The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-05
Comment and Gossip the Whole World of Professional Sport
JEFFRIES BREAKS CAMP:
JOHNSON SPEEDS EAST
Injuries of Former Champion Not Serious Physician De-
cIares-Wife Hearbroken Over DownfaII-WlI
Go Back to the Farm

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sam Langford's chaIIege to me. I don't
consider he could give me a fight thar
Johnson also paid a high tribute -
StHrleS' gamenfss-
Jehries in defeat retains much of his
pOpulaTlCy-nOW LiuEed with a pity Jl<iL
IS as bitter as gan 70 nm IN lHS
hearts OF the sporting fraternity ne ap-
pears today 10 be held second only 10
John L sullivan among the men VINO
No one doubts JeffriesI sincerity in Is
saying 10 take up Ene WnlIe man )
burden, vet even defeat has brought
him q NOT N money which no winner
has ever gained. on he actual returns
Of the night JeffrleS received only 1854
less than the giant black Texan who
vanouished him
The Total Earnings
The total earned by both fighters
siuce October IS S5S7,666. Here are
The shares as they appear on this
basis
sixty per cent Of the purse, s60,6o0.
share Of the. moving pictures.
f50.0J0-
Total. sIz0.6G0.
Earned while training. after sign
InE- e5.o0c.
Grand total, S145.6O0-
Forty Der. cent Of the purse, $4,000
Bonus $4,000
$50.
Total, S11T.066-
Earned while trafulng, after sign
iEs, SO, 900
Grand total, $3.50
Intimate friends Of the promoters,
, eN Etlckarc and Jack Gleason de-
clared today that their profits even
allowing Tor the $4,000 or more lost
through changing the scene OF the 20
rom san Francisco, wOUlc Be well
above 100000 The arena itself cost
about $4,000. and the expenses o.
staging the bout, coupled with the
cost or the training camps 10 the
principals makes another 100000
Outlay Enormous.
When an attempt IS made 10 com
piete the total outlay by the spec
tatOrs- the sums get so prodisious
that doubt is engendered, in spite Of
cautious checking over. With seat
prices ranging from $40 to $50, the
average was S22-50 to each Of the 49,
600 in the crowd
Hundreds came from the East and
from foreign countries Famine prices
-eigned in Reno Allowing an average
OF 500 expenses TO each spectator il
would appear that they alone spent
-SL6oo,oeO on the big mill
Computation OF the great sums
spent by newspapers and news ass0-
Citations to cover the fiEht, sending re-
DOrters and photographers from every
large city. and paying heavy telegraph
tolls, lt IS evident that the contest
FIRST and last cost about as much 10
cover as national political conven- I
o. The amounts received BY the fight
3 were increased by the $4,000 !
onuS given each which was not an
70 aounCed til almost the moment the /
men entered the ring
" d have willingly given up the bonus &
and a lot besides 70 have landed a win
-aing punch said Je-res sCTOwfu-ly 1
: Early in the day a string Of autos be-
: gan 10 arrive at JeTries head quarters. I
aCh dlleo with friends Of the defeated Z
lsEter- Yet but few OF the ylcsest {
. friends went out % cheer uD the old
time ring hero JET received them
calmly.
one Of them was Biz Tim Sullivan. /
the New Y0-Il politician who acted as 4
Etakeholder and who was overcome /
by the Nevada sun as hc watched /
the so sullivan appeared 20 be /
mute recovered from the effects Of the
heat and was taking things easy under
the guidance Of lutimates from Tam
many Hall
Tim Sullivan Recovering.
Re rested IN his room III the Hotel \
Golden Sris morning. preparing for his !
departure for the East, as he had orig
1naily planned. later IN the tav-
Those who thought that the 17--f- or Z
iLl-l.-liC- Town festivities had been reach 1
60 before The nClr saw q real 17f--=rr.a
western UlIrl last night Tr-r SIN 90 ]
AIE on IT IS estimated that fully SzGl.gl1 /
CndISeu hands on the ffzh- IN Reno ]
The winners started 10 drru their ~o7v7-
the losers started TO drop their raerars
as soon as the arena was deserted and {
Detween them the tEO classes kent
things huUuinc-
Never lid iZhts glare bands -7a-rs
anu music boxes Dilre. roulette wheels Z
NLIIi- JoUts coax ard Iguor disappear
as Il did last highland last r-frr- 81
Reno by no means ended with Surri-a
n Or a good many OF the ToiS-erp-S Tssr I
night = apparently being cOutf-r1aE
dusk coming to each individual .s--Iz-
viii the disappearance Of the final coin
Thousands Still Left.
Though train after train. each crowded /
nom blind baggage to the tail lights |
has steamed out Of Reno, there are
thousands left. and it viii be days be /
fore the last transient leaves town.
Hundreds are stranded here There !
are a good many hundreds OF miles OF /
desert 10 the east. and walking is bad
on the desert
The Indications are now that when
the general Orgy ends there VIII be 4
q heaNy rush OF sports to the coast
cues particularly San Francisco twelve
hours away across the Sierras
mere are Cotables here OF. all grades
OF society one can't walk down rha /
mere are uucounted uOtabilities here
street without stepping on the toes OF I