Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-25

Auht 10 an estimate based on the
price of their respective shares
agreed upon by Jefrries. johnson
and Promoter Tex Rickard. Jack
Gleason Richards partner In the
staging Of the big fight L. said to
be the only one of those interested
In the picture proceeds who has not
disposed of his share of the prospective
proits. Gleason Is expected here today
from the coast. Admitting that his
first statement given out Thursday
night was premature, Tex Richard last
midnight definitely announced the sale
of his and Jeffries's interests in the
pictures for 800, 900 cash, that sum
having been placed on deposit In a
Reno bank pending the fulillment of a
signed contract.
William T. Rock, representing an
Eastern syndicate, won the contest for
their shares with a bid that topped by
s15,0 900 an offer reported made yester-
day Afternoon by San Franciscans, and,
according to Richard, hardly had he
and Jeffries attached their signatures
to. h agreement drawn up by Rocks
attorney han the C~alifornians rushed
in with another bid of $105, 900. Jeffries
Is to receive two-thirds and Richard
one-third of the 500, 900.
Tom O'Day, of San Francisco, is
understood to be the leader of the Cali
fornia bidders. O'Day, acting either
independently or for a Western syndi-
cate, Is said to be the man who re-
Gently put 5000 0 to Johnson's credit in
a a francisco bank as the negro's
share In the deal. Both O'Day and
Rock are reported hard after Gleason's
interest. The battle for the picture
rights has been waging for many
months. Ever since the day last De-
cember when Jeffries and johnson were
matched for the big fight picture men
have been busy with attractive offers
to principals and promoters.
According to the amended fight
articles, Jeffries and Johnson are the
joint owners of the picture rights, and
each is bound to turf over to the pro-
moters one-third of the profits each re-
ceives therefrom. With the picture
rights split between rival syndicates,
as now seems to be the case, it is likely
that two sets of films will be made. In
order to carry out the terms of their
contracts. all Jeffries and johnson are
required to do is to enter the ring here
July 4 and begin fighting. Richard is
required to use his best efforts to see
that the fighters come together. All
other responsibility devolves upon the
picture men.
Refreshed by q good sleep Jack John
son rose early this morning keen for
his first workout here. After a brisk
road jaunt the champion was expected
to rest for the remainder of the fore
noon, as his program called for sew
eral stiff boxing bouts later In the
day.
AL Kaufman will be taken on, accord
ing to arrangements, for four rounds,
following which the champion intends
to try the mettle of a new sparring
partner he brought up yesterday from
San Francisco. This is Jack Geyer, a
young Denver heavyweight, who is re-
garded as good training timber for the
champion.
Walter Monahan, also a recent re-
cruit, is likewise slated for a mauling,
and If Jack pines for more, Dave Mills
and George Cotton will be ready for a
smuggling bee. Out at Moana Springs
no one cared to make a guess as 10
what Jim Jeffries would do today. The
big fellow, his trainers say, left his
Crouch" in California. but not his
whims, and 1t is just as difficult to
forecast his days training operations
here as it was at Ben Lomond.
Tex Richard said this morning that
according to information which he has
received from the Southern Pacific
headquarters, n which was reported
by the Associated Press last night, re
is inclined to believe that no diminu-
ton in the number of fight visitors will
result from the change of battle-ground
from San Francisco TO Reno. The
promoter estimates that the crowd that
will witness the contest at 1900. Many
complaints are being made by visitors
DESTROYS of inspecting Jack Johnson's
training quarters and seeing the cham
pfon work because of the ~inaccessi-
bility to his camp. To reach the road
house where Johnson Is quartered 1t Is
necessary to ecure an automobile CT
some other conveyance, as 1t Is entirely
off the line of the local trolley system
and is far out of reasonable walking
distance.
Moana Springs, however, is In touch
almost directly by Reno's street cars,
and for that reason Jeffries's camp is
expected to draw a much larger num-
Der of visitors than Johnson's. This
condition of affairs is q source Of re-
greet both to Jeffries and Johnson, for
Jeffrfes dislikes above all things to
work In public. On the other hand.
nothing delights Johnson more than a
big crowd, and it has come to be re-
garded as an established popularity Cf
the negro champion that he does his
best boxing when stimulated by the
presence of numerous spectators.
Very little betting is going on in
Reno The gambling houses are post
ing odds of 10 to 6 on Jeffries, but no
large wagers have been reported at
these figures, and 1t is not regarded
as likely that there will be any con-
siderable amounts put up until within
a day or two of the battle. Tom Cor
bett, the official betting commissioner.
is still in San Francisco and probably
will remain there until July 1. 1t Is
believed that for the present San
Francisco offers better field for Cor
belts activities than Reno. The train
that brought Johnson to Reno yester-
day also carried q consignment Of fight
tickets which will be placed on sale
here as soon as an Office is established
in a large hall over one of the towns
most f~requented temples of chance.
Seats also win be sold in San Francisco
up to a day or two before the battle.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 25.-Six spe-
cial trains of five cars each will leave
this citv For Reuo New two days he