Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-23
JEFF SETTLED IN
CAMP NEAR REEO
Rickard Confident Nevada Au-
thOrities Will Not Interfere
with the Big Battle
HESTER TO BUILD ARENA
Inability to Secure Other Ring
Forces Promoter to Erect
Place of His Own
HESTER TO BUILD ARENA

RENO, June z1.-Jduies d JShAiSS -
installed in the training camp pre-
pared for him at Moana Springs, three
miles south of Reno. Work on the
arena for the big fight has been started.
Promoter Tex Rickard says he Is sat
isfied the state authorities will make
no attempt to interfere with the bat
tie.
Promoter Sid Hester announces that.
having failed to secure the use or the
Jeffries-J johnson arena, he has arranged
to take out @ license and Will Dulid an
arena of his own in order to stage the
Langford- -Ketchel contest here on the
morning of July 4.
Boiled down from a days seething
activities that Is the broth of the fight
situation in Reno tonight.
JEFFRIEs IN CAMP
Jeffries and his corps of trainers and
sparring partners are safely housed,
but the new quarters are so crowded
that only those actually connected with
the fighters work of preparation can
be with him there. Notwithstanding
lack of room, however Jeffries says he
is thoroughly satisfied and will remain
at the place until the day of the hght.
He and his party have been given a
rose-covered two-story house, similar
in style, but not in size, to the one
occupied by him at Rowardennan.
Jeffries said after looking over the
premises.
BY tomorrow noon most of the ap-
paratus necessary for gymnasium work
will be up and ready for him to start
work. A straight road leading. to a
range of snow capped mountains IN
the west caught Jeffries' eye. 'Pll have
lot of fun on that" he declared with
q smile. 1T will give me good
chance to test my wind in this alti-
tude. I'll most likely try 1t tomorrow
morning"
THE OUTDOOR RING
Corbett, Choynski and the others of
the training crew all expressed them
selves as being well satisfied with the
new camp. An especially good point
about Moana Springs, according to
Trainer Cornell, is a platform Just be-
hind the Jeffries cottage, which will
be used for boxing. This platform,
when covered with the same canvas
used over the Rowardennan ring, will
give the big fellow an opportunity of
boxing either in the sunshine or in the
shade, as the sun shines directly on it
in the morning and huge oak trees
protect 1t during the afternoon.
A plunge bath just over the road
from the cottage Is also pleasing TO
Jeffries While Jeffries looked rather
longingly at the road this afternoon,
soda bath and a rub he busted him.
self In Strengthening out his luggage
in the cottage. Tomorrow morning,
however, he will take to the highway
for a light Jaunt. In the meantime
his punching bag platform will have
been erected and a rubbing room placed
in order.
Jim Corbett has advised Jeffries not
to undertake the heavy road work he
was in the habit of doing at Ben
Lomond.
PERSONALLY, I wouldn't advise any
more long grinds." declared Corbett.
II think they would only serve to
slow you up"
'I'm quite through with the long
runs" Jeffries replied, land when l do
go on the road after this 1t will only
be for two or three hundred yards
sprints."
No reply to the telegram sent by
him to Governor Dickerson yesterday
morning has been received by Rickard.
The promoter expresses himself as
certain that no matter what pressure
is brought to bear on Nevada's chief
executive. he will not interfere with
the fight; still, Rickard would rest
easier il he had the governors per-
sonal assurance and he is impatiently
awaiting telegram bearing the gov
ernors signature and promising COM
plete immunity.
Rickard asserted today that If the
fight were stopped in Nevada he would
not try to stage 1t elsewhere.
what is 1t they say about the 'un-
kindest cut of ALP" he asked. well,
IL they buck in this state, that would
be it. But, take 1t from me, there
won't be any trouble here"
HEsTER's ARENA
Promoter Hester this morning was
ready to call off the Ketchel-Langford
fight and return to San Francisco, when
the Reno fight committee absolutely
refused to grant him the use of the
Jeffries-Johnson arena for a rival con-
test prior to the big fight. But later
on Hester received heartening tele-
gram from Tom O'Day, his fellow pro-
moter, in San Francisco, and he be-
gan to lay plans for the fight in an
arena of his own construction. After
more futile conferences with the cit
izens' committee, Hester went to the
sheriff and, he says, arranged to take
out fight permit for the morning of
the Fourth Tonight Hester declares
his intention of building an arena here
similar to the one constructed at Rich
mond, Cal, for the Wolgast- Nelson
fight.
1t is understood that the business
men of Reno are seriously opposed to
Hester's plans for a double fight bill
on Independence day. They fear the
visiting crowds will spend their time
watching the two ring attractions and
will consequently have no opportun-
ity to patronize Reno's stores and
amusements.
"Reno did herself proud" as a MEM
ber of the citizens fight committee
expressed 1t, 'in extending to Jeffries
today the hand of welcome. The 2000
and more of the populace who ranged
along the railroad tracks as his train
reached the station this morning were
mighty glad to see Big JIM and they
were not at all backward In letting
him know it."
It proved a strenuous day for the
retired champion. He was plainly en-
barrassed by all the fuss made over
him. and he heaved a great sigh of
relief when finally he settled down in
his training quarters at Moana Springs
screened from the gaze of the curious
and shielded from innumerable enthu-
siasts who were eager to shake his
hand.
Everybody wanted to know just what
Jeffries thought of Reno and how he
regarded the shift from Ben Lomond,
and if the big fellows crisp replies to
MI ouestoners were pieced together
the composite statement would be
about as follows:
FINE CONDITION
"T wish to tell the people of Nevada
aud of Reno In particular that am