The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-05

Former Advertiser Writer Sends
Chatty Letter From the
Fight Center.

SItdL SdLLcliAS VI tuc WIZ correspond
ents-or as somebody appropriately
called them. Correspondents. - How
many there are in Reno today it is hard
TO say, probably about seventy five, l
know Of fifty and there are many
do not know by name
Every big paper in the States is rep
resented and even Jack London is here
with Rex Beach to follow shortly. both
of them representing the New York
Herald syndicate. What with the sud
den veto Of Governor Gillett, johnson ;
sQuabble with Little, Jeff 5 calling
down OF John L. and other delightful
incidents, there has been no lack of
material to write about, although the
way that the papers are going to the
fight. even the stald old Chronicle,
has kept rs pretty busy digging.
This afternoon | watched johnson 90
through his first workout since MS ar
rival here. The altitude seemed to
have affected him but little if at all
and the big dinge looks in splendid
shape. He is happy and gay and Is
apparently perfectly uneoncerned by
the approach of the date of the big
battle.
.Jefries is in good shape too. t. me,
as it would be to anybody who had not
seen him in the process Of doing il, the
condition that he has attained IS mar
velous. But JEFF is not carrying the
strain Of the long training bout very
well. He is decidedly nervous. Not.
Of course. as to the outcome Of the
battle, for there Is every reason t. be-
lieve that he is quite confident that he
viii win, but his nerves seem too high
~ strung by the strain.
He is almost surlv More 50 than
usual. Jeff was never very cordial
man. Except to those whom he Knew
intimately his answers were always
short. But this has become more mark
ca than ever. He works at odd hours
in order to avoid having a crowd
watching him and in a hundred ways
shows that the strain is telling On him.
What effect this nervousness viii
have on the day of the battle, or wheth-
,er it is merely good indication Of the
fine point TO which he is trained, none
Of the correspondents here would care
TO say.
7 The Johnson Burns fight was a great
big Joke. with the Australian sporting
pubHc played for a sucker. But this
battle j. not going to be any Joke
,Ietfries is back to a condition that not
even his most optimistic admirers be
lieved possible and the negro is prob
ably in the very prime Of his fighting
career 1t is bound to he a great fight
and the only thing that can spoil i is
the ever-pesent possibility Of streak
showing and a runaway match result
inc. But this does not seem likely,
there is too much al stake and | be-
Iieye that Johnson viii give the great
est exhibition of fighting he has So far.
After all, since the time when he went
after Denver Ed Martin and lifted Sam
NcNeigh over the ropes, it IS hard to
say when he ever has given any very
grand exhibition.
50 that. the opinion | once expressed
to Paddy Ryan, | believe that if this
fight was ever arranged the negro would
make short work of Jefries must be
rescindea very decidedly. After watch
ing both men carefully, if a fortune
depended on it, | could not truthfully
name my favorite,
Reno is a very lively place Just now.
: Les Divorcons' are quite in the back
ground The town is flooded with fight
fans and fight talk is heard anywhere.
The lid, Of course is off and the seduc-
tive click of the roulette ball is heard
everywhere. Not to mention the admo-
nitions Of crapshooters ''T0 come sew
en-. Won little dice. -
The Truckee River runs through the
rpr+cr If tho TOWN and IFS hanks ora