The Washington herald., 1910-07-06

Reno. New, July SIT is sad day IN /
Reno to-day. Tired, busted, Dad
taste IN the mouth-all the nervous re-
taxation following the pent-up emotion |
of the last ten days. No deadier town
exists in the United States than this |
Reno to-day, which watched the depart
ure OF thousands with the red eye OF
sleeplessness. In the first place every
body in Reno except the canny store
keepers, hotel proprietors, and keepers
of lodging houses were dead broke this
morning because of their belief IN the
impregnability of Mr.. Jeffries. Nobody
will ever know how much money was
wagered on Jeffries in Corbetts pool
room here, because Corbett himself has
packed up his charts and left for San
Francisco. Perhaps there was as much
as $4,000 bet on the former white cham
pion at odds OF 10 to g 1-2. 10 TO I. and
2 20 /.
minority of sports made a great
cleanup. but just who they were no.
body seems to know. Evidences of pros
peTity were visible this morning on the
black countenances of Pullman porters,
roustabouts. and other gentlemen of I'M
known profession and dark skin. who
had come into town In the last three
OF four days and bet everything they
had on brother Johnson.
Jeffries left tonight. Accompanied by
his wife. Jim Corbett. sam Berger. and
the more humble members OF his train
ing camp, he took his train for San
Francisco at 7:30 o'clock. The beaten
ex-champion said that he was going back
TO his ranch in Los Angeles County. and
he reiterated his statement OF last night,
that you could believe him, he was never
going to fight again.
Jehries Badly Mangled.
Johnson. the winner Of yesterdays
battle, departed for the East a few hours
after the end of the fight in a blaze
of glory. He will spend Thursday in
Chicago and Friday he will go on TO
New York. where he is scheduled TO ap-
pear in vaudeville on Monday night.
After the fight Jeffries was a badly
mangied man Both eyes We're closed
and blackened, his lips We're split open
in several places, and his nose was
mashed fat He told his seconds that
one OF Johnson's blows landed in the
second round, had paralyzed the right
side of his face. and that soon the left
eye appeared TO be affected in sympa-
thy JeffTies said that he was absO-
lutely defenseless on this side, and dur
ing the remainder Of the fight he saw
two negroes in front of him instead of
one
Il knew 7 was beaten man and not
the Jeffries OF DID, Jeffries told his sec
onds. II had absolutely no defense for
my right side. and had oJhnson known 1t
earlier he could have finished me long
before he Aid 7 efr1r,fx~ foolr the lunches
hoping that I might land swing that
would turn the tide in my favor, but I
never fought a man his equal"
Later he said: II am sorry for the pub
lie who backed me and who cheered me
after my defeat I tried hard, and no
man ever trained more cOnscieutiOusly
than I did. but 1t was no use. I could
not come back and the fight showed me
was not the Jeffries Of old.
Johnson. when he left the ring, was al
most as fresh as when he entered, aside
from the split lip which he received in
practice bout with Cotton several days
ago and which Je1ries Teopened, there
was not a mark on the negro. He hur-
ried TO his dressing room, and almost
Immediately reapeared, dressed, Jumped
into his automobile. amid cheers from
the spectators. and headed for Kicks re-
sort
johnson Holds Reception.
Later he returned to Reno and held an
open-air reception during which he shook
hands with hundreds of fight fans.
When questioned about the sight. he
said: Il never felt in danger after the
first round or two. I saw that Jeffries
could not penetrate my guard and that
his blows lacked both Judgment and
steam. Lelaney. however. insisted that
I fight carefully, and for that reason
I did not cut loose until felt that it was
absolutely safe to do so. We all know
what a terrific blow JEFF could hit when
IN his prime, and Delaney was fearful
that he might have one in reserve Z
want 10 say that Jeffries Is the gamest
man I ever fought and that am sorry
that did not know he was counted out
the second time he went down. I have
never met a better or squarer fighter,
and Jeffries is the first man who ever
fought me without making nasty. re-
marks and haunting me about my color"
JEFF Suffered Stomach Collapse.
At no time since JeGries' arrival here
has he shown the speed or skill that he
did when working under red woods. In
fact, there was a distinct disposition on
the part Of his close friends TO hedge in
their enthusiastic betting during the last
few days. It became known afteh the
fight that Jeffries had suffered a great
stomach collapse last Wednesday. and
was unable TO do nay further work. His
efforts to entertain Gov Dickerson was
hard, and he became weaker as the fight
drew in rear. In fact. there was a we'll
founded report last night that not later
than Saturday, an effort was made to
postpone the fight, but that il was given
up when II was seen that any further
delay would result in a financial crush.
which would ruin every one concerned in
the affair
a significant remark was made on Fri
day by one of Jeffries closest camp men,
when no said: I wish the fight was to-
day instead Of Monday The next few
days may cause Jim to lose after all
these months or hard work
Tonight promoter Tex Richard gave
out a statement Of his receipts for adj
mission TO the arena amounted TO S270.775.
OF the total number Of 1900 present az
the fight, 1870 paid TO get in, $50 received
complimentary tickets, and about 1000
climbed over the fence.
Men Did Not Shake Hands.
Sr,orfsry ESi+o- III, Vr,-hs--.---