El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-02

ard, but it was evident that he did not
desire to do So
The promoters then began to gather
their forces in San Francisco again
storm of objection and protest was
raised by the church federations and
like organizations, but the police COM
mittee of the supervisors recommended
that the forty-five-round permit be
granted Attorneys were employed by
the churchmen to fight the matter be-
fore the supervisors Everyone expect
ed a verbal battle at least, and when
the recommendation came up for action,
the board room was crowded.
1t is not everyone. however who IS
familiar with the routine of board
meetings. Very quietly the committees
recommends ton was advanced on the
DAVIS program of business, called up,
and the permit granted without a word
having been said against it. The oppo-
sition did not realize what was going
forward until it was too late even to
protest
Pressure on Governor.
The pressure upon the governor had
NOT been RENTED for a moment He
declared that he did not believe the
state law would Justify Intervention,
however. and with this statement from
a man known to be opposed to prize
fighting, the promoters were content
They did not fear that the authorities
would step in, and carried their prepar
atoms forward without further consld-
Grafton of the opposition
Great was the CONSERVATION, there
fore when governor Gillette when the
actual erection of the arena had been
settled, announced that he regadred the
contest as pri1e-fight and not box
ing contest, and that he in accordance
with the laws of California he would
RI no no. There
talk of a contest in the courts, but it
was seen that this would be too long
drawn out to admit of a decision in
time to stage the fight, and the govern
or making it decidedly plain that he
meant what he said, and would go to
all legal lengths TO stop the affair, the
promoters gave up, and picked the state
of evada as their one sure stronghold
Goldfield. at first made a strong bid
for the match, but accessibility was a
point TO be strongly considered, and
Richard and his associates finally came
to believe that Reno was the proper Sc
lection. So Reno it was, and every
thing was switched to this town and
the hurried construction of the arena
begun.
The Reno Arena.
The Reno arena is located mile and
a half from the cezfter of the city, and
stands where stood the arena in which
the Root-Hart fight~took place just
four years ago. The plan is almost
Identical with that of the arena in San
| Francisco which had TO be abandoned
when the state interviewed and caused
the shift to evada. 1t is about 800
| feet square. and seats 10000 approx
| mately. and it's cost was expected 10
| exceed $17,500-
A forest of lumber has gone into the
construction of the great octagonal
amphitheater. 1t is so designed that
every one of the spectators is insured
| a full view of the ring in which the
| battle will be fought. Looking down
! from the bIeachers, it seems absurd to
think that enough action could be COM
! pressed into that 2-foot space to keep
! such a horde of people interested, even
| for a minute.
! Measured within the ropes with their
/ padded corners, the ring is just "a feet
square. From edge to edge in each al
! rection the raised platform is q feet
allowing IS inches beyond theTOpes al
around. This space is left for the con-
| venience of the seconds, who must
spring into the ring between rounds q
| fan and wash and encourage their war
ring chieftains.
Where the News Gets Out.
| Below the edge of the platform runs
a narrow bench upon which are located
the telegraph Instruments which vii
click the story of the battle around The
! world. Here also are the telephones
! with metallic head-dresses attached
/ through which the thousands on the
outside will hear of the progress of thf
fight by way of the bulletin boards
Back of this bench ire several others
providing in all for 100 newspaper men
From this level around the ring the
sections radiate outward and upwa re
likeeSpokeS of a wagon wheel. There
are eight of these wedge shaped seq
tions, and each row of seats is five