The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-04-22
ALL ROADS WILL
LEAD TO FRISCO
JEFFRIES .JoHNSoN FIGHT BIG.
GEST DRAWING CARD.
ROYALTY TO SEE THE BIG MILL

germany Comin9-No Other single
Combat Ever Attracted So Much
Attention.
In the history of the world there
have been several fights that stand ont
as truly great. Everybody knows or
ought to know all about the battle be-
tween David and Goliath. Mythology
celebrates the desperate struggle be.
tween Hector and the invulnerable
Achilles, and we all know that Sparta.
Gus was Il great scrapper. and nearly
every male child has heard of the Sui
livan-Kilrain fight. But none of these
can compare in point of interest before
the actual combat with the Jeffr'es.
Johnson battle which is scheduled to
be held at the EmeryviIe race track
Emeryville, Cal, July 4.
1t Is estimated that the crowd that
will cheer the victor on that day will
be ten times as great as that which
turned down its thumbs at the bout in
which Spartacus won the gladiatorial
championship and as many times as
sprint around the walls of Troy before
Achilles finally put him out.
At first the promoters planned to
erect structure that would hold
10000 people. then 10000 and now
Richard and Gleason have shaped up
arrangements to seat 10000 wild eyed
fight fans. Reservations for seats have
Innp rapniun1 oil IN
People who have never before taken
any interest in boxing are going to
see the fight of the century. Hugh
Mcintosh of Australia is to leave the
antipodes for San Francisco with
party of 200 or more From England
half a dozen lords are coming to take
in the big mill. The party is expected
to arrive in this country early in May.
Noblemen from France and Germany
are also bound to see the big mill.
Jack Gleason says he has a request
from China asking him to reserve $50
seats. Nearly every big city in the
United States is to have one or two
special trains headed for San Fran
cisco. 1t looks as if Richard and Glea-
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capacity of the arena once more.
OF late there has been lot of fren.
zied writing about the probable re-
ceipts. and some of the unthinking
have estimated that 100000 or even
$1,O0O,000 will be raked over the box
office desk 1t is to be said that $780,
600 will very nicely and generously
! cover receipts.
They are saying that a full million
will be bet on the result of the great
est of all fist fights. A million is lot
of money. but there are many wise
boys and lunches who are quietly
slowing away the dollars against the
time when the betting begins to be
lively, and it is possible that the ag-
gregate of the wagers at the last will
look like a picture of the national debt
Is it not barely possible that retire
ment of all this coin to shareholders
hands might bring on stringency, tight
money and large uncertainty? This is
not the financial editors department,
but it is humbly suggested that if the
Jeff-Johnson mill takes the money out
| VI Nli' as Split VI tut spur
writer's say it will do, the treasury ex-
perts had better arrange to have all
the big prZctight transactions carried
out by check.
At least it is wise to leave enough
money in circulation to handle pros
perity. We want no more clearing
house certificates.
10 10 Frn ne
ments with nearly all of the leading
railroad lines 10 the coast and with
their cooperation will put into effect
system of supplying tickets for the
big fight that cannot fail 10 satisfy
everybody.
In brief. the plan is TO make reserva.
ton for certain number of seats for
each railroad. \ person intending to
make the trip to Frisco to see the fight
has only to apply to n railroad agent,
deposit the price of the ticket he de-
sires. and the railroad company will
issue to him an order on Mr.. Gleason
or Mr.. Richard for a seat in the res
ervation secured for them.
This order will be cOuntersigned by
an agent of the railroad when the rail-
road ticket is issued. Under this plan
spectators would have to buy rail
road ticket with each ticket for the
fight The tremendous expense, Of
course. bars them from doing this
Every safeguard will he taken
against counterfeit tickets. and Glea-
son and Richard will be Unidentified
by substantial bond by the ticket
manufacturers. The whole scheme
has been thoroughly worked out and
pronounced tlawless.
Gleason has mapped out a color
2 scheme in conjunction with the tick
cts that promises to prevent the con-
fusion usually attendant upon big
e events of this kind There will be
eight prices of admission. Each differ
2 ent priced ticket will be of a certain
t color. The entrances to the arena
. will be painted in colors to correspond
5 with the tickets. A man holding a
blue ticket will know that he can't go
astray II he enters the arena through
}, an entrance painted blue. The same
4 | will NJ course annly IN the other coll