Jeff Tries Himself Himself Out at Boxing, More Than Makes Good
\;.\. WITH THE FIGHTERS AT RENO, JEFFRIES (AT LEFT) PUNCHING THE BAG; JOHNSON AND AUKAUF^
IEFF LAUGHS WHEN
HE OUTWITS CROWD
©egihs His Workout at 8 O'Clock in. the
Morning While Few Are About
Continued from Page 10, Columns 2 and 3
\u25a0jit ;' W3S In the socond period that
jzttries landed /i punch which was as
iclflfse ; io a knockout as he has yet
liitTlp.d loose on any of them. It came
in,- tlae '.form of one of those old time
ri-jis ;•: to the body, the very sort of a
pnVi.-h which made the his fellow a
.<S!vami?ion sosne 31 years ago.
•'£:3B*»jgter dlii not fall, but he doubled
lip-oiii'l fairly gasped for breath. He
was \veak and crippled from the ef
\u25a0f:«r!t' <i£ 'this terrible wallop and it took
him tiv.o minutes to repaia his breath
a^j'l .get h!s bearings. The chances are
ttiat jiergor has done his last work
With .: Jeffries. He was a very badly
used, up young man at the conclusion
nf the bout.
did not have to tell this to any- I
body."- either. ; They all realized full ;
well: what tremendous effect the lefts
•wtiirh Jeff swung in had on this very
clever .heavy weight. . Berger is fully
convinced that Jeffries does not have
to <3o ; any more boxing. He is just as
sure that the big fellow is right as he
is il;at Nevada's sun has captured his
own -".'ibelpved goat.
WilO'fv AFRAID r ARMSTRONG
\u25a0"•; pi« : Bob Armstrong fairly shivered
'in /his boots when be shook hands with
Jeff "and etarted to waltz around. He
li ad a sort of a hunch that there would
3ieV walloping in store for him, though
he Vw-as .agreeably surprised when Jeff
started- 'off easy. Instead of trying to
box with Bob and occasionally nail
liirhi J-eff. was content to remain in the
< ; lißili«s and pull and haul around for
part of the three rounds.
.-Once they both slipped right down
=.tQ : -"ttift';"i»at. Armstrong hit tbe floor
with an awful thud. He made such a
noise-that some of them were sur« that
Jeff v|ipa cut loose -with a knockout
w^ijop; •\u25a0. But such was not the case.
Bob ."rrverely slipped down and he was
".upWh'.-his feet in. jig time.
: JeiSTfe slip came about in the same
way \u25a0- though everybody knew that
Axtottsirpng did not cause it with any
of -his wallops. Th? big fellow only
£T.:nnf^ and cot up again and started
After black Bob once more. He took-H
\u25a0^6b:d" : naturedly enough, though per-
AsLirt^lie was not aware of the fact
thfit'^ne of the notorious cameras
cauViit- him in the act. This is the
tir^i time that any of them have ever
Biiipp^l 'Jeffrie* after a fall down.
Geniefally he manages to keep his legs.
ttti: in: alter what happens.
; TlK;re is no doubt but that the big
feHpvr "mifrht have gotten far more
action out of the Armstrong workout
baji" ; he" switched his plan of campaign
» Ait -and resorted to boxing.
: ArVnstrong sort of set himself for
f s)is on. several occasions, but Jeff only
Ignored, these mute appeals.
CXlS'rtlES AKD WRESTLES
: lt -\vas about the same thiaff otfer
« gain .with Choynski. Old Joe was
Mveiv and spry enough and willing to
=4^6*: and pepper away at Jeff, but -he ;
\u25a0«niv^ 'wanted to clinch and wrestle
around. Whenever lie chose he would
pick the veteran up and toss him about
ai; an ordinary man would a child. It
was more of a little playful act than
a real workout with Jeffries. He
seemed to be doing it pore to accom
modate his friends than to derive any
r^al benefit from the operation. But
hf- was satisfied at that.'
Like the rest of them. Choynski im
mediately began singing tile praises of
Jeff just'as soon as he pulled his mitts
off. He told of the giant's wonderful
FtT^nj?th and his great powers of en
durance. Choynski was also in bad
shape after the bout, but Jeff did not
even try to hit him. Choynski was ab
solutely powerless all the time, and he
realised this, but for the sake of ap
pearances he tried to appear really dan
pej-ous.
The Oorbett setto was even milder
than the one in which -Choynski flg
xired. Corbett is not at all well. The
climate has affected him and he really
is not in condition to do any real work.
Therefore he slmpiy held out his hands
awl backed -away from Jeff. The latter
kept crowding in on him all the tfme,
but did not try to land any of his pun
i!>3iing blows. Corbett considered him
s<.lf very fortunate to be det down co
noXES AS A CONCESSION
Gentleman Jim would like to see Jeff
d« -more boxing.^ He is going around
shouting" this to- everybody he meets',
"but at the same time it goes with him.
.Corbett is a boxer, pure > and simple.
and can see only the boxing side of it.
Jeff, on the other hand, is a primitive
fighter. He does not believe in boxing
at all. In fact, he would not bo boxing
now, only he looks upon it as due to the
promoters of the battle.
His boxing over, Jeff took a good rub
down and a good rest. He was very
pleasant with several of hi* . friends,
wlio sat down and chatted with him
after the workout. He smiled every
time he realized that he had outwitted
the big crowd. He seems to take this
as a sort of clever piece of generalship,
but the fans look upon it as a mean
trick.
Then he went fishing again in the
afternoon and remained away from the
camp till nightfall. Nobody even knows
how many of the speckled beauties Jeff
landed. He has not been having the
best luck in the world in the Truckee
river, and this is why he keeps quiet
about it.
The salt water solution which Jeff
has been using on his face seems to
be working well. How he manages to
stand this with the sun beating down
on him as it has been beating for tht
last three days is more than any of
them can understand. There is no ques
tion but that it is positive proof of
Jeff's wonderful toughness of skin.
About two more boxing sessions will
fix Jeff up so far as this end of it goes.
He can not see the necessity of doing
any more of it, though Jim Corbett and
others of the boxing school positively
will not take this view of it. They
would have him boxing a dozen rounds
a day for several' days yet, but. as
everybody knows, Jeff Is going to have
his own way.
Gossip of
The Turf
Sam UUdretb paid $1,650 for & brother to
Turret and Mauretania at the Ml« of yearlings
from B. B. Bradlej'e Idle Hour' stud. The
chestnut son of CunartJ and Tower of Candles
is a grand looking youngster and attracted much
attention In the sales ring.
George Langdon, vrho married the -widow of
the late Caesar Young, secured a number of the
yearlingn by Canard. Ills wife retained an in
terest when the horse was transferred from Cali
fornia to the Kentucky farm of Bradley. Lang
don paid $500 for a bay colt by St. Avonicns
oat of the -Burnt handicap winner Eonic The
following by Cunard were purchased by Lang
don: Ch. c. Cunard-Miss Ringlets, $450; b. c,
Cunard-Lady Bache. $450; b. f.. Cunard-Ella
Smith, $450; eh. f., Cunard-Grall, $275. Only two
of th« get of Ormondale, the' sire owned by W.
08. Macdonoagh, were offered for sale. They
were bred at th* Bine Eidge rtnd of H. T. Ox»
nard in Virginia. A bay filly by Ormondale out
of the well known man Lux Casta went to
August Belinoot for f1,300, and Tom Healy, act
ing for B. T. Wilson Jr., paid $1,000 for Fu
turity, a colt by Ormondale-Futurita.
"Plunger" Jame* MacManus, who was fortu
nate last year in buying yearling*, was a liberal
purchaser at the Oxnard sale, lie paid $630 for
a colt by Islington-Grey Agnes and $550 for a
colt by Golden Maxim-Grand Duchess.
It is reported that 11. G. Bedwell made nn
offer to buy out the stable of Irving n. Wheat
croft, the British Columbia millionaire who
races under the name of the St. James stable.
The horses were turned out recently and include
Green Seal, Woolwlnder, Alfred the Great. Hasty
Agnes, Mlw Sain and the 2 year olds Marlbor
ough. Union Jack, The Whip. Trafalgar and Dora
Peel. After the close of Latonla Bedwell plans
to ship hi* string to Canada and will later go to
Empire City, at which place he has applied for
Having taken over the Brlzhton Beach dates,
the Empire City assoelalon will commence racing
July S- Together with its own meeting this
will bring the racing up to the time Saratoga
open?. Among the Brighton events to be re
newed at Yonkers Is the Brighton handicap, mile
and a quarter, to which Fits Herbert, Ballot,
Prince Imperial and other stars are eligible.
Sam Hlldrpth and his followers lost heavily
when Sir Cleges beat Hampton Court a neck at
Sbeenshead Bay. The Hildreth horse got away
badly and at the end Garner was not strong
enough 'to keep him going. Eddie Dugan, who
rides for Hlldreth frequently, was on. Sir
Clrge*. » / •
A colt by Prince of Melbourne out of Dainty,
the mare .'formerly raced by Walter Jennings
was amonj: the r yearlings disposed or at^ the
Oxnard sale. He went to W. J. Tracy for $SoO.
Western League
At Ouaha— Wichita 7,'pmaha 0. \u25a0"
Xt Sioux City— Sionx City 13. Topefca 4.
At Dm Molup»— Denr«>r 7, Hex Monies o. '
At Lincoln— St. Joseph 7, Lincoln 4.^ r,-;
Dave. Decker's :
r!a'fe-and grill will open June 29.: SE.
Srner Eddy - s and Taylor. Spanish
dishes. '
tihe sai^ m^
EXODUS OF SPORTS
LEADS ON TO RENO
New York Trainers Are Strong
in Their Opinions That Jeff
Will Come Back
NEW YORK, June 27. — The exodus of
sporting^men to Reno is now on. Large
numbers of easterners left here today
for the Jeffries-Johnson fighting ground
and by Wednesday all who intend to
witness the championship mill will
have departed. .
Opinion still favors Jeffries, but there
has been little betting, most. of those
intending to wager : preferring to place
their money at the ringside^ i _i_
E. Madden and Tom.iO'Rourke,
two well known managers and trainers
of pugilists, are strong in their'opin
ions, that Jeffries will win, while Joe
Humphreys says he is rooting for Jef
fries, "but doubts whether the white
man can do the trick.
BIG INCREASE SHOWN IN
ALASKA'S POPULATION
Revenue Cutter Takes Census
on Outlying Islands,
SEATTLE, Juno'27.— The Alaska cen
sus Is almost completed. It shows a
big increase in the population, accord-
Ing to A. N. Evans, in charge of the
bureau of education, including the cen
sus work," who arrived here yesterday
from Nome.
Evans says the entire census is taken
with the exception of the districts In
cluded In the Dlomedes islands, the
north arctic coast east of Point Bar
row, the St. Lawrence islands and the
Nunivak islands. \u25a0
The United States^ revenue cutter
Bear is on a cruise tp those districts,
and before theend of the summer; sea
son the entire Alaskan census will have
been completedr
TRIPLE MURDERER
SLAIN BY POSSE
Militiamen Find Him Dying in
Barricaded House
ATLANTA, Qa., June 27.— W. «H. Bost
wick, the desperado who killed three
men and wounded three at his home
near Occilla yesterday, was found,dy
ing In his barricaded home at 4 o'clock
this morning when the Fitzgerald com
pany of the national guard rushed and
captured the house. v
He expired within an hour. The five
children who i were' in the house with
him were rescued uninjured. . It is sup
posed a bullet fired during: ' the . fight
with the posses last- night struck him.
Sheriff J. P. Mclnnis died today about
the same time as Bostwick. "
QUICKSANDS CLASP
BOYS IN DEADLY.GRIP
Children Slowly Dragged to
Death Beneath Water
SANTA FE, N. - M., ' June -- 27. — The
quicksands of the Rio, Grande; claimed
two victims yesterday at the village of
Alcalde.3o miles north: of .Santa" Fe.-
Nine year * old r Max Sanchez walked
into the river .and : sat down in 5 the
water, at that point a foot deep. \-> When
he tried \u25a0to wade out he found ; thatT the
sand had himin its grasp.- He; screamed
for helpTand 14 year- old^Leahdro' Sari-"
chez .ran to, his raid,, only" to" be himself
drawn into,lthefdeadly . sand.. \u0084,
When -other .wouldbeXrescuersV;af
rived both boys were drowned; although
i their heads werefabovethefsand. '; : : j. \u25a0/-\u25a0
SEATTLE SPORTS
CHARTER SPECIAL
Train of Six Cars to Leave for
Reno Friday, Returning via
, San Francisco
SEATTLE, June 27.--Arrangements
were completed today for the sending
of a special train from Seattle to Reno
for the accommodation of*thoso going
to. the Jeffries- Johnson prize fight.
The train will consist of six sleeping
cars, observation car, dining, car' and
the necessary baggage cars. It will
leave over the Southern Pacific lines at
11:30 Friday morning arid "arrive • in
Reno Sunday. :'
Returning, the train will be run from
Reno to San Francisco, where the ex
cursionists will- be'.; given -a" privilege of
several days* stopover.
New Yorkers Planning
Great Aviation -Meet"
NEW YORK, June 27.— The program
for the international .aviation meet .to
be- held at Hemstead plain in October
will be the most varied ever presented
anywhere, according to the preliminary
announcement, of the Ae.ro. club's com
mittee. The idea is to include; in the
list of events the most searching tests
of heavier than air machines that it is
possible to arrange. The meeting will
occupy two full weeks, beginning Oc
tober 22. - -
With the .exception of one day to
be devoted to 'running off the contest
for . the ~ James, Gordon Bennett trophy,
emblematic of the world's speed cham
pionship; and another; to be utilized for
a sunrise to sunset endurance contest,
the remainingr sessions of the. meet will
be filled with slow speed races, flights
for height records, tilting at captive
balloons from the- decks of- passenger
carrying? aeroplanes," dropping bombs
from: varying altitudes, \ lifting con
tests, night flights by searchlight, long
glides with -power shut oft and. a hot
of other such contests. ... -
The slow speed races are regarded as
among the most important contests be
cause It is -believed -that will exert a
tremendous influence on the future; of
heavier > than : air | machines flying.
Brakebeam Tourists On
Way to> Fight
11 RENO, June 27.— neno is rapidly fill
ing ,up with the vanguard » of the fight
crowd. Every train puts down its quota
of visi tors and the number of arrivals
is - expected to steajdlly.- from"
now ' until ' the^ fourth. • The: main inva
sion; it is thought, will begin about
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Among the newcomers are not a
1 few adventurous youths from the -coast
who~ have -managed " to "elude* vigilant
trainmen while :brakebearris : and
the -f blind T. baggage;; .On ; one >of > the
overland' trains from' San Fraricisco'yea
terday"; several tat) these] knights * of -the'
road wwere captured Tdetec-'
tiv'esiat^ Summit, near jsnowstieds.
V In] the ' lot> s was a' lame ;boy? who had
draggedi'himself.'his^crutch.andja; bun^
die J of= magazines Ho iaisequestered^seiit
on -the "innermost section, of ;; a, car's
trucks. ;: He, -too/ was .bound: for Reno.';.,
MEN WILL ENTER
THE RING AT 1:30
Hour Set Earlier to Allow of
Crowd Leaving Reno on
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. Monday Night
RENO. Nev., June 27. — Tex, Rickard
stated today that the men would enter
the ring sharply, at 1:30 on the after
noon of July 4. The fight - originally
was scheduled for 3 p.: m., but has been
set forward .in. order, to facilitate the
exodus from Reno Monday afternoon.
SPOTLIGHTS
ON SPORTS
NEW YORK,- June '27.— August Belmont's
racers. promise to place. him at the head of. the
winning list ' of owners this season. . Up to date
his thoroughbreds have won on the local tracks
$28,900. i This amount, with the exception of a
few overnight races, won by Prlscllian and Field
Mouse, has been earned by his group of 2 year
olds. If the youngsters maintain their present
form: they will break the supremacy which
James H. Keene's 2 year olds held for many
years and land Belmont -as the leading owner
of . the year — a prestige he has not had on the
American turf for many years. The chief Bel
mont-youngsters shown to date are Trap Rock,
Footprint, *• Babbler, Whist, . Watervale, Golden
Sand and Mad Cap, all winners. .
Stanley ' Fay, * the good horse In the stable of
William Walker, showed a return to his best
form when he -won," a rac« at Hamiltona few
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JOHNSON'S GAYETY
NEVER LEAVES HIM.
Black, Champion Smiles and Smiles and
Then Grins Some More
Continued From Pace 10, Column 7
quently toppling from his rocking
chair as a word astounded him. Loftus
and Furey finally broke up the pro
ceedings by contempt of court, and the
entire assemblage took part in a free
for all chase around the isolated resort,
down the road and back again, with
whoops and yells. Above all the cham
pion's laugh rang out in loud, hearty
peals. Sutton and Cotton made after
the offenders and Sig Hart lent a hand,
brandishing a sawed off shotgun be
longing to one of the resort's gamblers.
The pair of camp comedians were cap
tured, but broke away again, the chase
ending when Loftus took a harmless
header in a frantic endeavor to make
the road. The mishap amused Johnson
immensely. He remarked: "Furey
busted his steering gear and run amuck
with" a tree. He sure skidded some."
Said Cotton, who was accused of play
ing traitor:
' "Furey ho jes' los* a tire, 'das all."
,-Then.the^ real sport began. Pro
fessor Burrts started "Turkey in the
Straw" on the piano, and Champion
Jack did some jigging that would put
many a' professional to shame. As
Burns increased the pace the cham
pion's feet flew- until he was moving
Barney Schreiber Has
Not Quit Turf
[Spec/al Dispatch to The^OalQ
CHICAGO, June 27.— Despite reports
to 'the contrary - that have been in
circulation, Barney Schreiber will be
on hand *to take. . part in California
\u25a0racing when the bugle sound 3at
Emeryville next fall.
The genial German, who has made a
fortune out of the thoroughbred, makes
an authoritative announcement that it
is not his • intention to retire from
racing in America, although, he does
intend to reduce his thoroughbred hold
ings somewhat. He will ship a stable
of horses to California, next fall, as
usual/
' S-C. Hildreth continues to buy. year
lings for California racing next winter.
His latent acquisition- is a full brother
to Highball, the last -winner of the
American derby, far which John Hynes
paid $1,500 recently.
Eddie Taplin. the Fresno lad. is riding in
good, form on the Canadian circuit. He landed
three winners one afternoon at Hamilton. Two
of them were Dune Campbell and Elfin Beau,
from the stable of R. J. Mackenzie, his em
ployer.
Jack Keens is fitting J. N. Camden's Boola
Boola for the Canadian Derby at Fort Erie. He
will also ship Boggs and Clsko there from La
tonia. <
with the sound of a six cylinder auto
mobile engine on open throttle, and how
he laugfcred.
SHOWS K.\OWL£DGB OP REPTILES
Then to the delight of everybody
he started a twostep and danced with
his guests until the roof of Rick's
threatened to be raised with the noise.
Never was the champion in such high
spirits. He played and sang and
danced and laughed all evening, finally
retiring about 10 o'clock.
. During the serious moments of the
evening the big smoke showed a re
markable knowledge of reptiles and
wild animals in Australia and other
countries, holding the interest of his
friends with the relation of some
unique facts he had discovered. • It
seemed that he had made a careful
study of the subject.
The champion also spoke of Roose
velt's trick of snapping the head off a
rattlesnake, and said that he intended
to go into the hills himself -while
here in order to try it. The big smoke
doesn't suffer from the same feeling 3
that possess Cotton concerning rep
tiles. He has picked up rattlers be
fore and has performed the hazardous
feat with great skill.
Amateur Walker Does
16Milesin2;30
[Special DUpalch to The Call]
OAKLAND,. June 27. — August Sey
mour of San Francisco, reputed to be
one of the champion amateur walkers
of America and a holder of records for
ascents made in the Himalayas, won a
walking-race from Oakland to Hayward
today, covering the distance of IS miles
In 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Sixteen other contestants who -made
the start with Seymour from Thirteenth -
and Washington streets dropped out be
fore the final stretch, not beins ablo ta
keep up with Seymour's pace. S«y
mour reached the finish at Castro
street. Hayward, only 26 minutes be
hind, the world's record, professional
time. . .\u25a0'-:\u25a0. A:.
He said that he intends to challenge
Weston for a match race for the
world's championship. Seymour la 34
years old, weighs ISO pounds and Is 5
feet 11% Inches tall.
Sam UUdreth has a good chance to pick up
another rich stake if he decides to send ona
or two of his stable after the money. - Fits
Herbert. King James and Joe Madden are among
the eligible* for the Dominion handicap. th»
richest t event ever announced on a Canadian
track. It I* at a mile ami a quarter and will
be run at Fort Erie. Olambala. the Suburban,
winner, is a notner eligible. '
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