New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03
COMPLETE FIGHT ARENA
Biz Amphitheatre Ready for the
Great Struggle.

Reno New JuIy 2-When the sun riScS
on the morning of July its rays VIII oeN~
mercilessly down upon the great dIo'"
which has hurriedIy been constructed 1of
the biggest fight in the history OF pUslilSlii-
The site chosen is a mile and a hail iloiii
the centre of the city, and stands on 'H9
spot where the Root-Hart battle took place.
Just four years ago. when JeIfleS pr
sented to the victor the heavyweight utiS-
The plan of the arena is almost ldehtlcd4
with the one which was started In san
Francisco. and had to be abandoned When
the state interfered and caused the sh1I
to Nevada It is about 300 feet square ana
seats approximately sixteen thousand per-
sens. Its cost is expected to exceed Sl''0V"-
forest Of lumber has gone into the coh-
struction Of the great octagonat amphitne-
atre. It is so designed that every one Of
the spectators is assured full view OF the
ring in which the battle will be fought
Looking down from the bleachers, 1t seems
absurd to think that enough action could
be compressed into that 24-foot space TO
keep such horde Of people interested. even
for minute.
Measured within the ropes. with their
padded corners the ring is just twenty
four feet square. From edge to edge IN
ty-seven feet. allowing eighteen inches be
yond the ropes all around. This space is
left for the convenience of the seconds
Below the edge of the platform runs
narrow bench for the telegraph instru-
ments. which will click the story Of the
battle around the world. Here also are the
telephones, with metallic headdresses at
tached. through which the thousands on
the outside will hear of the progress of the
fight by the way of the bulletin boards
Still further back are several other benches,
providing in all for one hundred news
paper men
From this level around the ring the sec
lions radiate outward and upward. like the
spokes of q wagon wheel. There are eight
Of these wedge-shaped sections. and each
row of seats Is five inches higher than the
one In front, the last row rising thirty-five
feet from the ground level. The seats do
not run one behind the other, soldier-fash-
ion but alternate, so that the man behind
looks down on the ring between the heads
of the two directly in front Of him BY
this arrangement the ring will be fanked
by a sloping wall of faces and staring eyes
circIing the fighters on all sides 10 height
of thirty feet. There Will be no spaces and
lines between them, just a solid wall or
faces glazing down at the white square.
Between the press seats and the bleach
ers there is a gentle slope upon which ap-
proxfmately $3.50 chairs are grouped Here
the aristocrats will sit at their ease-Inen
to whom a $50 seat for an afternoons
sport is little out of the ordinary The
five thousand will be on a lower level than
the ring and will look upward at the
fighters.
Through the b1eacher section wire fences
have been run. marking off the zones of
financial standing First behind the chairs
come rows of seats held at go. 50 and
$50 each. Then come the s15 seats, the
SO rows in great number: and finally the
gallery gods, perched high above the
ground at s. per perch
Behind these highest seats broad walk
surrounds the arena. It leads to the exits,
and these are so placed that the flow Of
the crowd will be well distributed There
is no central point of egress al which
crowding thousands may aim, enhancing
the danger common to all crowds Of panic
and stampede
Beneath the bleachers are the quarters
Of the fighters. The two camps are sepa-
rated by the width of the arena, and a
short aisle, kept clear of other traffic. will
be reserved for each man and his follow
ers when they make their progress to the
battle ground.
f. Unusual precautions have been taken to
prevent disorder of any kind. There Will
be several platoons of guards scattered
through the aisles and among the audi
ence. Every entrance and exit Will be
supervised TO prevent CrOwding, and plain
clothes will be scattered everywhere