The Cairo bulletin., 1910-07-02
LIST COMPLETED YESTERDAY
CHAS. WHITE TO BE ALTER.
!. NATE REFEREE.
RUMORs FLYING THICK
Al Kinds cfe Stories Got Out About
Jeffries, But All Proved False
Sued For Attorneys
Fees.

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side officers for the Jeffrics johnson
battle was completed today The Of
fcers are:
Tex Rickard. OF Nevada, referee.
Charles White. Of New York alter
nate referee.
Joe, F. Iarting, Of San Francisco,
timekeeper
Billy Jordan. of San Francisco, an.
nouncer.
Tim Sullivan. stake holder.
Tom Corbett of San Francisco, bet
ting commissioner.
All except Jordan are here,
Reno was much perturbed by ru-
nors today They are flying every
where, rumors about Jeffries, John
son. I,ickard and the referee; about
everything.
Rumors About Jeff.
Taking the Jeffries rumors This
morning rumor had it that he mad
broken his left forearm; at noon he
rupturcd blood vessel in the elbow;
at two o'clock he underwent an oper-
alton for appendicitis
Despite all this hard luck" JEFF.
fres wes Sufficiently recovered at
five o'clock to look up game of
cards.
The only real affliction of Jeffries
was one tnat threatened his pocket
hanE A -,,tt frxt. r..
fee was filed against him by local
lawyers, who drew up d contract CON
veying the fighters share ia tho NOV
ing watfres TO syndicate,
The lawyers claim they are entitled
to at least $50oO for their services.
Harting, the time keeper. has OF.
ficiated at 1,100 ring battles and came
to this country with Peter Jackson,
25 years ago, Harting said of JEFF
fries today: Il have never seen him
look SO well prepared as he is tod
ay."
Shook Hands With 200.
Jefflies shok hands with 200 Wis
itors, also posed for the moving pc
ture machine. Among his visitors
were John l.. Sullivan, George Hart
ing. Tommy Eurns, Abe Attell, Sam
Langford. Battling Nelson, Bill Lang
and Hugh Mcintosh.
Jeffries held an earnest conference
with Attel for nearly an hour. AT
tell was in Jack OBriens' corner
when Jack fought Johnson less than
year ago Tne bantam told Jeffries
that O'Brien made the negro look
foolish" on many occasions, and AZ
1ustrated the blows Jeffres should
use on Johnson. Atttll said:
Il think there Is nothing to it ex
cept jeff"
Tommy Burns said: johnson has
not got chance"
Sam Langford said: "Jeffries isl
the greatest of them ALL He's the
only man don't want to fight"
Jeffries did not WORK today, and
beyond four miles of road work John
son did not work today.
Johnson was in the sunniest mood
today. when asked how he felt he
said. "If I felt better ! would not
know what to do ! think it would
probably hurt me-"
Reno Is rapidly filling up. Every
body is talking fight Gambling hallsl
are wide open. Few seemed inclined
to bet The odds have dropped back
from 10 70 712 two days ago, to 10l
to 6h.
Betting Livens Up.
The betting has livened up. Tom
Corbett, betting commissioner, re-
ceived $4,000 from his brother Jim tol
place ON Jeffries and lattr received
$4,000 from New Yorker to wager
against $500 or better against John
son, f
y The trainers and other camp at
tendants of Johnson tonight raised al
purse said to be $4,000, which they
desire to bet at to 10. 1
johnson was measured today. His
figures are: M
Height feet "a inch; neck TN
chest. normal, 371s; expandes AN
biceps 16; forearm IAN; wrist 10ls
waist 80; thigh 23; calf Is; ankle