La Junta tribune., 1910-07-09
Our Fish. Representative.

You may not have noticed In the
daily press that the great family
journal had representative al rhc
ringside in Reno on the Fourth OF
July, on the occasion OF the late. la.
mented pugilistic fiesta. bu, 1t T.
fact nevertheless. The services OF
Fred \. Mckinney, the directory
man. were secured al munifieent
and fabulous figure. and here is tne
dope he s,ni direct from the ring
side over our own grr ased ire. thus
ly.
Reno. Nevada. July i,h-tSpecial
despatch 10 the Great Family Journa
over lis own creased wire. direor
from the ringside.l The fight is
over. Everybody knows now tina
the negro was TOO strong and cley
er for Jeffries, who, as Otto flotB
said after the fight. Isn't the samg
old Jeffrics who used to NOV then
down" The negro showed In tn
first few rounds that he was thv
equal In strength OF jeff. and cleycf.
or at innghting Jeffries has seldom
made a clever showing In any of hi
fights, Ia the first six or eighI
rounds and this battle was no "a.
ceptiou to the rule. This time he did
not possess the stamina and endur
ance that he once did and. as latyr
dcy elopments showed. he had no r.
serve power to call upon and gradu-
ally lost strength till the end came
Bob Armstrong Was corralled iu
front OF the Golden tonight by aboI
my fans and asked what he though
OF IT, lie said. ''Joffries Is gam
fighter. there j. none gamer. Tn
people insisted that be come From
his retirement He came and did h,s
best Ne are sorry but II WasuI
good enough
Between rounds today Curbrw
would stand In the northeast coru.r
Of the ring and laugh at and kid
Johnson lie expected to bother John.
son by these tactics but 1t had 600
effect ON the good uatured coon
Jvffries had absolutely the lest sd
vice aud counsel In the world Of
his command while training and 10
he had needed IL instead OF doing aa
h" pleased. boxing only when he Cd.
like II, going fishing when the wh.u
struck him and otherwise proN.H-
himself to b. only big selt-wlI 20
boy with very mean temper l.
would undoubtedly have made N.r.
ter showing than he did His ia.E
Is as brown a. berry" and will,
he has lost some hair OFF the top of
his head his body is as hairy a. ever
A. Bob Armstrong said y'- arday
afternoon al MoaHa Springs rh' r.
are more people In Reno uun than
there will be In hundred years froni
now II II also prot ably a fact that
there are more sports Of all kinds,
fighters, gamblers. crooks. C,.plritics
aud directory men Ia Reno today than
will ever be- gathered togrrh,I nt one
time In IA. worlds history They ar"
all here and all on view Poor oli
Bob Fttzsimmous, hopping aIuH with
cane. rotuud Tommy Burns the
. debonair Jim Corbotl. with biz nerpcL
ual smile. good uaturcd sam Lane.
ford, Jake kilraiu, boy.sh stanley
Kctcheli Bat Nelson. who's, cauii-
floWer .ar looks worse than IL did
the last time ! saw him, Na. Good.
win, who looks every day a. I'D a.
he Is. and tgame old sporf hat he
isl who Is going to keep ON trying
till he gets a Nife Who suits him
was introduced 10 Al Kaufman.
the "Nillag. blacksmith" Nhu when
asked AS TO how things looked would
not venture an opinion. bat said that
Johnson was trained 10 M. minute.
met Kid Simm. lightweight. who
was formerly sparring partner OF
Joe Cans. aud whom had last seen
Ia Goldneld In lsoi Thcy are all
here, ON the streets aud Ia the lobby
of the Golden Hotel. which is the
sporting mems hcadquarters
Yesterday Was Sunday and In con.
a.. A..
aud gambling houses we're not run.
ming. except one solitary game OF
panqulngc Ia Jim Mays rslau. gamb.
ling house.