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A , j .M ilIMedford Mail Tribune UNITKU I'HKMMMOIAtlv: Full Lcmc4 Wire Hvrt. FIFTH YIOAtt. JOHNSON VICTOR is IN JIBECMOCraS i ' winTnnuinuAiimiiniirn 11 II I I .J fl nl II If ft All II Ilv II l 1 1 VIUIU!HI1U VMIlUUIOnLU ItKNO, Novndn, July 4 After IS JoIiiihoii and Hhoved IiIiii to IiIh cor roundo of thy moHt cruel ami iuiiiIhIi- ner. Iiik flKlitlriK over Inflicted (in it white! lit'uvywiilulit boxer, Jack JolitiKon to day conclusively proved his right to tint title of houvywelgit champion by battering down tho hope of tho whlto race In a f t:)i t (lint wr.M otiu-uldod at moHt from tin U rt---out-boxlng, out "lugging nd out-flghtlng tho onco great whlto man. Johnson Hhowod bin Muporlurlty throughout. Ilo wr,, lit ilsiiiKur onl. onco during tho Imttlo ' and that wn when JeffrleH landed two mil lit MinaKteu to tho stomach, Johnson labbod Jeffries 01 the fnre. mid body nlmoLt nt will and hooii hud .' ' ' '. Jeffries butts the ble folluw badly bunion, tho loft ! ,,mU'r ,ofl ""' clluchttn poundliiK eyo being cloned, tho left cheek holng"h"rl rl,,M' " lho bronk Ji'"riH cut nadiUhu llpa Hpllt and swollen. ho,)kH ,oft Co ,M5(, l,u'" l'iillng The beginning of tlHiI.ondnyimu liiMI")rl """ n tho jireak .JoffrUm tho fourteenth round. Juffrlcti cor barely see nnd th first punch rniiMod him to wobble. Seeing hit nntngon- Ul almont holpleHH JoIiiihoii dashed In with right and loft nnd when they woro cllnchoil sent JoffrloH' head back with that murduroiiH upporcut. JeffrleH wnn alt at nea. When ho ro- tired tu IiIh con.er nt the end of tho fourteenth. Ho wnn apparently nil (In. Ho wobbled against tho ropoa jwlien he went to IiIh corner nod tihook :1iIh head In a sorrowful manner. Ilo ramo up very wonk In tho fifteenth. JoIiiihoii, mteliig IiIh advantage, danhod In like a tiger and with n HerluH of joftH nnd rlKhtH to tho hend, ho mint ;JoffrloH down for tho count of 8. JeffrleH ramo up blind and Heml- coiihcIoiih. Johimon timed hlmsolf Carefully nnd then lot go torrlflo trlKhtR and rights to tho hond. Jeff poppled through tho roped, his legs banning over tho lower Htrnnd. Tho Ulmo-keoper tolld off tho fatal ton but In tho oxcltomout tho uocouds evi dently did not hear him and when Joffrlen arose they mit after JoIiiihoii. ho arum, alHd believing that IiIh uutngonlHt had nrlson before tho count of ten, again Hailed In and for tho third time toppled poor JoffrloH over, lllckard nt thin Juncturo caught MEDFORD CONTINGENT AT THE RINGSIDE ALL UPHOLD THE "HONOR" OE WHITE RAGE lly 11 IX. .. MI'3l)l''Oltl IIKADQUAHTKUS, AT TIIK FHONT, ItKNO, Nevada, July 4. ,(Hpeclal) Onco whllo Kvani;ellHt Oliver wan IioUMiik forth In Mod ford remomber that ho drew a word pic turn of tho place uomo of tin follows are koIiik when wo die, I junt don't lomombor tlio naino of that plnco, but 1'vo found It It'H Reno. If there In any place In t IiIh world or In any other where I Itavo Kt to go when I'm dead that h an hot as thin place I'm ijoltiB to ho Kood. And tho rest of tho bunch are uh oiuplintlo an I am on that Htibjoct, Jeff Hoard uayH that ho would kIvo anything that he Iiuh with the exception of u rlnlit-of-wny throusjli IiIh Iioiiho In Med ford or hlu flKlit ticicot to rool for rivo mlniitoH ono of tho centlo zophyi'H of tho valley of tho Hokuo upon IiIh chook, And tho rout or iih are with him to a iiinn, In thin cninp'Whloh, by tho way, Ih In iv four-hy-nlx drawing room on tho tall oud of a Frisco fight huooIuI It Ih n cnao of Joffrlos and Medford tiKnliiBt tho world, With tho mill but HRrU V PUNISH D : -Sa GREATEST FIGHT OF RINGSIDE, HKNO, July 4. JoIiiikoii unto rod tho ring nt 2:30. Jeffries at 2:30. Doth wore onthu- Mlaat (rally cheered. Tho koiik Hounded nt 2:4C 1-2. Hound One. Tin') advanced caiitloiiHly, Jef m"H IC,l,tH w" ,,,rt' Johnwm ginned. Jeffries again folntH with left. JohiiMon landH left to tho eve. Jeffries clinches. JoIiiihoii nnnearod "troriRiT III tho clinch. They ox lionkH loft to head then cleverly ducked Jack's loft. Clinch. Jeffries Is Hiulllug nnd Jack looks worried. JeffrleH Hllpped IiihUIo n straight left but wnu tapped on tho cheek n hoc ond Inter. Clinch to tho bell. Anybody's round. Hound Thii, JoIiiihoii Id bleeding slightly nt tho mouth nnd Joffrlen' right eyo Is f.Hlli:litlv marked. Jeffries nHsinnea n crouch and iiiIhhch left to head. Jack tries to folnt but Joffrlen In wary. Jack huiiiIh llKht loft to chin. Jack miyn: "Don't lovo me, ho Jim." Ilo Ih holdlnc JeffrleH' loft and Jof frlen nnkn hhlm to let r.o. Jeffries prodH short ribs with rlclit. Jeffries mlsROH upper cut on break. An other clinch. Jnck falln with rlnht upper cut. Jack dashes In with loft HwInK which Joffrlen ntopg with IiIh Htioulder. Jack tnlsHon upporcut nnd Joffrlen kldo h'm, KlddlliiK nt tho boll. Hound Threo. Doth come up hiiiIIIiii;. JoIiiihoii fell Into n short left to tho stomach. Clinch, llrenk. Jack dnHiien left to tho nose. Clinch. Jack iiiIhhoh with loft and rlnlit uppor-cutH. Jim dttckn iindor vicious rlKht to tho head (Continued on l'aco Four.) only In tho Medford hoadquartors but over tho ontlro city 'hjioII It a-l-t-y.) there Ih only one outcomo to tho bat tle, tho coon hnuu't u fthow. Hut wo Hhall boo what wo shall boo nnd by tho time you road (IiIh tho world will know tho outcomo. If Joffrloa fallH down on his tank of "upholdlni; tho honor of tho whlto raco" thou this crowd will continue to bade Medford fiKiiliiHt tho world and wo know and wo tell tho people ho that there Ih no daimor of Medford falling down. Jeff Heard It my OHtluiatlon Is the nuiHt coiiHlHteut hooHter tho Hokuo Itlvor Valloy hau. Ho has a Hokuo Itlver booHt ntory for ovoiy man and adapts thorn to tho biiHliioHU In which tho man Ih. For liiHtanco when ho Hot Jack OleiiHon cornored, no eauy feat today you hot, ho told of tho KlorloH of flshliiK In the Hokuo, thou ho wandered mound nnd killed u few hundred door and mircoodod In got thiK u half jiromlBO out of CHgiibou to come. Thou ho tackled tho writers, To Hex Iloach ho told tho glories of Crater I.ako nnd dwolt upon tho fact that It had novor proporly boon writ- MKDFORD, ' - JOHNSON'S CANVAS REJECTED AT RING RINGSIDE, ItKNO, July I. Weather conditions could not. have been inori! noarly Ideal, for tho battle. An almost cloudleHH Aky of deep azuru let throiiKh a blazing nun, tho rays -f of which woro tempered withh a breeze from tho Hiirrotindlni; bills. TrnlnliiK reprosentntlvcn of tho two flcliters had n Breed to Hiibmlt their cnnvaKscs, but Johnson's, which was pure whlto, cast such a Hharp Klaro that It wan rejected. -f BETTING 10 TO 6 UPON JEFFRIES MONO, Novada, July -1 . 'Mot 'or Kol" At 1:110 p. nt. Hilly Jordan will Hkodaddlo through tho whlto muHlln-bound ropes at Tex Htcknrd's now arena, roaring his colobVatod starting signal, tho huge gong will bo clanged nt a Hlgnnl from (ieorgo Hurting, tho votoran tlmo-koepor nnd tho argument will Btart In tho cano of JauioH J, Jeffries voi'huh John Ar thur JoIiiihoii, tho uiohI Important battle Involving a colored man that hau occurred In thin country bjiico tho Drod-Scott decision uot tho na tion buzzing, From ovory Htato In tho Union, from Canada, Mexico, Alaska, and tho Hrltlsh Isloa nnd lOuropo, oven from fur-off A.UBtralIa, lovors of tho m-WmMM m JEFFRIES COBl IJfcSjr Ml 1 F UNCONCERNED -A WmJmmvZtjSf mE 'htmmmmm-- '"-- ITIWkiBVfta .,' K mtmmWWWm m ?Ja tj mWWW ilM -r, ,j-i ..-mJ r tT)T?lL4lAiMJyr4flCBBwB immmWkmWmmr T Bi1iBaiiiA.iMiBM I ' " B&''? 1 1 XmZLmmVvmmlmmmmZZmmmmmWKZ -V ! atti.- .Ifc m wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm- JJtrf -rr B'J FcllOW PlaVS Cards On SunrfilV r mmf'l KmmWW lmv "' and Rallies Friends Goes to Bed Ik w Ir ffiglfjEl ft y and s,ceps Late Eats a I ' "T f 'i-Mmmmm . - . . . . Hcary Break-fast. H I XDk "Smt9mmMW IIIIIIIIIIIHI 111 b I fi iv 1 1 1 1 1 it." 1 1 m ! -- M""k HAPPV niFD -mL ft BIG BATTLE JN" fmmmW K B W"' immmmmmmmW &&&&&WV iiK mmtmmmmmmmmmMmiJkmmmmmmljKJM K . i ,11,,. SS mmmW A Ja ymmmWmmm H Jdmm cShSB OttlftlON, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1910. CENTURY Jolitison'H Fighting l'oso. FIGHTERS LUTE IN APPEARANCE HINGS1DK, ItKNO, July 4. At 1:25 Manager Tom Flanagan and Hilly Delauoy entered tho ling. Tho crowd began to show nlgns of tnipa tlonco over tho dllntory taction of tho moving picture men who soomed to bo nt tempting to monopolize every thing. Governor Dlekerson of Nevada haa Just taken a scat directly boh I ml tho United 1'resH box. At l:;i'J, two minutes past tho time Bet for 'tho beginning of tho battle, thoro wan no sign of either fighter, Flanagan promised to have John son hero In : few nilnutoa, Tex Hlekard has Just announcod that thu purse amounts to (121,000 f (77V1 imiiii Ml- K ZlMlk ill ImmmW mmr m- mmmmmmm amBmmm :W "'m, 'mmmm " f mmmt I t "r .iiiiiiiiiiW JiHBliiHiS ' SM iM. liiiiiiiiH III JaiiH I IF -fM JaSIH0iiiS fW v m, B 1 I tKI " mmm wBBBrnm w "i - dm. I ll'JHha " i- f MmMmMV&sm? iB'vr. .. jl. wj i . v I li . -4 --,. - kmmkm'2 Jl ru;2. ikrf&Jl kw n' m i urni mi'hi tJK" M Hi r B 4. fKHfBI 1mm I I I l IIIIIII tmmmmmmmmm iwl MiB - ,'.CiJBi . W 1.11 I lulll j- .it. .m fl- w, v..www'. i Minimi i Says He Knr.us He is Short Enuer Out When H lit Starts, All Will Be Cilor Blind Up With the Birds (Hy Tip Wright.) HICK'S TRAINING CAMP, RKNO, Nevada,, July -t. "l know Hint 1 am tho short-endor In tho betting and I know why. It's n dark secret, but wlton tho fight starts wo'll nil bo color-blind. I'm going to win, and I am going to get a squnro doal. I respect Mr. Jeffries as a groat fight er, but I boll(rvo tho public will re spect mo more by sundown. I haven't a worry In tho world, and am absolutely happy. I didn't bollovo that Jeffries would over got In a ring with me, but I respect hla gameness In being willing to take chances with a younger man, If ho wins (which ho won't) but If ho should, I'll bo tho first to congratulate him, and I'll bo slncero In It." I got to Jack Johnson for a mo ment today beforo ho started for tho areiiu. Tho black man was sorting over and fingering with childish prldo tho gaudy colored trunks and bath robe which will bo his costumo this uftoruoon. I believe ho meant overy word ho said. Whothor ho knows hlmsolf as well as he thinks is more than I caro to vonturo a guess, Up Willi tho lllrtls. Johnson was up with tho birds this morning and wus quite ns chipper. Ills Indolllhlo sinllo was right on tho pob, IN By Max Dalthasar, MOANA SPRINGS TRAINING CAMP, RENO. Nevada, July 4. An unusual calm prevailed over Jeffries' camp this morning. Tho big follow slept a llttlo later than was his wont and after a short stroll about the grounds ate n hearty breakfast. Only members of bis training squad wore with him, Cornell, Armstrong and Hums remaining, tho balance of the crowd being In the city. A llttlo stir wob created by an ob jection being entored by Joffries to tho canvas covering of the ring, It being too slippery. Borger and Cor- bott wore called up, and Instructed to see that a new covering was pro vided. They woro skirmishing around town as early as 7 o'clock but woro not as successful as they had hoped, tho quality of canvas In tho fow supply houses being very llttlo dif ferent from that In tho ring. It Is probable that tho canvas used at ono or tho othor of tho training camps will bo substituted. Joffries Plays Cards, Joffries Is oither tho best actor In tho country or ho was tho least con cerned man In Reno yestorday. Ho put In nearly all of Sunday playing cards with a small party of closo friends, Including Kddlo Leonard, Abo Attell, Harry Monnhan and Jack Wooly and worked as dosporately to win a few cents from his cronies us ho will today to annex tho winner's ond of that 1101,000 purso. Tho big fellow was In a playful mood, de spite his grouch of tho day boforo, which had disappeared. When Jof- frless won ho kidded his opponents unmercifully nnd whon ho lost ho "rough housed" tho party In a good nut u rod way. No ono mentioned the fight nnd If any thought of tho struggle passed through tho mind of tho big follow ho gavo no Intimation of It. Whon tho gnniQ finally wound up, Joffrloa put In half an hour playing with his dogs nnd thon, dosplta tho 'oagor throngs that llnod tho feuco In 3 f Th- wily ppr In Hit- wpflo pulllhr1 Id a cliy the jU,ii Medfcird having a !( No. 90. 15th Many Women Watch Fight Specta tors Object to Moving Picture Stand and it Is Removed Jeff Invites Friends to Banquet, Ex pecting Victory Crowd Begins to Come Early. (By Max Dalthasar.) RINGSIDE, Reno, July 4. Now for tho answer: For several months sovoral million persons, men, women and children scattered at odd spots over the face if the earth, have been speculating in the outcome of a little meeting to be held this afternoon In this arena. For several weeks past several doz en wise men of sportdom have bees giving inside Information to the pub lic on what the result would be. The Information has been tho beat in the world and probably the most scho lastic and expert that has ever been served to fight fans but owing to the disagreement of the doctors of pug ology the .public hasjiad to wait far this day and Hour?'' As a resulf'of tho interest In the controversy, about twenty thousand people turned out this afternoon, paying $10 to $50 each for the privilege of occupying 18 Inches of sun-kissed pine board. Crowds Come Early. Beforo 10 o'clock tho crowds be gan storming tho entrance to the arena and by 11:55, the hour at which tho gates were thrown open to tho crowd, the crowd composed of leaders of the $10 seats, tho cheapest, numbered several thousand. The first ticket taken at the gate was held by T. C. Murphy, a Phlla lelphla hotel keeper. As the crowd came pouring through thh narrow chutes loading 'o tho octagonal arena, carponters wore busy at a score of places erect ing protecting railings and rein forcing vital places In the structure. High about tho tier of seats compos ing tho arena propor woro tho olghht boxes reserved for women. Women Pack Arena. Threo minutes after tho opening of the gates there was a rush, a chords of feminine shleks and laughter and tho entire section -was, packed tho gorgeous mlllnery and dainty gowns of tho women stand ing out In marked contrast to the black and white of tho tier upon tier of coatloss men. Dr. Morrison and Dr. Aschor earlier In the day visited tho camps of Jeffries and Johnson at "Moana Springs and Rick's training quarter, respectively, and made the physical examinations required by tho state law of Nevada. Both physicians pro nounced both fighters perfect speci mens of physical manhood, trained to the hour and fit for a battle to meet tho expectations aroused by their most wldoly preBS-agented ad vertising In sporting history. Although tho majority of the women spectators took advantage of tho boxes, many woro scattered throughout tho arena. Jeff Prt(Mires llnuquet. By noon lines of ticket-holdors two blocks long wero stretched out be yond tho entrance It was a good naturod crowd, niado doubly so by tho presonco of scores of deputy ahorlffs, determined Novadans, whose very appearance without display of arms, was autucioiu to insure peace. DIVORCEE COLONY !N EVIDENCE As an ovldenco of Joffrlos' con fidence, It was announced shortly boforo ho entored the arena that he hnd propnrod a banquet for twenty it his Intlmato friends. Tho difficulty oyer the canvas U (Continued on Page Four.) tinned on Page 4. (Continued on Pug 4.)