Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-03
RENO WAITING
FOR CALL TO
BATTLE
SPORTS, GAMBLERS AND
THIEVES CROWD CITY
Johnson Confines Training To
Playing On Banjo, While Jeff
ries does Stunts With Fishing
Pole and Pasteboards,


my Morning journal 8ncciaI LEASED WireI
Reno, Nevada, July Reno is
| waiting now Tomorrow and Monday
morning, and then the moment when
Announcer Billy Jordan Will climb out
| OF the ring. with all the speed that his
Tat legs can carry him, CRYING
Let err go"
Another languld sunset IN these
| brown hills and the great Jeffries-
| Johnson battle VIII bc on In the
meantime, the desert city is RAPIDLY
| taking ON the appearance Of "a ma
| uonal convention. The delegates from
| the worlds sporting centers are ar
! riving on every train. The streets and
| hotels are ruled with shifting mob
| of gentlemen, thieves gamblers and
| pugiists. The hum of conversation
| ON the street Is punctuated with the
| click of the roulette wheels and the
| cries of the souvenir haWkers. And
all are waiting for the event which
! nothing but earthquake or fire or
| death can now prevcut.
The camps Of the lighters are quiet
| with the peace Of suspense The arena
! la waiting out in the white dust. an
| ugly skeleton that in a few hours VIII
! be palpitating With lice aud the thrills
! that the red gods send down mems
| spines in moments ot physical strife.
| Probably not another stick win have
To be touched,
The purse money IL up~-all of it,
the sum OF $l0i,600 which the fight
lovers Will pay Jim Jeffries and Jack
johnson tn measure their sinews.
their brains and their fighting hearts
The only movement from the rival
camps today was IN the way OF picas-
ure aud thought killing Both Jef-
tries and johnson made automobile
trips into town Johnson just for the
fun and to have the crowd stare at
him, and Jeftrles because he had to
IN order TO get TO the fishing grounds
! that he decided to visit late in the
afternoon
The critical time OF waiting Is he-
Ing watched tioseh " fight vxperts.
Jcffries has surprised them all By
his apparent uuconceru on the eve Of
the greatest moment in his life. Noth-
ing else was expected from the black
man.
TO the sporting men who made the
trip TO Moana Springs Ia the early
afternoon restful scene was pre-
sehted. ON the lawn at the side of
his white cottage sat Jeffrics and his
eronies around a small table. The
fighter had on "A soft shirt and a sofi
cap rested carelessly on the back OF
his head He WAS leaning over u
hand of cards figuring how TO win a
few cents from his opponents When
he succeeded he was happy and his
laugh rang out so that the crowds
hanging over the fence marked 'pri-
vate' smiled in sympathy
over the group a great willow tree
spread en- restfu branches From a.
branch hung cage with two pigeons
on the green lawn a tiny white dog
played, running occasionally TO HEX
Jelfries hand. Around all swung the
great bare hills and the green mead
oWs
or the thoughts that passed
through Jcffries' mind between
hands-as he glanced past the grouI,
out into the brilliant sunshine ana
the blue Sky, no one OF his intimates
pretended to say Sometimes his eyes.
would take ON "a deep sombre look
ana he would scowI. Again his eyes
would clash In FUN, a dimpie would
show and all would be merry as u
wedding morn.
To those who braved the sunshine
and the dust and the bumps IN the
road and made their way to Richards
road house on the other side of town.
another scene OF rest was shown. but
Il was rest OF different kind. There
was much hiiarity and loud merriment
here and the sound OF singing and in
5trumontal music breaking out at odd
nnes proved that the black champion
ana ms crew We're amusing themselves
is ii the fight We're "a year off and
hey were way down south in Dixie.
pn the outside there is absolute
'ertWnty in each camp. Nothing has
risen TO ada or detract from the ar
iuments pro and con that have been
gitating the sports of the country
or year, I'm the Jeftrics camp the
langers-on ana trainers are willing
o net their last shirt that the man
Vhom no man ever has brought 10 his
Jneos bA a blow will make Johnson
ook Ike the outside of "a storm cellar
tter hurricane. They can seq Moth
ns but the huge flayng arms OF the
Indefcated one moving down his
opponent No vision is before their
yes but that of "a certain black man
silthiug impotcnt on the canvass less
nan seven rounds after the first blow
s struck.
on the other hand. there is plain
o} in the hearts of the men who fol-
ow Johnson. They see the negro
stride the world. They depend on
outh and science-especiall that
isht upperDut
The dead level OF opinion among the
lght experts Is that the tight viii be-
long one and "a hurd one-im other
ordS the greatest ring battle OF
hese times
We sure viii get our moneys
crth. suid an eastern sporting man
.ho had looked the situation over
lrefulh
This tight will be talked about for
Ncnty Years. The men who stayed at
ome VIII be kicking themselves ali
Yer when they r.ad the rounds"
From the vantage point of the hotei
5orway however, it looked as
Tough few had stayed at home. In
he crowds that throng the barrooms
nd lobhies there are faces of men
lown round the world-the world
tile pink sheet at least-and there
e also faces OF men known very
Ell 20 the police in all Of the great