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10 WRITERS AND FIGHTERS WHO WILL DESCRIBE THE BIG BATTLE FOR THE CALL AUTHOR TO WRITE STRONG, VIVID TALE Fred R. Dech dolU author and popular contribu tor to the maga zines, will write of the fight vivid ly, robustly, see ing and conveying the idea of the strength and de termination in the battle. THOUSANDS BET ON FIGHT RESULT Prejudice Against Negro Helps to Make Jeffries 10 to 6 Favorite i "While a majority of the fight enthu siasts waited until their arrival in Reno before betting on the outcome of the battle between Jeffries and Johnson, many large wagers have been made in this city within the last few weeks. The safes of the leading ho tels and many well known cafes, fre quented by the members of the sport ing fraternity, hold checks represent ing thousands of dollars wagered by the admirers of the white man or his colored opponent. MoEt of the big bets were made on the result, although there has been i some wagering on the number of ] rounds. Even money has been laid that ] Jeffries will not win in 20 rounds, and \u25a0 n to 2 that he will not win in seven rounds. At the outset 2 to 1 was quoted by the Jeffries contingent and later 10 to 7 was the price. Many of the John son champions held out and were re warded by getting 10 to 6, which is about the prevailing price. Hector McKenzie, a warm personal friend of Jeffries, was one of the first to loom up when it came to backing opinions with money. He wagered about $4,000 on the "hope of th« white race," most of that amount being placed at 2 to 1. McKenzie met Sandy McNaughton in one of the corridors of the St. Franc!* hotel, and a discussion, of the fight led to McN'aughton betting 1750 to |1,500 on Johnson. McKenzie then laid him $1,000 to $500 and two smaller wagers at the same price! Still further to show his confidence in the ability of Jeffries to win, McKenzie bet McN&ughton $300 even that John son would not go more than six rounds. McXaughton also bet Julius Rosenberg $500 against $1,000 that Johnson would win. Manager James Woods of the St. Francis is the stake holder of the Mc- Kenzie-MoNaughton wagers. »750 AGAINST $1,500 Willie O'Connor, while an admirer of Jeffries, took advantage of the price Quoted by McKenzie and bet $750 against $1,500. later laying off the bet with Johnny Coleman, the former book maker, at 7 to 10. Matt Larkin. well known in sporting cirrl#>s throughout the country, has $4,500 on Johnson. He is one of the most extensive backers of the colored champion. Early in the betting "William Eng- Etrora. the book maker, placed $2,000 on Johnson, but later decided to hedge end announced that he had $10^00 to bet that Jeffries would win. He found a number of takers. Among them Is C. Lj. Hoffman, the oil operator. He placed $1,000 with Engstrom on Johnson. Rob ert Fleming, associated with Joejftose. backed his confidence In Johnson by wagering $300 against $500 of the Eng etrom bankroll. \u25a0HOSE GUXST BETS While Jn TCerr York Moso Gun^t, who takes an active interest in sporting af fairs, was impressed by th*> tips he re ceived on Johnson as the likely winner end he backed him to the extent of $1,200. This is the heaviest b*t he ever madf on the result of a fight. Accord ing to Gunst. much confidence was ex pressed by Jnhnson in letters to eastern friends. J. D. Heard, a wealthy resident of Medford. Ore., was a guest at the Pal ace hotel during the last week, and he expressed a willingness to bet $5,000 or any part of it that Jeffries would take Johnson into camp. He succeeded In Kitting a part of the money on. William Harrison said yesterday that he had a commission of $1,000 to place on Jeffries at 10 to 7, but was unable to find any Johnson money and the amount was sent to Reno. On th<9 other hand, there were men around town Saturday night who wer«* unable to find Jeffries money. TALK, BUT XO 3IONEY Six weeks ago, Charles Clark, the young Montana millionaire, met Jack Kipper and other friends of Jeffries in a Lop Angeles cafe and offered to bet $24,000 against $30,000 that Johnson would vrin. There was much discussion over the matter, but the bet was not accompanied by the evidence of money on either side. Tom Sharkey said yesterday that he has commissions of $52,000 intrusted to him by New York people to place on Jeffrlcß, if he thought well of his chances after hie arrival on the coast. Sharkey claimed one of the checks for $25,000 was given to him by J. Van Tas sell of the firm of Kearney & Van Tas sell, horse dealers. Sharkey said he would decided about placing the money when he arrived In Reno this morning. Tom Corbett, who is acting as pool e«>ller for the tight, handled a number of commissions before going to Reno, but a much greater volume of money has passed through his hands since his arrival at the scene of the battle. Cor r Lett expects a heavy play today. Mrs. Jeff Placid and Confident RENO, July 3. — "I am not in the' least tiervous as to the outcome,*' said Mrs. Jeffries late tonight. "And I know that Jim Is not nervous. He slept as peace fully as a child last night- He has given no indication today that he was' wor ried. I think he will sleep well. 1 do rot think anybody In the world could defeat my big husband.VJßßSß| "CANDID FRIEND" TO BE TRULY CANDID "The Candid Friend".. Edward , F. Cahillof The CalVs staff, may be depended upon to write of the contest candidly, with originality and a broad out look on the many sided aipects of the battle. FIGHTER'S VERSION FROM FITZSIMMONS Robert Fitz simmons, unde feated middle weight champion and former heavy weight champion of the world, as popular a fighting man as ever boxed, will give a most expert Ac count of the big mill. CARTOONIST PICKS THE NEGRO TO WIN Choice a Mere Fling With Chance, but Youth and Skill Back' It Up F [Special Dispatch to The Call] REXO, July 3. — Asking a. man to pick a winner in the Jeffries-Johnson battle is like requesting a condemned felon to choose between the electric chair and the gallows. Most of the experts now in Reno close up to the scene of action would rather take a chance on one /.of the 36 numbers on the roulette wheel than try to .select one of the measly little two figures on the Johnson-Jeffries layout. There are so many arguments for each side of the question that the glory of a correct choice will be smoth ered by a flood of good fortune. . ,- * I may as well cuto ut the stalling and take the fatal Brodic. If I am right, I will give the good luck deity her proper share of the glory. If I am wrong I guess I can stand the kid-^ -^-i — ; — -\u2666- ding. I will have plenty of company either way. I think Johnson has the better chance of the two. After apply ing: my limited knowledge of calculus to all the arguments pro and con, the good points on the Johnson side of the scales seem to outweigh those on the Jeffries. * If Jeffries wins he must overcome the youth, endurance and strength of his opponent. These three facts will be constantly staring the cave 'man in the face throughout the battle. John son is a known quantity, while Jeffrie?, in his present condition, is practically an unknown. The unknown has the known to beat without any assistance from outside physical forces. 3VATURJE BLACK'S AL.LY Johnson, on the other hand, has a strong ally. Nature has lined up her forces on the black man's side. When Jeffries goes into the ring he must first beat nature and then Johnson. Reason and precedent are against the white champion in this first conquest. True enough, Jeffries is in excellent shape. He could not look better. But what does this statement mean? Prac tically nothing. He has been out of the game too-long for any one to know If he is still there. Take a day laborer, for instance. He can shovel dirt from 6 in the morning till 6 at night without showing the slightest Eigns of fatigue.. He uses every muscle in his body every day of the year and seems to thrive on the bodily punishment. But let a medium sized man walk up and punch one of these tough laborers in the jaw, or in the stomach, and what will happen? He will go down in a heap. A day laborer matches his bodily strength against work. A fighter matches his bodily strength against the bodily strength of another fighter. Jeff has done little fighting during his training. He lias worked, and worked faithfully. But this, does not necessarily mean that he can survive a bodily beating. ARGUMENTS FOR JEFF Again, the Jeffries supporters will say: "Who has Johnson ever beaten, and how long has It taken him to beat second raters like Jim Flynn, Tommy Burns, Al Kaufman, Sam Nievy, Joe Jeanette and other smaller men?" These questions are near reasonable. Everybody will acknowledge that John son has never been, extended, He has never tried to beat anybody in a hurry. He has been sure of himself in all his battles and has chosen to take his time.' This may be in his favor* and- it "may not. It makes no difference. The fact still remains that Johnson outclassed all these second class men a mile. He fought everybody that was available. The Johnson people can . come back at the Jeffries sympathizers with the question, "How about the great men that Jeffries beat?" The two greatest fighters that Jef fries defeated were Fitzsimmons and Corbett. They were both older than Johnson is now when Jeffries met them. Fit* was 37 and Corbett was 34. John son is 33. Jeffries was younger than Corbett and Fitz when he fought them. He Is now two years older than John son. - \u25a0 BLACK'S XJISSIPATIOX DOUBTED I can not believe the stories of John son's alleged dissipation during ; his training. I have watched him wof k for nearly a month and believe him to be in excellent shape. His well devel-* oped negro blood has been responsible in a measure for the impression of his carelessness.. The glow of health shines out. through every pore of his dark skin. ; • \ It is hard to say. how long, the fight will-last. I am inclined to , favor the long route, unless the -unforeseen hap pens. Ido not forget that Johnson [has THE "SAN. FRANCISCO GALL, uMONDAY, JULY: 4, 1910. ROBERT EDGREN IS SPORT AUTHORITY Robert Ed gfen,. premier sporting expert of Ih c e a s t and sporting editor of the New York World, is such an authority on pugilism that his report of the con test must be read. JOE MURPHY KNOWS TH FIGHTIN G GAME R. L. GOLDBERG an abnormal- to beat. Besides, . the black man does not usually ,wiri iri a hurry. . He is the greatest defensive fighter now jn the. ring. And he never forgets to utilize every particle of his cleverness in his fighting. This would necessarily. Indicate a long, careful bat tle if Johnson wins. JOHNSON'S JEIJiOW STRBAKJ One other point, \u25a0 Has Johnson a yel low streak and is he the dog that some peopleMnsist upon saying he is? True enough he has loafed a good deal during his checkered, fighting ca :.reer. but when has he ever quit cold? He has" never been hit hard enough to ! demonstrate that his anatomy har bored a dash of .orange color, j He has never bled lemonade. Those j who. ad vance the yellow streak theory used negative arguments. , They say, John son would lay down if he were hit hard enough, but he has never, been hit in the rightplace yet. This is like telling a man who has no sister that, his sister would like gumdrops If he had a sister. \ Again they, say Johnson must be a \u25a0 dog because he's colored. Did George Dixon or Joe Gans ever dog It? Why. can't they be /taken-, as examples ,of| fighting men as well -as other, black fighters of a lower: order. No man should be branded with the failings_of : hi» race until he has exhibited these; failings himself. There is no trait that is absolutely universal in any one race. MERE OPINION ADVANCED' v These arguments, although • logical, may prove to be wrong. I have .writ* ten them because I believe In theni, and no more can be expected.'/ I am not asking anybody to bet any money on my word. You can do as you : choose about that. The sporting editor has asked me to tell you what was on my ! mind, and this I have tried to do with my meager supply of rhetorical genius. I feel that I" will not have to put on a beard If Jeff wins. Slate reading is not my business. It was learned from good authority that Governor Glllettof California will make a definite statement after the fight. It is expected that there iwlll be a startling revelation when he gives his reason for stopping the fight. The odds still remain at the distorted price of 10 to 6^. On, account of the fact that many,' of : the 'wise ; ones are getting down on Jeff at this price, 'the skeptics think they must have . an ace in the hole. Apparently,': everything looks square and above board. V : ; Ten Thousand Visitors Throng Reno RENO, July 3.— IE is estimated, that 10,000 visitors are crowded into this desert city tonight. From east and west the specials disgorged their loLds of sporting men, many of whom have traveled from the .far corners of Jthe earth. All day : . big automobiles, powr deredvwith: the white dust of /the desert or, the brown >* of / .the _. high Sierra grades, ,haye v chugged inlfrorri the coast! cities, ; from , the California valleys, f roiri; ranch and . mining \ camp, even from' Seattle, .l,oo9 ; miles away. ' 'H. G. Bedwell ' was scheaulpd'tO' ship his en tire 6t«bl«' from Lalonia to i Empire , City." j-ester-' dajV The meeting at the yYonkprs track. opens tomorrow ; «nd Indications «re I that ; it .', will Ibe I a Mrs success. V Owlnjr ;to ; the taking orer "of Jthe dates originally allotted : to Brighton 'Beach there wllf.b*'2B days of racing, under the, auspices ; of the Empire City association.^ A numlwr of west ern staples will, be on hand for. the' meeting..' Pol - lowing Yonkers. the scene. shifts to Saratoga,-; and what will happen In the racing situation when the -I sport ends there j U somewhat in doubt. ' ,'* CAPABLE MEN TO TELL FIGHT STORY Here are the then who will report the 'Tight oi thtl |<pf| fury/ the Jeffries^ Johnson contest, at Reno today for the Call. Literary men, active newspaper writers , prominent fighting men, each one especially capa ble of contributing interestingly to the story of the exciting battle F amiliarity with fighting men and pugilism m alt c s - Joseph Murphy, assist ant sporting editor of~The Call, un usually well qual ified to write a thrilling story of the fight at Reno forThcVall^^^ SLATTERY TO WRITE PICTURESQUE TALE The Call's sporting editor, ' William J. Slattery, knows the fighting game and the fighters as no other sporting writer does. His picturesque account of the Reno contest will be the real thing,* TOMMY BURNS IS STRONG FOR JEFF Says the Calif ornian's Great Strength With Overtppple ;' Johnson's Cleverness By TOMMY BURNS Continued from Page fl, Column 2 knows that 1 Jeff's, chief stock in trade is his ripping left: . • . That "golden smile'- will he-knocked off Jack's physog in a jiffy after his lips are slashedMnto ribbons and whw he is trying toi prevent his face from being disfigured ;he, will suddenly find that hehas leftian.opening around his midsection and that a crushing blow haslald him- low.- ; . v , - \u0084 , I'm not .endeavoring to belittle John son a particle. He is a good fighter, or rather a clever, boxer; but against a fellow, of Jeffries' strength' he'lC not makemuch of a showing. HAS NEVER BEEN FLOORED Fitzeimmons arid all' of the other knocker-outs failed to topple the gia nt over on his haunches, j Never has , he. been, floored, cletjalone knocked. out. so how can Johnson^. who is by'no means a knocker-out,' expect to send him to the floor for the count of 10 seconds?. Tomorrow afternoon in the open air •arena just outside of .the city limits I'll see Jeff bring home the bacon and in cidentally win me the $1,000 that Is" in the stake holder's hands. , I never was so confident of a man winning as I am that Jeff will hang it on the Galvestonian. This is from the heart and | not from any unfriendly opinion. I haven't allowed my personal feelings to. interfere in the least. Sixty Fans Gome From Humboldt ;; The last of the fight fans to arrive by .water came, in yesterday at noon on the steamers i President from Seat tle an,i Kllburn from Eureka, in ample time to arrange for an evening's train to Reno. The' President carried 400 passengers, of whom v 50 1 were headed for the fight. The little Kllburn, with 100 onliir list, carried 60 men aimed for the ringside. " : The -, run from" the time the Presi dent cast off at Seattle to the time she made fast to the Broadway .wharf was reported by Captain "Cousins *at 49 hours and 45 minutes". ' Fight was the general talk of -all the passengers. Some of those* on their way to Reno came from, Nome, v -V To give i the Eureka sports extra time In -San Francisco, tha» Kilburn burned • a little, more, oil than 'usual and' came in in* 17 i hours. Among the fight; fans .from f Eureka were * John ;M. Simpson.' agent "for the North Pacific steamship- company there, arid .Charles Robert 6 .; \ \u25a0 '\u25a0;\u25a0/\u25a0 -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:.\u25a0- -c-.f--v.H \u25a0\u25a0 , ':"• \u25a0\u25a0;:\u25a0\u25a0 Betting Becomes Brisk As Fight Nears :RENO,;Xev.,; July 3.—^Jeffries- money made itself ; felt latf, tonight ami the odds. dropped! to 10; to 6; in j roomsTh ere % were \u25a0 continuous ; cal Is \u25a0 , of "10 jtof 6 on> Jeffries; who;';wantsoJhri son?".: and; "even;" ; money : .t'n at .\u25a0Jeffries wins- in ,20 rourids;(who .wants foJhri-v son?*'; The. crowd around' Corbett's place was '.\u25a0: tremendous and -there ..was '.more life jto 'bettinfflthan^ at.janyytinie GAME 'BATTLER' TO GIVE IMPRESSIONS Battling Nel son, the. gamest and best fighting ; machine jwer de veloped,'can write of a fight as well as make one. His impressions of the- Reno match will be published in , The Call.: GOLDBERG WRITES AS WELL AS DRAWS Re übe n ,L. Goldberg draws pictures with his funny bone and can write as fresh- \ ly as he draws. He is now in Reno,- and will write and draw oj the great fight to* '. day for The Call. JOHNSON PLAYFUL ON EVE OF BATTLE Champion Will Have Billy Delaney and Ketchel In His Corner ASHLEIGH B. SIMPSON [Special Dispatch to The Call} RJiiVtJ, July \u25a0).— cut a tew hours and the nrst tap ot.tne gong win start the greatest prize fight that the world has ever seen. But a few hours _^ and the thousands of men who have come to Reno during the last three"'or. four days will be crowded closely in the great arena. The last bit of preparation for the battle was finished toda3'. There is nothing but a great suspense, one that grips Reno until it almost seems as if the town would; run riot. There is excitement'in the groups on street corners, in the countless chugging automobiles, in the cries of the newsboys and in the pushing, struggling mob before the fight headquarters at the Golden hotel. Tlie city seethes and hums like a smoking shell before the bursting. The bursting: will come when. the two glad-**" "\u25a0 iators face each other and the canvas covered' ring is cleared for action. ' Champion - Jack Johnson concluded his-] preparation .'for the • battle this morning 'with " a brisk -eight' miles on the I- road. He arose unusually early, took but slight nourishment: and at about 10 o'clock started out with his trainers amid the cheers of a large number of friends. When he returned the motion picture men were waiting for him again and after, an hour spent with his rubbers he appeared smiling and ready to accommodate "them. In the meantime the cameramen busied themselves in . taking various i views of the throngs about the resort.! When the "big smoke came the instru- . meats were shifted, to Rick's barn, and obligingly the champion;posed. He fed the! chickens, chased % the geese and per-! formed in many ways without the least j objection. . ... ' ANNOUNCES. SECONDS . .. -After his" rubdown, the champion spent some time conferring with Billy Delaney, and when the two" came down stairs he announced that the men in his corner tomorrow would be: Professor Burns,- Billy Delaney, Doc Furey, Sig Hart and Al Kaufman. Stanley Ketchel is to act as his time keeper. The champion then had his lunch in hue of; the private parlors and while he ate he talked and jokeAwith a dele gation- of fight enthusiasts from Chi cago. The big smoke was never in better humor and insisted on holding court^ proceedings again after he had finished with the photographers. He held the proceedings on the side porch of the resort, and to the joy of the crowd that was looking on' he 'picked upon Flanagan,., his manager. In "Judge" Johnson's hands was tha formidable -implement of justice f which .has been soundly laid over every member of the camp. Flanagan looked at the huge pine stick and asked with a quaver in his voice, .-'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. \u25a0 • . "What am I charged with, judge?". "With tampering with the court," re plied the champion. •'Til pay 'the fine," hastily remarked Flanagan as he dug down in his pockets. ; ", "Nope, I command that punishment be inflicted." quoth "Judge" Johnson, and amid, the shouts of laughter; from those watching the (Proceedings, the big, smoke's manager' was laid across a high stool by the .trusty pair, Loftus and^Furey. When the victim -was ar ranged to Johnson's liking, he took firm hold on the stout staff and proceeded to make Flanagan. howl. V When the uproar had' subsided: the smoke laid aside the' torture stick and adjourned the court. FRISKS AND PI-AYS AS USUAL He retired to his room. and was vis ited by ; several friends." Later he made a trip into- town. All during the. day the" big> smoke acted, with even 1 more than, his-vusual liveliness. ; He ": frisked ahdVplayed and slapped {everyone on theiback, "-jand k his good nature didn't seem rabbit forced. . ; - ; \u25a0 \u25a0 : , Whenever' the. champion* moved about the '\u25a0> road ;'; house he ; was followed |by fa procession of the curious, , and when he sought : his .rooms it ; was ; necessary to place a. guard' on the stairway. A gang ofv photographers.; amateur, and other wise, "hung ; around, waiting; for, : him '.until "they nearly "gave up " in * despair, but the - champion t.was 1 ' not- worried >in the> least.^ He simply stayed; in .his room. until* he jwonl everything in sight frbmf a ; pumber ;6f : close; v frierids:in| a gameiof i-'craps," which] he*dearly ioyes.' Latel in ithe afternoon : when 'the, crowd rwhich i'ihad - been hanging;^ around i ; ail day; was 'beginning tp * leaved more • peo J pie .whirled out' to,the,resort from Reno with s' the- 'hope .-of ;; catching: "one. last glirapse !^)f ; the"champion,but they ' : we're BURNS TO KEEP HIS EYE ON JOHNSON The man who relinquished the championship to Jack]- Johnson, Tommy Burns, the heavy weight boxer, can be de pended upon to write critically of the defense John son will put up for his laurels. SIMPSON TO KEEP 'TAB' ON FIGHTERS 1 Ashleigh B. \ I Simpson, who has ] contributed enier l taming stories of l| the doings at the ;> training camps of' the fighters, will \ give The Call \ readers an inter j esting account of f. the even^ today in the ring. doomed to disappointment, for th< smoke remained in his room. Many ol the eager and anxious ones pressing about the base of the stairway askec to. have the champion stand in the hall that they might behold him. but th< requests were" refused. One of Johnson's trainers, to -whom perhaps, more credit -is due than th< rest, Is Professor Burns. The professoi has handled the reins of the condition ing department, and through the" long and weary season of training has put forth his utmost efforts to get th« dusky fighter in * the proper, shape tc meet the great white man. Burns said today: "I/feel satisfied that Jack Is In th< best of condition. He could not be im proved upon. . I worked with him steadily and earnestly from the stari and think I am qualified to say that he Is in superb shape. Of course, it has meant an immense amount of work tc get him there, but if it were easy tc attain. then it wouldn't be quite so good. I think that Johnson will win. but it-he does lose there is certainly one thing he can not be reproached with, and that is his condition." m JOHNSON'S ONE AMBITIOX It is the sentiment of those who have spent -the long days in working with the 'champion that he will enter the ring with that- absolute confidence/ he has shown all along; that he will have a hard fight and that he will win dhtfe and for all. It is known to the camp members that the. big smoke has long cherished this great battle in his mind, and that the first seeds of it were planted when he defeated the big white man's brother, \u25a0, Jack. Jeffries, several years ago. All along ' Johnson has ex pressed himself as anxious to tackle the. big pugilist.^-It always has been one of his greatest dreams to meet Jeffries. for the championship title, and when he. steps into the ring it Will, according to his own statement, be the happiest moment of his life. He knows that it is the struggle supreme.. He has prepared" himself for that and looks upon this great battle as the climax of his career, i " In the beginning of his fighting rec ord Johnson was not looked upon with any too much respect. In Australia he was cordially disliked for the mari ner in which he handled himself, and it was generally thought that he was a. braggart, a bully and many other things worse. ' SHOWN A GENTLEMAN Therfi : is no' question but that some of these things have become exag gerated in the telling, but certain it is that the huge negro" has developed re markably as he has crept up toward the top. of the' profession of ' pugilism. If he did have characteristics that went against him, he certainly has lost them. If .he ever was of a mean disposition he certainly has changed, for all during his last and hardest season of training that he /has ever seen, he has shown himself to be, a gentleman absolute. It Is the expression of every man that has, seen the champion that, save for his color, he -"would be. the greatest favorite in : sporting circles, in the world.-. \u0084~ It is admitted by a great many who are acquainted with the big smoke that even: though; they would rather see the fight wonj by ;the white man as a mat ter of principle."; they would have" to admit that siicces3, if won by the negro, would certainly be won honestly and deserved. as well. v "Among: prominent ; members ,of the betting circles there was "- a great deal of :talk Uoday ; and >ir was the opinion of {the majority that. If the colored man were only -w-hite,the'odds would be con Continued - on. Page 11, Column 2 JAMES COFFROTH IS STUDENT OF RING James W. Coffrotk, promo ter of most big fights and student of the ring, can write most enter tammgly- of a scrap. He will write of the Jef fries - Johnson contest for The Call. KETCHEL OUSTED FROM JEFF CAMP Michigan Lion's Presence Re* seated and Farmer Burns Orders Stanley Out [Special Dupatch to The Call] RENO. Nev.. July 3.— Stanley Ketchel* the middle weight champion, was eject ed from Jeff's camp today *y the big" fellow, and the move on the part of the alfalfa king was not approved by those who witnessed the ejection. Jeff was probably spurred on to oust Ketchel by suggestions of a number of leeches who have been around him since he went into training. Ketchel was about the cottage with a camera in his arms taking pictures of the sur roundings when he was espied by some of Jeff's friends, who got the bis fel low's ear and then poured some talk into it. Jeff called his man. Farmer Burns, to oust Ketchel and his friends. The Farmer acted according to the in structions of his chief and endaw-vored to oust Ketchel *by force. Burns tried to bully Ketchel. but tho latter wa s cool and remonstrated with the. Farmer to be careful. "See here," said Ketchel.' "if Mr. Jef fries wants me to leave th«se grounds I will do so, but I will warn you not to put your hands on me." The Farmer cooled down a bit and Ketchel walked from the inclosure. Burns then ordered two of Ketchol's friends who were with him out of the place. B. F. Dickinson, a stockman from Missouri, who came all the way here to see the battle, and Walter Levy, a San Francisco traveling man, were the two ejected. "I know that I would not treat Mr. Jeffries that way if he ever visited my training resort while I -was preparing for a battle," said Ketchel after the af fair was over. "I have never done any thing to Jeff. I picked Johnson to win. and that is my honest Judgment, and I can not see how a man can be so nar row minded as to allow it to make him sore. It seems to fne that this can be the only reason for Jeff acting like he did today. If I had known that my pres ence annoyed him I would have kept away from his place." * Day Bids Fair to Be One Scorcher This last 'day before the fight will be remembered in Reno for many a long year. At break of day the sky was gray and all during the morning black storm clouds were adrift in the hills, but as the day wore on the wind cleared the sky and th<» foothills were motled with the gold of th« sunlight and the blue-black of the clouJ shadows. "Will it rain? Will it be colj to morrow?" asked the strangers. And the natives answered that in all prob ability th<? arena would be so hot that the melting pitch would glue the spec tators to their seat?. Despite the threatening weafhtr. the roads to the fighters' camps ware dot ted with vehicles of every description. Buses carried scores of the humbl out to the Johnson headquarters, struggling for right of way with auto mobiles filled with gay groups of sporting men and others bearing the stamp of wealth in their clothes. 120 Real Rogues Are Counted in Reno RENO, July 3. — There are 120 mem bers of, the rogues' gallery In town now and more coming in every hour, accord ing to the police.^- It Is not antlclp-V-d that these men will attempt much' at the arena besides pocket picking, but the police think they plan to make a "cleanup* in the city of Reno while the citizens are at the ringside. To thwart this .the streets will be patrolled and the banks will be guarded by special watchmen armed with revolvers and No Telegraph Poles to Furnish Seats RENO, July 3. — There is not a house or a telegraph pole around the arena on which a free seat may be found to view the fight. The upper tiers stretch away into the open sagebrush plains. On every side the great hills wall in thi* little spoe on th« may. Nature's aren£ is around It. faultless In beauty, wire and free in Its bleak sweep. It is a fit place for^thls battle of giants— this Btruggle. for first place, as a fighting man. , MEN STUDENTS ENJOY KIMONO SLUMBER PARTY Nine Collegians Suspended for Entering Girls* House BLOOMINGTON. InV. July 3.— Nine A young, men were 'suspended from In diana university today because they broke Into a sorority house while the girls were away on vacations, donned the women students'^ kimonos and «n joyed a slumberparty. The yoang man confessed their part in the affair