The San Francisco call., 1910-06-29
5000 FANS WILL SEE
BATTLE OF CENTURY
Six Special Trains to Leave This City
On Night Of July Third

Five thousand is a conservative esti-
mate of the number of San Francisco
prize fight enthusiasts that will go to
Reno between July l and to witness
the championship contest between JEFF
fries and Johnson. Five thousand is a
conservative estimate at this date. 1t
is possible that by the evening of July
third the estimate can be easily raised
to 1000.
The taking of the Jeffries-Johnson fight
to Reno has not helped the situation at
all as far as the railroads are concerned.
In fact, only one railroad, the South
ern Pacific, is concerned and the pas
senger officials of that company are
wading knee deep in the mass of appli-
cations for accommodations that have
piled up since Governor Gillett said
there would be no fight in California.
An idea of what the passenger Of
ficials of the Southern Pacific have had
to contend with can be gained from the
informatio that when the announce
Inent regarding the transfer of the fight
to Reno was first made more than so
applications for special trains and ears
were fled
1t is now announced definitely that
six special trains. comprising Pullman
equipment entirely, will leave this city
on the night of July third. These are
the Sagebrush special. st. Francis spe-
cial, Tom Corbett's. special. Indoor
yacht club special, Tribune special and
the Levison- Foley special.
H r. Judah, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Southern Pacific.
who has entire charge of the fight
trains, said yesterday that another spe-
cial was possible, but not altogether
probable.
CROWD re LEAVE JULY 8
But it is not on these special trains
that the bulk of the fight fans will
travel 1t will be on the regular trains
and in the special public trains of day
coaches and chair cars which will leave
this city on the morning of July 9, ar
riving at the scene of the great bat
tie the same evening. On the six spe
cial trains that will leave here on the
night of the third there will be $50 fight
fans. In special cars that will depart
on the same day and for about two
days prior there will be about 300
Each regular train will take at least
800 to the fight, and the crowd will
begin TO move toward Reno at least
three days before the fight. This means
about 900 every day for three days.
chair car trains will leave this city,
carrying direct to Reno more than
1000 passengers each. Besides these
two trains it is possible that other
trains of day coaches and chair cars
will be made up, according to the de-
mand.
On all of these trains for Reno, ex-
cept the regular through trains, there
will be no dining car accommodations,
and the passengers will be compelled
to eat at the various stations or else
take lunches with them.
"a lunch basket will be found to be
most convenient" said one of the rail-
road officials yesterday.
SPECIALS AND THEN SPECIALS :.
The special trains from this city are
only a part of the things to be con-
tended with by the railroad man. There
will be a special train from Los An
geIes, a special train from Sacramento
one and possibly two specials from
Portland. There will be special trains
from Salt Lake City and from other
eastern cities, and the biggest difficulty
will be on the day before and the day of
the fight.
There is room in the railroad yard of
the Southern Pacific company at Reno
to park so Pullman sleepers, and 1t is
the plan of the officials.to place as many
cars as possible in Reno. There is room
in Sparks for $50 cars, but that is too
far from Reno for the many passengers
who will sleep in their cars. The def
milton of park in railroad language is
that each car has plenty of room on the
sidetracks where 1T can be cleaned and
equipped with water, air and the
Pintsch gas.
Requests for reservations for space in
the regular trains are pouring into the
local ticket Office so fast that 1t is all
that large force of clerks can do to
handle them. And there is always
long line waiting to be fixed up with
berths. The Pullman clerks simply
look at man and reach over into the
case and fix up berth for Reno. They
ask no questions as to destination.