The Washington herald., 1910-07-04


TEX RICHARD.
Of Australia, would favor them. Burns
didn't try to efface himself from the land
scape, and he protested only as much as
decency required when he was seized by
enthusiastic friends and hoisted 10 q
stenOgrapher's table. The Australian ex-
champions reception was not unmixed
with some unpleasant features. When he
said that he thought that the Australian
sports were the best in the world, some
body in the back OF the room gave an
obligato cat call. How about Richard %
somebody else wanted to know. "Oh, he's
a jolly good fellow. all right" Mr. Burns
qualified, but 1 mean in general, you
know. And 1 viii say that poor old Fitz
was a good fighter in his day, although
his day has long passed. I've fought a
few lemons in my time" How about
Johnson "Well, ! viii say that any
bloke that has to so TO a hospital the
day after a fight hasn't had It his own
way all the time"
Angry and Reminiscent.
The Australian person was distinctly
angered at the voluntary remarks which
were punctuating his address. Some OF
his admirers suggested in a loud tone OF
voice that the guys who were buttine
In should be taken out In the street and
kicked TO death. After that Burns gain
ed more respectful audience, and he
went on TO say that even though John
son had got the decision over him. he
Burns, knew d. well that If they
had only let him fight on that Christmas
Day there would have been a far, far
different story to tell.
BY this time Proprietor Frank Golden
had begun 70 believe that the crucial
moment had arrived. wherein his tenn
porary guests would begin to destroy the
furniture. that being a logical sequence
Of all Nevada joy, He therefore, re-
sorted to strategy. Selling former Sen
atOr Thomas Kearns, of Utah, by one
arm and ex-Champion John L. Sullivan
by the other, Golden rushed the two
through the front door into the middle
Of the street as il ne were going 10 have
a secret conference with them. The very
hint Of a secret conference drew a crowd
out Of the front door Ike molasses out
of a hot barrel. and for the space OF
about five minutes there was elbow room
in the corridors. But before long tbs
hundreds jarnmed themselves back into
the hotel lobby and there they stuck IN
til midnight. so close that they were
standing on each others feet and nearly
smoking one anothers' cigars. All the
crowd wanted TO do was to see a celeb
rity, no matter of what caste. to cheer
him every time he turned around. and 70
assure everybody in hearing that large
time was coming on Monday.
booksellers Are Busy.
Despite the fact that to-day is Sunday
and that ali gambling games are closed.
the Nevada law does not seem to affect
pool selling. Tom Corbett's betting place
over jim Mays was crowded from morn
Ing to night, and Lawyers. a rival insti-
tuition across the street. had in front of
il an announcer with 20-horsepower
lungs who did not let the crowd forget
that inside were TO be had odds at a half
point better on Johnson that Corbett was
giving.
Corbett said to-day that In the three
days he has been doing business he had
handled $4,000 This was smaller sum
than he had expected, but he believed
Ailal Will ND-Ncf ASit anu TIE llildt JUDD
for pools before the battle opened. $780,
900 viii have passed through his hands.
A good many New York friends of
Brother jim COrbett have given him
commissions to place in the poolrooms,
but so far these sums have been small.
Between $4,000 and $1,000 represents about
all that New York has cared to bet here
on the ground Mr. Thornley, the New
York florist, who came in on the train
two days ago with Charlie White, has
given Tom Corbett $500 to bet on JEFF
fries at the prevailing odds of 10 TO 61k
a ratio which has remained steady ever
since Corbett opened his poolroom here.
Tom Jones, the manager of Ad VOL
CAST, is betting all that he has and
some of Wolgast's money on the white
man. Wolgast. incidentally, seems to be
the only living prize fighter out of an
asylum who is not present on this inter-
estfng occasion.
He's Betting on johnson.
"Goldfield' Healey. who used TO be a
partner of Nat Goodwin in various min
ing ventures here, is taking the Johnson
end Of the betting He has 5000 down
az 7 TO 10 the odds offered by LAWYERS
room. aud says he will drop another
$1,000 just the minute that the odds get
better-if they do.
Everybody here seems 10 be waiting
for Nose Gunst, the San Francisco cigar
dealer and heavyweight local sport. to
drop in on Reno. II is whispered Cat
the minute Gunst arrives in town there
is going TO be lots Of johnson money in
sight. Some say that he has $4,000 to
place on the negro. Jack Ripper, who
is a partner in Jeffries' Los Angeles sa-
loon. is on the ground waiting for Gunst
with enough money from the Jeffries
admiIers in the Southern town to cover
every dollar, so he says, that Gunst
may care TO wager.
The briskest betting is in the piker
class, wherein 81 will buy a Paris mutuel
ticket on the number of rounds that the
fight will go. In COrbetts place the
heaviest betting in this line indicates the
general belief that the fight will last
twenty-five rounds. and there are not
many willing to wager that johnson will
win even after that time. At LAWYER
place there are a good many bets of
even money that Johnson will last ff-
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