The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-23
NEVADA IS SURE
TO STAGE FIGHT
Governor Flooded with Tele-
grams, but Turns a Deaf
Ear to All Protests.
BY H e. Il.

Reno, New, June 23.-If anything
happens to the Jeffries-J Johnson fight
here it Will be because Nevada with its
two senators and one congressman is
not a sovereign state, and that it has
no right to regulate its own affairs.
Anything short of federal interior
ence will not avail. Gov. Dickerson is
prayer proof. No matter how hard the
forces that make for the stopping of
this fight may come at him he will
stand pat. and 1t is doubtful if he could
do otherwise even were he opposed to
the idea of holding the fight here on
moral grounds
SO far the governor has not been
heard from directly, but those about
him and who speak for him, give posi-
tive assurance that Richard and Glea-
son and the pugilists can go as far as
they like under the law. of Nevada,
which allows fights to a finish with
gloves. James H. Finch telegraphed
from Carson this morning, and so did
Ole Elliott, who is attached to the gov
ernor's staff.
Flood Governor with Protests.
The governor was reported at Ely.
It is said he already is in receipt of
thousands of kilograms from individu-
ais and reform organizations request
ing him in the name of all that is holy,
desirable and decent to prevent the oc-
currence of this national disgrace -
which is now the classic form of refer
ence.
To as many of these kilograms as he
answered all he has to say is that the
law is plain and that there Is nothing
for him to do in the premises.
AS for Reno, where the ringris to be
|
for 1t and that was given out by the
populace, floating and fixed. which
gathered at the station just before noon
to receive Jeffries and his party on
their arrival from San Francisco. Reno
| is all that it has been cracked up tc
| be- and repeat.
Clark street in it's palmy days was
| the center aisle of a New England
meeting house compare dto the main
road of this delightful city. You car
| get any kind of game you want
without climbing stairs and action fol-
anything you have from a two-bit piece
| to your right eye. It is said that the
days Of this sort OF thing are numbered
| in Nevada, and that open gambling sooI
must cease but 1t is making a lively
| finish.
Reno Welcomes Advance Guard.
| AS to the fighters and their follow
/ ers they are as welcome as the haver
to the tempest driven ship. The towr
needs some new players. and already
| the presence of the advance guard o.
the sporting army is being felt and duly
appreciated.
| The sheriff and the chief of police
issued a joint statement today. I
starts out this way: las long as th'
| laws of the state of Nevada permi
| prize fighting all licenses issued 70
| that purpose will be protected as full.
and effectively as any other license
! issued under the authority of law. NJ
one need be under any fear or uncer
tainty about coming to Reno"
E, The sheriff adds a preamble tn
outline of the plans of himself and tn
chief of police to regulate the rush o
| visitors and protect the residents from
the depredations of the inevitable in
hux of undesirables. If the local fore
| threatens to prove insufficient exper
elbows" who know the guns, dips, sec
ond story and peter men and their way
will be invited from San Francisco an
eastern and middle western cities I
cooperate.
Neither the sheriff nor myself say
the chief, anticipates trouble We be
lieves the visitors will be peaceable an
law abiding in the vast majority. blu
we Will protect all and can assure a.
that they need have no hesitation abou
coming on to Reno"
The arena will be erected on the sit
of the one on which Jack Root an
Marvin Hart fought five years agt
Richard says work will be begun o
it this morning. but James McLaugh
lin. the architect and contractor fror
San Francisco IS not so sure about tina
He says. in so many words, that
will have to see the color of somebody
money before he saws any timber.