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LOCAL GHQWD GLUM
Victory of Black Man Is Re
ceived in Silence.
BET WINNERS NOT JOYFUL
Those 'Wlio Won Money on Johnson
Fail to Show Jubilation Negroes
Hear Result With "Golden
Smiles," but Cheer Xot.
Almost In silence the crowd on the
Alder-street side of The Oregonlan
iuildlngr yesterday afternoon listened
to the bulletins from the ringside at
Reno tJ3ll the fate of James J. Jeffries,
Idol of the prizefighting arena. As
round by round was read the phrase
-upper cut to the Jaw" fairly echoed
against the tall buildings, and the om
inous ending of each dispatch, "it was
Johnson's round," spread like a pall
over the thousands. A sickened ex
pression simultaneously appeared on
every white face and an audible mur
mur, "He'B gone," anticipated the ever
expected knockout that would declare
the negro champion in the world's
prizefighting ring.
The crowd, which dispersed with the
announcement, "Johnson wins," was a
marked contrast to the congregation
of enthusiastic men and women who
packed the street when the first flash
come over the wire, "They are in the
ring." Faces were beaming-, full of
expectancy and confidence in the
brawny boiler-maker, who was looked
to to wrest the laurels of pugilism from
the negro. Men tried to suppress their
excitement, while women were unable
to control their nervousness. The fern
inine sex understood little of thi
learned conversation indulged in by
the men, but they knew It was a battle
of physical strength, science and en
durance and they unhesitatingly gave
vent to their feelings, which were ex
pressions of hope that Jeffries would
win. .
Interest Never Less Keen.
No election return, no war news, no
reports of a great disaster ever held
a crowd so anxious, so curious, so im
patient, so persistent in hope against
what appeared to be inevitable, as the
disparaging tick of the telegraph
sounder which told the story of de
feat of the white champion. The fight
was the climax of months of prepara
tien by both combatants, reviewed in
columns and pages of the newspapers
of the world, and the world was lis
tening to hear from Reno.
Business men and mechanics, relieved
from their duties by the National holi
day, rubbed shoulder to shoulder in
the crowd, and exchanged opinions on
the merits of the two men pitted
against each other on the roped plat
form in Nevada. In common they
looked forward to a victory for Jeffries,
even though they had bet their money
on Johnson. In common they accepted
the defeat of "Dauntless Jim" and they
shared alike the, disappointment of
their confident speculations. The men
who won money on Johnson did no
boasting and it was a common ex
pression:
"I won. but somehow, I am not sat
isfied."
Scattered here and there in the orowd
were negroes, their faces depicting
combination of pride and fear. As the
fight progressed and round after round
ended in Johnson's favor, they attempted
to suppress a smile of exultation. When
Johnson's victory seemed assured they
could hardly contain themselves, but ac
cepted the good news in silence. They
realized the sentiment 01 tne crowd.
which alternately eyed them with amuse
ment and then with a smouldering con
tempt of the apparent conceit. At the
end they said nothing, walking awoy
with a smile even broader than that
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which characterized the never changing
expression of their champion.
First Three Do Xot Alarm.
The news of the first three rounds
was received with more or less Indiffer
ence, although reports favored Johnson.
In the fourth round, when the' crowd in
the arena yelled "First blood for Jef
fries," the sentence was echoed through
the streets of Portland with cheers for
the white champion. As the round
closed In Jeffries' favor a wild shout
went up, augumented by men not sup
posed to be familiar with prizefighting.
much less enthusiastic over the game.
women also lent their voices to swell
the uproar. Renewed applause greeted
the announcement that "It was Jeffries'
round." '
In the fifth, when "Jeffries sent the
black man's head back a foot with a
straight left to . the mouth," shouts for
the white man again drowned the voice
of the megaphone. As the smile left
JEFFRIES MEETS FATE IX LESS
THAN HOUR, SAYS OFFICIAL
TIMEKEEPER.
BY OEOKGS HARTING.
RENO. July 4. Tim was called at
2:45. Johnson entered -the ring1 at
2:28 and JeffrJea entered four minutes
later. The flsht lasted 15 rounds. Tha
time for the last round was 2:27. The -light
wh stopped at 8:41. In the 16th
round there were three knockdowns.
The first two of these were eaoh of
nine seconds duration. The last one
-was eight seconds. Then Jeffries'
seconds rushed in and the referee save
the decision to Johnson. There Is no
doubt that Independent of this action
Jeffries would have been counted out.
Johnson's face a broad grin divided the
countenances in the crowd.
"He's going after him now," Jocularly
declared the fight fans.
At the end of the sixth round, when
the retired champion took hla seat, cov
ered with blood and his eye closed, the
crowd turned its back to the bulletin an
nouncer as If to walk away. There was
a shuffling of feet on the pavement and
serious faces turned toward the window
from whence came the news. v
Repeated assaults era. Jeffries in the
seventh, closing his right eye entirely,
and the vicious uppercuts, cast a gloom
over the crowd, which again turned
away as If to avoid hearing more of the
tale which foreshadowed defeat for the
white man.
"He's gone," murmured the crowd.
The eighth, ninth and tenth rounds
were heard in silence, and at the end of
each, the crowd turned as if to leave. In
the 11th, when Jeffries made a round
end rally, there were a few fainthearted
cheers and a week clapping of hands. It
was the last expression of lingering hope
that through eome circumstance, fate or
fortune. Jeffries would "come back."
As the 12th round was read the crowd
gave up and began speculating on how
long it would be till Johnson knocked
Jeffries out. The end was expected in
the 13th and 14th rounds, and when sim
ple announcement, "Johnson wins" was
heard, the crowd sighed relief and slow
ly moved away.
"CHINK" PVGILIST IS CLEVER
Sing Ilosan Fights Ten-Round Draw
at Marshfield.
MARSH FIELD, Or., July 4. (Special.)
Sing Hosan. the local Chinese prizefighter,
fought ten rounds to a draw last night
with Young Corbett. It was the fastest
fight ever seen in this part of the country
and there was great enthusiasm for the
young Chinaman, who exhibited great
cleverness against a much larger and
stronger opponent.
Paddy Coyne "threw up the sponge"
after one round against Jess Day, with
whom he was matched for 20 rounds.
Curley Albrecht In a ten-round bout with
Mike Brown quit after breaking hla
thumb in the fifth round, and Brown
was given the decision.
Monday night there will be a 20-round
fight between Bobby Evans and Danny
O'Brien, of Portland, at the North Bend
pavilion.
The largest railway company In England,
the Great Western, has a locomotive fos)
nearly every mile of the system: there are
8000 miles and nearly 2$0U engines.
THE HORXIXG OREGQNIAN. TUESDAY, JUIA
HEARING BULLETINS OF THE
TURN
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WHEN ANNOUNCEMENT
BIG WAGERS MADE
Millions Change Hands as Re
sult of- Fight.
EUROPE WINS ON JOHNSON
Paris Is Regular Hotbed of Specu
lation, with Odds Two to One
Favoring Black Man Chi
cago Negroes Richer Now.
CHICAGO, July . (Special.) Unusually
large sums were wagered on the outcome
at Reno, it being estimated in sport
centers, where the wagers all over the
world have been followed, that the total
will aggregate $3,000,000. London, Berlin,
Paris and Australia cleaned up heavily,
for they backed Johnson. More than
$000,000 was handled in commissions.
Much money was put down after the
fight began.
Next to Chicago, San Francisco handled
the largest amount of "ante-post" wagers
on the go. This probably was accounted
for by the fact that Tom Corbett, the
"official" commissioner of the fight im
presarios Rlckard and Gleason had ils
headquarters in the Coast city. Four
days prior to the fight, Corbett's and
other places where odds were posted in
San Francisco showed a total of a trifle
over $400,000.
Next comes Reno, the scene of the
battle. The play In the latter city was
unusually lethargic until three days prior
to the fight. Corbett, who moved to the
scene of operations on the latter date,
lent stimulus to the betting.
One of the strange freaks anent the
betting angle was the unusual amount of
speculation recorded on the fight in
France. In fact, Paria was a regular
speculative hotbed with Johnson money
overshadowing Jeffries' commissions
almost two to one.
In England wagering also was -exceptionally
brisk, while from Australia comes
the statement that the play was almost
the equal of the Burns-Johnson mill. In
a word, betting on this fight was uni
versal and unprecedented, with estimated
aggregate wagerlngs of $37,000,000 being
well within the range of conservatism.
In this city the colored population has
trebled Its spare wealth, for nearly every
negro had down ail the money he could
raise at good odds, much of at one time
two.
BIG BUT INSIGNIFICANT
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others taste but which for the first
time, perforce, he was made to taste
himself. He who had never been
knocked down was knocked down re
peatedly. He who had never been
knocked out was knocked out. Never
mind the technical decision. Jeffries
was nocked out. That Is all there Is
to it, and ignominy of ignominies he
was knocked out, and through the
ropes, by the punch he never believed
Johnson possessed by the left and not
by the right. As he laid across the
lower rope, while the seconds were
tolled, a cry, that had in it tears and
abject broken pride, went up from
many of the spectators.
"Don't let the negro knock him out,
don't let the negro knock him out,"
was the oft-repeated cry.
There is little more to be said. Jef
fries did not come back. Johnson did
net show the yellow streak, and it was
Johnson s fight all the way through
Jeffries was not the old Jeffries at al'
Even so, it is to be doubted If the old
Jeffries could have put away this amaz
ing negro from Texas, this black man
with the unfailing smile, this king of
fighters and monelogists.
Corbett and Berger and the others
were right. They wanted Jeffries to
do more boxing and fighting in his
training camp. Nevertheless, lacking
JEFFRIES-JOHNSON FIGHT READ ROUND BY ROUND AND HOPING THAT BY SCIENCE OR FATE THE BATTLE WOULD
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OP RESULT WAS GIVEN, PEOPLE WALKED AWAY IN SILENCE.
the come-back as he so potently did,
this preliminary boxing and fighting
would have profited him nothing.
Story of Fight Is Story of Smile.
On the other hand, it would have
saved his camp much of the money
with which it backed him. It was a
slow fight. Faster, better fights may
be seen every day of the year in any
of the small clubs in the land. It is
true these men were heavyweights, yet
for heavyweights was it a slow fight?
It must be granted that plucky Tommy
Burns put up a far faster fight with
Johnson a year and a half ago. Yet tho
American fight fans had to see this
fight, of today In order to appreciate
Just what Burns did against this col
ored wonder.
Johnson is a wonder. No one under
stands him, this man who smiles. Well,
the story of the fight is the story of a
smile. If ever a man won by nothing
more fatiguing than a smile, Johnson
won today.
And where now in the champion who
arRS. JEiFFRIES HYSTERICAL.
RENO, July 4. Mrs. Jeffries had
hysterica when the word was flashed
to her that her big husband had been
whipped.
She sat in a room in the local
newspaper office and received, the
bulletins from the ringside and. when
the end came, she cried and wept
frantically.
In a little while, however, she
quieted down 'and had .regained her
composure by the time she had
reached the camp.
will make Johnson extend himself? Who
will glaze the bright eyes, remove that
smile and silence that golden repartee?
TWO GAMES WON BY MED FORD
Other Teams Switch Players, but
Can't Stop Winning Streak.
MEDFORD, Or., July 4. (Special.)
The Medford ball team won two games
at the Jacksonv'lle celebration today.
In the forenoon game Medford beat
Grants Pass by the score of 12 to 1,
and in the afternoon Jacksonville was
defeated by the score of 7 to 1. Sev
eral thousand dollars was bet that
Medford would win both games and
.Jacksonville and Grants Pass traded
players in order to beat the crack team
of the locals, but to no ava'l.
Eddle Wilkinson, St. Mary's crack
first baseman, a Medford boy, played
with Medford' today and was a star.
His batting average this year with the
St. Mary's team was .334. There is
some talk that "Wilkinson will Join
McCredle's team in the near future. He
can play any infield position and bats
hard, and he would probably would be
a great help.
Forenoon game
R.H.B.I R.H.E.
Medford ..12 12 ojGrants Pass 1 S 2
Batteries Burgiss and Mlms; Fergu
son and Baker.
Afternoon game
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Medford ....7 10 lJacksonville 16 3
Batteries Coleman and Baker; Mo
Intyre, Williams and Wilson.
Raymond 6; Montesano 2.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., July 4. (Spe
cia.) In a closely played game, Ray
mond beat Montesano 6 to 2. Jacks
and Wakefield were both hit hard, and
the errors by Montesano gave Raymond
the victory. Weinholt played his usual
heavy game and. Montesano pilfered
but one sack. Umpire Quick officiated
again and was in hot water continual
ly with both teams. Score:
R.H.E.I HRDL R.H.E.
Raymond ..6 5 3Montesano ..2 9 6
Batteries Raymond, Jacks and Rein
holt; Montesano, Wakefield and Moore.
Two-base hits, Kennedy, Loehl. Guyn, 2.
Stolen bases Jacks 2, Vivian, Weinholt,
Philbrick. Double plays Seaton to
Nugent, Gleason on fly. steps on third,
Jacks to Vivian to Kennedy. Struck
out by Jacks 4, by Wakefield 2." Bases
on balls, of Jacks 6, off Wakeflei 4.
Umpire Quick,
5, 1910.
rJEGRO BUYS DRINKS
Wine Flows Freely, but John
son Takes Beer.
ANXIOUS TO SEE "MAMMY"
Champion Greets Welcome at Camp,
Jokes About Fight, Telegraphs
Mother and Hurries East.
Now For Vaudeville.
COMPARATIVE RECORDS OF
FIGHTERS.
Jeffries.
Number of fights -
Rounds fought
Won decisions
Knockout or stopped
Draws
Won In one round. ............ .
Won in two rounds
Won in three rounds
Won tn four rounds
Won in five rounds
Won in eight rounds
Won In nine rounds. ...........
Won in ten rounds -
Won in 11 rounds
Won In 20 rounds
Won in 23 rounds
Won in 25 rounds
Craw in 20 rounds
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Not counting first bout with Jack
Monroe, at Butte, an exhibition.
Average length of fights in rounds, 0.
Johnson.
Number of fights T3
Rounds fought -
Won decisions J
Knockouts or stopped &-
Won on foul
Draws
Ixst decision
Knocked out or stopped
Lost on a foul
No decisions . . .
Won In one round...,
Won in two rounds
Won in three rounds
Won In four rounds
Won In five rounds
Won In six rounds..
Won in seven rounds
Won In nine rounds
Won in ten rounds
Won in 11 rounds...
Won In 12 rounds
Won In 13 rounds ,
Con In 14 rounds.......
U'nn In 1 T-OlindS . ... ....
Lost in two rounds 1
Lost in five rounds 1
Lost in 20 rounds 1
Average length of fight in rounds,
8 6-T.
JOHNSON'S TRAINING CAMP, July 4
This was a hilarious night at the road-
house where Jack Johnson trained for
his fight with Jeffries.
Business at the bar started with a rush
when Johnson, returning from the arena
with his newly acquired fortune and
laurels, ordered wine for everybody in
the resort.
Johnson himself drank beer. Crowds
came out from the city to see the cham
pion and they, too, spent freely.
Gamblers Make Money.
Given an impetus by the winning of
about $10,000 by various members of the
camp, the games of chance did a good
business.
There was also dancing and ainging
and more dancing.
Johnson was the main attraction when
he was In evidence. As he planned to
go to Chicago on a train that left at
9:45 A. M., however, much of his time
wa taken up in pacKing nis goods.
Loud cheers greeted the negro when
he returned from the fight. He went
from the arena to his camp in an auto
mobile with Billy Delaney, his chief ad
viser. The camp rushed out en masse
to greet hiro. His wife was one of the
first to reach him. She saw the fight, but
had reached the resqjt before her hus-
Dana arriveu.
"Oh, Jack, I'm so glad you won," she
fiaid-
Friends shouted, clapped their bands
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and whistled. Johnson grinned broadly,
but said nothing to the throng on the
outside of the house. He walked Into
the parlor where another party awaited
him, and sitting down, chatted a few
moments. .
Johnson Jokes of Fight.
Everybody wanted to hear about the
fight. Johnson refused to take it serious
ly. He said he was not hurt and there
was nothing for him to tell. When they
asked him questions he answered them,
but altogether said very little regarding
the contest.
"Don't think I was scared! at any time,"
he said. "I knew how it was coming
out." .
The negro's engagement in vaudeville
opens in New York July 11. He will go
to Chicago from here and then to New
York. Already be has accepted theatri
cal engagements, for five weeks in ad
vance, and has offers of others, but he
says he is tired and wants to go home.
'I want to bo with my mammy," said
Johnson.
At his order, -a meEage was sent his
mother Immediately after the fight, tell
ing her the result.
SEINE IS RISING Mill
ALXi PARIS FEARFUL. OF FLOOD
REPETITION SOME TIME.
Preventive Measures Advised In Big
Tubes to Carry Off Surplus
Water City Anxious.
PARIS, July 4. (Special.) The scene
has risen once more, owing to recent
heavy rains, and there has even been
some fear that traffic on the river might
be interrupted. This new rise has served
to remind the Parisians that measures
for the prevention of a recurrence of the
disaster witnessed "during the Winter are
Imperative, and that there Is real neces
sity for their prompt adoption.
M. Berlier, a' distinguished civil en
gineer, would construct two tubes, start
ing from Ivry Port, passing between the
forts of Vanwes and Isy, and thence
under the woods at Ville d'Avray to the
south of Saint Germain to rejoin the
Seine at Le Chateau de Villieres. a few
hundred yards below Poissy. These tubes
would be made of cement, and could be
opened or closed at will, so that they
would only be utilized when there vas
a superabundance of water.
M. Berlier argues that no doubt can
prevail as to the practical advantages
of his scheme, seeing that the drain
age system in Paris worked extremely
well during the grea floods. He admits
that the expense would be enormous,
and he suggests various methods for
covering It. But he contends that the
protection of Paris demands a pecuniary
sacrifice. On the other hand, the syndi
cate of persons concerned with the river
traffic has Just adopted a report, drawn
up at its invitation by one of its mem
bers, who expresses the opinion that the
system advocated by M. Berlier would be
too expensive, and might not bring much
relief. -He recommends some improve
ment of the bridges under which the cur
rent runs with particular strength, In
cluding the Pont de la Tournelle, the
Pont de l'Alma, the Pont de Sevres, and
the Pont de Saint Cloud, the suppression
of the lock at La Monnaie, and the en
largement of the small arm of the river
at that point, as well as the abolition of
the stores established on various quays,
the widening of the Seine at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges,
and other practical,
though less important measures.
There is, however, no time to be lost.
Belgrand, the celebrated engineer who
did so much for the protection of Paris,
considered that it was under the per
petual menace of serious floods, as, if all
the tributaries of the Seine were to rise
together, the disasters of 1658, 1740. and
1802 might be repeated. He argued, in
fact, that no confidence could be re
posed in the river, as, on the other
hand. It was during periods of drouth
insufficient for the supply of water to
the capital, the quality of the water
being, moreover, at such times very
'Poor, to say the least. Yet, as a high
authority put it a quarter of a century
ago. Paris has more to fear from great
rises of the river than from low water.
Hence the measures, whatever they niny
be, which are bound to be taken sooner
or later for its protection.
CLERKS TAUGHT COURTESY
German Shopkeepers Hope to ln
crease Their Sales.
BERLIN, July 4. (Special ) A school
of courtesy is the lntest thinir in Ger
man shopkeeping. The Association of
Shopkeepers is responsible for it. They
aim at making shopping a joy as well as
a business for their customers.
lot only are cuunLer -hiim li ho
taught the tricks of th trade and thn
details of the goods they handle, but
they are alsj to learn agreeable man
ners, pleasant small talk and rourtly
graces with which to charm their fair
clients.
German shopkeepers will pay for this
training school themselves as a good in
vestment. They aim at producing a.
type of assistant who will be easily con
versational with customers without be
ing familiar, and will extract by these
pleasant arts considerably moro busineBS
than hitherto.
Also they aim at establishing an Inter
national reputation for politeness, , for
they credit the French name for that
quality with part of the ruwi of tourists
to shop in Paris.
In the 16th cfntury clothes wr-re sent from
all parts of France to be washed in Hol
land, where the water of the cunals was
supposed to have special ch-anslnK proper
ties. "The cot of transportation was about
ten times greater in those days titan ac
present.
Distinction is never acci
dental every effect has
a cause.
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