The San Francisco call., 1910-07-02
BILLY JORDAN TO
ANNOUNCE fight
Familiar Figure viii Grace the
Reno Ring Before Gong
Sounds for Battle
BY R. L. GOLDBERG
Continued From Page IL, Column


that he could round into such excellent
shape. / consider him a sure winner
PLAN ALL MAPPED OUT
Each man has his plan of battle al
mapped out, but will not divulge, the
program for fear the other may take
advantage of it. Jim Corbett claims te
De the only man who knows what JEFF
| intends to do after the gong sounds
the opening of the first round.
Ol course / can not tell you oul
pfans," remarked James. "It is true, a.
| you have said. that Jeff usually fol
| lows his own inclinations in importani
matters But there will be time dur.
ing the fight that he will need the
adyice OF an experienced man, and
VIII De the person to give him that ad
wee. Many things come UP during
| battle that require quick mental action
apd jeff will be too busy with hi.
pn5slcal forces to take all the respon-
| sipiiity. / will be there to point ou1
TO him the right road to travel Il
Johnson succeeds in cutting him III
| during the early part of the battle
JeH VIII need me to tell him how tt
overcome this handicap
| After the posing operation was com
pieted this morning jeff put on the
snabby old clothes that are so dear tC
MS heart and went. fishing in the
Truckee river. He will confine himsel1
to tlshing and roadwork entirely from
now on. Corbett believes that JEFF
should have boxed IS rounds today and
10 more tomorrow. But, of course, JEFF
/ VIII not listen to anything like this E
| Johnson's only exercise today con-
| sisted OF roadwork in the afternoon
he hung around the camp all morning
Ia king TO his trainers and visitors. and
after a rest after lunch covered abou,
10 miles on, the road. He has cut out
all violent exercise After coming of
the road the black man tipped the
| scales at 2071s pounds. He will be a
pound or SO heavier than this when he
| enters the ring
KEEPS AWAY FROM SCALES
| Jeff still continues to keep away from
| the scales. The reason for this is only
known to himself and his handlers, II
is estimated that he weighs somewhere
in the neighborheod of 225 pounds.
There is lot of money in sight, but
| the betting men are holding off for the
big bets for some reason or other. No
| large bets have been recorded thus far
| The odds now quoted are 10 to 6H and
| 10 to Z Il. The Jeffries men claim that
they deserve figure close to even
money, while the Johnson cohorts are
holding back for better odds.
| Promoter Jack Gleason looked the
arena over this afternoon and pro-
nounced it ready for the big show. The
moving picture men have selected their
| positions, all the seats have been la
beled and nothing remains but the
bringing on of the principals. Gleason
said that the sale of seats during the
last week at the Reno box Office has
| been $4,000 and he expected it to rap
| idly increase as the people f1ocked into
town from all parts of the country
George HaFting, the old timer, who
has timed more battles than any man
in the entire world, has been selected
as the official time keeper for the bout.
He will be the man to clock off the fa-
tai 10 if one of the big men should go
Harting is looked upon with favor by
everybody connected with the fight. A
second is very important interval of
time at crisis in fight of this mag
nitude and Harting's reputation for
honesty insures everybody that this
part of the affair will be capably taken
care of.
BILLY JORDAN THERE
Billy Jordan, the oldest announcer on
earth, will introduce the principals at
the opening of the fight. He says he
will be on hand if he has to enter the
ring on crutches.
Jordan takes more pride in announc-
ing big fight than a little child does
in its first rag doll.