The sun., 1910-06-28
WHEN RENO SEES THEN BOX
PILGRIMAGE o. TIE EXPERT
AND THE WONDERING.
,irrrirs ses an Occasional savage blew
and the Informed Ones lDednee Much
IhrrefTOm Johnson, Although ssem-
mgy indifferent. o. q keen FIEhtrr.

, r..u4ng 90 make Reno a name in the
v.I where wires spread. What hap
....i this morning az Moana Springs
....re the sun was we'll up over the
aged top of the Washes range may be
..-rrn"d ~ typical of what has been
r.un.ung for few days aud what will
&, uuulr until July T.
Remember that this ceremony il an
important thing. h-dged about by awe.
r.f within an hour after its completion
.u.su words for the worlds reading have
r.,u pat on the wire and that within
another hour ur two several million
..arls will he reading these words be-
tween the coasts
A1 event which plumps into the worlds
r...1-st from beneath cottonwood tree
on Rrrcn valley Of Nevada sends it,
ever widening circles over Wire and cable
until the clocks hands have made com
y.-'. swing Then there is another
pump and again the ripplss spread
There is valley. blue green with
alfalfa. 4 sun baked range of mountains
un 'Gs east aud the snow splotched SieTra
uu tne west
4 spnWling white hathhnuss over
i.r soda spring ON one side of dusty
Pad and "a tho other low cottage
covered with vines. Behind the Gotta ~
D. f.. tent. and the tumbled bedding ON a
..' within always holds the spectators
interest for a minute. Jefries's he'd Is
near the tent. and just where two cotton
wood trees mingle their branches 10 make
4. shade is a small dancing platform. In
tho middle of this nd painted canvas
- stretched taut and it, surface h covered
with little lumps of rOsin and resin dust
ON the night before Jack Jeiries draws
this ~ that newspaper man aside and
Whispers IN his ear that he'd better get
OH io the springs earlv next morning. for
uhs b,g fellow Is going 70 get at work
before the sun is too hot. Brother Jack
gives tins advice tentatively aud with
On air as Il in some degree betnying a
rlnfdence He only thinks that such
will h. the morrow's programme and he
leaves Il up 10 the reporter 10 act accord
ngly
The electric car that leaves Virginia
street IN the centre of Reno az JO o'clock
the next morning ~ comfortably crowded
There are ten or dozen exDert Observers
who sign the articles tia less famous
srriveners write for them. handful of
uaw-plpar photographers and fifteen or
tveniy early rising sports who have
dropped into town from Pacific Cuast
p.ints IN good season 20 size up the situa %
tpn before they w. ger their money Ou
tho hlg fight
uf the PLAIN citizens Of Reno there are
a. least q doyea women. freshly Starched
a. 90 their summer frOcks sud eagerly
gathering about Mr. Jehrries and Mr
Johnson, their respective punches aud
modes of defence
4 fellow with a Scared face who IL
going ont % the grounds early With
h,s bundle of Jehries pennants m var
uished canes tells a fellow passenger
whose wanderings have made him kin
% the hag dealer how when se We
chief water tender on the hattlsship O.
Ohio 81 Manila sailor Schlossbsrg Of The
NeW Jersey pounded Beefy Jenny u
Ghs Kings Navy 10 a pulp by using The
JeHres left hook to the stomach.
By 70 o'clock there are about hun
dred persons around the dancing plat
form ia the yard Of the training quarters
AZ the Spring.. An easy application Of
the privilege of caste divides the crowd
The newspaper writers and one or two
chosen friends Of the fighter take seats
along the four sides OF the platform
Among these il a novelist Of the red blood
school who has just landed from the
"a ght train from the Fast and Who has
hurried out to the scene of the ceremony
without waiting Tor breakfast.
there "a man who has come post
...e. N-.9. n.neh UaIlau via f1uiAnaslH
n" left his pack train AZ Goldheld. bur he
strIl mas on his khaki habit little So ms
and Creases % alkali dust. Behind the
r-yileged, beings and at respectful
d stance stand the plain cltlyens Of Reno,
men aud women. and a. was the case this
morning a four -year-old boy in starChed
srirkerbockers and baby IN arms.
.ong. lanky negro IN black hethr1le
rHmas through the kitchen door end
Q uus on 20 tho pl'tfOrm. That's hob
Nrmstr0ng. one Of the trainers end a
sp,rrlnR nartner. Then through the door
,rnas Jehr1es He IL naked above the waist
AMI h.s legs are bare below the knees
The Experts have said that he " a ma -
- man and-in the pink ~ condition.
BE- ~ "A massive man, with shoulders like
t.a nrst1n boxes Of one of the hog engines
mat pull trains up the mountains INTO
,AhfJrn,a.
When he swings his arms low hang
IrR hags u muscle that outline the bases
u' his shoulder blades are heN and tense
Their outstanding ridges give the man =
bark strange square appearance that
seems abnormal. The two ridges u pee
t1ra. muscle sway and harden into oval
mounds with each movement OF the man =
budv
The lighters face Is fatty Unconditional;
b. goes about his business with the dts
.as.Iunats air of a pick handler on the
.,|rrat tracks. hut before he has been
n action five minutes be makes u plain
tHa' mis- mauling and iabbIng - as serious
% business with him a. ordering salea
.. ar The telephone - for Wall street
ErH4ar
The negro drops bis hathrobe aud both
ru' M the gloves While they do 80 the
.1'n~lIda - filed with nOddings and
vUIspsrinEs among the select spectators
90 tie benches. The novelist pulls out
gold leafed notebook and iOts some
,..g down after running a careful eye
over the 10 pounds u fighting nesh IN
front II him
Pop Van Court. a gray little man whose
Ua'n- - potent IN the pugiistic world
fa.stuss he discovered COrbett and
her fighters of lesser parts IN his 0usi
Us-z ~ DONing instruction, moves over
p. rra expert reporters and with his hand
n 'rlrr IL his mouth invites them 20 con-
..der Tor themselves how Jeh has dried
~ fr" lst three days.
l-Fr.e= end the negro begin n spar
IH" bigger man crOuches into an attitude
t.rG bis left hand held oJt far from the
.ldy and 20 one side like a club. his right
glove moves loosely Before his body.
f'iuagro. who is not ashamed 20 say that
.r dl.-sn relish the job Of boxing with
'-Tr..s steps gingerly about on his toes.
sUg away quickly when he sees that
hike left flicker forward IN a ietnt.
f'a makes tentative pass az Jeuriea =