The Washington herald., 1910-07-04
JEFFRTES HARD HUNTED
WHEN He FISHES OVERTIME

in the event of Johnson's defending his
title OF worlds champion. In the first
place, there would be 5000 purse. Add
to that the $4,000 lump side bet. That's
SOS, 30, the same as in the case of JET
fries. Now, johnson has sold his rights
in the moving pictures for $4,000. He
has that coin IN his pocket. whether the
pictures net their owners much or not.
So there's sll5.75o TO the account Of john
son If he knocks out Mr.. Jeffries.
Now. after being driven from pillar 10
post. even though the enterprising bust
ness men of Reno have paid for the cree
ton of the arena and the S1e00 license
required by the State of Nevada, the
promoters say that they viii be satisfied
if they make net profit just one-third
as great as what they expected IN San
Francisco.
There are 1900 seats in the big wooden
spider web on the outskirts of Reno and
If every one Of these were sold $3.50 Oo0
would be the gross Feceipts Richard said
to-day that he expected the receipts from
the sale of tickets TO amount to $3.50, coo.
Expenses up 10 date have been about
100000 He thought that he and Gleason
would share slo9,000 net profit. and count
themselves hlcky TO get off with that
sum after all the vicissitudes through
which the promotion schemes have
passed. Others who claim to know some-
thing about the business of these two
promoters are not so optimistic in their
forecasts; they say If Richard and Glea-
son break even they ought to cOngratu-
late themselves.
scores of Little Figures.
SO much for the principals and the pro-
moters in to-morrows affair. But this
Is only the front row IN the chorus of
the dancing ciphers. Behind this are
scores and scores of little crooked marks
with the dollar sign in front of them.
In the first place. let US consider how
much money has been spent on railroad
! fare. In approximating this item, one
can only base his calculations on the
| figures given out a month ago when the
| railroads were preparing TO carry the
crowds 20 San Francisco.
It would be safe to say that f. one
should cut the original figures Of last
months representations by a little bit
less than one-half. he would come TO
fairly conservative estimate of Just how
much coin has been running into the
Golfers Of the railroad and sleeping car
companies.
Fortunes on Railroads.
Most of the cancellations OF orders for
special trains and special cars were made
east of the Mississippi. The crowd which
has arrived and which is expected TO ar
rive from San Francisco in a great meas
ure compensates for this loss of Eastern
pilgrims. Figuring the average cost per
passenger OF all who come ont from east
| Of the Mississippi In special trains or
| private cars. at $3.50 for a tWO-weeks'
junket-and this is putting il pretty low
one may come pretty near the mark by
| placing the total transportation cost at
$1Co0o0. There are several small dele
cations that have come across the seas to
witness this fight in Reno. Add the esti-
mated travelling expenses OF these, and
II brings the total Of dollars spent for
| covering miles up over $4,000
II we want 20 see the little ciphers
jump some more let US consider for a
moment the money that is being spent
here in Reno just for board and room.
II is estimated that there are about 5000
| beds in Reno At this minute filed by cut
| sidsrs-and by beds is meant anything
| upon which a person can stretch out II
is fair 20 say that the average cost OF a
bed for q night is $50; that is 10000 a
| night for sleeps. Count the cost OF an
average meal at fifty eents-and that is
putting 1t very low. for the sake OF con-
servatisns-the l0,000 visitors are now
| Spending sl5,000 a day for food, If, indeed,
they do eat three meals a day.
| The negro didn't overlook tie OppOr-
tunity TO display himself on the vaude-
vile stage as soon as the fame of the
projected struggle spread through the
land. He says himself that he pulled
down $4,000 OF the managers money for
| this service 10 the stage. So the grand
total OF the black mans winnings will
be si64.750 il tomorrow he succeeds in
crushing the stamina of the man whom
| the imaginative writers delight to call
| The big white bear. the "Abysmal
BRUTE" and like synonyms OF endear-
ment.. This total is only assumed by
discounting some heavy betting that the
negro is known TO have done himself II
| be wins he may boost his bank account
by another $4,000 of $4,000. Nobody
seems to know whether Jeffries has
backed himself enthusiastically or not.
| And so the dance Of the ciphers goes
| The above is only a scratching OF the
| surface Of probable statistics and it does
not consider the thousands of wagers
! that are being placed all over the eoun-
| try, the stacks of gold that are being
dropped into 300 gambling games in Reno
| the 10000 odd visitors who are now
stretching this rubber town to the limit
of its elasticity.
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