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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
@. q. SLOAN 4 CO., Inc, Ancts., 1zOT q s

~ w. aHoAN e CO.s Inc., Aucts.s I4o5 u 81
Regular Sale of Household Goods,
Office Furniture and Personal
Effects from the Chaplin Estate,
Fidelity Storage Co., a Promi-
nent Hotel and Private Owners,
All Within Our Rooms, 14o7 G
Street, Saturday. April 70, 1910,
Starting Promptly at 10 AM,
Comprising Upright and Grand Pianos. Brass
and Enameled Beds, Springs and Mattresses,
n. o. Library Tables. Bookcases Dining Tables.
China Closets, Antique Clocks, Settees. Couehes,
Pictures. sldeboards, Dining Chairs. Books. Brac-
a-brac. Chandeliers. Porch Screens. Deska. Mat
ting. Refrigsrators. Ice ChestA Bureaus, Wash
stands. Chiffoniers. Stands, Paflor Furniture.
LAnoleum, Gas Stoves, Kitchen Utensils, etc.,
etc.
AND AT II NJ,
Victoria, Harness. Saddles, Carriages, Autos, etc.
Terms: Cash.
ap2l-2t c. G. SLOAN CO., Inc.
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ADAM A. wEscHLER. AUcrroNEER.

Sale of the entire stock of Har-
ness, Saddles, Horse Clothing,
Lap Robes. English Sporting
Prints, by "Fores" Leather Nov
elites, Stable Requisites, Whips,
Horse Model. Fixtures, Cases,
etc, contained in premises No.
1871 Fl street northwest, known
as the London Saddlery,'
By public auction
Wednesday, April ~, 1910,
Commencing at 1890 o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-21
ap7-dAds, exSu

6ITHE ABOVE SALE IS POSTPONED on
account OF the inclement weather until MON
DAY, APRIL TWENTY-FIFTH 1910 At the
SAND Aoar1 and places.
HENRY II. BERGMANN,
GEORGE n. EMMERICH.
splo-d&ds,eSu Trustees.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19
AEROPLAHE
FLIES ACROSS
CHANNEL
Makes Successful
Flight From Dover to Calais
and Lands in Belgium Ora
hame-W Whites Machine Is
Wrecked,


t"s "os '""rhAi Dfs ""ei
Dover Eng Dec. iH'-NAahde Urn
h0me-Whfte. the English aviator who
recently won H. international Svta-
-
- N"Ps !" - p'' = H"u Z i"i
fo" escape from serious INJURY today.
Ills machine was wrecked ana he wtys
oatsly cut about the race.
Many a~tiatprs have been waiting
here Tor the last fortnight TO compete
Tor the prize OF $2o,9VV offered by
i3afon de Forest fer the longest flight
across tile English channel IN 1910.
n flight 70 be made by an English
man IN an English built machine.
Grahame-Whtte thus morning ascend-
"a Tor a trial flight IN a strong wind.
Ills mhehine began to rock and he
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19
BUSY YEAR FOR
GEOLOGIC
SURVEY
TAKES LEADING PART IN
WORK OF CONSERVATION
Heavy Withdrawal Of OIL Lands
n New Mexico and Elsewhere
Made ITO Secure Best
Use 0f Them,
Niarnips Journal Bureau
Al& Aunsta Bttttdi49

"HsHfnNt0H. r. Zee ~
Ths f@s4al gear ended June 80 tata.
was one af CREST aetitite for the tnit-
s4 states sociological survey. aa shown
ts the repoft 81 tho director now Ia
press lfs account ~ things UNDER
token anG accomplished ana tire anof-
NOUS growth Of file work lurine the
"a years ST tila aarNevA existence tes-
thy ~ the present wide aud varied
NfUnb 0f tho inVpNlt0H4ieaa.
III may ne recalled that the laat au-
nHai resort 81 fbls htgfcan directed
particular attention ~ iM accomplish
ment Aihnh conservation ltneH. It was
afated thAf tia specific contributions
ef tho survey ta e~ffiieai conservation
literature dufinA tine year we're Il
compilation ~ a large anount ~ mas
tefiai afniiabie GER publication through
ffA fraHttr channels advantage be-
ing taken ~ this opportunity to sc*
cure widss publicity for what IA reai-
it2 amounted "a X progress REPORT
The output during the fiscal year 1910
efnbeaies much material ~ q similar
character, The publications being Ia .
f8rge measure tlte cumulative results
of lhe work of former years.
While Displaying continual swlctlVifs
in itN field work alDnN ntN aud fresh
lines 81 ms estig4tien. the survey eneh
year draw moro and more heaYiig
for ita e1%naipAions Dor tho cxpefl
ene 81 former yeara n results af
tho hrgad lines III scientific inquiry
pursued during the earlier years Of
Its history The apparent trend ~
the dhs, however, II distinctly toward
the economic. 80 that now the anna-
IA statement "a accomplishment rang
4a Yfe fstM t4s4.fI la fs4444 N+4Df4Fa 80 Mf.4VLF
THAT laas 4 strictly ntiiitarian.hc3rlng
To The public Interested IN thiHRs
that are Clearly practical These two
extremes eftan closely ce.ordinnted,
may not appear 90 8sYtaiu any very in=
ilnnln ralAtInfi 10 eanh nthar. itnr ina
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19
WASHINGTON STATE
WANTS 1000 CATS
Pennsylvania Man Is Asked to
Pick Up Strays to Be Used
in Staying Gophers.


sharon, Pa, Dec. 1S.-S. S. Gilbert
has received a request from the state
Of WASHINGTON for Loo cats. The
request is made in a letter from Al
bert J. Randall, formerly OF sharon,
but NOW n resident of OkamUgan
county, in the western state. He writes
that he will visit Pennsylvania with
in a month To pick up all the stray
cats that can be delivered to him, for
which he is willing to pay a fair
price.
Mr.. Randall has associated with
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19


~ ihtlAu'a II t"e NRi
AooF'
~ INC ~ehaHaatf"i 81 INC tlfia ~
estieAti2lih ~ tfia ei1ssi ieltti"ti Mosa
h"affA iptVN"t w aettS 81
h"at t'tiit'tE ~ ~. i"4Ns
Fiph a,a9elssis ~,
'tN''"N'Nt W'h''FH"a' % '" i
y h.tA'@liet - we tRtiet
S7'tlha ~ htet ~ 81 tHt
tt $50 Il
I = PtitiH- n
I.
:, w.
'i.i1"V -
M, II 80 800. sT.t8ss..i
III, aaa s
nt. fsana ii IL nat vaftahie f.g aii.
gqsr tafat .fthdraVe8Ea ~ the efaee III
the year were 4|.547.t2f acres. IN his
report Tho director discusses the need
Of a comprehensive oil-land law at
The pftafnt time OIL iandx must be
Suffered under the gold-pitcef las
which IS ahsurdl8 Inadequate. tending
o. waste n even gross frau6a
MANY Power Sites Withdrawn.
g.a.t aettfgtg Is bangn i, "a. .sig~.
dr....t - ,4a =,
.
a., t-n*ektn., 10 III - asa,.eftaa,
~aaf.naa staS. - 80
- fnnag ttb.3,,. a,rta% tE+
49,. eta &c
an4a ~
49, asfnnt. Tt. tnts4 .4vnafn
~. stt@ av-,ts =. ~ ~
ne @ear .0.ra la - ,rhs
soa ta,.,.,ssar ur.nlau l. ,5rattte,tty
NM IL en- uasf nnarfsnt Co.. asbtab
tsetsfatta Il aats.d WthtIs ~. yaree,
bse m.da ,e.fs fnts,,asd +.
rane.e..a thn ester t.srars r. ~ nfh.
~ d,nSst. ~ dfrsrta,.s raa,,ort
esftuag 49, g{gnfrf..mt 49,. ar .varns
tb., u. tngsar sfs. sbet,A4 ~ III
i. a.. acnn4wo8 f1r e.ar,,1atdop
,n4., a~,ett,.r ,a,tsr
: s"'""'H"" - ".-'e'p 'h"9i'hhtf
nePo~i'@'
Tbe WORK Of determining = %ciassi-
wing the nations phosphate deposits
mas been vigorously continued. ~
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19

Brest. Dec. fS.-The municipality
today entertained the bluejaokets Of
the American battleships on n great
scale. Delegations Of French sailors,
soldiers and ~dockyard employees were
invited to meet the Americans, and
the guests were distributed around
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19

London, Dec. 1S.--Queen Mary's
a-couehement is expected il March.
This will be the first birth at Buck
ingham palace in fifty-four years. The
last child BORN to King George and
Queen Mary was Prince John Charles
July ~. 1906.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19

aeres previously withdrawn bot found
pn flcid examination % Dc uet under
laiB hy ~phvsphates.
Work Transferred TO the Burcan of
Mines.
Tia hureau ~ mines having been
ornanized on Jniy ! 1910. the direc-
tor ~ the geological surrey takes ot-
aston Ia his report To review the
work of the fechnniogie branch. az
that date transferred 90 The new
bureau This worh began ut the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition with a
small appropriation 1T $4,000 for
a~naiyzing ana testing the coal and
~liemites uf tile tnitet States under
the direction "a this gtoipgieal survey.
iater appropriations for tdel testing
added 70 this approximation $~l,35i.-
This branch Of the SURVEY also
S412,500 for the investiga-
tinn uf structural materials and 5000
600 for Investigations of mine accl-
dents. On july ] the fuel testing and
mine accident work was transferred
by act Of congress to the new bureau
Of mines. the structural material work
going to the bureau Of standards.
Much important work is shown by
the directors report to nave been ac-
q mplished under these appropriations
and the new burUiui Of mines, by the
~ the teehnoioaic organ MIA
ton, became at once q fuil-fledged
working bureau
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19

him several property owners deter
mined to rid Okanogan county Of
gophers that destroy garden and farm
lands.
Five thousand cats are to be
shipped to WASHINGTON by April I.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19

ieal condition; also testified that state reports showed that CO. pays
better wages than the average and he thought higher than any in
the state.
FB Nartin. Asst Supt, testified Grape-Nuts made Of Wheat,
Barley, Yeast and Water. anything else: NO, sir" Postum made
Of Wheat Wheat Bran and New Orleans Molasses. Statements
made ON his experience Of about 10 years with Co.
Testified bakers arc required TO wear fresh white suits changed
every other day. said had never known OF any Of the products
being sent out that were below The high standard Of inspection Asked
# amy one connected with the Postum @. had instructed him how
% testify SAID mo, sir"
Horace Brown testified has been with Go. 9 years Worked
IN GarcNus bake shop Testified the whole of the flour is com
posed Of Wheat and Barley. Atys. tried to confuse him, but he
insisted thar amy casual visitor could Sec that nothing else went into
the flour Said machinery and floors always kept clean.
So these men we're examined by the Weekly lawyers hop
ing 70 lind At least ONE who would say that some mder-grade grain
was put ID Q some mclean condition was found somewhere.
But il was no use.
Each and every man testified to The purity and cleanliness.
Na sample take The testimony Of Luther W Mayo.
Testified been with the Company about 10 wears. Nov working
in the bakery department making GrapeNms Testified that tile
ovens and floors are kept clean and the raw products as they 60 in
ae kept clean Nso that the wearing apparel Of the employees has
tohe changed three times a week.
. 10 YOU use Postum o. Grape-Nuts Yourself at all:
A. YES | use them at home
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Stork Is Due in March

All new vaudeville and pictures
tonight. Gem.
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xNtnce y extensive Aiu'ftF ~ io@s,
s1'iiN 49, ltahs NV .,teat ,se
th'f Il ~ n ha 1890,
1e4n n d".t4rrolnlne tho coal horizons
a III. nuttt, r,taI Land areas and
bs,tn directly contributed to the pro-
r+ss of ~. survey work IL piggr-
.f,.ig prosefnfiue the valuation and
Z. aaiNratian 81 TIM Specific Tonnage
ftsiW 81 tAe nubIIf coil lands I'll In.
alst,iua4 40-apre tracts
80. p-,hte-fnnd CoaI tnta,tIan@.
FL 800
f"A8 4 49,,
assssN y
y ~ i
'.' ~ a
y 9ta esa -
/" " eettsnaas
- 800 sab,a fnl
w" rgs@n, reg,fathaas tbs .atno
80 t.asa al
a 5000 ha,e rtn
tan m smre .a4 .ger t,nr-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19

All new vaudeville and p%.etaies
tonight. Gem.
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Get a turkey free. Gem.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-19
Work IN llaska.

~ AAaHlfa a large amount OF regu-
lar topographic and geologic work
with reference to deposits Of gold,
eeal. copper. etc, Yves accomplished
and special comprehensive plan was
formulated for making subdiyisionai
ffnd surveys IN the agricultural see
tions If the territory. This plan re-
suited IN & congressional appropriation
of ft04,o00 feir the work. which WAS
inaugnrafed this field season in eos
operation between the snryfA ana the
genera land office.
Extensive Work in Map Making.
The Topographic branch Includes a
large portio of the field service Of the
geological survey During tho year
36.fa9 square miles ~ the United
States proper werc t0pograIhicaily
surveyed in great detail. The topo-
are the man makers. They
make their maps in the field-0n the
grcund-and with the present highly
specialized Topographic corps the re-
suits combine remarkable accuracy
With an extensive output.
The survey has Us own engraving
plant. 1t Is the greatest map-enErav-
establishment. IN the United States
At least, and It's maps the w0rldsover
are accorded first place both in ac-
and beauty Of execution. More
over, this engraving plant grinas an
enormous number Of these maps ana
other engraved aud printed mater
ial. The total plumber Of maps and
miscellaneous printing delivered uur-
Ing the year WIS over "A million and
q third. nearly three and q half mill
lion rrlntines being required. as many
of the geologic maps are in eight or
cnlors.
Aa- III it'll -Ig 90 -
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The different restaurants 81 The city,
no u restaurant being large enoHsh
to Accommodate an.
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Get q turkey free. Gem.
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Mr.. Randall has associated with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-20
SPORT SPICE

baseball devo congratulate
Young of Cleveland the winning of his five hundredh
game pitching
the big leagues and that time has pitched than 500
Well we'll, leading games
the c. bunch ought about Gin that pennan en- what
It's shame that Spokane
the little better There ought be two three thou
the afternoon this week. this vital
OF the pennant race.
Internationally simply
Can brought here just
possible.
brilliant exhibition yesterday he
didn't deserve to win his He didn't strike out he hit
while batting Cartwright while standing
near first He soaked Emil Frisk twice
BY way pretty popular hereabou 1udng
by reception him when he arrived on the field just
in the nick of time play right and also bat
Erickson ingoously
naturally by the third
third whiting
of Bakers offerings up fowl crowd capped Wig
spherod
they still like Josh Bob
Baker being pretty
pitching yesterday he won't get credit for the
his sixteenth win this bp Bonner although
will get credit for the win Baker
made two nice sacrifices by the way
Jack Johnson is in the tolls again. says
police they have! all Irish
that's the easiest Gotham policeman break into
print
Judge Graham president the league
situation incidentally discussing
the eight club league.
he a Lynch game by
Russ Hall awing He continued his work in Tacoma yesterday
in the big
terday.
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hesitation and advised me to follow
his lead. He advised many another
to do the same, and some who were
hesitating got on hard and quick.
Now apropos of the fakes that
Little charges Johnson with perpe-
trating:
Remember that scrap the cham
pion had with AL Kaufman? And
how Kaufman managed to last 10
rounds, although badly beaten up?
/ didn't see that scrap but l did
see Jack Johnson and Kaufman box
day after day, at the Seal Rock
pavilion in San Francisco and later
at Kicks place In Reno, and know
that Johnson can beat Kaufman in
10 rounds any time he wants to. OF
course it has been said Johnson was
hog fat when he and Kaufman
fought, but even allowing for this,
it is pretty certain that had he de-
sired he could have stopped Kauf-
man.
As to the charge that the john
son-ketchei fight was framed in
advance and that the pair practiced
the knockout, am in ignorance, but
was told not once, but several
times by men on the coast who
ought to know IL anyone does, that
close friends Of ketcheI, including
one relative, bet on johnson to win
inside Of 10 rounds.
They do a lot Of funny things on
the coast. as witness the Moran Nc
Carthy battle and the Papke-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-20

Thomas thing. Moran permitted
Mccarthy to wear himself out for -
rounds, and then put over the blow
which proved fatal. Why? Becq
George Harvey bet McCarthX<
last Is rounds. Papke r.
on his feet after alnl4
him out in the third Y (l.
that landed harder thar . -
tended to, and as soon as t1e
teenth opened, and those Who -
on Thomas lasting Is rounds had
won, he walked out and slapped
poor Joe under the heart and col
lected the money.
Johnson maybe, as Little charges,
the biggest faker in the ring. and he
may be a much abused champion,
but some Of his fights are surely
surrounded with peculiar looking
halo.
There 10 one thing that you can
take as the real Mccoy, however,
and that 10 that johnson whipped
Jim Jeffries on the level, and that
the latter had no intimation OF any
frameup. Even Sam Berger, close
az he 10 to Jeffries, would not have
the nerve to approach the "big fel-
low" with proposition that he win
by buying of johnson. u Jeffries
hadn't been sure he would win he
never would have made the match,
and having made II he entered the
ring absolutely upon the square, and
his defeat was brought about hon
eettv,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-20
BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

VII tuC OutlOOh, July lO.J
I have always been fond of box
ing, and have always believed in it
as a vigorous, manly pastime, one
of those pastimes which have a dis
tinct moral and physical value, be-
cause they encourage such essen
tial virtues as courage, hardihood,
endurance and self-control. Until
within few years l used to box
a good deal myself, and when l
was young several times took part
in contests of a public or semi
public nature-generally, l am
bound to say, with i'll success. l
think boxing is sport which
should be encouraged among boys
and young men generally. l have
been glad to help it so far as !
could in the army and navy, where,
believe, 1t has been an excellent
thing for the enlisted men. When
l was police commissioner, the es-
adjustment of boxing clubs in
many of the poorer districts had
resulted in good; that is. it had
mott only given the vigorous young
fellows legitimate outlet for their
activities, but had also markedly
reduced the number of affrays in
which the knife was used. Boxing
had distinctly discouraged unfair
play.
Therefore, from every stand
point, l believe in the encourage
ment of boxing as sport. More
over, boxing as profession has it's
good side also. Among the men
whose friendship and regard l
have really valued could name a
number of ring champions. The
men to whom l refer I. found
square, decent men, who showed
themselves good citizens when
their good citizenship was tested.
approved of the movement in
this state which resulted in the
enactedment of law permitting
contests between professional
boxers, under conditions which
were meant to safeguard the sport
against brutality. l saw several
of these public boxing contests, in
which the intent Of the law was
carried out in good faith.
Nevertheless, abuses. crept in,
and. finally. one or two fights oc-
cured where the surrounding cir
were so scandalous
that when l was governor l was
to advocate, and finally to
secure, the repeal of the law un-
der which the contests took place.
Now this was my experience,
the experience of a man who, so
far from being prejudiced against
boxing. was and is a warm advo-
cate of it, and who, at the outset.
had not the slightest prejudice
against professional boxing-that
is, boxing for purses of money.
/ am sure that what has hap
pened in New York will happen in
the nation at large. and that prize
will be, as 1t ought to be,
in every state of the union.
The money prizes fought for are
and are a potent source
of Generalization in themselves.
while they are often so arranged as
either to be a premium on crooked
ness or else to reward nearly as
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-20
7. R. FAv0RS PR|zEF|GHTS,
BUT NOT THE RENO KIND

amply the man who fails as the
man who succeeds. The betting
and gambling upon the result are
thoroughly unhealthy, and the NOV
ing picture part of the proceedings
has introduced a new method of
money-getting and Generalization.
In addition, the last contest pro-
voked very unfortunate display of
race antagonism. I sincerely trust
that public sentiment will be so
aroused, and will make itself felt so
effectively, as to guarantee that
this is the last prize fight to take
place in the United States; and it
would be an admirable thing if
some method could be devised to
stop the exhibition of the moving
pictures taken thereof.
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STANDING OF NORTHWEST LEAGUE
motion PICTURE men PROMISED EFFRES WOULD WIN SAYS TIP WRIGHT

various motion picture companies.
I'VE have been asked to bid on
this fight and have verbal assurance
that Jeffries will win, and that the
fight will 90 at least IL rounds" !
was told. Later on, in San Fran
cisco, received. this statement, in
black and white, from the man who
first told the story to me.
Both verbally and later in writ
ing, was assured Jeffries was not
party to the scheme. Apparently
the men trying to put over the fake
realized it would be folly to attempt
to mix Jeffries in a fake fight, with
his knowledge.
Later on, talk of fake was
heard, and Johnson denied is posi-
lively. He proceeded to show that
it could not be made worth his
while to lose-and he talked con-
vincingly.
At Reno, on Sunday, July 8,
Frank McAvoy, a San Francisco at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-20

he saw how easy Jeffries was, or
whether he, as he declares, spurned
the offer to lay down, is something
l don't profess to know.
do know that a number of men
supposed to be "Wise" and ain the
know" took the Jeffries end. Among
the number was George considine
Of New York, who bet $4,000 with
Tom Corbett the night before the
fight, at the prevailing odds, which
helps to strengthen bribery story.
l know that George Little, when
managing Johnson, bet considerable
money that his man would win. He
bet much at even money to show, as
he said, his faith in the champion.
That he hedged at the ringside and
bet his money on Jeffries, is proof
conclusive to me that he expected
Jeffries to win. not on the level,
but because Johnson would take a
punch on the jaw and lay down.
Little told me this much without
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-07-20
FINDS ROMANCE IN HIS
TOBACCO

POTTSVILLE, Pa, July 90
Two weeks ago Spencer Harper of
Prospect Park found the name and
address of young woman of Jer-
sey City, N. j., inclosed in a pack
age of smoking tobacco, with a
note asking the finder to write.
Harper replied, and today he re-
ceived response with a request
that he forward his photograph to
the writer, who told quite num-
Der of facts regarding herself. Har-
per, who is an elderly bachelor, in
tends to comply with the request,
and his friends anticipate a 70.
nance.
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torpsyS' representing George Little,
told me positively that Johnson
would clay down to Jeffries In the
seventh round. So sure was he that
he offered to give me for the United
Press association, a signed state
ment to be placed in a safe until
after the fight, in which he would
call the turn.
l was introduced to McAvoy by
Little, who the next day, sitting at
the ringside, wagered $4,000 that
Jeffries would win. Little believed
Johnson intended to fake the fight.
Another thing that makes the
story reasonable is the fact that
just before the men entered the
ring at Reno, Johnson sent to JEFF
fries and demanded a 60 and 40 cut
of the purse, instead of the Is and
% originally agreed upon.
Now if Johnson had intended to
lay down, as has been charged, and
double crossed his seducers when