Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-27
FILLING UP
FOR FIGHT NOW
But WEEK AWAY
jeff Was Not to Be Seen at His
Camp Yesterday, but Johnson
Works Out at His Abode.
Sparring Partners Didn't Help
Him Much.
RENO, New, June q.

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rays peat down on the spec
tators with almost tropic In
tensity. Also there is dust. 1t lies
thick and finely powdered on the roads
that lead to the rival fight camps n
a procession of plunging automobiles
journeying to and from churns 1t up
constantly.
But neither heat nor dust sens to
be troubling either the black giant or
the white giant, who a week from to-
day are to meet in conflict that mas
riveted worldwide attention and Is
Turing to the Nevada town eager pa
irons from the four corners Of the
earth.
Yesterday IA like Circus day" In
an average American town, but there
we're two show grounds, the camps OF
the fighters. That of Jeffries, being
on a car line and therefore accessible
to the pleasure-seeking multitudes,
drew much the larger crowds, and from
early morning till dusk generous
gatherings thronged the gray shad-
owed lawns and resorts of Moana
Springs. No one seemed greatly disap-
pointed that Jeffries was not visible.
All were content to be merely an In
tegral part of a gay and care-free as
sembly.
On the porch of a refreshment pa
wilton a man played a piano and san
to an appreciative audience that
clamored for rag-time encores to sentl-
mental ballads. A baseball game be-
stnyesn members of the camp and the
..yssT correspondents" as the W
paper men are called, captured a large
section of the shifting crowd. Within
the main building roulette wheels
clicked endlessly and the little white
balls were watched with straining eyes
nv women as well as by men. Visitors
from the east wondered at that Ihes
wondered. too, on returning to the
city at the fact that h big uptown
gambling bells were almost describes
and the tables OF chance covered with
green cloths. 1t was explained That d
municipal law permits no gambling on
Sunday, except poker and otner caro
games played without the aid OF me-
chanical devices.
Out at Johnson's amp h main at
traction of the day was h boxing
bouts in which the negro engaged WIN
All. Kaufman and Walter
one of the latest recruits to his train
ing corps. Here the carnival spirit
that characterized Moana Springs was
lacking. The visitors were mostly
men-expert critics and ring followers
anxious TO 'get a line" on the condl-
ton Of the champion.
.Johnson's second workout here was
not nearly so impressive as the one
Of the day before, though 1t was not
the champions fault In any particular
His sparring partners were Responsible
for the rather tame nature or the pro-
ceedines. and the spectators were con-
WINGED that johnson, had he been
called upon to extend himself, would
have shown all the cl~everness n
speed required.
Kaufman gave a fairly good account
OF himself, but the high altitude mas
ir,,tated a nasal trouble with winch
he has recently been suffering, anu
he was In poor shape to test the
mettle of the champion. was
In no trim at all. johnson mauied
him about at will and seemed very
much disappointed that no interfer-
ence was offered his vigorous on
slaughts. All agreed that the thin air
has produced no apparent effect on
Johnson's breathing, and he looked ut
as a fiddle as he stepped off the plat
form and returned to his quarters.
The champion plans to box daily
until Saturday, when he will taper OH
his training with light exercise ana
gather his forces for the great battle.
Promoter Richard Is endeavorlng 10
take a much-needed rest from MS
feverish activities of the last ten days.
He is concerning himself o prin-
cipally with the sale of tickets ana
the building of the arena.
Reno is rapidly filing up with the
vanguard Of the fight crowd. Every
train puts down its quota of visitors
n the number of women arrivals Is
expected 10 increase steadily from n'w'
until the Fourth. The main INVASION
II is thought, will begin about Friday.
Among the newcomers are not a rev
adventurous youths from the COAST
who have managed to elude vigilant
%trainnen while riding brakes and the
blind baggage. On one of the over
land trains from San Francisco yester-
day twenty of these knights or the
road were captured by railroad detec-
tives at Summit. near the snowslleds.
In the lot was a lame boy who had
draeged himself with his crutch and a
bundle Of magazines to a sequestered
eeat on the innermost section of a car
..ay- ITo +no wae haIipd for RpuO