New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-05

-srsaus banked tier on tier. stared for q
-e.--'e-beat time a. q heaving white figure
--os-rgre or square of pink canvas this
. efrernoon and tried TO realize that what
-rsv be me last chapter in American prize
ing annals had been written before them.
The rIS man whose bulk sagsed low the
rh5ra rope over which he lay was James ].
7e4-ies And over him, smiling alert his
sr,ooth body glistening in the brilliant des-
TT sunshine stood Jack Johnson the new
tjrr Of the ring No ring contest ever drew
e,oh 81 attendance before, and never be
ee-e were % many thousands of dollars
+oueh- for or paid by the sport-loving pub
Hc 70 see fight
ne men. and. for that matter. the five
,--r5-a5 or more women scattered through
orr that vast audience are tonight dis
rersfnz east and west and north and south.
vanv IF rhem journeyed thousands of
miles 70 Reno: many have gone hungry
s,a many without beds. but the picture
rhev saw this afternoon was worth it II
rs ire greatest collection Of men Of the
--;za ring and those associated with the
s-r7. of sporting writers and other writ
e-s whose names are known in fiction, poll
-f-s and travel that has ever been drawn
.eze-he- IN this country except at a ma
-ionsl political convention.
r-o-r noon until the curtain went down
~ This Rattle Of the Fourth Of July thou
se-6s II persons s1eitere6 and baked I'M
se~ --e direct rays of z July sun TO see
-+s -rlal n skill strength and endurance
r-r-1,z=d h. this combat Of the two recos-
-fzzs PEERS Of the prize ring And when.
z@-e- <f-v-nine minutes OF concentrates
I'D intense interest. the thing they hao
,,9szss forward 10 for more than year
VS. over. something betweeTi sigh and q
eroen vent NJ 70 tire blue sky. but there
7ss I--rIe COMPLAINT
These keen sporting men from every cor
~ of The world, realized that they hao
ses~ z great and game man pass. and that
rzst master Of ring science wore the
o-s~rionship belt. They had had their
-rr-er-s worth. All questions We're an
sp-e-ed
As hour bv hour the thousands OF repre-
ss-.s-+z,e sporting men filed through the
Estes zrd took their seats IL ne heateo
r. there was nne common thought IN a
4s- minutes more ard the fight Of all
@zres. probahlv tire last great flgFt in the
-r-7r---- would be on And the dream came
--l5e y-hen far. red-faced Billy Jordan barred
rlz bald head and cried;
let er &c
T-er@ was ret 6 oIur IN the arrange
r-er-S The recording ewes Of the moving
r.~7r,res took n q scene unriValled IN ring
history
Al thai me age has produced IN the way
- human nghring machinery VAS seen
-e-s q is lest-psst end present masters
NJ The ar The eve Of the ordinary man
zreu- weary a. sight Of 50 many faces that
he had read about for twenty wears There
~ as constant calling Of bring on the big
Nz+ts We have seer enough.
THROUGH the fifteen rounds there was
title cheering And when The end came
znd Tefries dropped dazed and inert, the
Ca,-rchli5e stiffness fell over the multitude
Wen stood m their hot benches, their faces
-=rse and drawn. waiting for the hght to
= resumed.
,ot even when sam Berger. Jefries s
manager. accompanied by the big fellows
seconds and : number Of vtgilant news
,suer men Jumped through the ropes and
| rrr-ounded the urostrate fighter, cid the
! sstchlng crowd indicate by word or action
ttst the battle was over. No heed Vas
fssd the victor except by his friends at the
,res-de the eyes Of the onlookers re-
-a5ned on Jefries.
Realization finally came WREN. >aftsr
saE-hv interval. Jefries was tanned and
r.bted into consciousness. and assisted TO
tE feat ana led away.
Fo~rv-fz-e minutes later The tirst special
vain pulled out westward. Then the DAY
c1sch specials mere drawn up a. the plat
.o-1n. and as fast as the seats were hiiec
Started east and west. and throughout the
riFf a. whatever hours TIE dispatchers
could orange others followed The bat
fis q ne century was over
Wnea the lucky thousands who had
nv
Hse tre~ found the homeless throng had
been before them. At every restaurant and
sting place the doors were locked and
sus-6s KEEP; the waiting ones in line, let
ing them in only as q customer departed
= o'clock Inc word flew through the
toVn thst the bacon and ham supply was
eKAsu listed. An hour later il was merely
question II taking what the red-eyed and
RON walters placed before one laoie
haen had dfsappeared and dishwashing
Sss Z pretence.
geno las done its best, but with its
Population Of twelve thousand more thah
eouhlea ia tRenty-foUr hours. with franc
Conditions abnormal and ready speho-
lng crowd the housing and feeding ques-
loR Rss beyond il. One thing that even
No sores and the hungriest VIII renem-
AtI = fha credit Of The little city, how
~ y mat WIN II All IDoH pli|' NJ
not been sppreciabiy raised.
EfoH Gark last might until $50 TINS
holnlng twelve trains arrived from the
as and West. with average load OF
re hundred passengers each seven
more trains rolled III just before noon
10 Z O'Clock yesterday afternoon thir-
s-hre hundred excursion tickets 20 Reno
-se been solo in San Francisco alone
Al The SO fight tickets had been SOLD
% night. large blocks going TO specu-
sisis, WHO were asking sl7 80 for them
Gay The only seats on sale ar the
kr' Office this morning were the higher
Priced ones.
- noon the betting had gone BACK 10
= = 8. When the word went around that
2 was To lie had the Johnson money
pf n with q rush and quickly forced
= ODDS back 10 where they had stood
gfsterda, on the twenty-round
+'s''s-t!f ihe ODDS were even money and
nc ft.. plan'y - Johnson hackers in
ICON tie exc6us 10 the arena began,
a-s1sr1 # these who could not
- automobiles a. anything taat could
Asaosd z trip began their dusty
he Two cars that comprise the
az stock OF the street railway that
III g ihs srsR2 were buster tnan