Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02


llghting the promoters were contcn'
They did not fear that the authorities
would step in, and carried their prep
aTations forward without further con-
sldeTation OF the opposition.
Great was the condemnation. the-r-
fore. when Gov. Gillett when thr actual
erection OF the arena had boen begun.
| ana everything was considered settled
| announced that ne regarded the contest
as prize nght ana not "a boxing con-
test, and that he In accordance with
! the laws OF California would not per-
/ nit Il to Dee held Thee was talk
! Of contest In the courts but b, was
! seen that this would be- too long drawn
/ out TO admit of IA decision I'm time o.
| stage the light. and the governor max
! ing II decidedly plain that he meant
| what he said, ana would go To all legal
( lengths e. stop the AFFAIR, the promo
/ ters gave up, and picked thu sta,e OF
| Nevada as their one sure stronghold.
Goldheld at first made strong lid
| Tor me match, but accessibility was
point 70 be strongly considered, and
ltlckard ana his ass Ociatcs finally cano
To believe that Reno was the proper
selection. So Reno IL was. aud every
thing was switched 10 this town ana
the hurried construction Of the arena
begun
The Reno aena II located a mile and
mar from the center Of the city, and
stands where stood the arena In which
the Root-Hart night took place just four
years ago. The plan Is almost Identical
with that OF the arena in san Fran
cisco which had to be abandoned when
the state interviewed and caused the
shirt to Nevada. II Is about 500 feet
square, and seats 10000 approximately
and its cost was expected 10 exceed
Sl7500.
forest OF lumber has gone into
the construction Of the great octae-
onal amphtheater II IL so designed
that every one Of the spectators e
insured o full view OF the ring In
which the battle viii be fought. Look
ing down from the bleachers, II seems
absurd to think that enough action
could be compressed into that 24-fcot
space to keep such a horde of people
interested. even for a minute
Measured within the ropes with
their padded corners, the ring IL just
"a fee. square. From edge 20 edge I'm
each direction the raised platform is
q feet. allowing Is inches beyond the
ropes all around. This space Is left
for the convenience Of the seconds, who
must spring into the ring between
rounds to fan and wash and encourage
their warning chieftains
Below the edge Of the platform runs
narrow bench upon which are To-
Gated the telegraph instruments which
Will click the story OF the battle
around the world Here also are the
telephones with metallic hoad-dresses
attached, through which the thousands
on the outside will heur % the
progress of the fight via the bulletin
boards. Back of this bench are sew
eral others. providing In all for 100
newspaper men.
From this level around the ring the
sections radiate outward and upward
like spokes OF a wagon wheel. There
are eight OF these wedge-shuped Sec
lions. and each row of seats Is five |
inches higher than the one In front,
the last row rising 30 feet from the
ground level The seats do not run one |
behind the other, soldier-f fashion, but |
alternate so that the man behind looks |
down on the ring between the heads |
Of the two directly I'm front of him. BY |
this arrangement the ring Will be |
Ranked by sloping wall OF faces and |
staring eyes. circling the fighters on |
all sides 20 height OF 30 feet. There |
will be no spaces and lines between |
them. just a solid wall OF faces glaring |
down al the white square.
Between the press seats and the |
bleachers there Is gentle slope upon /
which approximately 5000 chairs are /
grouped. Here the arstocrats will sit
at their Casc-men TO whom a $50 |
seat for an afternoons sport is little
out of the ordinary. The 5000 will be
on n lower level than the ring and |
will look upward at the fighters.
Through the bleacher section wire
fences have been run marking OF the
zones OF financial standing First be-
hind the chairs come rows OF seats
held at 500 S25 and $40 each. Then |
come the SIS seats the $40 rows In
great number, and finally the gallery
gods, perchsd high above the ground
at 81 per perch.
Behind these highest seats broad
walk surrounds the arena. II leads
TO the exits. and these are 50 placed
that the flow OF the crowd Will be well |
distributed. There IL no central point
OF egress at which crowding thousands
may aim, enhancing the danger com
mon to all crowds OF panic and stam-
pede.
Beneath the bleachers are the quar-
tiers of the fighters. the dressing
rooms In which they will don, or
rather expose, their lghting toys. The
two camps are separated by the width
of the arena, and short aisle kept |
clear of other traftic, will be reserved
for each man and his followers when
they make their progress TO the battle
ground.
Unusual precautions have been taken
TO prevent disorder OF any kind. There
will be several platoons OF guards scat
tered through the aisles. and among
the audience. Every entrance and exit
will be supervised TO prevent crowding. |
and plain clothes men viii be scattered
everywhere.