The sun., 1910-06-28

continue The work ot training. There Is
q buHa of admiration In the group Of
women when after a quick battery firs Of
blows the big crOuching fighter suddenly
lifts berKer's guarding right with a sweep
OF his tist and brushes his right into BeT-
gers stomach. Thsn for the fret time a
human emotion seems TO appear on the
| face Ot the fighter. Tie laughs and all the
chorus Of spectators has,ens 20 jain IN the
laugh.
Rows that for hiGhi' saws JeIries.
and he CONTINUES his work Of practising
crushing blows on Bergcra body. only he
- morr careful In the future 10 put q
-pull' on his arm.
After Berger come Choynski and Cor
bett the two live old boxers. and for the
space OF about twenty minutes the eK-
champion has ample opportunity 10
praCtiae all he knows % the art Of block
ing. while az the same time he tries 10
place potent blows on the white skin
With ~ much energy ~ Il q we're - black
pelt In front og him.
For forty-fye minutes Of breaihloss
boxing the spectators have all their er %
pectatiOnr Ot thTilla and ahOcks fulnllei
Then at the end the biR man Npeuds ten
minutes more In neck 10 neck wrestling &
with Farmer Burns, one Of the most
humble Of the camp mAnipulatora. Amer
this Nith the same serious husiness air
Jedries stalks on TO his rubbing rOom To
be kneaded and maulet Al the hands Of
his maNaeura
MeAnWhile the knot of spectators under
the cottonwood trees breaks into little
groups, each one centred about some one
OF the training camp. and in Awrsiruck
whispers they discuss the significance Of
the ceremony a. the Prime Ministers Of
European Powers wOuld confer on the
benefits 20 accrue from some carefully
arranged imperial marriage
Then all the writers dash for the first
car fOr Keno. and - they hang On the
straDs with one hand they OOmparc notes
among themselves and indulge IN
prophecy based upon the mysteries
which have Just bsen laid before them
No the ceremony at MOana Springs comes
20 its conclusion
A far different spectacle II that which
Reno. or ~ beast that PARTON u Keno
which can AFFORD - ride IN autos. attends
In the afternoon uut AZ RiCks's rOathOtise
On the Carson City road
This i a vaudeville performance with
a pleasurabl, dash ~ excitsnirnt thrown
in intermittsntv There are said 20 be
I'D automobiles IN this little desert city
a. present and all one has 10 DO - get 70
Champion lOhuspa's training quarters
.
dollar gold piece up 10 the sun.
The PROCESSION Of gAsOlcua vVhicles
hegius - stream Out over the eastern
rOad a. about O'Clock II takes fifteen
minutes % make the run, provided that
there are no accidents The end Of the
tourney comes When the autos Chug into
the front ward ~ the large white hotel,
the front steps of which are heavily drAped
with citizens
Custom has established il ~ the proper
thing Immediately upon arrivPl 10 enter
the pa-lOr without the fOrmElty u remov-
ing one = hAt and there - take ones DlAce
in the triple lines which Surround Cham
pipn johnson ald hi- bass viJl Their.
NAV be iifty or sIxty others there ahead
u you but II the room ~ overcroWd"i
You NAV 81 ou the stairs outside ald
while smoking = brown pa)sr ciya-ri =
, istsn % the heavy weight champion ~
the World play -My Money Never Gives
! Out - the Accompaniment ~ a da-k
skinned brother on the piano.
Mr. johnson With his ever ready sniie
I Of welcome stands ith ih- slreve- Oi his
, silk shirt rOliei back aud With hts dia-
nOnd solitaire heainirg from his shirt
front and NithOut urging he pes-sA easily
] from one luue into Anothci seeming
ever really 70 oblige thosr who have come
several thousand miles frO'u Easti rn
St1tes not a. hear him Ilay GA the bass
! yiol
During the imnromptu CnrCeit Mr.
, Jack McAulife aud Mr. Jack hnOt. Who
} both have besn artists ia their time,
even though not on the bass viOl. rtt OF
the front steps With MT John l.. Sulliyar
aud his purple shirt and gravely talk
, over prospects
somebody NAV ask when Johnson j.
gong t0 huK, has he done any work
| to-day' j. he going to DO any' Mr Ng
! Hart ~ INSTANTLY reassuTiEg Johnson
| II going Ia go out 20 the boxing platform
by the "a p6ay- bel inst ~ soon ~ he
/ finishes taking a little -Wras'le' Nth that
rouletor wheel inside Mr. Sg hart -
quite correct ia hts prophecy
After the hundred odd folk Who have
mOtOrei up 10 Kick's have disIOsei tn-m-
selves on the grHss around th" ringside
! the champion. 10 sky blue tights and with
and American hag twisted into q belt ap-
pears N their midst Then follow min
utns So secOUds by actual tally Oi the
experts watches u passing the medicine
ball Thea Mr. Al kaufman puts on the
gloves and the colorei champion PLAYS
Nith him Though four langu'd rounds.
Perhaps Kaufman does nanngr O. put
. straight left - Johnson = chin. Johnson
instantly flashes Fll ~ his gold Teeth In The
sun aud doubles up his sparring partner
with one ~ his celebrated left uppsrcuts
FntfOoted always. seemingly hau awake
vet eternal,v vigilant he blocks blows
seemingly ~ instinct even while he ~
Erinning ~ one " his friends IN the
crowd.
Sometimes he appears 20 be too lazy
TO make the actual muscular effort neceS-
sary - turn % lab and be merely puts
the tip - hts ElOved hand on his adyer-
ary's striking biceps. which ~ just as
efiicaciOus
After Kaufman follow Walter Monahan
Dave Mills and George Cotton. None of
them seems 70 awake the big negro ont Of
his golden dream. vet there ere Occa-
sional flashes Of almost vicious activity
displayed by those weaving fists. and the
spectators hold their breath AZ these
instants. waiting 20 see ons of the sparring
ia rtners lifted into oblivion.
when. after about an hours work. the
champion disappears 20 his rubbing
quarters. one old sport turns 20 the other.
looks him quizzically in the eye and says
We'll. II he amt the limit NObOdy can
get a line on him
Um-s.a.sa,. nrafotna Asaaala0iam