The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-05
EACH A FORTUNE.
Jeffries and johnson Each Get
About $4,000.
Loser Gets Only Three Thousahu
Less Than Winner.
PROMOTERS Do WELL.
Their Net Profits About a HUH
dred Thousand.
Twenty Thousand People oa"
the Big Fight.
PROMOTERS Do WELL.

Reno. New, July Slack Johnson
with his bass vioI. his trainers and MS
camp equipment. is speeding toward
Chicago in his special car Redondo on
Union Pacific train that left Reno soon
after midnight and will reach Chi
caeo Thursday morning. He Is uhoei
contract to fill vaudeville engagements
for a time and says he will be giad 10
get another fight soon, but so far as
can be learned no man in the Worlo
is really eager to get into the rlng
with him.
Jim Jeffries. the wealthy farmer, Will
leave for his home in southern Callfor-
MIA on his special car Graymont at i;5o
tonight. AS a result of the fight he Is
probably 100000 richer. and the dam
age to his body and the humiliation OF
his spirit will be healed by time.
Every train. east and west, is still
crowded to its fullest capacity with
people eager to reach their homes.
Most of the prize ring celebrities have
departed and Reno, yesterday. the cap
ital of the world has shrunk to It's
ICrrndl size. The talk among the sport
ing authorities who still remain here,
deals with the amazing superiority OF
agreed that Johnson could have put his
man out much sooner, and it is said
that he wished to give the moving pic
ture men films of proper length Stor-
les are told of attaches of Jeffries
camp who hedged at the last moment
Icing dissatisfied with their mars tend
and temper and placed bets on john
son. The negro population of Reno is
not nearly so happy today as might
be expected for many risked money on
Jeffries. Johnson is not a hero among
most of his race who have met him.
eff we can make arrangements for
a special car on a westbound train,
Jeffries will leave for San Francisco
tonight" said Sam Berger, manager
for the defeated champion today.
"Jeffries. of course, is bitterly disap-
pointed. He feels as he said after the
fight. that the weight of public opinion
drove him back into the ring and that
his failure may not be viewed lenient-
ly although he knows he did his best.
'Jeffries is in good spirits, consid-
ering his disappointment. He is going
back to his quiet home life. We ex-
pect to spend a day or two in San
Francisco and then go south. If we
don't make connections with the rail-
road then we Will go down tomorrow"
Berger was seated in the restaurant
at the resort figuring over a pile of
checks for the meals consumed by the
camp retainers. He said that all of
the losers share of the purse and pic
ture money had been turned over to
Jeffries and his work as manager was
the last, settling the bills.
Jeffries Shrinks From Public.
Jeffries went to the baths this morn
ing as usual. He kept away from the
few visitors who travelled out to the
springs and did not care to make any
additional statement. He has talked
little of the fight since he was brought
back to his cottage, a beaten, bruised,
brooding figure. AS he walked from
the baths to his house this morning
his stride seemed noticeablv UNSTEADY
and his big head hung down on his
breast.
The swelling around his right eve
was very evident and there were nu-
merous slight bruises and contusions
around his nose and mouth, but his
face showed little discoloration tbe
work of the rubbers and trainers hav-
ing gone far toward removing the
signs of defeat.
Returning TO the cottage Jeffries
went on the lawn and sat down, his
Dig mead hanging down and his ewes
fixed on the ground. His every move
stamped him as beaten and dis
heartened man. He took no part in
the talk about him and his comnanions
fell in with his mood. The little groups
sat in silence.
was said about the camp that she had
completely recovered from the shock
caused by her husbands defeat hut
she still feels the strain.
Each Fighter Won a Fortune
Jack johnson was S12O.6OO richer
when Jim Jeffries went down for the
last time in yesterdays fight. He took
90 per cent of the S1O1,OOO purse
whlch amounted to $500, a bonus
I'd l,sa~ ~,I-
terests for $4,000. ~
Jeitries took fortune out of the
defeat at Johnsons expense. He re-
ceived 40 per cent of the nursa
amounting to $4,000. the bonns of
$4,000 and he sold his picture go y
ests for s66.666. making his 'tCea tota1
81 1000. The owners of the nictura
illIns are calculating on a million dol
lars profit. Noi-
promoters Fare Well Also.
Well, it's all over and feel hannv
touay was Tex Richards greeting to
the newspaper men as he went down
TO breakfast. 1T went throuph T,;+h
out hitch and We hold the worId's
record Tor attendance, purse ana re-
l don't know how much nooro,- 49,.
took in. The bank has NOT fris,5 "s
counting II, but l figure we will claor
SlVo,uOO on the gate receints bosi6ar
our interest in the pictures. Tbere
were 2o'OOo people in the arena. The
seaunS capacity was a little 60
1',vVV; All the seats were sold ex.
= cept three or four hundred 1u noSs;eS-- eH-
more of the $50 and $40 places R,,.
tnere were a couple of thousa,oS =
standing around the upper rim Of -'.i,I1 ti,o
arena. so 1 am confident we hoId the
record for prize fight crowd in tb;s
country II not in the world.
We still hold a sixth in+or.. :,
pictures. We sold A sivtb III the
neiore the fight for $3S.333" aHS
Klckard took check for the anonrt r
from MS coat pocket and handed -
AS II stands now, neither johnson
not Jeftries has any interest in fbn
Oie'ures- Jeffries sold his third for