The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-06
JEFFR|[S GOES BACK
TO ALFALFA RANCH
Former Champion Feels Defeat
Very Keenly
RENO STILL CROWDED
Train Service at the Fighting Center
Is Inadequate to Take Care of
the visitors Who Are Slow
in Getting Away

Reno, New, July 5.-James ]. Jeffries,
whose ring career came to an end
when he fell before Champion Jack
johnson in the arena here yesterday.
left the scene of his defeat at 1880
o'clock tonight. He is headed toward
his alfalfa ranch in southern Califor-
MIA and there, in the quiet of his fields
and the surrounding hills, he will try
to forget In the meantime he will
spend a few days in San Francisco,
Strengthening out his business affairs.
The Jeffries car was hitched to the
!. regular evening train. He motored into
the city from his camp at Moana
Springs with Berger and other mem
bers of his party an hour before train
time, and hid himself as soon as pos
sible from the curious gaze Of the
crowd that still thronged the streets
of the worlds fight capital.
In his every movement, in his bowed
head, in the depths of his somber eyes,
in his nervous rubbing of his swollen
face and blackened eyes; in his almost
tfmid shrinking from the public, JEFF
fries showed that his defeat had dealt
MIN grleVouS dow
There was silence as he passed
Through the streets. Men rushed forth
from the gambling tables to gaze, but
NO word of taunt or derision was
thrown at him. Those who saw the
light, and that includes nearly every
body in Reno, know that Jeffries did
his best.
The train was lost in the red glow
that the sun shed over the Sierras. JEFF
fries was gone into history. In the
other section. somewhere in the desert
to the east, hilarious band of negroes
were journeying with the banner OF
the worlds championship floating from
the car window. Special trains have
been pulling out of Reno since last
night trying to get 10000 visitors back
home. Thousands stood about, grips in
hand, waiting to Chamber into the next
train.
Gambling Houses Busy
Thousands gave it up and decided
to wait over for lighter traffic. AS u
consequence the gambling houses were
running full blast and the streets pre-
scented an aspect of a frontier camp
ut the height of gold strike.
determined effort was made by
the losers in the fight betting to recoup
their losses, at last accounts there were
many who will have to wire home for
money The financial condition of hun
dreds. hit by the fight and the games,
Is desperate.
An air of great WEAKNESS pervaded
the crowds today. The restaurants were
recovering from the famine, the freight
trains were alive with clinging hobocs
and thieves sent out of town by the
ever yigilant state police. the barrooms
were filled with listess, thirst-quench-
Ing groups, the poorooms were set
Ting up their bets.
The betting at Tom Corbett's official
pool room was not as heavy as had been
expected. Corbett, however. said he was
satisfied. The lack of Johnson money
was surprise. The largest individual
loss on record in the pool room was
that of Clarence Berry. the California
oil operator. He bet $4,000 on Jeffres.
Among the sporting men left here there
is not dissenting opinion as to the
Justice of the fights end. Many have
nothing but their return tickets to show
for their judgment of the outcome. But
that Jeffries ever had a chance with
the negro no man can be found now who
is willing to admit
Johnson's repartee, his GOODNESS in the
ring. the power of his punches, his judg-
ment of distance and his almost uncan-
ny quickness and boxing skill, is the
talk of the town. Men are living the
fight over, round by round. AS long
as they live they never will forget the
pitiful aspect of Jeffries at the mercy
of the black panther in the fifteenth
round.
What Was the Matter
what was the matter with Jeffres?"
some asked.
A sporting authority who talked with
Jeffries this morning. answered the
question: He was whipped before he
left Moana Springs for the ringside."
This man said: He felt that he was
to fall before the negro, and it was too
much for him to face AS the hour ap-
preached his nervous condition became
such that his mind lost all control over
his body. 1t began Saturday and indi-
Gated itself In various ways.
Sunday night he did not sleep a wink
but walked about his room and looked
out of the windows Yesterday he ate
little breakfast.
AS he sat in the corner, Chovnski, as
he wrapped his hands. exclaimed: why
Jim, your hands are as cold as ice and
claminy." His seconds thought even then
that he was little nervous and that he
would get over it in the fight. '-
when I asked him today what he re-
membered from the time he entered the
ring, he replied: Well. 1 remember sit
ting in the corner and getting up and
not being able to get my arms up right
I really don't remember much about
what did
New Yorker who came out to see
the fight, was taken ill and was operated
on while the fight was going on. When
he came to his senses, his first words
were: who Ton?' he was not told
until today, and when he heard the
name of Johnson he turned over with
his face to the wall and groaned This
expresses the general sentiment fairly
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