The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28

ing, chatting with his subordinates
and the war correspondents. ~
He made one trip out to the arena,
and on his return expressed great sat
isfaction with progress of the work
there.
The heat of the day was tempered
by cool breeze this morning and all
the fight followers in town determined
10 take advantage of it and go out to
the training camps. In the hotels,
calls were left last night to get the
enthusiastics out by half past or Z
o'clock.
Jeffries Fooled Them.
Jeffries' early morning workout of
yesterday had taken them all by sur
prise and they did not propose to be
caught mapping again.
By O'Clock nearly four hundred
people had gathered at Moana. They
waited patiently for the big man to
put in his appearance and get to work.
| Jeffries had another trick up his
sleeve, however. and did not appear
He glanced out of the window, saw the
crowd waiting for him and cheerfully
announced that he did not propose to
| do any work today. He refused to
leave his personal quarters until af-
+, ter o'clock. Then he charged
through the crowd and Went off up the
road in cloud of dust. Before his re-
turn, more than an hour later. he had
covered about seven miles of Nevada
roads, taken mostly in short sprints
| The spectators, regretting hours Of
| lost sleep. We're much chagrined but
| still determined. They wandered
about the grounds waiting in the
hopes that Jeffries would relent. Some
| of them gave up. but most of them
stuck it out until Jeffries. swinging
lightly along on his toes. trotted back
and announced through his followers
/ that he felt too good to work at all
/ today, and then went to his rooms
/ Despite Jeffries declaration there
was belief among his trainers that he
| would get into action this afternoon
that he would wait until the crowd
was all gone, then suddenly get tc
work and have it over before another
crowd could gather.
johnson Is Cheerful.
| AT Jack Johnson's camp it was res
day in the morning. The champion
| drifted downstairs later than usua
and after gazing out along the roaC
for few minutes, told his trainers
on hand to participate in the morning
road run, that he would not go. He
gave no reason, but said the boxing
and gymnasium work in the Afternoon
would probably be as per schedule.
Johnson wandered around the re
sort with his camp following, shooting
a little craps, and keeping UP a ring
ing fire of banter with everybody il
range.
Wandering out of the grounds, h
laughed and joked with the visitor
who stood about watching for tn
fighter to start on the road. TIL
champion, since his arrival at the re
sort, has taken upon himself at odt
times, the task of entertaining chanc
visitors and seems to greatly EMO,
setting the fun going. He devote,
considerable. time to. amusing TIN
crowd, then went bounding up TIL
stairs to his rooms.
''Ill be down this afternoon h
shouted from the top and disappeared
There was no let UP. today to the ar
rivals. Each train brought few wei
known men and those now here ar
busy securing accommodations TO
friends expected the day. of the fight
Almost every one of the sporting en-
thusiasts brings word of the intention
of some others to journey Renowar'
before the close of the week, and tn
gathering of fight followers alread
notable for the number of prominen
men it includes, bids fair to outshin