Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-10
FIGHT WAS END OF EPOCH
Bic Contest Wrote FINS TO Sporting
Lives Of Many.
NEARLY ALL CONCERNED QUIT
Richard, Gleason, Jeffries, Corbett
ana BerEer swear rhey Are
Through with Game--Jeff
% Hunt I'm Africa.

great battle in Nevada wrote finis upon
some very interesting epochs. Tex Rickard
and Jack Gleason. who promoted the strug-
kge, have both declared that they viii
never again have anything to do with
lighting. TIM is some loss in Richards
rase, for he is looked upon as the abIest
handler OF big fights In the United States.
James J. Jeffrfes will never fight again.
reports 20 the contrary Notwithstanding.
billy Delaney. the greatest ring general In
The history OF the game. retires TO his Cal
1fornia ranch vowing that he Is through
with pugillsm for good and all.
Never again for me" said James ]. Cor
bett, the worlds champion self-advertiser.
II fighting u killed In Nevada It Is likely
that Others who played direct and indirect
ttarts In the contest are through with the
beane. Bob Armstrong and Farmer Burns.
btsho helped train Jeffries, have retired to
private Hfo az II were. John l.. Sullivan,
Es~ho went west 70 the scene OF the strife
NO get a little advertising to help him In
mis- theatrical game is also among those
fwho declare, Never again."
Sam Berger, Jeffrles manager, says he
never wants to hear Of prize fight again
Il am going lack to my store In Cali
fornia and will never again have anything
/ 10 do with pugiiism,' said Sam. However,
| Samuel will have his hands full for some
1 time to come before settling down in
yFrsco.
Hickard says he IL going to continue in
the mining Industry. DO not mistake mo.
ltickaid does rot mine with a pick and
shovel He promotes gold and silver mines
and sells stock. He Is one OF the greatest
T t,,,ofytotnre of the age
johnson 90 Sell Autos.
Several weeks before the big fight john
son said that he was going to do lot Of
cruising around the country In his auto
mobile win or lose He Is still Of that
opinion. johnson laid his plans for the
future just as carefully as he trained for
tfc--fIght They consisted OF a trip east
after the struggle, long automobile tour,
which will. OF course, be enlivened with
frequent arrests, and finally settling down
IN Chicago. The Galveston negro says that
he Is ultimately going in business in Chi
cago selling automobiles. Johnson likeh
New York for little high life at Baron
wilkins cafe. but he is bugs on Chicago
as a place to live in.
The fight between Tommy Burns and
Sam Langford on Labor day VIII be held
in Reno in the same stadium that housed
the Jeffries-Johnson go. Burns had a lot
OF bad luck in Australia. He contracted
ptomaine poison from eating canned fruit
and on top OF this his racing stable struck
a losing streak. However, he thinks he
will be in trim to trim Samuel.
\ peculiar. thing about the Jeffries-John-
son fight was that there were more women
present than at any other prize fight pos
sibly. ever held in the United States. The
women usually occupied the $50 seats and
many OF them were unaccompanied. Reno
is Away fun OF eastern women who go
there for divorces. Practically the entire
divorce colony turned out for the battle
AS the trouble grew hotter and the excite
ment more intense the Divorces and
wouldsbe Divorces became more and more
interested. One would scarcely think that
women could be interested in a scene that
many describe as degrading and brutal
where the blood spatters from the red
dened faces and shoulders OF two fighting
men and the shouts OF excited spectators
mingles with the oeths screamed by those
who have bet and fear LOSSES where a
lhick cloud Of rank tobacco smoke hangs
How over the assembly and drinking seems
tho common pastime Nevertheless the
Divorces were nightly Interested.
Jeffries says that he intends to do some
hunter and nothing pleases him better thar
TO shoulder a rifle and scour the western
mountains for deer and bear. His ambi.
ton now Is to hunt the bongo and the
dlg-dig and other animals OF Africa mad,
famous by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
Big Arena 20 stay.
The big arena which was built in Reno
win be retained for future use. The Washo,
county grand jury supervised the work Of
Contractor Mclaughlin In order TO insur,
safe structure. The original plans called
for an arena with a seating capacity fol-
17,oO0. Later he decided to make It biz
Enough to hold 5000 and perhaps more b,
crowding. However, II was realized tina
fthe Jeffries-Jotnson fight will probably b,
the last that vein draw over 5000 or TO-
900 crowd at The arena.
The big structure is about a quarter o.
> mile frop the depot. which is the eentra
point In Reno II used up 100000 feet o.
humber and five tons OF nails
-. Is estimated that more than 81 900 90
IN bets changed hands on the outcome O
the Jeffries-Johnson scrap. OF course mucl
betting was carried on throughout tn,
country which was not known OF at Reno
Both fighters bet heavily on their owl
chances. Frank sutton, betting commits
elunti OF ANe Johnson ciOWut ana IOm Cor
bett, who acted In a similar capacity FOL
the Jeffries outfit. say that they handle,
about 100000
The future Of boxing in the United State
- very much In doubt. AS l have sal,
elsewhere Nevada is tho only state wher,
prize fighting Is allowed now subject I,
license. When the next legislature con
venes some of the ministers are going I,
make request that the law legalizln,
prize fights be repealed.
Governor Dickerson OF Nevada Is a roo,
sport He did not see the fight, but n,
visited both training camps and saw IN
men spar, In speaking of the outlook 10
boxing In his state, he said:
1T ali rests with the legislature as n
whether boxing contests for prizes an,
purses shall be allowed in this state
Doubtless many persons are In favor OF
continuation OF the present conditions. o.
Tho other hand there are some who do no
believe IN contests OF this sort l IA,
johnson spar and saw him draw blood upo
his three trainers. but there was nothin
70 very brutal In the work. One newspape
man from New York asked me II / ha
ever seen a fight. AS / had seen man
where men shot each other TO pieces tot
him so. He seemed both shocked and SUI
prised at this intelligence. The Nevad
people VIII get THAT they want from IN