The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-02
Especial to The Appeal


TONOPAH, Jar. The deht be-
tween Cans and Herman which can.a
off today did not draw I large crowd
as did the event between Cans and
Nelson in October. Thlro was tor-e
territory Of empty seats owing to lie
intense cold, although the big arena
was rooted and we'll enclosed ana an
attempt was made TO heat it which
only partially surceoded.
The newspaper men were par'i6H-
larIv profane in their criticisms Of Tie
frigid state Of the atmosphere and 70
ported the fight with thicl, gloves on
and oncased in Klondyke overcoatS.
The crowd in the cheaper s"aIs mud
died together to keep warm and JOSH
ed the management over the situation
and nearly stamped themselves lame
trying to fsht the fro@J king.
The Goldheld miners closed down
work and attended the f@ht in large
numbers. many bringing their fami-
lies.
Many ladiea were in th2 audience,
clad in rich frs and il is whispered
that many attended as it was the first
public opportunity they had had to
show their sables and sealsl<ins which
had come into the family as Christ
mas gifts quite recently.
Miss Constance Crawley, the Shak,
esperean actress was there in prl-
vate box with her troup, and it Is
said that the theatrical people brought
along foot stoves in order to subdue
the inclement weather.
All the business -ouses of Tonopah
and gambling resorts were closed.
The Betting
Betting was not extra heavy. Tex
Rickard was on deck waving his
money in the faces Of the Herman
people and Offering to bet $1,000 tc
$1,000 on Cans but there was no move
among the Herman followers to take
the tempting odds offered.
The announcement from time Il
time that he had $4,000 more TO bet
the same way seemed to dampen the
arder OF the betteing fraternity an
only small bets with the odds on the
darkey were indulged in. RumOrs ot
an arranged mill was current The
night before.
The Ball Opens
A man WHO was dressed for cOit
weather tool the centar of the rims
and began the usual work Of announc
ing. He had a clear loud voice ant
was received with cheers.
Then Manager RoIey took the stage
at , p. m. and announced that th'
Goldfield train being late with a lar8'
number of visitors on board, the fign
would wait their arrival. This IN
formation was received with all sort
Of adverse demonstrations by th'
crowd but they soon cooled down ant
3raced themselves for another wait.
~ this time there were about 2,
900 people in the pavilion.
Jeffric's Don't Arrive
It had been given out that nOthin:
on earth would keep Jeffries from
being spectator at the fight, bu
while the crowd was speculating ~
his Whereabouts, a telegram was de
ceived to the effect that he would no
be there owing to the fact that th'
transportation that had been sen
some time before had not reached min
on time Also that his alfalfa needet
attention during the wet season.
The Usual WraneIe
A wrangle was started over th;
delay in getting down to business.
The Herman people began usin:
some bitter invective over the matte
and charged it as a job on the par
of Cans to secure more time to weigl
ii.
They said the articles stipulated
that both men should weigh in twt
hours before the fight and that thei
man had complied while Cans hat