The San Francisco call., 1910-06-28
WILL BE LAST Big
Prize ring BOUT
Wherever Sports Gather This
Is Invariably the Greeting
They Exchange

RENO. June 27.-"Wen, this is the
last. PugiIsm as it has flourished
many decades viii be lost art in the
United states. and that means in the
world. when the Jenries johnson fight
is over"
such is the prediction of the whole
lighting world, apparently It is /
voiced by fighters. trainers and sport
ing writer's as they Ioiter about the
hotels of the city or the quarters of the |
principals. patiently awaiting the COM !
ing Of next Monday and the decision
that is to be handed down in the arena
on that day. Whenever two old
friends comrades at many ringsides. /
meet. often for the first time in years. /
that is almost invariably the greeting. 1
A touch of regret for exciting days
and battles of the past which they be-
lieve are gone forever creeps into /
every conversation. A feeling almost
Of sadness underlies the laughter and
witty banter of the gathering hosts
- fight followers All seem certain
that this is the end that when the
"tUmulr and the shouting at the ring
side has died and the time Of parting
Jas come. there viii he uothing TO say
but "goodby" 1T viii not be until we
q meet again"
1T viii be great fight. And it viii |
DE the last great fight" said one gray
haired ringside veteran today. The /
game has reached the end. / have fol- |
lowed ii since knew enough to follow /
anything. ] have learned to know all /
these fellows around here by meeting /
Them AT the lighting centers. whether
~ New Orleans. Jacksonville. San 4
francisco Golddeld or Reno. We have I
followed the game together. and we
.lave followed il 70 the end. I am only !
glad that il has not just dwindled away. /
bat viii go out in a blaze of glory"
IsURSE MONEY TRANSFER
once relieved of his worries over the /
arena which marred the beginning of
lis day, Promoter and Referee Rick 4
ard had time to answer many kilograms /
and discuss many details OF his prep 1
arations with his subOrdinates. Most 1
important OF these was the arrange
ment for transferring TO Reno from (
san Francisco $50 600 Of the purse /
money now on deposit in the coast city 4
. Ricl1ard was asked by Tim Sullivan Of 4
New York. stake holder. 10 attend to
1his ct once. and the funds probably I
VIII be in Reno bank tomorrow. Sui I
sINan himself. according 70 his tele- (
gram today expects to arrive July 1.
caused by the loss for a time of the
plans. When the blue prints had been I
found the carpenters went at their
work witch a VIII and the frame work 4
. had been partially clothed with the
blcachcr planks before the night fell.
When the negro, clad I'm his usual
ring costume of black and blue
stepped into the ring in the late after
noon the rOped square was fanked by /
r big gathering of visitors Al Kauf 1
snan was called on after a few minutes /
Of medicine ball work but the four
1-ounds which followed were devoid of /
stirring moments. Kaufman puffed 4
like a broken down racehorse. He was 4
forced TO do all The leading. Johnson /
merely blocking his blows and sending /
hack no exchanges The altitude is !
iothering kaufman cOnsiderabl Bile and /
Johnson's easy breathing and perfect /
condition are sharply noticeable beside (
his sparring partners gasping work
STARTS CLARET FLOWING
Monahan came next and Johnson
went after him with playful force in
the first Of their four rouSds. Blood
dripped from Monahan's nose and lips
-in less than a minute. Johnson shot I'm
tWo straight lefts with flashing speed /
nd with precision. From then on he
was content with an occasional display
Of speed and joked with MOnahan and |
tile crowd about the ring they tus-
sled and pulled each other about in the
clinches. Two rounds with Dave Mills
followed and this concluded the days
work.
Tn all the boxing Johnson did not ex-
'ert himself once His breath was un-
hurried when ii was over and the per
spiratiOn was gathering on his whole !
body IN. natural way The actual 1
boxing was apparently more Of con-
cession TO the curiosity Of the crowd I
than anything else. II was Just play
ing for Jack and he showed that he .
was perfectly satisfied with his skill I.
sn this department Of the game by
every move he made.
Jeffries' encounters with CoEbett.
Berger. Choynski and Bob Armstrong
early today were his first boxing bouts |
since coming 10 Reno. He was out of /
he'd before 2 o'clock and had given his
eparring partners orders to prepare for 1
The workout ChOynski, Berger and /
Armstrong faced him for three rounds .
each and Corbett took a turn for two
sessions
The b0ur with Berger was an inter
esting one. Jemries slashed at his |
manager with an assortment OF smash
sng blows and in the second round /
placed a right hook that bent the San
Franciscan and robbed him of his wind. 1
1effries asked Berger il he had had
enough after the second and laughed
when the business agent came back for
more.
Armstrong was dropped To his knees
during one onslaught when he was
dancing before the master The big
sparring partner was just breaking
from : clinch when a right body punch /
took the fight out OF him and ended |
lostilities for several seconds. Arm
strong had q hard time taking care of /
himself for the remainder Of the round. +
When the two rounds with Burns
.IpffrlRS rTrhhpd md
went TO brea l<fast. He spent the re
nlainder of the day lettering about the
grounds Of his cottage and early in the
afternoon left camp for fishing trip.
accompanied by Jim May.