Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-07-04

reckoning is at hand. Jeffries OF
Johnson? The bear or the tiger:
few more hours, and before the
night shadows again enfold the bare
hills encircling the Truckee meadows
and two words will be flashed around
the world.
'- wins"
Tomorrow afternoon Jeff and John
son will meet in their long talked of
fight for the undisputed heavyweight
championship of the world. Flesh will
thud against flesh and blood will
stream over leaping muscles in the
open air arena out up here on the
roof of the world. And the son of a
slave nanny of the old South, or the
son of "A minster-the indicated JEFF
fries-will be declared the most perfect
fighting machine in the history of
the prize ring.
Driven out of California, warned out
of other states by reform sentiment,
pressed by a thousand difficulties, the
promoters of this great fight are
about to realize the results of their
labors The fighters are ready to
spring into the ring at the tap of the
gong. The terraced arena is waiting
for its multitude, and the multitude
is straining to get into the enclosure.
10000 VISITORS.
1t is estimated that ten thousand
visitors are crowded into this desert
city tonight From the east and from
the west the specials disgorged their
loads of sporting men, many of whom
have Travelled from the four corners
"a
dered with the white dust of the desert
or the brown of the high Sierra
grades have chugged in from the
coast cities, from the California val
Ieys, from ranch and mining camp
even from Seattle, 1,O09 miles away.
The last touch to the drama that will
be staged tomorrow was added today
by the arrival at the Johnson camp of
Billy Delaney, the veteran trainer of
fighters, who announced that he
positively would be in the black mans
corner as chief second.
Delaney took Jeffries in hand when
he was a raw boy and made him the
champion of the world. Several years
ago the trainer and his protege quar-
relied and they have been bitter enc
mics ever since.
The gray-haired Delaney, who knows
Jeffres, perhaps. as no other man
knows him. has picked Johnson to
win, and will direct every detail of
the battle which the black man win
make against Jeffries. The rumor that
Promoter Referee Tex Richard will not
act as referee will not down.
WHO WILL REFEREE?
1t bobbed up again with renewed
life today when it was whispered that
Charley White. alternate referee, con-
fided to a friend that he fully expected
to be called upon at the last minute.
This is not possible of confirmation,
however. and Rickard reiterated his
intention Of officiating
The effort to fill the blank in the
two word message that the wires will
carry out of here tomorrow answering
il in way that will bring financial
profit is turning heads gray today The
real answer is getting so close that it
hurts
The wise ones" of the betting ring
were never further up in the air. They
are still talking about the yellow
streak and cant come back" but
the betting sheets show remarkable
great mass of fight followers is wav-
ering. In the pool rooms it is 10 to
6Ik either way. and even money that
Jeff wins in twenty rounds. In the
pari mutuals the heavy play is that
Jeffries will win in 25 rounds or over.
At the break of day the sky was
gray and all during the morning black
storm clouds were adrift in the hills.
but as the day wore on the wind
cleared the sky and the foothills we're
notified with the gold of sunlight.
THE STATE OF THE WEATHER.
"Will it rain?" "Will it be cold
tomorrow" asked strangers. The
natives answered that in AL proba
bility the arena would be 50 hot that
the melting pitch would glue the
spectators to their seats.
Jeffries did absolutely no work dur
ing the day. He loafed and .,ricd out
He did not give a sign that the immi-
nence of the battle was perturbing mis-
spirit The roadhouse by tho spark
ling waters of the Truckee river which
johnson made a house of merrimcnt
was filled all day with men and
women.
There was a small strike on the
part of the carpenters of the arena
when they found that they had TO
erect screened boxes for the women
who have bought tickets to the fight
The carpenters said that this was rot
in the contract. 1t looked bad for the
women for a while, but Rickard
helped matters out by signing new
contract.
Telegraph officials were busy in
stalling ringside wires. Painters were