Imperial Valley press., 1914-06-23
ARE PREPARING FOR
SATURDAYS FIGHT

paris Correspondent United Press)
Paris, June 23.-For the first time
since Jack Johnson, the black giant,
laid stalwart Jim Jeffries on the pug
ilistic shelf at Reno and, unscratched,
took possession of the heavyweight
championship belt, the coveted trophy
will be put into play here Saturday
night, June 27, at the Velodrome d.
Hiver. Frank Moran Of Pittsburgh,
U.S.A., will be the big dusky's oppon-
ent, and from out on the banks of the
Oiso, at Butry- y-on-the-Beach, where
the White Hope is training comes
word that he is in great shape. Sim
liar reports are filtering out of the
johnson camp, in Asnieres, just on the
fringe of Paris. Johnson, who per-
,haps not entirely without reason, re-
marked that he wouldn't swap jobs
with John d. Rockefeller, and who, as
this reflection may be taken to de-
note, is something Of business man,
is training at home and cutting down
expenses. The great out-of-doors
where he does his road-work is free
and at Luna Park, the scene of his
gym exercise, he gets real money for
letting the common herd look on.
Between .Butry- sur -Plage-which is
another name for Moran's headquar-
ters-and Asnieres, the one on the
north the other on the south, Paris
is all excited Never has it seen a
real worlds championship affair, the
most celebrated stunts ever pulled off
here being the Caillaux- -Calmette
shooting, the Dreyfus affair and the
the last named being too
far back for the younger bloods to
remember. So, in spite of admission
prices which are wrenching from the
very roots the frugal souls of the
economical but sporty Frenchmen, the
latter are determined to answer pres
ent at the roll-call on Saturday night.
Unlike Christmas, they figure, heavy
weight championship fights don't come
once year, and by close shaving
on other expenses, diminishing the
daily ration of absinthe, and holding
down Oh the annual tip to the family
concierge, the necessary 275 francs
or sos demanded for a ringside seat
can be torn from the pocket without
causing fatal convulsions.
No, kind reader, the report that
the Johnson Moran fight is to be a
benefit performance to aid the poor
has no foundation in truth. Cnsid-
cradle credit, however, is placed n
the rumor that the fight promoters
have decided to make the janitor a,
the Velodrome buy general admis-
sion before letting him enter to sweer
out on the day of the fight. 1t is alsC
bruited about that they debated fol
several days the question of auction.
ing off the referee privilege, it being
teld by part of Che management that
the referee could see the fight bet.
ter than anybody in the building
| There has been some difficulty in
persuading the people of Paris that
this is going to be a real champion.
ship fight, every fight pulled off here
to date having been advertised along
that line. Only two or three month.
ago Jack Johnson and Jim johnson
pulled off a draw for the "word':
championship" and here comes anoth
er, so the natives are asking ons
another if this is zone American
bloof' more. Still, the Velodromt
with room for 25,000 people will prob
ably be pretty well filled. Many mil
ionaires are already here from al
parts of the word, drawn by the fam
Gus Grand P,fx which will be run al
Longchamps the Sunday after tn,
fight. These gilded gentry, being oil
sporty turn, will help the fight
promoters long way towards pay.
ing Johnson his $4,000 guarantee
! win, lose or draw.
When the bell taps for the first
round at 1890 p. M, the sight which
will greet the spectators eye wcult
| render speechless the thousands OF
American lovers of the manly art
who have sat, shirt-sleeved, at Reno
Jacksonville, New Orleans and else.
where. Beautiful women in darina
evening clothes and diamond tiaras
WILL be sitting by the score at the
sides of pompous, monocled gentlemen
of the same stripe, bedecked in gar
ments seen only at galas at the
Opera and official receptions in less
ceremonious lands. Languid and blase
puffed, powdered, stenciled and rouged
the women of high Continental socie.
ty-sprinkled with Americans-wil be
on hand, longing for a new sensation
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