The Washington herald., 1910-07-11

physical condition, whose forecast or the
tight and selection OF the negro as the
winner at Reno was national sensation.
There is nobody now in sight who cen
do the trick. In fact. Murphy says the
huge black man could probably beat
them all one after another in the same
ring.
But time viii get the negro. the same
as It did Jeffries and all the champions
who preceded him.
It Is In a personal letter to the Phila-
delphia North Americans sporting editor
that Murphy writes enteftainingly Of the
battle. and adds Some details TO what
has already been said.
Appended is an excerpt:
Reno. July
Johnson can lick all the men who are
challenging him as easily as he did JEFF.
He could lick them one after another IN
the same ring Most OF them are jokes,
and have long since been whipped by
nature.
None Of them has any business with
him now, but in a few years along viii
come a youth and down him as he did
Jeff. after he has lost that wonderful
elasticity of youth. Such is life. and
so It VIII always be. because there is
nothing so sure as nature except death
A Spectacle 10 Remember.
The fight was a spectacle TO remem-
Der. The day made me think Of the
kind Of a Sunday We sometimes get in
Philadelphia in September after the
wind has blown hard all day and just
before sunset drops to a gentle breeze.
Never were there such good-natured
crowds They were made up Of men.
real men
Only one country on earth ever pro-
duced men like these, with far the larg-
est percentage OF them coming from
this far Western land-miners from Gold
I field, Arizona, New Mexico, and even Old
/ Mexico; cattle men from Nebraska, Ok
lahoma, and Texas; fruit growers from
| California and oregon. lumbeTmen from
/ Washington and Vancouver; in fact, men
| Of every kind who have real red blood
+ in them and are not ashamed OF IL, mixed
with business men from New York. Phil
/ adelphia, and Chicago, all drawn here
/ together 10 see what they expected would
/ be the greatest battle ever fought for q
worlds heavyweight championship.
Reno may now pass of the map con-
tent and proud 1t made good with the
crowd. Everybody got plenty OF good
| food at a fair price. a comfortable bed
! and courteous treatment There was nc
boosting the prices.
| The smile was in the air, and nobody
nursed a crouch, no matter how hot the
day
Young Mclaughlin. graduate OF Wor-
/ cester Tech, accomplished the impossible
1 in getting his arena built Just think OF
II! Eight days before the bout, and not
stick Of timber was on the ground. and
yet he got it ready in time, and it was
good. substantial structure that bore
its burden without the shade Of al &C
cident
Everything went smoothly in the han
ding OF the crowd All found their seats
speedily. and there was no jostlIng OF
confusion. Richard and Gleason would
be a good pair TO help US handle ouI
Army-Navy crowds.
Richard Was Very Fair.
Richard. 7 thought, was very fair in
his refereeing, and he gave Johnson all
that was coming to him.
OF course. you know how pitifully one
sided the battle was
johnson would chaff and guy the one
time terror of the ring and suddenly,
when Jeffries was elinging TO him. that
awful left would be flashed against the
white mans Jaw, and every punch
brought his head up.
Poor old Jeff could not keep his head
out OF danger. hide II where he would
Johnson was always gradually working
into a position where he could. bring out
one or the other of those awful black
arms and almost lift JEFF from the floor
It was a sad thing to see. and there
was no cheering from that vast crowd
You could hear them groan as JEFF took
crack after crack.
If there was any conscience In hi:
trainers, they must have suffered whilS
this was on. for they had helped Il
bring him to this pass by not having the
nerve TO quit their jobs when Jeffries
in his stubbOrnness. was letting hi.
chances be killed by the way he go
ready for the bout
Might as well try to bring a tenni.
champion back to form by giving hin
walking exercises as expect a fighter 1,
regain form On the work that JEFF did.
And their idiotic confdencel
They told me the day before the fish
that the only fear they had was johnson
would quit so soon that the crowd wouIc
not get run for it's money!
They laughed at me when I tried Il
caution them.
feel sorry for Jen. for be was no
only licked to-day, but on every day o
his life the memory Of the massacre O
Reno viii taunt him. Always he vii
see that smiling black face. with thos.
elusive arms before it, and feel thos'
pile-driving blows that brought him I,
the floor in defeat
strain on Mrs. JefFr4es.
Mrs. Jeffries underwent a terr1bi
strain, so did faithful Brother Jack
Their suffering WIS acute.
Jenries' doctor told me that Johnson
triumph was assured after he close
Jeffries. eye
JEFF was nearly gone in the ninth, ant
again in the twelfth. It was eviden
Ia the thirteenth that It was only mat
ter Of time In the fourteenth Jeff go
little breathing spell. and he starte