Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-07-13
The Nanquislictl.

Jenries, whose great ring career
came to an end when he fell before
Jack Johnson yesterday, left the
scene of his defeat tonight for his
alfalfa ranch in Southern California.
There, in the quiet Of his fields, he
will try to forget. In the meantime
he will spend few days in San
francisco on the way, Strengthening
out his business affairs.
The Jeffries car was hitched to the
regular evening train. He motored
into Reno from his camp at Moana
Springs with Sam Berger and other
members OF his party an hour be-
fore train time and hid himself as
soon as possible from the curious
gaze OF the crowd that still throneed
the street. In his stumbling move
menis, his bowed head. in the
depths OF his sombre eyes. the merry
GUS rubbing Of his swollen face and
pandag"d jaw. ii his shrinking from
the public, Jerries showed that this
defcat had dealt him a terrible blow
Silence OF Pity.
There was silence as he passed
through the streets. Men rushed
from the gambling tables TO gaze.
but no word OF taunt or derision was
thrown at him. Those who saw that
fight feel that JeTries did his best.
AS Jenries's train started west.
somewhere in the desert TO the east
the hilarious band OF negroes was
Journeying 10 Chicago with Jar',
Johnson. with the banner Of the
worlds championship floating from
the car window.
Special trains left Reno all last
night and all to-day, trying to get
10000 visitors back home. Thou
sands stood for hours, grips in hand.
waiting TO Chamber into the first
available train.
thousands gave it up and decided
To wait for lighter traffic.
AS consequence the gambling
houses were running full blast to-
hlSht ana the main street presented
he aspect OF frontier mining
camp at the height OF a gold strike.
y determined effort was made
BY losers in the fight betting TO re-
coup losses. Al last accounts there
we're many who will have to wire
home !or money. The financial con-
dition OF hundreds, hit by the fight
ana the games, is desperate.
An air OF great wcariness per-
Nades the crowds to-day. All the
restaurants We're recovering from
the famine. Freight trains were
alive With clinging hoboes and
thieves. sent out OF town by the State
police. The bar rooms were filed
with listless, thirsty groups.
The betting OF Tom Corbett's Off
tial pool room was not as heavy as
mad been expected. Corbett, however
declared himself satisfied. The lack
OF johnson money was a surprise.
The largest individual loss on record
in the pool room was that suffered
by Clarence Berry, California oil
operator. He bet $4,000 on Jeff
rieS.
Among the sporting men left
there Is not a dissenting opinion as
TO the justice to the fights ending.
Many have nothing but their return
tickets to show for their judgment
on the outcome, but no one says tnat
Jefries ever had chance with the
negro after the fight began.
He was whipped before he left
Moana Springs for the ringside,"
said one man. He left that he was
TO fall before the negro, and it was
too much for him to face. AS the
hour approached his nervous cond-
ton became such that his mind lost
all control over his body. 1t began
Saturday and indicated itself in yari-
Gus ways.
Sunday night he did not sleep a
, wink. but walked about his room and
, looked out Of the windows. Yester-
day morning he ate a light break
fast. When he sat in the corner in
the ring, Choynski, as he wrapped
his har1s, exclaimed:
W. Jim. your hands are as
cold as ice. and clammy.' His sec
ondS thought even then that ne was
only little nervous and that he
would get over It in the fight.
"When asked him to-day what he
remembered from the time he enter
ed the ring, he replied: