The sun., 1910-06-12
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
POINTERS As TO THE BETTING
on THE BIG FIGHT.
TEN Corbett Has the RlAgslas Privlngs
% Handle the Nsney and miHhnra
Csn Dselare WageFS OG n Ne Choosaa
-JrRries MAY Ne = 40 20 FaVogtis.

-JeRries NIAy Ne = 40 10 4 FaEoFtie.
Tom COFbett. .~hrother Of james T.. haa
been appointed special betting comma
si0nsr for the JaHrisaAI Iohnaan Aght ~ tko
] irrepressibl9 Tex Rickard. ana a. q Ftgulo
all money Eagered on the BIG NH ~ iho
ringside must pass through hls handa.
Brother Tom has conducted poolrOon and
sporting resort In san FFancisc0 for many
years and. acting upon the advice0f Brother
Jim. be- h prepared 10 make q killing on the
result Of the battle. that b if he can lndaoa
anybody TO bet on johnson. Tom CoFboit
expects 10 clean u2 fortune In another
way. hoveysr Ne b 10 act As onlciaS
stakeholder for those Who bet on the nghts
and ~ there will b. Thousands of ogriafa
placed In comparatively email wagera hy
visitors he VII charge 10 per cent. q he
full amount Of each wager for hla time ana
trouble
The courts In California decided recently
that a person holding stakes free of chafeo
was not a violaiOr Of the Walker-Oth laus
which was passed q year agO 10 kAl rara-
track betting az OAKLAND and Los Angeles.
Under this decision Stakeholder Corhsls
believes that he can operate without fear
of trouble. and for that matter lhas ~
ceived positive assurance that he WI b
amply protected by the anihoFittos. who
are taking an extraordinary AmOuMt %
interest N the staging Of thS hgAt. with
an Oficial stakeholder and betting oona-
missioner announced BY RickArd. therefore.
there seems TO be no doubt that the ia wtn
be lifted and that open GAMBLING % tho
result Of tie mill Will he conducted oA .
scale larger than ever before.
Rickard. a. referee. however. has the
pow er 10 declare all bets on II he thinks the
fight d a fake or y inhnenoed By someother
Unforeseen incident. With Tom Cnrhelt
holding bunches Of right money thare-
fore. u may I've seen that Hickard = h q
splendid position 10 protect right people
from being heeNed Il has been aoiemnly
announced by the oficlal press aaehm that
Sam Berger and RickaFd have stated uith-
out the slightest hesitation that he.aHht
will be on the level and that with such reliable
assurance there should he 20 further room
for doubt a. TO the integrity Sf the ahaiR.
But Eastern sporting men vho have adTo-
Gated the appointment of refefes of
recognized ability and honesty 10 no puF-
pose viii not he convinced that eyeFythine
h ahove the table until the puEilists have
settled their differences.
The Overv helmiha favor IN whish Jehrlea
is held IL lengthening the odds steadily.
Jehries u nov a 10 20 favoriie. and u u
generally believed that when he enieFe tho
ring he will rule At 10 20 4 II u feported
that colored citizens IN some 0f th4 hig
cities have ontribu,ed 10 q FUND - 81. 90
TO bet on johnson and thai the rnoney
viii make ~ appearance In Frisco few
days before the hght lg there h truth
4 IN this statement Il may he Raid that t1s 90
In johnson money viii he bat drop in the
bucket for il IL estimated that thersB
be az least sssoo oao In Waaers ready 70 b
placed on the boilermaker IN Frisco. John
son a quoted ~ saying that Ne uIil bet
heavily on hirn.elf. bm few 0f the vel
posted sporting men believe that he has
made such q statement. A. matter Of
fact johnson has tiu.OoO up In J. d. Auiii-
vans hands a. a forfeit. which. 4 u under
stood. viii go % = side bet. A. JOhnoon
loves money dearly Il II hardly probable
that he will risk more than this forfeit
on the outcome when the winners share
uf the pur-e is s5s.Tso.
The Odds quoted on JeIries'a chances
are due 10 the RloWlnE reports that have
been cent out from koWardennen regard
nE his physical CONDITION. Two weeks
aEO, hFfOFe there Was Hny betting, sporting
men ~ the Coast intimated 5h.t ysn Wola ~
role fayoHie ~ ~ 70 but when gim
Corbeit and other hysterical pers0ne looked
Iefrtes over critically aud declared eul-
phatially that he was .esdy 70 pui 70 ne
10 show and the pTice quickly lenRthened.
san Francisro h Tho home Of many slick
persons Who have reaped financial har.
Ss r.soI Ss PT'ssfhs s no, % Ss .STSnS SST asd s $
Johnson end Of the betting assumes healghy
proportions before many days in fact
u i already hinted that nnleSa there u .
Z wise money viii ~ placed On the negro
lisa noteworthy fact that In many hsayY-
'dols have been defeated. IohntL suIl-
/ van was 4 10 favoTite when 3lm IQr1e2l
stopped him ~ New orleans u see Corbett
was a 2 20 favorite when bob Fiisslih nnone
put him away az Carson CIV In isa1 Thea
| Fitzsimmons was the Choice at - / over
[ lenries when The latter knocked him out
IN eleven rounds AZ Coney leland y leae.
JeH ries n course vas big iavQrte When
/ he whipped COrhett tUice. FitEsimmous z
aecond time Rubin. sharkey aBd Mgnroe,
I but when he retired and Tommy Burns
l9s '.S jssns0 Iss ',,ss me s, Nm n
I fourteen rounds ~ sydney In iaos John
son. therefore. 4 the hrst heayyWelghi
| champion 10 rule second choice IN hght
/ for the title and this fact u due In = larHe
I measure 10 his color and unpopularity
| But comparing johnson with some q the
I former great puEilists bot here and abfpad
[ many competent nnE Judges believe that
Y Wv 'HANAH ANNNH'A
sam IanRford and Al kaufman have
/ feW days left 10 prepare for their twenty
/ round nghi In friscO next saturday, Fugil-
I lists dope would seell 10 forecast . victory
I for ianRford inasmnrh a. be has knpreed
| out Inn Barry In quick time more Than once,
| while barry went thirty-nine rounds with
| kaufman n year aRO before thF0wtna up
/ the sponge Kaufman y slow and clumsy,
I hut he h game. fairly clever and tefrtac
! hitter We h naturally q l0nE diatanre
pugilist Johnson did not pat him dnWn IN
/ ten rounds Lass september, and u 10 sad
/ the big negro did his level beat. l-AnGfOrd,
,ssrefPTe g;Gs ANXIOUS 20 HTSTe eS,a s Ss.
/ Of this limit. But 10 the nght vii ~ depidod
/ In FFiscO and Eddie Graney viii referee
| sporting men hers do not know Just what
/ to sxpect. It's a sure thing that IanGford
can deliver more eGecilve blow thAn kauf-
/ man and that II he mixes y 40 m dead earn
/ est with Delaney's pupil the latter VIII ~
! celve a bearing that ulll shake him IRON
! head 20 heel Whether Kaufman can stand
| and a settling punch himself remains 70
/ b. seen Kaufman has the chance Of life
/ time 70 becOme famous by whipping Lang
/ ford for that means \ match with nc VIM
Rer Of tho lenries-JOhnEon- hRht, u8 d
/ be equal to the taski
/ Although James Y Kesne's sweep won tho
| Carlton States ~ Gravesend last week
/ there remains some doubt ~ 20 Whelhar he
y the best three year.gld " training or not:
| biz worth u he starts In the 5000 hrook-
/ lyn Derby one mile aud . quarter, on
/ tuesday. In former years the Derry Wns
/ won by many great thOrOuRh0reda lhCluq-
9g fhe lmmogtal hs9sveg hs h1.ss' Dob Dob
| bert Major Dainaufeleid. Peter pan nnf
| Falr Play HWeap wfl not have The Turk