The San Francisco call., 1910-07-06

fine sport, but it has attracted too much
criticism"
Fred wey. fan and capitalist of Salt
Lake City-"It is very unfortunate that
the race riots should mark the vic
tory of Johnson. I thought, up to the
time / heard of these running street
fights and murders, that the game was
in just as good a condition as ever.
But the public conscience can not toll
crate such lawlessness, and whatever is
the cause of it will be stopped. The
fight seems to have inspired d, certain
element TO bloodshed, and that is a very
heavy blow to pugilism. l felt that
the same crowd would travel across the
country again to witness a big fight,
but / am afraid there will be no place
in the union to hold one"
George f. Kerr, theatrical man of
New York-There Is not likely to be
another fight Of such general interest
as this in our generation. The condi
tions under which it was arranged
were unique. We had a negro cham
pion. This was resented by the
whites. Jeffries was forced into the
fight by public opinion as being the
only man equal to the task. He
worked down his weight and hardened
his muscles and made himself think he
was the same old JEFF without realiz-
and with 1T his power of absorbing
blows. I've talked with over 100 men
who put their money on Jeff on the
strength of his past performances and
belief that he was back in his old
form who still have confidence in his
good intentions. One of these men,
Clarence Berry, an oil man. backed
Jeff to the extent of $30,oo0.S They
all offer him their sympathy.
Seattle-"It was all press agents
dream. 1t is not worth talking about"
Alvah Wilson, assistant manager of
the st. Francis-"What interested me
most was the crowd and the manner
in which it was handled. It was one
Of the best behaved crowds in have
ever seen. The hotels did nobly. There
was no overcharge. Everybody was
courteous, and 1t seems that the Reno
folks set out to make a record of hos
pitality for their little town. The vis-
itors recognized that everything pos
sible was being done for their comfort
and accepted any of the little incon-
veniences that were met with a good
spirit
Arthur X. Lee, landowner and
rancher of Geyserville-I have seen
my last big fight, for 1t is the last that
is likely to be staged in this country.
Australia may be the scene OF some big
goes, but the game is ended here. JEFF
fries was not there, that is all. He
couldn't come back
Dave Argyle, sporting man and horse
man--"Jeffries was great disappoint-
ment: Any of the former champions
Sharkey, Corbett, -;zsimmons-could
have done better at Reno than he. He
was thoroughly outslassed. What the
future will mean to the boxing game
is hard to tell. 1t is fact that the
sporting public will, for time at least.
lose interest in the game
Sanford Hirsch, millionaire merchant
and sport lover of Portland, Ore
Never again! The affair at Reno was
the fiercest exhibition / ever saw in a
ring. The fighting game is killed If
my own judgment and that of every
one I have met count for anything
There vii lhaye to be a new genera
ton to fleece before another affair of
such magnitude as the last can be at
tempted. Most of the Reno crowd would
not go across the street to see another
championship fight now if the seats
were free. And this is by no means an
extreme view"