The Washington times., 1910-07-04
AIR SURCHARGED
WITH FIGHT TALK
Thousands Throng Streets
of Reno and Go to
the RingSide.
By MAX BALTHASAR.

RENO, New. July NO element OF
the safe and sane Fourth movement has
nenetrated the sagebrush country
Reno. after a week of jabbering hSs-
terra and commissions, awoke today
stark, staring fight mad
Even before dawn the SIDEWALKS were
Congestcd with noisy parties, some de-
serters Of impossible cots packed into
packed into hotel corridors and store
rooms. others patrons Of the hundreds
Of games, which after a sunday Of idle
ness, reoDened at midnight and were
kept going fun blast throughout the
day But even at the gaming tables
the talk was not Of the red and black,
the turn Of the card or the roll OF dice
IL was OF the fight
In the cafes and restaurants. hotel
corridors. and dining rooms, on the
street, and, IN short, everywhere where
two or more persons might meet, was
talk of -nglt-ught- The very air
was SuTChaTged with The spirit OF The
contest The date was forgotten Ap-
parenIly no one remembered in the Cx-
element Of the hour that any other
great event o. interest TO Americans
had been consummated on the day 10
be made additionally famous by the
meeting Of JeffTleS and johnson
BY t-50 clock the streets had become
almost impossible Restaurants and
dining rooms had been packed 10 the
doors. and uOLableS and nobOdieS rubbed
elbows and met on common ground as
they struggled for entrance TO the din
ing places
John l. Sullivan put in an early ap-
pearance on the streets and he rolled
MS 800 pounds away from the Hotel
Golden. being Joined by James J. Cor
betT, and as the two erSJWhlle deadly
rivals stT0IIed or. arm in arm, the spec
tatorS We're reminded that defeat levels
all rivals
."Bi- Tim Sullivan, custodian Of the
bacon prize OF Slvl,yyo' mad appaF--
entity forgotten 10 turn his watch
back TO make up the three hours dir
ference between New York and Reno
time. and was on 'ralbird row,
the Australian, VINO expects soon TO
be the only real heavyweight fight
promoter
Tom Sharkev. so anxious to get his
challenge IN print that he could not
sleep liz a bed that cost him s. a
night bumped onto the pair, and in
his enthusiasm offered 10 buy drink
Who's Who In SDortdom-
The moment after breakfast a roll
call OF the gang in front OF the Golden
who have sounded like the index Of
Who's Who in SpOTUdOm- Jake Kill
ram, Bob Fl zslmmOns Tommy Burns
Abe Attell. Bat Nelson. Stanley
ketchel, ECGie HanlOn- Jack NcAu-
jackson, BIZ Lang, and many other
past and present stars and near stars,
TOEIneT with practically every pTOmi-
nent trainer referee. STAKEHOLDER. and
But while the loud clothes and huge
diamonds OF the sporting fraternity
dominated in the throug they did not
by any means complete the pictures
Actors literary lights, writers and
dEIlSJS5 newspaper men and other Cele-
brities whose names are 1afioraifv
famous, mixed with the crowd while
the presence Of q few Indians taxed
II they saw the IEhCJ- cattIemen IN
chaps and souberos and a shrinking
OF determined looking Nevada rangers
ADDED 20 the plcJureSquel.ess or the
NimbIe-nngered dips worked through
the crowd and reaDed q rich harvest
Of time pieces and pocket bOks- Oc-
CdSiOndily one would be mapped and
gankec from the crowd and or 10 jail
b. a husky ranger OF special police
man, but the misCreants' prOtestations
or innocence and The victims hOWls OF
wrath We're drowned in the general
babble, and caused but slight ripples
IN the surrounding human tides
Yesterday Quiet.
Yesterday was comparatively quiet
# the Missouri attitude Is show me-
the Nevada idea is show you" There
Is frankness and wide openness IN
the manner Of the citizens Of Sage
brush state that has been a source Of
sporting fraternity
For the past week the gambling halls
nav 1een as wide open IS the rem0Eal
Of their entire fronts could make. them
and the click OF the roulette wheels, the
rCa Of the bones and TIE drcning Of
the game keepers could be heard in
~ the streets above the buzz Of the pa
irons voices But there IS a Sunday
losing Jaw on the games IN Nevada,
and until last midnight the games were
closed tight enough 60 show that while
the statute books of Nevada may not
be as fun as those Of other States, such
laws as have been passed go as they
lay"
yesterday thousands Of sports made
but many visited the arena while
forces Of carpenters were bending to
the work in which the last nail was not
driven until a few minutes before the
opening of the gates Il was a good
TatuTed and orderly crowd, and there
vas little drunkenness or disorder
But tonight. whichever way the battle
goes, Reno is prepared TO cross her m
gers
Jefries is either the greatest actor IN
the country or he was the most IN
concerned man in Reno yesterday. He
put In nearly all Sunday playing cards
with q small party OF close friends IN
Guiding Eddie Leonard. Abe Attell,
Harry Monahanr and Jack Woody and
worked as desperately 70 win a few
cents from his CrOnies as he viii today
10 annex TIE winners end OF the SI0I- 90
purse The big fellow was IN a playful
humor, despite the crouch Of the day
before and this meant that there was
a big grizzly cub IN the game
When Je-iries won he kidded his Op-
pOnenJS numerically. and when he lost
he rough housed the party in a good
naIured way No one mentioned the
fight. and If any thought Of todav's
struggle passed through the mind Of
JeffTies. he gave no intimatiOu Of it.
When the game finally wound I'D JEFF
fries put in half an hour blazing with
his dog, and then. despite the eager
thronEs that lined the fence went
into MS cottage and stayed there be
ing IN bed and asleep before 3 O'Clock.
For some time Il has ben the belief Of
those who have seen both men work and
JehTieS himself has admitted as much
10 his close friends that whatever the
final result o. the battle. the white man
S due 70 receive a lot OF punishment
IN the early rounds Sharkev hit him
hard and often Fitzsiuunons and Cor
bett cid the same
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