Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-02
RENOCR0WDEO.
WITH FIGHT
FOLLOWERS
LITTLE MONEY BEING
WAGERED ON CONTEST
Odds Remain s 1-2 to 10 With
Jeffries on the Long Endi
Alarming Run1ors Keep News
paper Men on the Jump,
IBy Morning Journal Special Isas.a wirel

| IBy Morning Journal Special Isasea wirel
Reno, New, July With the app
pointment today Of timekeepef. tho
ringsido officialdom for The Fourth
Of July battle between Jeffries and
johnson upon which rests the un-
disputed heavyweight championship
of the world. was completed. The
officials are.
Tex Richard OF Nevada, referee.
Charles White OF New York alter
| nate referee
George y. Harting OF san Fran
cisco, timekeeper
Billy Jordan of san Francisco. an
nouncer.
Tim sullivan of Now York.
stakeholder.
Tom Corbett OF san Francisco,
betting commissioner.
Despite the persistence OF rulnors
that Rickard does not Intend to ac-
tually referee the contest, no tangi-
BILE ground for the report could be
discovered Rioknrd himself denied
emphatically that he had any inter-
ton Of stepping down Mt the last
minute in favor Of the New Yorker.
Il am the referee he reiterated.
"and am going to do the referee
ing Here Riekard reached into his
pocket and produced roll OF bills.
Here, Just bet that $50 for me that
| referee the fight, That's how feel
about st."
or the fight officials named above,
all but Jordan are on the ground.
Harttng and sullivan arrived today.
II have $50 900 Of the purse money
in my own hands. said sullivan.
"and the rest will be turned over 70
me tomorrow"
Rlekard was at the depot TO meet
Sullivan After brief conference
the pair climbed into an automobile
and set out tor Jeffries' camp. Five
members of Sulligans party accom-
panied them.
When the machine drew up in
front of Jeffries' cottage the Fighter
came forward
Hello Tim, he said, extending his
hand
Hello" replied sullivan u wish
you All xmas oA luck. DON.
After few moments OF talk with
the big man, Rickard and sullivan
whirled over the dusty road to John
sons quarters. They arrived just af-
ter the champion returned from his
afternoon road work. The greeting
between sullivan and Johnson was
cordial and after an interchange of
remarks the two hastened back to
the city.
Reno was much perturbed today
by rumots They were living every
where. rumors about Jefiries, ru-
mors about Johnson. rumors about
Rickard and the referee job. rumors
about everything and everybody di-
rectly OF indirectly connected with
the fight
Taxing the Jeffries rumors in
order. this morning he
broke his lett forearm; az noon he
ruptured blood vessel in his elbow
and at . O'Clock in the afternoon he
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis
In spite of all this hard luck. JEFF
fries was sufficiently recovered at
cards and drawl;
We'll. so long as I am all right on
Monday afternoon. it don't cut much
figure what happens to me now, does
t2"
Tho only real affliction to come
ipon Jeffries during the day was one
which threatened his pocket book 4
luit for $4,000 attorneys fees was
lied against him in the district court
iy the local lawyers who drew up the
contract conveying the fighters
hare Ia the moving pictures to an
'astern syndicate. The lawyers al
eyed that because of the terms OF
he contract with the syndicates rep
'esentative, they were entitled 20 a.
east $4,000 they argued that since
~ the contract Jeffries and his part
Ter In the deal. Tex Rickard, would
ret S66. 900 in good hard money as
oon as the first gong tapped on
Monday and that even If no blow was
truck in the fight. that $4,000 be-
onged to Tex and Jim absolutely and
hey could throw it at the birds II
hey liked. $4,000 did not look very
zig after all.
Rickard said later in the day that
he matter had been adjusted. The
awyers said that 1t had not. They
Omitted. however. that It was liable
n be settled al any moment. There
rere numerous conferences at the
,wyer's offices during the day and
,ickard did not appear worried in
he least so it Is supposed that il
as all settled to his satisfaction or
'ould be any moment
Another OF the flock of rumors
nat electrified into life the corps OF
ewspaper men and sports that dot
ID the shady side of Center street,
as one TO the effect that sam Lang
nd would box with Jim Jeffries be-
re daylight faded. That particular
imor kept the war correspondents