Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-07-04
THE WORLD WATCHES.
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Hotel Golden, he was Joined by James
j. Corbett, and as the two erstwhile
deadly rivals strolled off arm in arm,
the spectators were reminded that de-
feat levels all rivals.
big Tim" Sullivan, custodian of
the bacon (S101, ,000) had ap-
parently forgotten to turn his watch
back to make up for the three hours
difference between New York and
Reno time, and was out on railroad
schedule, promenading with Hugh
Mcintosh, the Australian, who ex-
poets soon to be the only real heavy
weight battle promoter.
Tom Sharkey, so anxious to get his
challenge of the winner into print,
that he could not sleep in bed that
was costing $5 a night, bumped into
the pair, and in his enthusiasm Of
fered to buy drink.
BY the time the breakfast hour
was over, a roll call of the throng in
front of the Golden would have
sounded like index of who's Who in
Sportdom." Jake Kilrain, Bob Fitz-
simmons, Tommy Burns, Abe Attell,
Battling Nelson, Stanley Ketchel,
Eddie Hanlon, JACK McAuliffe, Sam
Langford, Young Peter Jackson, Bill
Lang and many other past and pres
ent stars and near-stars, together
with virtually every prominent train
er, referee, stakeholder and sporting
man in the country, were in the
crowd.
But while the loud clothes and
huge diamonds of the sporting fra
/ ternity predominated in the throng
they did not by any means complete
the picture Actors, literary lights,
writer's and artists, newspaper men
and other celebrities whose names
are nationally famous, mixed
with the crowd, while the presence
of few Indians (taxed If they saw
the fight), cattle men in "chaps" and
sombreros, and sprinkling of de-
termined-looking Nevada rangers
added to the picturesqueness of the
crowd.
Nimble-fngered "dips" worked
through the crowd, and reaped a fine
harvest of time pieces and pocket
books. Occasionally one would be
nabbed and yanked out of the crowd
and off to jail by husky ranger or
special policeman, but the miscre-
ants "protestations of innocence
and the Victims howls of wrath were
drowned in the general babble, and
caused but slight ripples in the surg
ing human tides. Yesterday was
comparatively quiet. If the Missouri
attitude is "show me-" the Nevada
idea is "show you"
There is a frankness and wide
openness of manner in the attitude
and actions of the people of the sage
brush state that has been a source of
constant wonderment to the Eastern
spol ting fraternity.
For the last week, the gambling
halls have been as wide open as the
removal of their fronts could make
them, and the click of the roulette
wheels. the roll of the bones and the
droning of the game keepers could
be heard in the streets above the buzz
of the patrons voices. But there is
a Sunday closing law of the games in
Nevada, and up to midnight last
night, the games were closed tight
enough to show that while the statute
books of Nevada may not be as full
as those of some other states, such
laws as have been passed ego as they
lay" Yesterday thousands of ports
made pilgrimages to the two training
camps, while others visited the arena
where full forces of carpenters were
bending to the work in which the
last nail was not driven until few
minutes before the opening of the
gates. 1t was a good natured and
orderly crowd, and there was little
drunkenness or disorder.
But tonight, whichever way the
battle goes, Reno is prepared to cross
her fingers.
Contrary to general expectations,
the shortening of the odds this morn
ing failed to materialize, and, unless
the Johnson money appears before
noon, there may be a lengthening.
When Tom Corbett's pool room
opened this morning the price was
10 to Even money was offered
that Je1 does or does not win inside
OF 20 rounds. The latter PROPOSE
tion seemed to meet with more ia
vOr than the general result betting,
1t being figured that Jehries' chance