The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-22
ALL ROADS WILL
LEAD TO FRISCO
IeftTIes johnson Fight Biggest
Drawing Card IN History.
ROYALTY TO SEE BIG MILL.

@ermany Aomtn9-No Dtncr oindle
Combat Ever Attracted So Much A.
tension.
In the history of the world there
have been several fights that stand oui
as truly great Everybody knows or
ought TO know all about the battle be-
tween David and Goliath. Mythology
celebrates the desperate struggle be.
tween Hector and the inyuInerable
Achilles and we an know that Sparta
Gus was great gcrapper. and nearly
every male child has heard Of the Sui
liYan-kilrain fight. BUT none Of these
can compare In point Of interest before
the actual combat with the Jenries-
Johnson battle, which is scheduled to
be held at the Emeryville race track
Emeryville, Cal, July A.
1t is estimated that the crowd thai
will cheer the victor on chat day VIII
be ten times as great as that which
turned down It's thumbs at the bout iu
which Spartacus won the gladlatorial
championship and as many times as
big as the gang that saw Hector do his
sprint around the walls Of Troy before
Achilles finally put him out.
At first the promoters planned to
erect structure that would hold
10000 people, then 10000, and now
Rickard ana Gleason have shaped up
arrangements to seat $4,000 wild eyed
| fight fans. Reservations for seats have
People who have never before taken
any interest in boxing are going to
see the fight OF the century. Hugh
Mcintosh Of Australia is to leave the
antipodes for San Francisco with
party Of 200 or more. From England
half a dozen lords are coming to take
in the big mill The party is expected
to arrive in this country early IN May
Noblemen from France and Germany
are also bound to see the big mill.
Jack Gleason says he has a request
from China asking him to reserve $50
seats. Nearly every big city in the
United States is to have one or two
special trains headed for San Fran
cisco. It looks as IL Rickard and Glea-
son will have to increase the seating
capacity OF the arena once more
or late there has been a lot of fren
zied writing about the probable re-
| ceipts, aud some 0f the unthinkiDg
have estimated that 100000 OF even
$l.O00,000 will be raSed over the box
office desk 1t Is to be said that $3.50
900 will very nicely and generously
cover receipts.
They are saying that a full million
will be bet on the result Of the great
est Of all fist fights. a million Is LOT
Of money, but there are many wise
boys and lunches who are quietly
slowing away the dollars against the
time when the betting begins 70 be
lively, and it is possible that the ag
gregate Of the wagers at the last will
look like picture of the national debt
Is it not barely possible that retire
ment Of all this coin TO stockholders
hands might bring ON stringency. tight
money and large uncertainty? This is
not the financial editors department
but it is humbly suggested that If the
JeT-Johnson mill takes the money out |
OF circulation, rs some 81 the sport
writer's say il viii DO. the treasury OK
perts had better arrange 70 have all |
the big przefght transactions carried |
out by cheek
AT least 1t IS wise to leave enough |
money in circulation 70 handle pros
pcrity We want no more clearing |
house certificates
The promoters have made arrange
ments with nearly All Of the leading |
railroad lines to the coast and with |
their cooperation win put into effect
system Of supplying tickets for the
big fight that cannot fail to satisfy
everybody
In brief, the plan is to make reserva-
tion for n certain number Of seats for
each railroad A person intending to
make the trip to Frisco to see the fight
has only to apply to o railroad agent, |
deposit the price of the ticket he de
sires. and the railroad company viii /
issue to him an order on Mr.. Gleason
or Mr. Rickard for a seat In the res
ervation secured for them
This order will be countersigned by |
an agent Of the railroad when the rail
road ticket is issued. Under this plan
spectators would have to buy a rail
road ticket with each ticket for the
fight The tremendous expense OF |
course, bars them from doing this
Every safeguard will be taken
sgainst counterfeit tickets, and Gha
son and Rickard viii be indemnifed
by substantial hond by the ticket
manufacturers. The whole scheme l
has been thoroughly worked out and
pronounced fiawless
Gleason has mapped yut color
scheme ia conjunction with the tick
cts that promises 70 prevent the con-
fusion usually attendant upon big
events of this kind There will be
eight prices or admission Each differ
ent priced ticket viii be OF a certain
color. The entrances 70 the arena
will be painted IN coIors TO correspond
with the tickets A man holding n
blue ticket VIII know that be can't go /
astrHy N he enters the arena through I