Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-29
Executive Assured Contest Will Be
Honestly Conducted.
S NO CONCERN BEYOND THAT
Jack Gleason for Second Referee at
Ring Side.
BAT NELSON COMES FROM COAST
Former champion Arrives and nj
NidcS IIonors with Governor Ia
Popular AttcutIUu--Light
WOrl, by Fighters.

RENO, New, June 2S--Sweeping away the
last lingering fear of executive interference
with the Jolusuu-Jyfliies baltic ON july I.
Governor DIcN,lsou ct Nevada arrived TO-
day and personally assured Promoter TCK
Il chuId that there Was NO possibility Of u-
tcricvcnce.
Il have heard 40 rumors recently that the
fight was apt 10 be stopped said the gov
eruor, as he casped hands with lachard IN
the hotel this morning. II do not know how
rumors of possible action by myself against
the fight have gotten out
Il wish to state again that / have not
considered such thing at any time. My
previous statements ON the matter stand
today. The state OF Nevada win not inter-
fere, as the laws of the state have been
complied with"
Rckard bcamed in response and the gov
ernor and fight promoter stroled across the
street To a cafe ana sat down to breakfast
together. The governor arrived from Ely
on an early train this morning.
statement by GoVcrnor.
Governor Dickersun today said to a mem
her of the Associated Press staff
The Associated Press may state for me
! that the JefIriesJohuson fight positively
viii be held in Reno ON the afternoon OF
july with no Interference from anyone.
! MI. Iickard as referee and promoter has
assured me that the fight will be honestly
! conducted. Beyond tins / have no concern
/ with it. l have known AIr. Rickard for
! seven years and have absolute faith in his
| integrity. His word is sufficient for me-"
| 1t is probable that Jack Gleason, Tex
! Richards partner in the promotion of the
! fight will also be his partner in an auxil-
! iary way in refereeing the contest. Rick
ard said today that there must be a second
referee at the rngsde ready to step in
! should Rickard be injured or forced to
! leave for any reason.
| Il favor Gleason" said RiCksrd.
The fighters have not signifed their att-
tude on the question.
Hat Selson in Camp.
The honors of popular attention among
today's arrivals were shared by Governor
Dckerson and Battling Nelson, former
champion lightweight. Bat came flom
the coast and was the center of an inter-
,sted throng when he arrived. one of the
first men he met was Tex Rickard, whose
career as a fight promoter began when he
brought the Dane and Joe Cans together
lin Goldfield several years ago for the big
gest purse ever offered In the prize ring
up to the time Jeffries and johnson were
matched.
Tex greeted Nelson cordially and said
as the lightweight walked away: Look al
him step along. Seems lively, quick in his
movements and all that. Bat is taking care
of himself. He's out for d comeback at
Wolgast, surest thing you know. Believe
me, he won't be such a short ender either"
Rickard was in an unusually cheerful
mood today. He declared that the worries
were over and that the fight was going to
be staged time and with everything IN
readiness. The heat of the day was tenn
lpered by cool breeze and all the fight
followers In town determined to take ad-
vantage of it and go out to the training
, camps.
6 Fighters DO Light Work.
BY o'clock nearly 400 people had gath
cred at Moana, but Jeffries refused to
; leave his personal quarters until after 3
o clock Then he charged through the
= crowd and went off up the road in a cloud
q Of dust Before his return, more than an
, hour later he had covered about seven
. miles of Nevada roads, taken mostly in
q short sprints
When Jeffries swinging lightly along on
. his toes trotted back TO camp many spec
tators were still there. He glanced at the
, Ilingerers and announced through his fol-
: lowers that he felt too good to work at all
= today and then went 10 his rooms.
y At Jack Johngou's camp it was rest day
lin the morning. The champion dIitted down
- stairs later than usual ana after gazing
out along the road for n few minutes told
. his trainers on hand to participate in tho
-, morning road run that he would not so
- He gave no reason, bat said the boxing
- and gymnasium work in the afternoon
c would probably be as per schedule.
- johnson wandered around the resort with
D his camp followers, shooting little craps
Il and keeping up a running fire of banter
= with everybody in range. The champion
= since his arrival at the resort has taken
upon himself at odd times the task OF
II entertaining chance visitors and seems Ia
Il greatly enjoy setting the fun going He
J. devoted considerable time to amusing the
e crowd. then went bounding upstairs to his
80 rooms.
"a I'm be down this afternoon" he shouted
from the top and disappeared. There was
II no letup today to the arrivals. Each trair
ID brought few we'll known men.
Arena Nearly Ready.
y" Rapid headway Is being made on the
- arena A force OF 10 men is working ter
hours a day to have it completed next
Friday, and so marked was the progress,
that the contractors said It would b,
possible 10 finish the job Thursday night
The plans call for seating capacity OF
7 about 1900, but, according to Rickard
y heavy orders for tickets from the cas-
yesterday point to the possibility OF q
much larger attendance than was at flrs
expected, and it may be necessary to en-.
large the structure.
lie Jim Jeffries' hard workout yesterday wa
eS one of the principal topics Of conversation
~ last night and the opinion seemed TO b
I-t., h,- all hat ha hIp falI
80 parently in the finest possible trim an,
"a ready for the greatest battle OF III
rs career
,ir SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S-Betunz o
the Jeffries-Johnson fight took an unex
as pected turn yesterday Following a heav