Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-01

look at the construction before ne
| fights.
TO INSPECT ARENA
Today he directed that Sam Berger,
his manager, make a trip to the arena
| tomorrow and thoroughly examine IT.
Sam will also endeavor to arrange with
! Tom Flanagan for coin tossing con-
| test with himself on Sunday. On the
calling of the coin will hang the choice
of corners. This is considered quite
| important, as the eyes of the fighter
who is seated with his back to old Sol
will not be subjected to the glare.
The influx of visitors assumed such
proportions today that it began to look
! like an invasion. During the evening
hours the nerve center of the fight
talk, Tex Richards hotel was the bus
! lest place in town. 1t was more than
that. 1t was the busiest scene Reno
has witnessed in many years.
PRESS "JINKs"
Reno is eagerly welcoming the visi-
tors and clubs and other civic organi-
cations are outdoing each other in hos
| pitality. For Saturday night, the Ne
Vada Editorial association has planned
| a reception to the host of newspaper
writers which bids fair to be a thing
unique in the history of such affairs.
| About every member of the newspaper
fraternity now present who has
achieved distinction in one part of
the country or another with an enter
! tainment stunt" is slated to appear.
! The audience will be composed almost
entirely of men whose fame as sport
| ing writers or as DISORDERS of any
great event is widely known 1t is prob
| able that never before was such an
assemblage of newspaper talent as
! sembled as it now here and all are
/ looking forward to the "jinks" with
purpose to make it a memorable affair.
BETTING SLOW
Though the fight is but three days
| off, local betting continues very light.
Tom Corbett, official betting commits
sioner for the promoters, is now on the
ground, and although he has secured
| quarters in one of the most prominent
uptown gambling halls and placarded
the walls of the establishment with
faring signs. telling of his desire to
transact business, there was little be-
sides those mural decorations to indi-
| cate that local sportdom is interested
| in placing its money on the outcome
of the battle. Corbett, however does
not seem to be worrying over the
dearth of wagers. He believes that
great deal of money is being held in
reserve and will come forward between
now and the hour when the men come
| together.
An Independent poolroom, close to the
official commissioners headquarters. is
showing a trifle more activity. Two
big bets were placed by members of
| Johnson's camp today One was $500
to $4,000 that Johnson would win; the
other $500 at even money that Jeffries
would not put the quietus on the cham
pion in eighteen rounds. A San Fran
cisco business man is reported to have
made a bet at the same place of $1,000
to 5000 on Jeffries
| AS he walked toward his dressing
room Johnson was asked what work he
contemplated for tomorrow I'm
| through" he said. "This closes my
work"
James ]. Jeffries and John Arthur
Johnson are ready to fight. Both men
completed their long training work to-
day and will merely do light exercis-
| ing through the three days that will
elapse before they face each other in
a 22-foot ring to fight out the heavy
weight championship of the world.
SHUTS OUT CHILDREN
No child under 10 years of age will
| be allowed to enter the arena for the
Jeffries-JOhnson fight and no child be-
! tween 10 and Is will be allowed to wit
ness next Mondays great battle un-
less he or she is accompanied through
| the turnStiles by a chaperOn of ma
ture age and discretion.
These two orders were promulgated
by Promoter Tex Rickard today. 1t
appears that he had been besieged
with inquiries Regarding the right of
minors to be present and in order to
make the matter clear he studied over
| the problem for some time and then
drafted the regulation set forth above.
WITHOUT LAW
No state or municipal law restrain
| ing minors from witnessing prize fights
or boxing exhibitions exists here, ac-
cording to the promoters, but Rickard
| explained in making his orders public
that he was strongly opposed to chill
dren of tender years attending the
fight. He thought, though, that a
young person between 10 and 15 was
no longer a child and should be given,
if duly chaperoned, the privilege of
seeing the greatest pugilists of the
age clash in perhaps what will likely
prove to be the last big ring event of
the age.
Every seat will be placed and the
last nail driven in the arena before the
! sun sets tomorrow, say the contractors
tonight. BY noon the boxing platform
is expected to be completed, This plat
form, which occupies the center of the
huge planked enclosure, is strongly
constructed in order to sustain the ter
r1hc strain II VIII receive from the two
men in action. 1t will be capable, it is
estimated, of supporting a dead weight
of 100 tons and will be so securely
braced and double braced that vibra-
tion practically will be eliminated.
SMOOTH SEATS
The fans who have paid $50 for their
arena reservations will have an ad-
vantage over their less fortunate fell
| low patrons other than the fact that
they will be nearest to the fighters.
! Their seats are made of planks that
! have been smoothly planed-those of
the others are what carpenters call
"in the rough"
It is said there will be no S. seats,
as was first intended. The lowest price
at which the topmost rear seats can
now be purchased is $40 and unless the
sale shows signs of falling off it is
understood that none will be offered at
! a lower figure.
And there will be no boxes Women
attending the fight who wish to sep
arate themselves from the main body
of spectators will not be enabled to
! do so, according to the present ar
rangements and the contractor in
| charge of the work said this afternoon
! that no provision would be made for
railing off any of the seats.