The Sunday Oregonian., July 03, 1910, SECTION TWO, Image 13

SECTION TWO
Pages 1 to 16
VOL. XXIX.
NEGRO SHOWS BIG
Johnson, as Fighter, !s Under
rated, as Black Man Is
Cautious.
WPPERCUT DREADED BLOW
Foe Choynski Said to Have Invented
Scheme to Aid Jeffries in Break
ing Texan's Famous Knockout
"Drop" Jeff Like Xelson.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
RENO. Nev., July 2. (Special.) The
die Is cast. The training Is ended and
'unless there are untoward accidents, the
story of the many months of prelimi
nary work In bringing the big match
to a head and The weary weeks of camp
training' has been told.
The work has been done faithfully.
Both the promoters, who have had
. many affairs on their hands, and the
heavyweights, with the fear of poor
condition ever In their minds, have
toiled Incessantly. Nothing has been
neglected and nothing loft undone, inj
sofar as human minds could decide,
and now the one great question in
the minds of the hurrying multitude
that has jammed Into Reno, and the
other thousands who are hurrying to
the Mecca of pugilism, Is what shall the
harvest be?
Story Most Interesting.
From the day that Jeffries first an
nounced his intention of appearing on
the vaudeville stage in San Francisco,
ail through the devious channels, the
story has been an interesting one to
follow, not only to the close observer
of the flgnting game or the critic, but
i.s well to the layman.
Long weeks age the "battle of the
century," as it has Ijtti so aotlv termed
by some word-painters, passed from the
stage of a merely sporting event until
it has come to be generally recognized
as one of the most spectacular news
events of (he world.
But as the time has come to end the
training, so that same time has come
tor the separation of the sporting fea
tures from the news; for a close ana
lytical study of the two gnters and
their chances In the 46-round fight of
Monday afternoon.
Jeffries Most Popular.
' If one were to follow the crowd and
i to Bide with the majority, there Is no
question of the overwhelming popularity
'of Jeffries. Public opinion is so mani
festly in his favor as shown by a tally
of the world-at-large, that it, would be
useless to argue against the assertion.
Personally, I would like to see Jef
fries win. As a white man and one of
the few men in the ring whose name has
never been mentioned In connection with
the various shady transactions, I have
great resepect for him.
This is itself no arraignment of John
son, who, as a fighter, is entitled to
credit for his remarkable cleverness and
as a man has been uniformly courteous
to the newspaper writers who have come
in contact with him.
There are unknown quantities as re
gards both the heavyweights.
On the part of Jeffries there is the all
Important question as to whether Jef
fries has not, in his long absence from
athletic activity, lost that something
which comes with youth and is fleeting.
From the Johnson standpoint, we
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know little as to his ability to stand
punishment In short, we know not of
his gameness.
Elements Tell Greatly.
These two elements enter so closely
Into a discussion of the fight as a fight
that it is not possible to say flat
footedly that Johnson will win or that
Jeffries is the man who will be acclaimed
the victor. No man can determine these
facts in advance of the fight,' and at
best It is a matter of careful calculation
and a study of conditions as they exist.
Jeffries, taken a few years ago, at the
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OF JULY
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING,
CURDS JEFF'S FORTE
Champion and
Day Flaying
Gotch Pass
"Hearts."
THEN TO FISHING TURN
Though Corbett and Choynski Re
gret Pugilist Refuses to Box,
Full Confidence Is Expressed
In Victory Against Black.
JEFFRIES TRAINING CAMP, Moana
Springs, July 2. Fishing and card playing
were the only things to occupy Jim Jef
fries', mind today. From early in the
morning until mid-afternoon ne sat under
the trees beside his cottage playing
"hearts" andi rejoicing in the misfortunes
ofhis opponents.
Many people went out to see him. A
line of curious people strung along the
fence that shuts the cottage lawn from
the main grounds all day. They seemed
to think Jeff would do something, but no
body hazarded a guess what it would be.
The card game broke up and a stir of ex
pectancy passed over the crowd.
. Jeffries stepped out to the gate, an
automobile drew up in front of him and
in a moment he was speeding down the
road, bound on an evening fishing ex
pedition up the Truckee River. That wag
the sum total of the excitement at the
camp today.
. Jeff in Good Humor,
Jeffries was in an extraordinarily good
humor all day. Frank Gotch, his former
theatrical associate and firm friend, spent
the entire day with him. The pair, after
several hours playing "hearts." were
ahead, about $2 each. They pooled their
.interests, and invested the fund at the
roulette wheel across the road. As a
result,, they went back to the heart
game with $14 and Jeffries was highly de
lighted with the outcome of their fren
zied finance.
Many visitors of importance ' came to
the camp during the day and the chal
lenger greeted them all pleasantly.
On the fishing trip the party went to
Calavada on the state line, about 20 -miles
up in the hills east of the city.' The trout
were stored in the bottom of the car on
the return trip. Jeff proudly exhibited
them to everybody who stepped up to the
machine.
Confidence Seen in Camp.
There is a feeling of utter confidence
among Jeffries' camp following as to his
ability to win on Monday. There are, of
course, some differences of opinion as to
his method of training, but all are posi
tive that his condition is good.
The boxers, Corbett and Choynski, are
bemoaning the fact that the big fellow
would not heed their urging to work with
the gloves. They believe that If he had
boxed more, he would be able to save
himself punishment in the ring. This,
however, they consider a detail.
The result will be the same in as y
event, they declare.
The strain of training days has told to
some extent, upon little Mrs. Jeffries.
She spends her time hovering about her
husband, watching him and thinking of
him all the time, whether he Is at work
or play.
"I'd prefer not to say anything about
It," said Mrs. Jeffries today, when asked
for an opinion on the fight. "I'm not in
terested in prizefighting; but I am in
terested in my husband's welfare. I be
lieve he will win, of course, but I do
hope this will be his last fight."
Among Jeffries' visitors were auto
mobile loads of negroes. They were
piloted out to camp by Sam Langford
and "came to wish the white man success
when he clash.es with- Johnson.
FIGHT AREXA SEATS 20,000
Cost of Famous July 4 Battle Scene
Close to $18,000.
RENO, July 2. The Reno arena Is
located a mile and a half from the
center of the city and stands where
stood the arena in which the Root
Hart fight took place just four years
ago. The. plan is almost identical with
that of the arena in San Francisco, which
had to be abandoned when the state in
tervened and caused the shift to Nevada
It is about 300 feet square, and seats 20.000
approximately, and its cost was expected
to exceed $17,500.
Measured within the ropes with their
padded corners, the ring Is Just 24 feet
square. From edge to edge in each di
rection the raised platform is 27 feet, al
lowing 18 Inches beyond the ropes all
around. This space is left for the con
venience of the seconds, who must
spring into the ring between rounds to
fan and wash and encourage- their war
ring chieftains.
Below the edge of the platform runs
a narrow bench upon which are lo
cated the telegraph instruments which
will click the story of the battle
around the world. Here also are the
telephones with metallic head-dresses
attached, through which the thousands
on the outside will hear of the prog
ress of the fight via the bulletin boards.
Back of this bench are several others,
providing in all - for - 100 newspaper
men.
From this level around the ring the
sections radiate outward and upward
like spokes of a wagon wheel. There
are eight of these wedge-shaped sec
tions, and each r6w of seats is five
Inches higher than the one in front,
the last row rising 35 feet from the
ground level. The seats do not run one
behind the other, soldier-fashion, but
alternate so that the man behind looks
down on the ring between the heads of
the two directly in front of him. By
this arrangement the ring will be
flanked by a sloping wall of faees and
staring eyes, circling the fighters on all
sides to a height of 30 feet. There will
be no spaces and lines between them.
Just a solid wall of faces glaring down
at the white square.
Between the press seats and the
bleachers there Is a gentle slope upon
which approximately 5000 chairs are
grouped. Here the aristocrats will sit
at their ease men to whom a $50 seat
for an afternoon's sport is little out
of the ordinary. The 5000 will be on a
lower level than the ring, and will look
upward at the fighters.
Unusual precautions have been taken
to prevent disorder of any kind. There
will be several platoons of guards scat
tered through the aisles, and among the
audience. Every, entrance and exit will
be supervised to prevent crowding, and
plain-clothes men will - be scattered
everywhere.
JULY 3, 1910.
BLACK IS COCKSURE
Johnson Expects to Win Fight
Under Any Tactics.
CHAMPION HAS IDLE DAY
Motors and Looks Over Arena Ob
jection Made' to Distance From
Ropes to Edge of Platform.
Timekeeper Harting Calls.
JOHNSON'S TRAINING CAMP, Reno.
July 2. With the turmoil of his train
ing over, dhamplon Jack Johnson is
Just as certain of his ability to , de
feat Jim Jeffries July 4 as when the
idea of such a battle first crossed his
mind five or more years ago.
It was learned about the camp to
day that. Johnson believes it will be
a short fight if Jeffries takes the ag
gressive from the start and carries the
fighting to the - champion. The big
negro is supremely confident that he
can. knock the white man out. If
Jeffries fights a cautious battle and
stays away, Johnson is just as certain
in his own mind of victory. He knows
the speed and agility of. his opponent,
but feels sure of his own ability to
follow the white man and to cut him
up terribly. But he expects a long
fight in this event. -
Rickard Agrees to Change.
Johnson put in an idle day. He was
motored into town today by Dick
Shevlln, the old Yale man, and per
sonally looked over the arena. The
distance from the . ropes to the outer
edge of the. platform did not suit him.
He, said that he wanted a foot more
room out there. Rickard agreed to
do what was wanted in this matter and
arrangements to that effect were soon
made.
Later In the day Johnson went to.
the city again. He was "just Joy rid
ing," he told those who questioned
him and his evident enjoyment bore
him out. After a few hours of speed
ing around the city and suburbs the
party, returned to camp. George Hart
ing, the official timekeeper, called
and was shown up to Johnson's room.
Harting and Johnson were in con
ference for half an hour. When the
ring official came downstairs he said
he did not care to talk of theconfer
ence Johnson's Waist 35 1-2 Inches.
"One thing I might tell you though,"
he said. "I measured Johnson's waist
while I was up there. He measures
Just 35 inches."
"Did the champion express his opin
ion regarding your appointment, Mr.
Harting?" was asked. "Yes, he said
I am sure of a square deal."
"Johnson asked me," continued Hart
ing, "If I would sit in the timer's cor
ner. I told him no, that I would sit at
the center of the ringside, and he
laughed, and said 'It makes no differ
ence.' "
Fight to Be Spectacular.
A delegation of Salt Lake fight en
thusiasts called on the champion dur
ing the day. He received them cordial
ly and assured them that he was ready
to make the fight that will be, no mat
ter what the outcome, the most spec
tacular of his ring career. Some mem
ber of the party asked him what he
thought of the odds.
"Well," said Jack, "you know people
will bet, and their sentiment is gen
erally with their money. All I say is
give me a square deal and let the best
man win, regardless of sentiment."
The champion assured every caller
today that his real training work was
completed. As a limbering up measure
he went eight miles on the road late
In the day. He expects to cover the
same distance tomorrow.
XEGROES GET BEST . SEATS
Shasta Limited Filled With Fight
Fans. Bound for Reno.
SALEM, Or., July 2. (Special.)
Passengers by the Shasta Limited
southbound tonight were considerably
surprised at finding the choicest ob
servation and dining car seats cap
tured by dusky fight fans.
There were 12 negroes, accompanied
by three women. All said they . were
bound for Reno.
Every seat in the train Is occupied
by a fight fan.
TEAMS TO PLAY FIRST GAME
Sellwood and Peninsula Meet Today
at McKenna Park.
Both the Seliwood and Peninsula
teams of the Trl-City League have been
practicing all week for the contest to
day on McKenna Park diamond, the
first game between these two teams
this season. These teams were both
admitted Into the league this season
The Sellwood team starting the season,
but the new Peninsula aggregation,
formerly the Fulten Blues, a fast in
dependent team, got its first chance in
league company after the disband
ment of the old Peninsula team.
The new nine to represent Peninsula
is composed of the best players of the
team of that name and the Fulton
stars. That a good team is the result
was revealed last Sunday, when the
new aggregation took the "Rupert
Rubes" in camp for the first game in
league company. On the other hand,
the Sellwood Tourists havebeen play
ing winning ball all season and have
been among the first division teams ail
the while. This game really . amounts
to the annual battle between them.
When both teams were playing inde
pendent ball they were the chief con
tenders for city championship honors.
Parker and Jorgenson or Day will he
the battery for Peninsula, while Scott
and McKinley will do duty for Sell
wood. The game will be called at 3
o'clock by Umpire Alex Cheyne.
Belmont's Norman III Wins.
ALEXANDRA PARK, July 2. The
Islington welter plate of 100 sover
eigns, for 3-year-olds- and up, distance
half-mile and 110 yards, was won today
by August Belmont's Norman III. St.
Justinien was second and Junket third.
No others started.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
SPORTING AND MARKET
REPORTS
NO. 27
POTENTIAL ENEBGY
IN JEFF RESERVED
Jack London Discusses Fighter
in Light of Cell Reproduc
ing Possibilities.
ENDURANCE NOT TESTED
Gameness and Physical Stamina Xot
to Be Confused Past Contests
Have Xot Drawn Heavily on
His Latent Forces.
BY JACK LONDON'.
(Copyright. 1010. by the New York Herald:
registered in Canada in accordance with
the copyright act. All rights reserved.)
RENO, Nev., July 2. It seems to ma
in the discussion about Jeffries com
ing back several little points have been
ignored.
For Instance, there is a little science)
called histology, which has a whole lot
of bearing on Jeff's case. Men are in
tricate and complicated fabrics woven
and builded out of cells. All the tis
sues, nerves, muscles and organs are
composed of enormously interrelated
colonies of cells. The muscle ells store
up energy and release it Into action
Work breaks- down the cells, burns up,
destroys them, and new cells take their
place. These cells have a way of re
producing themselves and, according to
the number of times they can repro
duce themselves, is the life of the In
dividual or the average life of a species.
Thus, parrots possess such cell-repro-ductiveness.
that their tissues go on
renewing for a hundred years. There
are certain flies whose cell reproduc
tiveness Is so small that they live only
for an hour or two.
Man Foredoomed by Cells.
Each creature, bug. beast or bird 1
born with so many potential cell gen
erations. When these generations are
used up the creature dies; its organism
disintegrates. That 'is all because' of
the simple fact that it can no longer
renew itself. There are no more new
cells out of which to manufacture new
tissue. .- The tissue breaks down and
there is a funeral. It is the same with,
men. Each man, at birth, comes into
the world with so many potential cell
generations. Barring accidents and ex
cesses, one man will break down and
die of senile old age at 65; another man
will live to 90 before the same thing
happens. The difference between the
two is the difference in their cell po
tentialities when they were born.
Each man has only so much work in
him. Now a man can use up quickly
or slowly these cell generations that
are the life of him. The more quickly
he uses them the shorter the time he
lives. A hard manual worker wears
out quicker than an easy office-worker.
The manual worker will look stronger,
healthier, ruddter, but he won't live as
long. This is no place to consider ex
ceptions. We must deal with averages.
The life insurance companies who are
past masters in handling averages will
tell you that the average life of a.
laborer is shorter than the average life
of an office worker.
Spirit Willing, Flesh Weak.
And now the argument leads up tJ
the fighting game and gets near the.
old Jeffries. Every man is born with.
Just so much work In him, which he
may expend quickly or slowly. Each:
fighter is born with so many fights in.
him. When he has made these fights
he is finished. He may try to fight
more, to "come back," but he is doomed
to defeat. His spirit Is willing but hla
flesh is weak. His flesh Is weak be
cause it can no longer reproduce it
self with the old vim. The cell gener
ations come more slowly and In dwind
ling numbers; the man is fading, pass
ing, moving toward the final cessation.
Prize fighting is a terriblo destroyer
of cells. A man in a hard fight will
lose pounds and pounds of weight,
and he will shorten his life correspond
ingly, both his entire life and his
fighting life. Let us consider two prize
fighters. Each Is born with a potential
cell reproductiveness that will permit
him 20 fights. In short, he is born
with 20 fights in him. When they are
fought he Is finished. There is no
come-back. Now, one of the two men
is lucky. He goes against an oppo
nent, who he puts away easily; no
hard, long gruelling fights, wherein ho
burns himself up to the uppermost
pitch of human endurance. The second
man Is unfortunate. His opponents are
more formidable. Fight after fight is
long and hard and gruelling. As a re
sult he uses up his cell generation at
a terrific rate and is a has-been, out
of the ring, for a long time before the
first man follows him.
Stamina of Two Kinds.
What happened to this man? The
fight fans say he has lost his stamina.
This is an abstraction and a confusion.
For there is a stamina that is residual
in the brain and that is called game
ness. This particular 'man can be as
game as ever and yet be unable to come
back. Then what has- happened? He
has lost the stamina of his flesh; he
has consumed the vitality of his tis
sues. When he exercises and breaks
down cells they break down more
quickly. Also new cells are built ,up
more slowly, and they come in decreas
ing numbers.
And now we come to Jeff. He was
born with so many cell generations in
him. What has he done with these cell
generations? What have his fights
been? Right here the Investigation
shows its straight aim at the problem
whether or not Jeff can come back.
How often has he fought? How hard
has he fought?
His record is a short and easy one.
In 1896 he knocked out Dan Long in
San Francisco; in 1904 he knocked out
Jack Munroe in San Francisco. Both
were two-round fights. Ills fight
career has thus been only eight years,
but when it is considered that Jack
Munroe was a Joke and that the fight
of 1903 with Corbett was an easy one
of only 10 rounds," his fighting career
ended in 1902, when he knocked Out
Fitzsimmons for the second time.
Energy Xot Taxed.
This means to all practical purposes
that he was fighting for only six years.
All told he has fought 20 battles. In
the light of cell consumption, an an
alysis of these 20 battles is worth
while. One of the fights was a single
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