The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-02
REACHES
SCENE OF FIGHT
big TIM Sullivan Blows
Into Reno.
ANTIPODEANS ALSO THERE

Tommy Burns, Who Went Down TO
Defeat Before Johnson, Very POSI-
tive That He Has No Chance
Against Jeffrles, While Hugh Nc
Intosh, Australian Fight Promoter,
Has Vision That "coIored Person"
Has Lead Pipe cinch.
Reno, New, July 2. - big Tim
Sullivan of New York, holder Of the
stakes for the Jeffries-Johnson en-.
counter, came in on the Overland
Limited, more than seven hours late.
He brought with him, tucked away In
his wallet, certificates Of deposit for
$4,000. The promoter Tex Rickard,
today turned over to him a check
book for the account of s5l,O0O which
has been brought up from San Fran.
cisco and deposited in the Nixon Ma
tional bank of Reno. Checks for $l0,-
900 which have been put up by John
son and Jeffries respectively are also
on deposit in the Reno bank in the
name of the stakeholder.
simultaneously with the arrival OF
the official stakeholder came the an.
nouncement that George Harting OF
San Francisco has been appointed
official timekeeper. Harting is an
old timer in San Francisco pugilism.
and II is said of him that during his
career he has held time on LOO
fighters.
The ends Of the world began for
the first time to get in touch at
Reno when the delegation from the
Antipodes, headed by Tommy Burns,
the former champion, came down
over the mountains from San Fran
cisco. Anticipating the arrival OF
this latest receding star of the pugil-
istic armament, all of the ex.cham.
pions who were handy to the station
welcome Burns and his three travel.
ing companions from Australia.
A disorganized cheer greeted John
sons former antagonist when he
stepped from the Pullman, very natty
in suit OF English tweeds. Behind
him were Hugh Mcintosh, promoter,
who discovered the merits of the
fighting game in Australia by match
ing Johnson against Burns; w. f.
Corbett, who writes sporting things
for the Australian papers, and Bill
Lang, a heavyweight from tho south
seas, whom his manager, Mr.. McIn-
tosh, would like to place against
rising young heavyweights.
Mcintosh, who was soon surround
ed by a group of newspaper men, had
this to say about the fight: IL can't
see anything in It but the colored
person. Not that | at all favor a
negro as against a white man, you
know; but really this Johnson fellow
is a very, very clever chap, and no
big, bull.like person such as Mr.. JEFF
fries can ever hammer him down.
You people over here say that the
colored person has yellow streak.
But can't for the life Of me under
stand why a black man is not just
hS game dS "Hitt man h"''
backed the black man for a hundred
quid with my friend Tommy Burns
here, and really I will hate awfully
to take the money. ! think the whole
bloody mill will be over In 20 rounds
or less. Yes, It's me for Johnson, as
you say over here
Mr.. Burns was equally as decisive
in backing the hundred quid which
he has up with Mcintosh. He said
that he would be quite willing to
fight Johnson again, and In the mean
time, while the color line was all
wiped out, he was very anxious to
meet Sam Langford
Burns summed up his opinion In
these words: III JEFF is quite as III
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