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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-06
TEX RICHARD CLEANED UP
ABOUT HUNDRED THOUSAND

RENO, New, July Swell, It's all
over, and l feel happy today" was Tex
Richards greeting to the newspapermen
when he came down to breakfast 1T
went through without a hitch, and we
hold the worlds record for attendance,
purse and receipts.
II don't know how much we took in.
The bank has not finished counting II,
but figure We will clear s100. 900 on the
gate receipts. besides our interest In
lheg pictures. There were 10000 people
in the arena. The seating capacity was
little over 10000. All the seats were
sold except three or four hundred, pos
sibly more, OF the $50 and $40 places
But there were couple of thousand
standing around the upper rim of the
arena so / am confident we hold the
record for Il prize fight crowd in this
country, II not In the world,
we still hold a sixth interest In the
pictures. We sold sixth interest before
the fight for S33. 333." and Rickard took
check for the amount from his coat
pocket and handed It around LAS II
stands now, neither Johnson nor Jeffrles
has any interest In the pictures jeff
ries sold his third for s56, 900 and John
son got $4,000 for his.
II don't want to look back over the
past few weeks, 1t Is too painful to
think Of. l can't forget 1t now that We
came through In such fine shape. 1t was
a wonderful crowd In many ways, No
one ever saw a more orderly one There
was practically no police protection but
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Is Any White Man Able
To Regain the Championship?

NEW YORK, July 5-For the first
time in the prize ring a negro is tho un-
disputed heavy weight champion OF the
world And what white man Is there In
slGht today who can wrest that title from
John Arthur johnson?
Ihat Is the question the fight followers
OF New York, as we'll as OF the whole
country are asking today. The only an
swer is an echo-"Who?" The only hope
any OF the fans can see today lies In Al
kaufman. but 1t is admitted generally
that this hope has not very solid foun-
dation' Kaufman. while young. big and
sLronS, has hardly given evidence as yet
OF those qualifications which make up a
first rate fighter, Aside from him the
pugDistic horizon can be scanned In vain.
Despite this situation, however follow
ers OF the game are cheering each other
Dy recalling some not too. ancient ring
history, II is pointed out that after Sui
Ivan had defeated Kilrain It was pre-
dlcted that no man could be found To
defeat the mighty John L., but along
came Jim Corbett. the young ex-banls
clerk, who sent Sullivan down to bitter
defeat.
Admirers OF Corbett, calling attention
to his admittedly great cleyerness and
quickness. were equally sure that there
was no man in sight to wrest the title
from him. And yet Bob Fllzsimmons, 81,
that time fighting as n middle weight
came out OF his class and took the crown
from Gentleman Jim. And so, they
reason. somewhere there may be ever
now sturdy youth who Is destined tc
bring the championship back TO the white
race.
1t may well be doubted If any even,
ever Interested 80 many New Yorlsers al
one time. A crowd estimated TO contain
not less than 10000 persons blocked The
streets and open spaces In front OF the
bulletin board OF one uptown newspa per
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NOT MUCH TROUBLE
IN THE WINDY CITY

CHICAGO, July although Chicago
Is the home OF Jack Johnson and most OF
Its colored population boasts OF some ac-
Quaintance with him. the celebration OF
his victory did not result In oyerburden-
ing municipal courts today. Thirty-siX
men were arraigned, The police force In
the 'black belt was doubled last night
but the bluecoats were disposed to lot
the negroes have their fling and made
no arrests where another course was pos
sible.
The judges, too, were lenient today and
let the offenders Oft lightly.
Mrs, Tiny Johnson. mother OF the
champion. received the homage OF friends
and strangers alike at her home. 3Sii
Wabash avenue. She was particularly
proud Of the newspaper quotation in
which Johnson. after the fight. said: II
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STABLE OF HORSES IS
SUSPENDED AT LAT0NIA

LATONIA, July The stable of H. G.
BedWell. probably the largest now racing
at Latonia. was suspended previous to
the hrst race today, pending an fnvesti-
cation. Nadzu, an entry from this stable.
was excused from the sixth race Monday
at the request OF Bedwell. he stating IL
was apparent that the horse had been
stimulated This was found to be true
and the judges took action
Jockeys Brannan and Austin were pun
isned for rough riding In the first and
second races. Brannan was fined and
suspended for the rest of the meeting and
Austin was fined.
First race. four and one-half furlongs-
Helen Burnett. won: Artemesia. second;
Dottie B. third. Time. "a Is. Helen
Burnett. straight, SIS, Artemesla. place,
s1i.30. Dottic B. show. $3.50.
Second race. five furlongs-Sydney r.
Won; Volthorpe, second Forehand, third.
Time. 100. Sydney R. straight $40;
Wolthorpe. place. S22.30; Forehand, show.
Third race, six furlongs : Howdy-
Howdy' Won; Dictlon, second Jonn Caf-
Howdy. straight. ss.4o. Diction. place.
$40; John Cafferati, show. S11.4o
Fourth race. mile and twenty yards
Friend Harry, won; Foxy Mary, second:
Emperor william third Time. 1:4O.
Friend Harry. straight, $50: Foxy Mary.
place. $3.50, Emperor William, show.
Fifth race, six furlongs-King of YoIo.
won: Duquesne, second; Dainty Dame,
third. Time 1:13 As. King of Yolo.
straight. $40; Duquesne, place. $3.50;
Dainty Dame. show. $50.
Mique o'Brien. won ST. nario. second:
Golconda. third Time, ,1:59 s-5: Mique
Golconda. $3.50, show.
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and other crowds, in the aggregate tens
OF thousands more. stood in front OF
other bulletins, or filed public places
where the returns from Reno were be-
Ing roceived
The Johnson adherents in these crowds
appeared TO be outnumbered ten TO one.
In the early part OF the fight. when Jefr-
ries at times landed q good blow or
eVaoed one, the crowds cheered. Along
toward the last of the battle these DEM
onstrations grew less and less. although
the Jeffries followers still hoped ten
aciously for the best
In the eleventh round the ticker serv-
Ice, after describing one mixup, reported
,'Johnson winked at the crowd
He S wlnking goodbye" said one jeff
ries man, and the crowd tried hard 10
believe IT,
AT most places the report OF the fatal
ffteenth round was received with almost
dead silence. The crowds melted away
dejectedly. II was as II they were going
from n funeral.
II was harvest for the newsboys
Extras began coming or the presses OF
oil the evening papers as soon as the
bare result was flashed from the arena,
Other extras followed In rapid succession
and the papers went like the provcrbial
hotcakes. Residents OF sections Into
which newsboys rarely penetrate were
summoned from the streets by cries OF
Extra! All about the big aght!'
Not all the papers were bought by
men Thousands OF women betrayed as
much interest In the big fight as was
shown by the men.
At Cedarhurst, l.. l.. n polo match or
the grounds of the Rockaway Hunting
club was suspended while the players and
spectators alike listened to the reading
of fight bulletins.
And the question still Is. ''who will
beat Jack Johnson?''
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Back to Salt Lake Tuesday afternoon
came Frank BotterIll. 8. 4. Whitney,
Lawrence Green and Jack Groesbeck part
OF the dlsgusted crowd OF Salt Lakers
who Witnessed the Jeffries- Johnson con-
test at Reno on the Fourth. In speak
Ing about the fight, Mr. Botteril said
that II was disappointment all the way
through. Jeffries showed no class at all,
he said, while the black man was every
where. Mr.; Botlerlll. who is the manager
here for the Tom Botterill Automobile
company, with the above mentioned
party. made trip to San Francisco in
Pierce arrow cars for the purpose OF wit
Messing the big fight, No mishaps were
encountered on the trip and II was most
enjoyable
The party also accompanied Mayor
Bransford's party from San Francisco to
Keno, where the entire crowd had choice
seats In the arena, The mayors party.
consisting OF Mayor John S. Bransford.
wallace Bransford and others innmedi
ately following the fight went direct to
the coast. whero they contemplate spend
Ing some time before returning to this
city,
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NAMES OF PRODUCERS OF
BAD ICE GIVEN TO PUBLIC
Special TO The Tribune.

OGDEN, July 5.-The city board Of
health today made public the names OF
the Ice dealers whose Ice is condemned
by the state food and health authorities
recently and the people were advised not
10 use such Ice, The report OF the board
says that the Ice harvested by James &.
Son and the ice from tho Smuin pond of
The Ogden City ice company and that
harvested by George Trcceder shall be
condemned for human consumption
The report further states, though, that
the Ice so condemned may be used for
storage purposes, but that 1t can be sold
In the city only from wagons or other We
hicles. on which are placed q sign on each
side bearing the following words; Storage
ice only"
The Ice men are given six DAYS to place
these signs on their wagons and the pub
lie is warned against the use of the ice
condemned, except that It may be placed
In refrigerators. but no food substance
shall be permitted to come in contact
with 1T, The report further says that the
Ice harvested by the Ogden City Ice COM
pany from the Farr ice pond near the
mouth of Ogden canyon, the artificial Ice
manufactured by the Becker Brewing
company and the Ice harvested by the T.
w. Horn & Sons company have been
proved by analysis to be practically free
from deleterlous matter and the owners
of the plants are authorized to offer their
Ice Cor sale for human consumption.
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In spite Of this 10000 men camo here,
went through every sort of discomfort
In the way OF travel loss OF sleep and
meals, sat In a broiling sun for two
hours. and yet there was not the least
sign OF disorder.
The only time that there was any-
thing like disorder was when the crowd
AT the gates. clamorng for tickets be-
came so large that II threatened to wreck
the box office. Then l got up on the
ticket booth and handed down tickets as
iast as ! could and Gleason knocked a
hole In the fence and took cash from all
comers for admission without ticket He
must have collected three or four thou
sand In cash at this hole. took In sew
eral thousand accepting whatever was
handed me. A lot OF tho fellows handed
me Two and fiye-dollar bills, but | let
II go at that. and they saw the fight
mighty cheap.
',As to the night Itself YOU all saw II
and can judge Of Jeffries's chances as
well as l could. I saw after Jeffrles got
thnt jolt that closed his eye that John
son had IT on him in every way. He
didn't have the steam. There was no
snap and his footwork was slow
While Jeff was not counted out Ber.
ger getting In the ring before the count
OF ten, he could not. I believe have
got up again II he had he would have
oeen such a defenseless mark | dom [
mink L would have allowed johnson to
MT him. but would have given a deci-
SION then and there"
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"PEANUTS" WINS IN
SEVENTEENTH ROUND
Continued From Preceding Page.
Sinclair Faster.

count twice during the round, went to
his corner crying like a child.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-06
WORLDS RECORDS ARE
BEATEN AT AERO MEET

BETHANY PLAIN Rheims. July .
The speed contests today in the lnterna-
tiona aviation meet were productive OF
remarkable flying by the monopianes. Ie
Blanc with a Blcriot machine, beat the
worlds record for 100 kilometers (62
milcs), covering the distance in one hour
sixteen minutes and eleven seconds. He
also established new records al 80. 80
and 80 kilometers.
Morane also using a Bleriot machine
beat the worlds record for 20 kilometers
az 500 miles his time being IS minutes
and s seconds.
LIE Blanc. Latham and La Bouchere,
oil monoplansts. qualified 10 represent
France In the Gordon Bennett contest
In the United States
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CELEBRATES;
4 THE GREATEST EVER
Nal 10 The Tribune.


|f0cATELLO. July 5.-What was prob
n the most elaborate celebration. in
Cnsrnoration OF the birth Of the ma
= that has ever been held in Poca-
70 was had yesterday. when the whole
N eqmmenclng with the sunrise salute
4 closing with the Thompson sullivan
y. al ii o'clock p. m, was given over
reasurc by the thousands OF people
had gathered in the Gate CITY.
ss parade was one Of the most elab-
ne ever seen in Pocatello. Among
for Hall Indians decked in their
'aihen and war paint mounted on their
2esss and singing Indian songS and
PIG war whoops. which was a rare
"a! 10 many Of the visitors. Another
fhi feature Of the parade was the
:ence OF the Royal italian band from
LAKE.. one OF the best musical or
'p5ailons Of the intermountain country.
20 together with Pocatello's excellent
furnished the choicest music. The
Pated autos came in for their share
Lhvorab!c comment as one of the spe-
iea'urcs Of the parade. About fifty
% ~ decorated In red. white and blue
.neipated In the parade.
tes Mces In the afternoon were largely
'sraed Notwithstanding the disagree
Wind that blew. After the races
uvy"ds gathered at the East Side
psu pau park 10 watch the crack team
sossteilo cross bats with the Black
uaseDall team, which resulted In
5v'e OF 10 TO ] In favor OF Pocatello.
ins program for the day closed with
<ssu <sn,ne contest al IL o'clock at night.
,,ue az thompson and Pete Sullivan be-
ms PRINCIPALS. Thompson and Sulli-
-rra 'e. dt Pocatcllo several years ago
T,s e,ss inc National Woolgrowers' con-
Hr Hr0I ana fought twenty rounds to a
|spS anocking Sullivan out In the eighth
S''srnor srS Brady was present during the
.fesa l t at y clock delivered n brief
a h.m rom his carriage near tho Ban
|eker r0'a,, he was followed by Ezra
la b,,r.nc .nc distinguished trail blazer
4 eSabppehed to be in Pocatello with
aeeker and Gover1or Cove no 'i.T RraSv SSe"Ster, werc
their4 eiS4naIy ,n app!audcd during the course
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lews of lntermountain Region
THREATENING WITH GUN
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY
Special to Tho Tribune.

Special to The Tribune
OGDEN, July 5.-Alexandor Ironsdes
WAS arraigned in Judge Murphys court
today on the charge OF assault with a
deadly weapon, He pleaded guilty ant
was sentenced TO pay fine OF $50 oil
serve fifty days in the city jail. Iron
SIDES chose the former and deposited a
500 check with the desk sergeant.
Saturday afternoon Ironsldes, who is a
cement worker. went to the clerk OF tho
j. +. O'Neill Construction company foI
u payment on account. Quayie Cannon
son OF former Senator Frank j. Cannon
secretary for the company. handed the
man check for $50, but Ironsides was
not content with that amount. He said
he wanted more. and when Cannon told
him he could give him no more until
the measurement OF his work had been
turned In, he drew revolver and threat
ened Cannon.
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Sinclair Faster.
Sinclair has heavier delivery than
Erlenborn and perhaps Is q shade fast
er on his feet, but what won him the
night was his terrific uppercut, which he
used 10 advantage. Young Erlenborn
was the more experienced Of the TWO,
and showed cooler head. better calcu-
lation and more generaiship.
Erlenborn owes his defeat solely to the
dangerous right OF Peanuts" Those
who witnessed the bout say it was one
of the most clever pieces OF pugilism ever
put before the public IN this state.
in the grandstand and they seemed
among the most Interested OF the spec
tators, So far as the contest was con-
cerned, there was never Il dull or slow
moment in II, and every round was just
a little faster than the one before. Sin
clair has a tender face and Young Err
lenborn found his nose In the first
round. and later cut his cheek 10 the
was In one OF these two places that
nearly every blow of Erlenborn's landed.
Sinclair bled profusely throughout the
whole number OF rounds. but never was
there an instant while he was on his
feet that he was not forcing the fight
Ing, Erlenhorn adopting defensive tao
ties early In the game and maintaining
them throughout.
Both boys are perhaps the most scien-
tinc opponents of the boxing art tina,
ever faced each other in this city. and
not once did the referee have TO caution
either concerning an infringement of the
rules. When Young Erlenborn was once
backed through the ropes and went TO
his knee, his adversary scorned to take
advantage OF the opening. but stood back,
giving him plenty OF time and room 10
get UP again. The decision OF Referee
Bean was satisfactory 10 all.
The $1,000 purse was divided. so per
cent To the winner and 40 per cent 10
the loser, More than 1900 people wit
messed the contest.
Two red-bot prelmlnaries We're pulled
off before the main bout. The first was
between Tommy Sullivan OF Limerick
Ireland, and Jack Kanner OF Salt Lake,
which went four rounds. Sullivan get
ting the big end OF the gate money on
points. The other bout was betweon
Harley Ross OF Garfield and Young
Forbes of ST, Louis This was q draw.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-06
GOOD CARD PROMISED
FOR D0WNEY BENEFIT

A good card is promised for the Jack
Downey benefit show TO be held at the
auditorium on Richards street by the
Salt Lake Athletic club Thursday night.
The feature OF the card will be bout
between Young Erlenborn and Jack Roe-
ers. both lightweights,
Other features OF the card will be bouts
between Kid Rose and Jimmie Rhine.
Jimmie Reagen and Tommy Sullivan, and
Young Lefty and Young Laulon. The
proceeds from the show will be given to
Jack Downey. who sustained an injury
10 his left leg at the auditorium several
weeks ago. Downey Is now just able TO
be around
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-06
YOUNG WOMAN AUT0IST
TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK

Miss Blanche Stuart Scott OF Roches-
ter. ~ Y, the intrepid young woman who
is driving an Overland car 5000 miles
without assistance is due TO reach salt
Lake Thursday or Friday, Dick Reim-
er of tho Consolidated wagon and Mo
chine company left Tuesday In an Over
land for Rawlins, Wyo.. where he VIII
meet the young woman and, with George
T.. Oden and others in n Franklin, Will
pilot Miss Stuart 10 Salt Lake, where
preparations for a reception In her honor
are being made.
While here Miss Stuart will be taken
about the city and the various points OF
interest taken in,
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BOTH PUGILISTS
MAKE A FORTUNE
Continued from Page One.

he was little nervous and that he
would get over it in the fight
HWhen ] asked him today what he
remembered from the time he entered
the ring he replied:
"'Well l remember sitting in the
corner and getting up and not being
don It remember much about what
did -
A New Yorker who came out to see
the fight was taken i'll and was oper-
ated upon while the fight was going on,
When he came to his senses his first
words were:
"Who womb
He was not. told until today, and
when he heard the name of johnson
he turned over with his face to the
wall and groaned.
This expresses the general sentiment
fairly well.
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New Lincoln Anecdote.

Jaspar Alban Couant tells the follow
ing new apecdotc OF Lincoln in the June
Metropolitan magazine:
"One OF the comic0l characters In
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whom Lincoln appointed commissioner of
agriCuture-a nav office Just created by
congress- Newton. who tried and at the
same time amused the president. had
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Hearing which. I could not refrain
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flee.
Because | think he's competent
enough to attend TO all the agriculture
we Will have till the war is ended was
the answer
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WAS BORN IN MALAD:
KILLED In MONTANA
Special to The Tribune.

MALAD, Idaho, July A dispatch
from Boulder, Mont. was received here
today containing The intelligence OF the
death at o'clock this morning OF Mrs.
George Hart, VINO was fatally injured
In the terrible explosion which occurred
at that place Thursday In which her
husband George Hart, and their infant
daughter were killed outright, and her
sister. Gladys MIfflin. dangerously In
Jured.
Mrs Hart was born here "a years ago:
and Miss Mifflin also is a native Of
this place, where they have many rela-
tives and friends who are nnspeakably
shocked by the terrible affair. ,,,
Mrs Hart's brothers, n II, Mifflin,
7 M NIifflin and Ed Mifflin. residents
OF this city leave here today for Boulder,
Mrs. w j. Williams OF Cherrycreek,
this valley. eldest sister OF MRS. Hart
and Miss Mifnin is prostrated by grief,
There is still hope for the recovery OF
Miss Mifflin
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BAD WATER MAY HAVE
WEAKENED EXCLAMATION
Special to The Tribune.

RENO, New. July 5.-Without attempt
ing TO excuse Jeff's failure yesterday.
permit me to tell what one of his train
ers told me this morning, For the past
nFe days the big fellow has been the
victim of mild form OF dysentery, the
result Of his drinking the local water.
wnich contains large percentage of al
kan matter. Johnson brought mis- own
water from San Francisco and II was
the same he had been drinking for sew
eral weeks, even in the ring there was
huge carboy of II for him. Jelr haG
oeen drinking mountain water at Ro-
mountain water here would be the same.
1t was not. and 1t got To him. as IL has
10 me and nearly all the men / know
who have come here within the past
week. At the ringside yesterday three
men who sat beside me- as we'll as my
self. had cramps in the stomach and
were weak In the lntestines. The train
er tells me Jeft was in similar condi-
ton.
We had all been drinking the same
water. However. l do not believe that
the result would have been much differ
ent even had the water been right. jeff
night, but he was doomed when the
match was made, AT the same time he
didn't show in the right form he showed
week ago in the training camp. In
his dressing room. twenty minutes after
the fight. friend said: Don't feel so
bad, Jim
Feel bad"' exclaimed jeff through bis
swollen lips. IL feel rotten! Why conceal
It, But ! want TO tell you one thing
I'll not cry over this. ! was whipped
fairly. and I'll take my medicine | may
not be the fighter l once was, but I'm
just as much OF man as I ever was
and I'm not going to pieces, I'll not go
TO drinking or anything like that after
this, I'll just so back to the ranch and
try to put 1t behind me. Nobody will
ever see me IN public again"
But il YOU had only" interrupted
the friend
"Cut that out" said Jen. i've not an
excuse To make. i was In the hest con-
d!tlon I could get into and I was COM
pletely whipped by a better man"
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Quakers Victorious,

es-Johnslone and Moran.