The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-04
GREATEST RING
FIGHT IN HISTORY
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which the black man will make against
/ Jeffries.
The rumor that Promoter Referee
/ Tex Richard will not act as third man
/ in the ring viii not down. 1t bobbed
I ND again with renewed life today, when
I II was whispered that Charley White
! Of New York. the alternate referee. had
/ confided to q friend that he fully eN-
| pected to be called upon at the last mo-
ment to act This was not possible OF
| confirmation, however. and Richard re-
iterated his intention Of officiating.
Mystery I'm Message.
The effort TO fill the blank in the
, twO-word message that the wires viii
| carry out OF here tOmorrow-answer-
/ ing II in a way that viii bring financial
profits turning heads gray today.
/ The real answer is getting so close
I that IL hurts. The wise ones" OF the
/ betting brigade never were further up
IN the air. They are still talking about
i the yellow streak and cant come
I back" but the betting sheets show n
| remarkable indecisiOn- Between the
| partisans the great mass Of fight fol-
I lowers is wavering. In the pool rooms
I ~ is 10 to 81 either way and even mon
/ ey that Jeffries wins i'm twenty rounds.
/ In the pari-mutuels the heavy play rs
that Jeffries viii win in twenty-five
/ This last day before the fight will be
/ remembered in Reno for many a long
year. At break OF day the sky was
I gray. and all during the morning black
| storm clouds were adrift in the hills,
\ but as the day wore on the wind cleared
| the sky. and the foothills were notified
/ with the gold OF the sunlight and the
| blue-black OF the cloud shadows.
| viii Il rain? VIII 10 be cold to-
morrow asked the strangers. And
/ the natives answered that I'm all prob
the melting pitch would glue the spec
I fatOrs TO their seats.
Arena the Mecca.
Despite the threatening weather. the
roads 10 the fighters camps were dot
I ted with vehicles of every description.
| Buses carried scores OF the humble
I out to the johnson headquarters. strug-
] Cling for right Of way with automo-
biles filled with gay groups Of sport
ing men and others bearing the stamp
/ Of wealth in their clothes.
] The road TO the Jeffries cottage was
one long procession. Outgoing parties
met automobiles which had just come
/ through the gaps in the Sierras, bear
ing men from the coast cities. All
I stopped at Moana Springs until the
place looked like camp meeting.
] Jeffries received his friends on the
lawn under the willow trees. He sat
| there most Of the day. playing cards
and chatting, no word OF the coming
fight on his lips and his face as in
sCrutable as ever. Men were on guard
at the gates to keep the unknown Gu
riOus out, but every inch OF room
around the cottage was filled with a
straining neck and gaping face. Not
n smile. net a frOwn escaped the ever
growing crowd.
Jeffries did absolutely no work dur
ing the day. He lOafed and dried
out" He did not give a sign that
the imminence OF the battle was per
turbing hts spirit He was thoroughly
glad that his heroic training was over
and he was ready to meet the test with
all Of his old-time spirit.
Turmoil of Spirit.
There was an uneasy restless move
ment noticeable among the trainers
and camp followers. Broken senten-
ces, over-emphasis Of conviction and
the part Of the white fighters init
mates, al least. there was consider
I able turmoil OF spirit.
Ragtime music told Of the approach
TO Johnson's resort. The arrival of
the great Delaney had lifted the spir-
its Of Johnson and his friends to the
pinnacle OF confidence. There was no
evidence Of what Was to come in a few
hours. Johnson did his road work in
the morning and then announced chat
he had reached his fightfg weight pos
pounds, and would step into the ring
at 205 Jeffries wilt not give out his
weight until tomorrow.
The roadhouse by the sparkling wa
| ters OF the TruclSee river. which John
son has made n house Of merrimcnt.
was filled all day with men and wo-
men. The only privacy allowed the
IL took two strong negroes to keep