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$1,000,000 IS PAID BY SAN FRANCISCO TO SEE PRIZE FIGHT
BATTLE MAD
MOBS JAM
RENO
Nevada Metropolis Is a Seeth
ing Maelstrom of Crowd
ing, Crushing Throngs
HUNDREDS STRUGGLE
FOR FOOD AND DRINK
Hotel Doorways Blocked and
Restaurants Overwhelmed;
Gamblers Reap Harvest
PICKPOCKETS GATHER
FROM FAR AND NEAR
ROBERT EDGREN
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
REXO, July 3. — Only a few hours
more and the battle of the cen
tury will be in full swing. We
have waited long for this time to
come, yet even now we can hardly
realize that all the training, the hard
work, the period of sudden rumors
and alarms, is over.
Two days ago Reno was merely a
hustling Nevada town, with here and
there a face familiar on other and
distant Erects. In 48 hours it has
become a swirling, seething maelstrom
of rushing, crushing, colliding bodies,
a tossinfr sea of excited faces, a twist
ing, writhing current of humanity torn
by the rocks of a score of different
desires and emotions. The streets are
jammed. The hotel lobbies are
packed to suffocation. Once crushed
in through the doorways, one finds it
impossible to move hand or foot, for
endless periods of time, near the hotel
<lesks hundreds clamor for rooms, and
all the rooms were given out days ago.
At the dining- room entrances hundreds
more struggle and elbow for advantage,
peering eagerly past the guards at the
feeding multitude ineide. Restaurants
are overwhelmed. This morning I ate
V'Teakfast in Reno's most celebrated
restaurant. I ordered pancakes. The
wateir came back In a moment and
shook his head. "Nothing doing," he
said briefly.
NOTUIXQ BIT PE.AIX STUFF
Why? 1 i asked. "Cook's up In the
ai:\" paid the waiter. -He says nothing
4»oes ( bUt plain stuff from now on. All
hell cook is fried eggs and plain steak."
At the more conservative hotels an
absolute order lias been issued to serve
only rooming guests.
Today specials rushed in almost
hourly. Tonight the railroad kept on
rumbling as train after train rolled in
from the Pacific coast and took it's
place on the sidetracks.
The streets became more and more
jammed. At every step big gambling
places did a rushing- business. Every
where the click of the dice, the whirl
of the roulette wheel, the call of the
dealer and the ciink of gold and silver
coin. Into the gambling district poured
a steady stream of eastern money.
Eastern men had never seen anything ;
liko it before. They were fascinated.
And the lean, brown tanned men of the
west collected steadily. They had con
tributed liberally to the arena and the i
tight fund. Xow they were playing
even. Their money was coming back to
them.
PICKPOCKETS CAPTURED
All through the crowd circulated
Scores of pickpockets, most of them
from Xew York. They were a gleeful
lot of pickpockets. Reno was their
oyster, and they weren't delicate in
opening it. They alternated in ab
stracting- watches from easy pockets
and raiding hotel rooms. Last night
Jim Flanasan. brother of the famous
John and the scarce less famous Tom,
had a room a little way down the
hal! from mine in the Golden. He
carefully folded his clothes, placed
thorn on the chair beside his bed and
ivcnt to sleep. In the morning he
found his clothes lying near the door.
He was shy just $120 in cash, a watch
end chain and one of John Flanagan's
championship hammer throwing med
a!s. Poor Jim nearly wept when he
told me about tlio watch and medal.
And there were others. Captain Cox
of the .state police caught a pickpocket
redhanded in the hotel lobby. This
Captain Cox, by the way, is a genius.
lie showed me his collection of data on
American crooks, and believe me he can
//.entify a crook from Xew York as
£faickly as one from Nevada. Captain
Cox had his men distributed arouna
through the crowd, playing roulette,
loafing, talking fight on the street cor
ners. He had crooks and pickpockets
spotted the moment they left the trains.
Tonight he was ready for a grand clean
up, and at a certain hour his men closed
in on their victims. In 15 minutes 27
pickpockets, most of them from New
York, were behind the bars. The San
Francisco "dips" will be snapped up
from this moment on as they leave the
trains. Every crook identified will
spend his time in a Reno jail until the
fight is over and the crowd has left
Nevada. Never have the pickpockets
and strong arm men been handled so
summarily before. Nevada is a law
abiding hpot, and the visiting crooks
are going to find it a mighty hard
place to get away from.
AL.li KINDS THERK
But these fellows are a mere detail,
remotely connected with the movement
of the sporting public upon Nevada.
Reno's great arena tomorrow will seat
the large crowd that invades I the
streets. It's a wonderfully interesting
crowd. Every trade, profession and de
gree of leisure is represented in it.
There are cooks and millionaires, cow
punchers, miners, capitalists, Indians.
Chinese, bankers, businessmen, College
students, professors, gamblers — every
thing you can Imagine. The betting on
the fight has been brisk. Big men from
the east have come in with Jeffries
money and have stirred things up.
Robert Guggenheim from New York,
lor instance, hardly hopped from his
speciaJ car before he tossed $10,000 into
iJawler's poolroom with instructions
that it must be placed on Jeffries at 10
to 7. Frazee, Jeffries' theatrical agent,
put up $10,000 in real money on Jeffries
when the odds were 10 to 6%, and the
odds fell half a point.
STAKEHOLDER, TIME KEEPER AND AUXILIAIW REFEREE (LEFT TQ RIGHT]) SNAPPED INi MERRY: MOO
BIG OPPORTUNITY
AWAITS JOHNSON
Black Man f s Supporters Declare
He Is Secretly Yearning to
Meet Jeffries
By ASHLEIGH B. SIMPSON
Continued From Pace 10, Column O
siderably different from what they are
at present.
The black champion has worked with
might and main toward the realiza
tion of his dream.- He will undoubtedly
step into the ring in the best condition
that he ever will be in, and if he loses
lie will lose hard and it will probably
be the beginning of the end for him
as far as the fighting game is con
cerned.
SPECULATION O.V OUTCOME
Many influences, many effects, have
been suggested according to the out
come of the battle. If Johnson wins/
there will be a riot in the south; if
Johnson wins, the game of pugilism
will suffer, and so forth. It has been
said by some that this fight will prob
ably be the last great heavy weight
contest of its kind that the world will
ever see. There is something in the
statement and it comes right back to
— if Johnson wins — again. If Johnson
does win, the heavy weight-* fighting
game will probably continue for some
time. If he doesn't, it will probably
mean the end, the death of heavy
weight championships.
97 RUNS GO TO
NIELD'S CREDIT
Alameda Cricket Club Easily De
feats Barbarians ajt
Stadium Wicket
WILLIAM UNMACK
The Alameda cricket club yesterday
easily defeated the Barbarians at the
Stadium ticket by 97 runs. The Bar
barians could do nothing with the
bowling of Nield and Irish and were all
dismissed for 33 runs; Newman with 16
runs to his credit, being the only base
man to reach double figures.
The Alameda team soon put the re
sult of the game beyond doubt by scor
ing 130 runs and Nield again displayed
his ability, this time with the bat. In
bowling against the Barbs, Nield dis
missed six of the team for only 15
runs, and when he went in to bat he
made a splendid inning of 75 runs and
was unfortunate to pull a ball on to his
wicket at a time when he looked set
for a century. Nield batted .splendidly
and placed the ball all over theyfield.
He scored quickly, and though he gave
one or two chances that were not ac
cepted the innings were otherwise bril
liant.
This score of 75 by Nield is the sec
ond highest individual score of , the
season. A. Wilding also batted nicely
for his quota of 20, and Price added a.
vigorous 15.
The Wanderers and the San Fran
cisco teams played a close game at the
Alameda grounds yesterday, the Wan
derers winning by 20 runs on the first
innings. The San Francisco team could
only compile a total of 27 runs, the de
liveries of Stuart and Charlton lfteing
too much for the county batsmen. Th«
Wanderers replied with 47 runs, of
which Charlton contributed 17 and
Stuart 15.
-The Alameda team then ' took the
wickets for the second time and had
amassed a total- of_ 70 for the loss of
only four wickets when they declared
their Inning and sent their opponents
to the creases. . The Wanderers fared
badly, and had it not been for the call
of time would have been in a sad fix.
The game, on account of not being com
pleted, was therefore decided on the
first inning, which gave the Wanderers
a win by 20 runs. .
AL KAUFMAN,; heavyweight fighter
on Johnson* training? staff— l have not
seen Jeffries and can not say anything
about his condition. Therefore,; I am
unable to talk much about him.. I
want to say that Johnson is perfectly
trained and Is ready, for any kind of
fight. : You can take my word' for it, I
think he wilKwin this side of the
twentieth- round. My experience "with
him has thoroughly convinced me,th'at
he is a great boxer « arid ', a ','.. willing,
courageous fighter.
THE '< SM" FRANOISCQI CALL, MOND&T, r JULYf \ -1910
TOMMY BURNS (AT LEFT) GREETING STANLEY KETCHEL AT RENO*.
JEFF BRANDS 'EXCLUSIVE SIGNED
ARTICLES' RANK NEWSPAPER FAKE
RENO, July. 3.^-The only: thing :that "annoyed Jeffries today was the. discovery' of the fact that a news
paper syndicate was printing fake articles under his signature r and : cailing'. them "exclusive." "I- didn't even
know they were using : name,", said •'Jeffries*' when, shown a paper with. one of the : "By James J.. Jeffries"
stones. "I haven't given any paper a. right:- to .'sign my name, to exclusive stories. This is the -first -time I
knew it was being done.- -You tell all- the; newspaper ;boys that anytime; they want a story from me they can
come right; to! me, and, if I know ,anythiri'g ? abbut what\t hey "want, I'll, give it; to i them," over my signature, too.-
The paper has not paid me a cent for exclusive stories, and "I'm not- in that kind of business."'
RIVAL TRAINERS GIVE OPINIONS
EACH ADMITS OTHER'S PROWESS
RENO, Nev.,' July . 3.— The \ trainers
and Sparring partners of > the two fight
ers tonight gave' to the •Associated
Press their opinions of the. result, and
of their chieftains,, as follows:.
•« SAM BERGER, Manager for ' Jeffries
— Jeffries has never" been ah ounce bet
ter than he is right now. r I would have
liked, to have seen him. do^much 'more
boxing. He; is - prepared : to \u25a0 go \ a " route
all | right, but because of • the "lack of
sparring he! will not" warm up? to .his'
pace as 'speedily as- if; he had had;; an 1
abundance lof \ glover practice. ' I don't
think ; Johnson can: hurt ' him, "and-* the'
farther lithe Might goes:, the-, safer^are'
Jeff's -'\u25a0 chances." . . \u25a0'.",• V".'-' %.- ..- :; - '.}'- -~'>!?i ;
JAMES J. .CORBETT, /Chief of ;Staff
nt H " Jeffries' . Camp— l j believe .Jeff ries*. to
be In; • great condition' f or/atlqngv* "gruel-'
ing^battle.' I'm -satisfied \u25a0thatvnoi'dls r < :
tance would be < too great!for]hlm.vPer
sonally; * however, 1 I'm sorry, he 'has ? not 1
[Special Dispatch to The Call]
done more fast work, such 'as- boxing
and ; : shadow" dancing. " - Because* of <the
lackfofi'this sort, "of? exercise I' figure
that:. Johnson? will give him v a * merry
timein 'the. early* stages of .the fight.
Jeff, however, is in | shape Ito -'take fa
beating; and; r he'lU be strong and com
ing- when ,the' other fellow, is' tired. I
think' Jeff i|s:a sure.wlnner.
ROGER iCOBNBLL, -chief trainer for
Jeffries— -I f consider that ' Jim 'Jeffries
could not be "in better
physical Ifix ; than ' he is/ today/ ;> HeY has
gone i through 7 a ? systematic- course' 1 of
trairiihgUhat-.will Uaterbe found- tolbe
an absolute* novelty/in the;bdxing:game.
It doesn't- -make'- much* difference how
faf:this*:flght-may'go;vV Jeff, will.be just
as If ast at; the :' end'^ of T3O • rounds I asltie
was in the first. -I : look rto : him to so'ut
b6x,'<outdistaric>;>'outfightiandioutgame
Jack^Johns6n.* J "' V —:>-.: > -. ';\u25a0' \u25a0',\u25a0 -.:;-;:;
x?,?OE j? t CllOYXSKl,^ Jeffries'- « parr lap
partner— l- h'ave v never^ seen *as' finely a
conditioned "athlete; as V Jeff ries :• is."" If
there be any flaw in his physical fitness
it can only come to the surface in the
fight,, for the man' certainly is perfectly
trained. I boxed both /Jeffries and
Johnson when they were, novices. John
son-will find -himself, pitted,' against a
man much | faster, cleverer and stronger
than' himself 'and he'll surprise me if
he lasts longer than seven rounds. '
TOM FLANAGAN,"' manager . of Jack
JolinMon — I never saw al,a 1 , man £ more fit
'for Ja: test -of skill, strength and- en
durance. Johnson ' is pretty nearly the
perfect man {'physically." I look for
him-' to, win -as certainly as he enters
.the^ringoniMonday. He is- ready, and
anxious to -meet 'Jeffries/, arid, believes
downy in ~ his '\u25a0 heart that; he can make
,the> former champion Hake;, the, count.
It*,willjbea : great flght.- Johnson 'knows
ith'at > he i has • the -H strength,'~,cleverness,
Ikriowle'dge/of ;. the',- game- and; the heart
to \u25a0; win^ thei contest. ; He ._doesn!t.under
rate for .a • moment, ."- but the
confidence;!^ the i thing. • \u25a0 .
$' GEORGJE : ! COTTOX; ; chief.; sparrlns
partner *•" of * ', Johnxon— -Johnson £ is ' - the
greatest^- boxer I that *"eyer? pulled on . a
'glove. " : It1 is ' next /to to hit
him. 'I; know .that;; he can hit.:l know
.that She* has i the S heart -and the * conn"-.
depc^;fjH^,wlH;surp_rlse'ißomej.wlse-bet-'
.'tors A I • know.' r ,' Jack -wiri^decisively,
butiit^will-beta^hard'-flght. . :;.:;.;
BAT PICKS BLACK
MAN ON CONDITION
Nelson Declares Light Betting
Proves Fight Will Be on
the Level
By BATTLING NELSON
Continued Froiu Page 0, Column 6
win?" and "Why?" The consensus of
opinion around this city is that Jeffries
will win.
Racial prejudice seems to influence
almost 'every one here. "Who did John
son ever beat?" is asked often,, but
when you ask "Who did Jeff ever beat?"
they have to hesitate and some will
come back with the names Sharkey,
Monroe and Corbett.
I was joshing some* fellows last night
at Thomas cafe while I was eating.
One asked my opinion of the fight and
I answered:
"I don't know just what to think
about it. Who do you think is going to
win?" He replied Jeffries and I asked
him why. He replied: '"Well, he beat
everybody he ever fought, didn't he?"
I said. "Yes, but who did he fight?"
He hesitated and said, "Why, he fought
Battling Nelson, didn't he?"
I left the cafe and concluded that it
was nothing in the world but senti
ment that causes the fans to believe
that Jeffries is going to win.
I visited the different book makers
and* asked regarding how much money
was wagered, but they were all
ashamed to tell the amount, stating
that it is not one-quarter as much as
they expected It would be. The lack
of betting is the best evidence in the
world that the fight is strictly on the
level.
FEW LARGE. BETS
There were only a few large bets
made today. -George Considlne of New
York bet $5,000 against, $3,325 with
Book Maker Tom CorbetC- Jeff ries be
ing his choice. Zick Abrams Is betting
heavily on Johnson. Most of the bets
being made are from $10 to $100. There
is a large flood of 'Jeffries .money, but
the .Johnson money is beginning to
show up.
All day long special trains have been
arriving from all points of the United
States. There was a train from Seattle,
which carried IS6 passengers, headed
by Duncan McDonald, the man who
fought Corbett, Sullivan, Dempsey and
several other top riotchers. Seventy
eight of. the party bought $50 scats.
From the looks of that they will have
a tremendous house. The outsiders are
buying, Up.the^choice seats. The fight
is to start promptly at 1:30, the fight
ers leaving < their quarters in automo
biles at 12:30 so a,s not to delay their
entrance . into the ring and cause un
necessary delays. \u25a0'
. Jeffries will .be handled by a " more
experienced bunch . than Johnson. •He
will have as chief In his corner James
J. Corbett, assisted by that wonderful
wrestling champion, Frank Gotch;Sam
Berger, Van Court, Roger Cornell' and
the.old reliable Farmer Burns and Joe
DEL AXE Y HEADS SECONDS
• Johnson's handlers will be headed by
Billy Delaney, the Napoleon of sec
onds, who has handled both the James
J.'s.in manya championship battle, and
always successfully. 'assisted by Man
ager Tom" . Flanagan, Al Kaufman,
Johnny Loftus, Doc Furey atfd Pro
fessor Burns.
Both fighters should be kept j warm,
as each 'has '"Burns" in his corner.
The time keeper for Johnson will be
Ketchel, .while Billy Gallagher will act
in the samecapacity for the undefeated
champion, Jeffries. "...
GOING TO SLEEP IS
REALLY QUITE A JOB
One Group of Muscles After
Another Gradually Relax
iHowdO/we-go to sleep? How does
Mother' Nature v charm away our con
sciousness?- I r >
pSFirJBt of all, 'she throws her spell on
those, centers of our bodies that /pre
side "over" the muscular system, causing
one* group of \u25a0= muscles after another
gradually to -collapse.'. Thereafter, va
rious powers of mind succumb In regu
lar order.' .First, .we lose' attention and
judgment. Then memory goes and
imagination . wanders away in reveries
of Sits' own. ildeas of ; time arid: space
ceaseito control. thought as gentle sleep
—the '.nurse; of- our. life — -draws nearer.
•, .Then comes the. turn-of the special
senses, -beginning with sight- — eyelids
close and eyeballs turn upward and In
ward, 'as if ; to shut ;out all light, ' the
pupils 'contracting' more and more as
slumber- steals {over us. The. power of
;hearing [ fades ; away. The heart beats
and-breath \u25a0> is drawn, more and -more
slowly. v . Temperature falls -by perhaps
two J degrees \ and . the .body- loses three
times less heat' than when awake. ;
8,000 FANS
GO FROM
CITY
Special and Regular Trains
Crowded With People Who
Are Headed for Reno
MEAT AND DRINK ARE
CARRIED BY SPORTS
Railroad Men Figure That Aver*
age Cost for Each Enthusiast
Will Be $125
CHANCE TO SPEND COIN
IN NEVADA IS GOOD
SAN FRANCISCO is paying
$1,000,000 to witness the Jeffries-
Johnson fi^ht today in Reno.
The estimate is made alonjr conser
vative lines on figures collected by
railroad officials, hotelmen and others
about town. It is roughly estimated
that at the ringside in Reno this after
noon fully 8,000 San Franciscans will
be seated. Taking into consideration
the cost of transportation to and*
from the scene of the engagement, the
incidental expenses en route, the ad
mittance charge to the arena and the
odds and ends while sojourning in
Reno, it is admitted by men well
qualified to judge that $125 will be tha
average cost for each individual.
This brings the approximate total
to $1,000,000.
This is what San* Francisco is pay*
ing for its ticket to the fight.
Nearly 4,000 fight fans left this city
yesterday. The trains of a special and
regular character started at 7 a. m.
and continued throughout the day.
sometimes within but a few minutes ot
each other, until 9:30 o'clock in the
evening. The man that missed this
train, and there were many stragglers.
ha^ scant chance of seeing the battle
of the century.
SPECIALS ARE LOADED
Of the trains that left yesterday tha
following are reported by the railroad
officials:
The Morrison special, leaving at
7 a. m., 125 passengers; Southern
Pacific special. 9:33 a. m.» 800 pas
sengers; Southern Pacific special.
12:25 p. m., 700 passengers; Indoor
yacht club special, 1:40 p. m.. 175
passengers; Sage Brush special,
2:30 p. m.. 175 passengers; Lewi
sonn-Foley special. 3:25 p. m.. 123
passengers; the Tribune special.
4:25 p. m., 125 passengers; the Cor
bett special, 4:25 p. m.. 125 passen
gers; Palace special. 5:20 p. m.. 123
passengers: Southern Pacific Xo. X,
in four sections, leaving at 7:07.
7:12, 7:17 and 7:22, carrying 900.
and the Southern Pacific No. 10 at
9:30 p. m., carrying 600.
Many trains, of course, left last week
and the week before, all crowded "with
fight fans. On Saturday evening: the
Union Square special, made up of guests
of the Hotel St. Francis, the Golden
Gate club and the Olympic club-, num
bering 135 in all, left for Reno. Be
tween the hour of midnight Saturday
night and 9:30 o'clock last evening rail-*
road men figured that 4,000 persons in-*
terested in the fight had left the Oak-*
land mole.
REXO OVERFLOWING
The trend Renowara; of course, has
been going on ever since Tex Rlckard
announced his Intention of moving to
Nevada. Ten days ago the Reno hotel
men announced that no further reserv
ations for rooms would be made. Ac
commodations in bpardinsr houses and
'private residences were also at a pre
mium. Under these circumstances, the
wise ones moved early and did not wait
until the last moment to catch a' ape*
clal train. Figuring in this early travel,
railroadmen do not hesitate to say that
more than S.OOO sports have left this
city in the last fortnight for Reno.
Various prices have been asked for a
berth or chair on the special cars.
Round trips have been advertised - fop
$25 without food or berth. $35 with
food and berth, $35 with food, berth
and stay at Tahoe over Sunday night,
and so on.
From these tacts railroadmen and ho
telmen have declared that $125 would
be the average cost for each Individual.
In many Instances U will, of course, be
much larger, when $50 arena tickets,
sections on the train, a case of cold bot
tles and a fly at roulette are added. Be
sides there is the possibility of belnjr
stalled in Reno when the railroadmen
attempt to get out of the small town In
one day all those who have been going
in for 10 days or more.
SPECIALS WELL SUPPLIED
Slany of the special cars took along*
a supply of foodstuffs and wet goods.
The Palace Hotel special and the Sage
Brush special are being well taken care
of in "this respect, an experienced ca
terer having been employed in each;
case to accompany the party.
The Union Square special was at
tended by hotel employes — seven bell
boys, a chef, a barber, two bar tenders,
and others. There will be nothing
lacking on this train.
The Indoor yacht club and Tom Cor
bett specials were also supplied with
plenty of cold meats and wet goods.
KING GEORGE CHANGES
NUMBERING OF ACTS
System Prevailing in Victoria's
Reign Again Adopted
One result of the accession of Kins
George, says the Solicitor's Journal,
will be the introduction of a change
in the numbering of the statutes and
the return to the system which pre
vailed in the reisn of the late Queen
Victoria.
Queen Victoria ascended the throne
in June, 1537, and, inasmuch as ses
sions of parliament usually begin
some time before, and continue some
time after, the.nionth of June, the acts
passed in .the sessions of 1838 are
cited as the acts passed in the session
of parliament held in the first and sec
ond year of Her Majesty, or. mor«
briefly, "1 and 2 vict."
Queen Victoria died January 22, 1901.
and the late king succeeded to the
throne before the tommencement of the
session of parliament for 1901. The
acts . for 1901 are accordingly acts of
1 Ed. ! 7, those of 1902 of 2 Ed. 7. The
acts for 1911 will in future, however,
be acts of 1 and 2 George, and so oa la
the succeeding years.
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