The Washington times., 1906-08-29
Changes Odds So He's Sure
to Win Whoever Is
Beaten in Fight.
BUY TICKETS FOR FRIENDS
Wealthy Mining Men Give Away
Blocks Of Seats-Arena Is
Substantial.

Cans Nelson hOut on Labor Day may
be too late to get them there need be
10 fear that the cheaper seats will nos
permit of a good view OF the ring and
the men in action.
Among those who have followed tho
fighting game and have been ca hand n
the biggest and best pavilions In the
country. il is theopinion that the arena
now under construction by the Goldheld
Athletic Club between the camp and the
depot is the finest for a ring contest
that has ever been planned. The struct
ure is not filmsy IN any way, being well
braced and studded i'm every way and
the beauty Of the thing is that every
single seat IN the house gives an unob"
structed view Of the ring.
The man who pays S25 for his paste.
board viii be closer TO the ring and Will
have the privilege of getting water
thrown on him by the excited seconds.
but as far as the actual milling Is con"
cerned the man with the 50 seat Will see
just as much as his more prosperous
brother.
Giving Away Seats.
An example OF the. free-handed way in
which the local men viii conduct things
when d. f. sullivan. a local mining man,
bought 100 go seats, twenty SD seats and
TWO boxes mine seats each) 10 give away
10 his friends. This is the biggest
SINGLE order that has been received
When asked today what he wanted so
many seats for, Mr.. sullivan said;
"Oh. I know lot of miners who are
my friends who may not be able 10 pay
E.Hr H u
can. so I Thought I would see that
they were supplied. OF course every man
i'm camp would dig up enough mOnes
70 go. but lots of the bows have families
and The present of a ticket viii keep
them from spending that much money
Buying for Friends.
And that is the way the thing goes.
There are not dozen orders for sin
Gle seats on the books Of the club. Most
OF the orders call for lots OF five and
ten seats, and even more Uri b. Cur
lis. one OF the big operators of the
State. has placed an order for twenty
box seats and viii take 10 the tight as
his guests number OF his friends from
the Bohemian Club of San Francisco,
and some Of his Tonopah friends. Hun
0TedS of invitations Co the ught nave
been issued by local men to friends
from the outside
Nat Goodwin has been invited TO be
on hand 10y Milton Deteh. a local attor-
ney, and has accepted. While the money
is being paid into the club for all ex-
CepJ press seats. there viii be more
seats given away than in any other
contest ever known. The night is 10 be
an opportunity for GOldheld men 70
show their hospitality and they are
certainly going 90 make grand show
ing.
Books Can't Lose.
The first pools on the coming fight
were sold today. The poolrOoms work
differently here than elsewhere. and do
not take a percentage Of the money bet,
but adjust the odds so that there is a
profit i'm handling the money. A pool
opened in the Palace tonight Cefercd 10I
TO on Cans. and II TO 10 on Nelson. |
Some one stepped out from the crowd
and placed 500 on the Dane at II TO 10. /
The odds Immediately shifted 20 even
money on Nelson and ~ 20 10 on
Cans.
The idea is this. The bookmaker
posts his odds making both men favor
ties. The tanCier of either man can
place his money al the odds posted The
bOokie is the wise Turk and keeps close
track OF the money placed on each man
When he gets too much on one man he
cuts the odds so as 10 attract bettOrs To
The other man, and 10y "a continual
shifting of the odds the man with the
chalk cannot lose, Tn the straightaw8y
betting, however, Cans rules favorite
stiu al TO TO and s.
High-Priced Preliminary.
Bobbie Lundy end Jack CHnord have
signed articles for the ten-round pre-
limnary. Both mon are 10 weigh 133 At
] O'Clock The purse of I.00O viii be
pressed wish of Tex RiCkard. Jack Cliff
ford has taken his departure from the
Nelson training quarters. and will take
up his work at the local fire department
headquarters. Rickard did not like the
idea of Clifford and Luudy training In
the same camp preparatory 70 fighting
the preliminary and so he requested
that one of tho men depart from tho
Danes quarters As Lundy has been
Nelson's S sparring partner on many
former occasions and the TWO men arc
very friendly, Bobbie was told 10 stay
and Jack was asked to go. Nolan Of
fered the use of the gym 10 Clifford
while Nelson and Lundy are not at
work,
Other Matches Offered.
A voice from the grave echoed in
Golddeld when Tex Rickord opened a
telegram from ). q. Turner. Of New
York. asking for match for Young
CorbeJt with Kid Hermann Turner
said that he was willing 70 bet S2,5Ol on
the CHARGES Of The pudgy former cham
pion. Rickard smiled and said he would
think the Jhinl over after he gets
through with the coming contest Rick
ard is receiving offers from every Tom.
Dick, and Harry fighter all over the
country asking for matches. and if the
local man ever decides to so on pro-
noting he viii have no end OF mater
ial, even il most OF 10 IS questionable.
One thing lis certain. and that is that
when Rickard takes up a contest 10 viii
be top liner and one worth going 10
see lie viii not be found munkty1ng
with dead ones"
The tickets for the fight will be
Placed on open sale Saturday morning.
The National Sporting Club. of Lon
don, Is catering 20 American boxers
The latest man TO receive an offer from
England is Jimmy Murray, the New
EnE'lnd lightweight The club wants
Murray 20 meet JabeZ White I'm a TWEEN.
ty-rOund bout. Murray says he win make
the trip IL the purse is raised = little
more.