be at the receiving end of tii* wlra. JEFFRIES WRESTLJNG WITH 808 ARMSTRONG. 1 JEFFRIES THE FIGHTER Now Seeking a Title He So Ruth lessly Gave Away. HOW HE JUMPED TO FAME Fitzsimmons and Corbett Among Those to Go Down Before the Young- Giant. James J. Jeffrie?, who will strive at Reno to-morrow to regain the heavy weight pugilistic championship, which he ruthlessly grave away to Marvin Hart some years ago, is thirty-five years old. As a boy he was strong and virile, and he grew up Into a physical giant, being endowed with everything that goes to make up a fighter — wonderful strength, quick perception, tigerish courage and, better yet, perhaps, remarkable ability to stand punishment. It is said that for a time he lacked the ambition to win fame as a pugilist and learned the trade of boilermaking. although his father had hoped that he would study for the minis try and follow in his footsteps. When the ambition to be a fighter did doom it required only two years for him to vanquish every fighter worthy of con sideration and to claim the title as his own. Jeffries was less cunning than Bob Fiusimmons. less scientific than Jim Cor bett. less aggressive than John L. Sulli van, yet he was gifted with these quali ties to a marked degree. Furthermore, he was capable of delivering a blow against which no man as yet has been found to stand, and, as said before, he can accept punishment without — punishment that would mean quick death to a man of less vitality. Having found that he was a born fight er and having earned a fortune and the right to be called the undefeated cham pion of the world, Jeffries decided to re tire, and the only way he could find to rid himself of the burdens that the title im posed was to throw them off. He looked over the field of worthy heavyweights with a view to adopting one of them as his heir. Eight years after his first fight he decid ed that Marvin Hart was the heir appar ent, and abdicated in Hart's favor. One of the striking things about Jef fries is the fact that it took a great deal of argument to convince him that he. was a fighting man at all. Despite nature's generosity to him In the matter of size and strength, he had ar strong suspicion all the time that he was intended to be a farmer. Through his early life he dis played great fondness for getting close to nature via a fishing rod or a gun, and spent (jnite a bit of time among the moun tains. He developed a decided fondness for country life, and when he resigned as champion, having enough money through purses, moving pictures and stage appe.ar- Biir.^s to do what he pleased, he pur chased a farm in Southern California with the indention of ending his days as a. sort of country squire. If John Arthur John son and the color question had not inter fered with his plans, he would. In all probability, have carried out that deter mination Jeffries was born In Carroll, Ohio, in 1575, but his parents went to Calfornla bo soon after his arrival that he is looked upon almost as a native of that state. LttUe is recorded of his doings prior to 1597 beyond the fact that he was a mighty hunter, a good boilermaker and a rough and tumble fighter with whom few cared to mix. He never was an amateur fighter The first time he entered the ring he did so on the spur of the moment, accepting the challenge of a negro fighter named "Hank" Griffin because of the money he would get by defeating the challenger. The fight occurred in Los Angeles, in I«S3, and Jen* accomplish the defeat of the negro in fourteen rounds, winding up with an artistic knockout. "While this victory did not seem to arouse Jeff to any ambition as a fighter. It at tracted the attention of fighterß to him as a valuable training partner. He sec onded a middleweight named Billy Gal lag her in San Francisco two years later, an«l Gallagher got him a match in 1896 with Dan Long, of Denver. There was a 5: MQ purse up, and Long went to sleep in the second round when Jeff's left en countered his nose. It was shortly after this that Jim Corbett began to prepare for his fight with Bob FU2slmmonß. which gave the latter the championship. Harry Corbett. Jim's bro ther, who was on the lookout for sparring partners. sent Jeff up to Carson City, New. to join Jim's training staff. Corbett ham mered the big fellow unmercifully, but Jeff was absorbing knowledge of the fighting game through every pore. These were his firjst real boxirfg lessons, and he took them from a master of the craft. Within three weeks after Corbett's defeat Jeff was in the ring again on his own hook, doing 1 away with the aspirations of two promising heavyweights In quick succession In 1897. So much had Jeff benefited by Corbett's training that he was marked as a coming tighter at once, and a match was arranged for him with Gus Ruhlin, of Akron, Ohio, which was fought in San Francisco In 18)7. The fight went twenty rounds to a draw. In the same year Jeffries fought Joe Choynski a twenty-round draw. He recalls this flght particularly, he says, because Choynskl landed on his Jaw the hardest NEW-YORK 71ATLY TltmiNF, r Rn>T>AY. .TILY 3. 3»l°- JEFFRIES AND JOHNSON WINDING UP THEIR DAYS OF TRAINING. ' blow he ever received. It was a right har.'ior. and had so much good will behind it that Jeffries never forgot it. That punch was one of the things that made Jeffries call Choynski to his aid when he decided to return to the ring to fight Johnson. During the next year Jeffries began to find out how strong- he really was. He knocked out Joe Goddard. of Australia, a hardy fighter, with many victories to his credit; followed that up by knocking out old Peter Jackson in three rounds, and making "Mexican Pete" Everett quit in less than three. A twenty-round draw with Tom Sharkey came in the same year, and then .Teffries oame to New- York, where fye was matched to fight two men in one evening. The first of these was Bob Armstrong <,a negro^ and Jeff damaged his hand against the big black to such an extent that he could not meet Steve O'Donnell, the other man, much to" the delight of O'Donnell's friends. During this time Bob Fitzsimmons was retaining the championship against all comers. A match was made between Jeff and Bob at Coney Island, in 1889. It was looked upon as a joke, as the man who had gathered Jim Corbett's scalp in de cisive style was thought to be able t<~> play with the big green hand, Jeffries, it was anything but play, and while Fitzsim mons hit his rival aimost at will in me opening rounds he could not do any great amount of damage, whereas the crashing ! blows from the boi;e»maker soon began to j have their effect. In the tenth round Fitz ! elmmons tired and in the eleventh, being floored twice for the count, he measured hi? length on the mat and Jim Jeffries was ' champion of the world. Five months later Jeffries met Tom Bharkey again in a twenty-five round fight at Coney Island. Jeff got a decision over the sailor, but he declares that Bharkey is the garr.est man who ever entered the ring. Corbett. by this time, was eager to get a match with his former sparring partner. The fieht was arranged, and for twenty rounds Jeffries took a terrific amount of punishment. He utterly failed to reach Corbett with his gloves, although Corbett battered him around so freely that the big fellow looked foolish. Jeffs seconds told Ota that he was an ex-champion beyond doubt unless he did something, and Jeff went out to do it the next round. He tore after Corbett, minding the storm or blows that met him no more than he would mind so many raindrops. His left reached Corbett's mid-section In tht- twen ty-third round, and a moment later his right ended th^ fight with a short-arm Jolt to the jaw. Jeff's" next fight of any importance was with his old opponent. Ruhlin. Alter five rounds Ruhlln quit. Jeff had learned too much fcr Ruhlin between their meetings. Probably the greatest amount of punish ment Jeff ever took— and he took a lot of it first and last— waa in hiß second flght with Fltz6immons. The fight took place in 1902. and Fitz threw all his cleverness and strength Into the first three rounds. Jeff's face was badly cut by his blows, and while Fitz was fresh, the champion looked like a novice beside him. But he could not keep it up. and he could not geem to worry Jeff to any extent. In tho eighth Jeffs right caught the old champion in the stom acn, his left went to the jaw. and Fitzsim mons was classed among the has-beens for good. The second fight with Jim Corbett was Jeffs last important fight. In that fight Jeff showed that he had at last learned the boxing game. He outfought Corbett. the admitted master of glove work and foot work, at every point of the game, and in the eleventh Corbett went down for the count. This wag Corbett's last appearance in the ring. Just prior to his retirement Jeff fought a four-round draw with Jack Munroa at Butte. It was a stay-four-rounds offer, and Munroe stayed by clinging to Jetff all the time. Munroe. after the fight, claimed he had knocked Jeff down. As a matter of fact, the big man slipped and foil; but Munroe boasted of his alleged triumph until Jeff's anger was roused, and another fight arranged. They met In San Fran cisco, and Munroe went down and out In the second round BRITONS VICTORS ON RANGE "Outlanders Defeated in Chal lenge Trophy Target Match. Blsfey. England, July 2.-The challenge trophy match for teams representing different parts of the British Empire re sulted in a victory fnr tho British team to day. Its aggregate ecor« for six ranges was 2.177 out of a possible 2,400. Canada was Beoond with a *■:■ ore of 2,10 ft. Australia third with 2.045, India fourth with 1,973 and Singapore fifth with 1.972. Gate 'Receipts of Big Fights of' Vast. Winner. Loser. Place. Gat* Receipts. Pate. Can* . -NrlMin Coldfleld .. . $C 9,715 Sept. 3. 1000 Johiiivnn Burns Sydney, Australia... «7.500 Dec. 26,1908 Jeffries Hharkey yew York. 66,300 Nov. 9, 180* Jeffries tori. &an FranHtx-o «3,34(> Augr. I*. 1903 Corbett. McCoy . . New York 60,350 Aug. 50. 1900 Xrlson Uritt Colraa, Cal 48,311 Dec. SO. 1004 Corbet* (Sullivan New Orleans 49,000 Sept. 7, 188* JKitzMniinoiiA Hall ... New Orleans . 40,000 Mar. 8, 1893 Johnson Ken he 1 San 1 rauciwo 32,300 Oct. 16. 190» Britt Young Corhett Sun Francisco ■ 38.2411 Mar. it, li»04 .unii*— l-itzM!!un<uiN . . Kan rrancl&co 81,800 July 23,11*08 Jeffrie* Uultlin ... .. Wan Francisco 30,800 Nor. 15, lUOI Nelson llrltt Nan Frtmoiwo 27,770 Sept. «, I" 0 Fitzsinmton* Corbett. » < urs-ou City 22,000 Mar. 17.1897 llritt . Ganß .-Sou Francisco 21,705 Oct. 31, 1004 Jeffries Monroe San Fruneluco 21.761 Aug. 20. 1004 Sliarkey FltzMmznons Sail Franc lko 21,000 Dec. 0, 181»0 Young Corbett MtGovern . baji Francliioa . 20,880 Mar. 31,1003 Estimated !•<•< <-iits for Jeffrie*- Johnson fight on basis of full '< ■<>■'• ■'•>• •- at quoted prices for seat*. $3G0,000. T; ~~ ' CHARLEY WHITE. THE ASSOCIATE RBFEREF. ('Copyright by Paul Thompson.) Some Figures of the Big Fight at Reno Estimated gross receipts on a basis of 16.000 seats, ranging in price from $10 to $50 ' $360,000 Estimated profits of "Tex" Ricknrd and Jack Gleason, the promot ers, including a "share of moving picture privileges 200.0C0 Estimated profit of winner, including lion's share of purse, $75,750, moving picture privilege, $50,000, and music hall contracts 175,000 Estimated profit of loser, including small end of purse, $25,250, moving picture privilege. $50,000, and music hall contracts 90,000 Estimated cost of putting fight on and training expenses of the two men 100.000 Estimated cost to each person who sees battle, including average price of seat ($22 50) 50 to 300 Guaranteed purse, of which 75 per cent to the winner 101,000 Limit number of rounds 45 Time of figh+. 1:30 o'clock, Pacific time; 4:30 o'clock. New York time. Officials — Referee, "Tex" Rickard, of Nevada; alternate referee, Charles White, of New York; timekeeper, George F. Harting. of San Francisco: an nouncer, Billy Jordan, cf San Francisco; stakeholder, "Big Tim" Sullivan, of New York; betting commissioner, Tom Corbett, of San Francisco. JEFFRIES IN HAPpy VEIN Indulges in Frenzied Finance and Catches Some Trout. Moana Springs, Nev , July 2.— Fishing and card playing occupied' Jim Jeffriea to day. From early in the morning until mid aftemoon he sat under the trees beside his cottage playing hearts and rejoicing in the rnisiortunes of his opponents. Jeffriea was In high good humor. Frank Gotch. his former theatrical associate and firm friend, spent the entire day with him. The pair, after several hours playing hearts, were ahead about $2 each. They pooled their interests and Invested the s%im at the roulette wheel across the road. As a result they went back to the heart game with $14. and Jeffries was highly delighted with the outcome of their frenzied finance. Many visitors of Importance came out to camp during the day and the challenger greeted them all pleasantly. He waa more Interested In the card game than In any thing else, however, and turned back to It after a few words with each caller. Ootch. Phil Campbell, the Renu trout fisherman, and Jack Wooley accompanied Jeffries nn the fishing trip. The party went to Calavada, on the state lino about twenty miles up In the hills. When they returned thirty trout were stowed In the bottom of the cur. Jeffries proudly ex hibited the»m to everybody who stepp-'d up to the machine. The- stfaln of the training days has told to tome extent on little Mrs. Jeffries. She ■panda her time hovering about her hus band, watching him and thinking of him all the time, whether ho Is at work or at play. A FLURRY OF WAGEMNG Local Bets on Fight Beginning to Heap Up. With the Jeffries-Johnson fight only hours off, bettors yesterday were active In plac ing wagers on the outcome. Heretofore there has been little speculation In this city on the championship right, backers of both men preferring to wait until the last moment and thoroughly sift the news ema nating from the two camps before putting up their money. A broker yesterday estimated that ap proximately $110,000 had been placed on the fight here. But this estimate is probably less than a quarter of the amount actually wagered, for there Is no means of arriving at the amount put up In friendly bets of, say, from $25 down, and there have been hundreds of these. In fact, every one In terested In the fight at all seems to think that he cannot let the occasion pass with out putting up some sort of stake Just to add Interest and show his conviction. Wall Street has made few bets of size on the fight. A member of the Stock Exchange placed $2,500 to $1,400 on Jeffries for a client, and bo far as known this was the largest wager made. Another bet of $LOOO to $700 was recorded, and nine* more, of $500 to $400. There have also been numerous bets of $100 to $70 One f-nthuslastlo Johnson advocate put up J50») cash against a like amount that Johnson would knock the white man out within ten rounds, and spent all day yes terday explaining to his friends that he was not the original "easy mark." It wa» rumored on the Curb yesterday that a syn dicate of flght "fans" had placed $10,000 with a broker to bet against $MO,OCO that Jeffries would knock his man out Inside of seven rounds. The bet has not been taken. At a Broadway hotel $10,000 was left yes terday to bet In $500 amounts at 10 to 8 on Jeffries. At the. Hotel Albany It is said that $10,000 has been placed on Jeffries at odds of 10 to 4. Practically little or no betting has been done In Sharkey's cafe. At other well known Tenderloin cafss considerable bet ting In comparatively Hmnll sums has been done. From Plttaburg last night came the news of a bet of $10,000 to $3.<VK). This was the largest bet recorded, but there were many made of «mall«?r amounts. The odds ruled around 10 to S and 10 to 7. JOHNSON BOXING WITH HIS SHADOW. n SURMOUNTS ALL Opposition of Every Kind Over come by Promoter. DIFFICULTIES AT THE START Big- Fight To-morrow the Result of His Determination and Persistency. The wonderful persistency and tenacity of Jack Gleason, and more particularly "Tex" Rickard. the promoters of the Jef fries-Johnson figrht, will be rewarded with a fortune as a result of the big battle which will be fought to-morrow. Over coming tremendous opposition and almost insurmountable difficulties, Gleason and Rickard have never wavered from their determination to hold the fight on July 4. as stated In the articles signed last De cember, although they were forced to movo almost everything short of heaven and earth to do it. State officials and public opinion did their utmost to stop the fight, but the opposition was without permanent effect. More than a year ago Jack Johnson, al though he held the heavyweight title which had been surrendered by Jeffries when he retired from the ring, challenged the latter to meet him in a fight for the champion-* ship. Neither of the two pugilists had ever found his master, and the challenge immediately aroused the keenest interest among the followers of the boxing game. The big boilermaker was in a quandary about his ability to get In condition, and the situation hung fire for many months. Johnson questioned Jeffnes's courage, and the latter made forcible replies until the sporting- world was thrown into a turmoiL Just when it looked as though the two men "^ere going to get together and sign the articles for the fight difficulties would arise and the matter would be postponed. During the litter part of last summer, however, Jeffries finally made up his mind to enter the ring, provided he could satisfy himself that he would be able to get into condition. Ke took a trip abroad and vis ited the various watering places in Europe as a preliminary training period, and when he was confident that he could take oft enough weight to enter the ring: he defi nitely announced that he would meet Johnson. Jeffries made an authoritative statement when he was in London on his way back to the United States. Bid? for the fight were submitted at a meeting held in Hoboken, N. J.. on De cember 1, 1909. The amount of the bids attracted wide attention at the time The purses offered the largest In the his tory of the ring. Jack Gleason and Jimmy Coffrcth offered a purse of $125.'X»\ with the bidders to retain all rights to the mov ing pictures, or a purse of $75,000. with the fighters to receive 2-3 per cent of the moving picture receipts. "Tex" Rickard of fered a purse of $101.CO>. the fighters to receive 66 2-3 per cent of the moving pict ure receipts. Many other large bids were offered. At a secret meeting held at the hotel on December 2 a combination was formed and Jeffries^ and Johnson signed article agree ing to box fort}"-iivt» rounds or mere on July 4, 1910, before a club promoted by i G. L. Rickard and Jack Gleason in either Nevada, Utah or California. The agree ment called for the awarding of a purse of $101,000 and two-thirds of the moving pict ure receipts to the pugilists. It was decided to divide the purse en a basis of 75 and 25 per cent. Just what part Coffroth played i in the proceedings has never been divulged, but It is supposed that a tacit understand ing was reached with him M that his part ner, Gleason, pooled Interests with Rickard. The first problem encountered by the pro moters after the men had signed the ar ticles was that of selecting a site for the fight. Rickard declared himself in favor of Salt Lake City, and It looked for a time as though the match would be st3ged there. Jack Gleason, however, was determined that the fight should be h#ld In San Fran cleco. The differences between Rickard and i Gleason continued until the Governor of Utah plainly Intimated that his stand «vould be against the fight, and Rickard yielded the point. "When the promoters decided to take the fight to the Coast the question of IM ex act place was still In doubt. It was learned that the new administration which was going Into office In San Francisco was will ing to grant a forty-five round permit, breaking the twenty-five round limit, but there was still some friction, and it was decided to ho.d tho fight in Emeryville, across the bay Here a strong opposition developed among the church members and influential persons of the town, so that the District Attorney was forced to bow to publio opinion and tell the promoters that they would have to go elsewhere to hold th* fight. The- promoters then began to gather their forces in San Francisco. But th» last straw of the opposition was laid on when Representative Bennet, of New York. In Washington informed th« Cham ber of Commerce of San Francisco that the Congressional committee which was In charge of arranging for the exposition In celebration of the opening: of the Panama Canal would probably aelect New Orleans Instead of San Francisco for the Bite If the fight was held In the latter city im mediate steps were thereupon taken to pre vent the contest, and the promoters Were compelled to leave California. But Rickard and Gleason, although dis couraged at first, were undaunted and cast about for another place. Nevada waa tha UOHNSON REACHES SOI i^as Been Working iv Years to Face Jeffries, FOUGHT HIS WAY TO PROMT Remarkable Record In Ove* ■ Sixty-Battles Stamps Hi f a Fighter. t Tor mix year* or niOT© John ArtJjnr Jala* eon has been worktaff with one end h| j view, and that end will be reached who:* he «tcp» In the- ring with Jim Jeffrtea Reno to-morrow. Johnson began to loom up on the po«U, lstle horizon In 1301- "Jeffries can't toocs) toe," was his boast even la those days,; and h*> fretted continually over the «as» that until he acquired a reputation v-, prospects for a championship battle wer» but as gauzy a« th* tail of Haley's coiaev He cays ho relieved then as confidently is. his ability to achieve the title as c* 114 clx years later, when at last his oppor tunity to battle with Tommy Burns ta* the supreme prize was realized. "It was not my fights themselves, boa. - my fight to get those flffhis that prove* the hardest part of the stru^lc." JohcsjaJ has said In talking of Mi uphill struggl*.; "It was ray color. They told me to «4 a *rep.'. but how was I to get a "re;,/ with.' out meeting fighter* of class? But I mad» t-^n fight me. I Just kept plugging along; snapping up what chances to flght I cottid. grab, until by and by the topnotchere «r. that sooner or later they'd have to 'alia. me on. As soon a. I had shown what I could do the fight public-most of tUo. •fans.' anyway-took sides with roe. *■■ that helped a -whole lot.- Johnson asserts that he has never b««o apprehensive of possible defeat In any cos test he has engaged In. None of them, hoi declares, had any terrors for him. His most Important four battles havoi been fought within the last year and • half, dating from his defeat of Tommy. ißaraa in Australia on December 35, '-*1& Having wrested the championship iron Bums, he determined to meet and defend his title against all comers. His -.^hta with "Philadelphia Jack" O'Brien. A3 Kaufman and Stanley Ketchel followed is rapid succession. On his fights two or three years befor* that had brought him prominence aa<f helped him along greatly In his career .v.l*. v .l* contests with Sam Langford. the Boston* negro; Joe Jeanette, Sam McVey. "Denver Ed" Martin. Jim Flynn and others John son lays no particular stress except to re gard them as co many rungs of his ladder of success. -I'm looking for a fight." Johnson one-* said, "in which I really can let myself out and show the public jus: what I can oa That's one reason why I'm so anxious to* go up against Jeffries." Johnson's declaration sustains the Judg ment of numerous sporting writers who; have maintained for years that tha b:?; negro seldom. If ever, extended himself and was capable- of striking harder biow-3: ! than he has ever delivered in --:.- ring. It. appears to have been a general belief ttatt Johnson was "holding back." This wa^ particularly noticeable in his recent f.?ht» with Stanley KetcheL In that bout John-; son toyed with his man all the way Ha! seemed to think the tight a joke until i slip and a timely punch brought him to h:*j knees and aroused his anger. Just what, happened next has never been clearljj known. It was too fast to watch, and la). an instant's time- Ketche! was on his tack, and being counted out. He did not seeai to realize what had struck him, and John-< son himself seemed astonished at the rej suit of his sudden exhibition of strength and speed. Johnson was bom in Galveston In l?T?.j his birthday being March 31. and If rtagj experience counts for anything he has it., | In 1901 he fought sis fights, winning all! except one. which was a draw. The r.exa) year he went into the ring sixteen times and from then was almost constar.tlr. engaged, until at date he has to his credit more than sixty battles. While many of his opponents have r.oa been of the style to test his mettle, hi? frej quent bouts have served a: lease to kee?j him always In training, and this is one off I the strong arguments of his partisans. i Temperamentally Johnson is an Interest ing study. His chief characteristic is W unfailing good nature, a curiously constant; sort of even temper that nothing seems to ruffle. His "golden smile" is soldora out ot. evidence, and not even the coarse and in sulting jibes that frequently greet hint from fight spectators seem to have * power to disturb him. Even when due* a storm of blows and showing wonderfSlj skill in evading the onslaughts of his 9m9 m ponent Johnson never loses his poise n< * his power of observation. His eye* tako in and appraise every- thing that transpires at the rir.gside. H>, " seems to hear every comment mado br tie onlookers, and even 1: the midst of a clinch, when every muscle is tense. "*'& recognize a witty sally from the audie^c* : with a flash of his r^-ady smile, ar.d. i:ka | as not. with an equally witty rejoinder thrown at the audience over tha " - < - 3 * shoulder against ■which he> is pressing. 'Why don't you ftsnt. you black rr-isT* yelled an enthusiast a: the Johnscn-Kauf rran fight. The men were In a clinch ** the time, but without an Instant's hesita tion Johnson shouted tack: "Why ?houtf I fight? I've got your $10 already." And this cool-headedncss under fire » another of- the negro's qualities «J« 3 which his backers count, bellevir.g !r s^ possibls to rattle him by •.'■■ knewr. Tins tactics. That h!s good nature does not *" , dicate a low order of Intelligence. fca^ *ver. has been clearly shown by his cle«r business methods and his rather wei;-do=» ringside speeches. Men who have watefcea him say hr» simply has no nerves, •■■*%'& th* word In the accepted sense. JOHNSON AGREES TO SETTLE ' Little to Get Thirty Thousand , Dollars from Pugilist. Reno. We* . July 2.— According to * etatemer.t made to-day by Frank A. * * Evoy. of Chicago, representing OedS 9 Little, former manager of Jack Johns** Little will receive iMliil an a!! from t£» heavyweight champion in sett.Vr.^n: of t2* financial differences existin? between t! *** I' had been announced that Little **** agreed to tako BbUM in liquidation of ■■ his claims against Johnson- Little stated to-day that he would ** ' : ■ the- ringside re«a3y to ofTer v. Ml a3 ■ 3 '"* bet In the Interests of Sam Lur.sfori ** a flght with Little's former chars* whether Johnson yins. loses or it* 1 * • draw with Jeffries. s» DELANBY TO BE ON HAND- Oakland. Cal.. July 2— Billy r>!:in<>v «• Be In Johnson's corner on the FouitS «• ; July if his physicians win permit Q»> ** I , act as the champion's second. Tt>!» *** the substance of a statement aaada *"_B? night by Delaney. The trainer w"f!l I 9** I for Renrtvto-night. last stronghold, and It was only a q ue3tJ^ aa to which city would be chosen. Goli^ at first made a strong bid for th«» mate* bur accessibility was a point to •■ -"*j •lojored. and Rickard and his assocU^. finally came to believe that Reno '' ra **~}. most suitable place. So Reno it was, **r. everything was- switched to that *J"_fe and the hurrled^construction of &° ** g , begua v