Show JEFFRIES IS r rIN IN HIS IS NEW NEW CAMP NOW LiKes Lilies High Altitude He Declares De De- clares dares Big Ovation at Reno Depot LOOK LOOKS BAD FOR LANGFORD KETCHEL-LANGFORD J I Middle Weight Battle Not Nott to toBe tOBe Be Allowed in RicKard's Richards RicK Rich ards ard's Arena J RENO Nov Nay Juno 22 James James 3 J. J Jeffries accompanied by his wife hit hii staff of trainers and a party of friends arrived here shortly after 10 o'clock I this morning A crowd of or probably 2000 people was at the depot to extend him greetings but was more or 1 len IMS disappointed for tho the reason that Jeffries ret Jef fries made a a. quiet little sneak out of of the rear door of his special car while the others were climbing down in front He was soon discovered however and a mi mighty cheer went up as Promoter Promoter Pro Pro- moter mater Richard Rickard rushed rUBbed to him bins and the tha pair clinched hands in ina a hearty bearty shake e Jeffries with Manager o Sam Berger BerRer was quietly whisked away to s Rickard room in a nearby hotel for a bit of s a private chat As the prominent lights of the Jeffries Jeffries Jef Jet fries training staff left the train eachin each eachin in turn was war warmly ly received Old Joe JOB was given ivon quite a a. cheer Jim Jima Corbett received a near ovation and John L. L Sullivan who by the way was io a a. member of the Jeffries party pary also aleo came in in for a hearty hand Th party included Jim Jima Jeffries and his hill wife wile Manager er Berger Bergen Sparring Partners Corbett and Bob Armstrong Coin Cornell Pannier Farmer Burns and a number of newspaper men After tho the hotel confab Jeffries with Bor Borger er and Rickard motored out to toMoana toMoana l foa Moana a Sp Springs in s to inspect tho the new t I training raining quarters Jeffries was in ia splendid spirits all aU during the trip Ho lie chatted and laughed pleasantly All AU h hands nils slept well en with good d' d appetites This This high altitude will just about suit uit me he be said just b before toro the train pulled into Reno lleno Ive PV always b been 1 at homo home in in th the mountains and nd if I can t get what I want in the way way of f training quarters Ill I'll be perfectly contented up hero bere Im I'm anxious to be he back at the grind rind again for this ride ride- is sure to stiffen n me up a little Rickard this morning received from Toronto promoters what he declares to be the tho most sensible offer offer offer of of- fer for the fi fight ht yet yot ot made him The telegram follows Hundred and fifty thousand guaranteed guaranteed guar guar- if you jou hold bold bl big fight here here July 4 All readi Freedom from police or other interference guaranteed Rat Rates Bate can be arranged with all railways Traveling allowance of 2000 for fight Cr ers era Wire reply Rush Bush Signed DOWiEY DO AND BOSHALL U After r rending n ins the bid Rickard passed paned the telegram ram to newspaper men standing stand stand- standing ing byc bv hr c What Phat hat are arc the laws in in Canada re regarding ye- ye garding c prize fights fights' he queried c Ill just hold on OD to this and he ho rescued the message e and placed it in in his pocket Rickard positively it eh asserts assert today that thit there thore is no possibility of Promoter Sid Hester ster staging ns the Lan Langford-Kethel Langford fight in tho the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson ar arena rin on the morning of July 4 or at It any time time- prior to the bi big battle Th The best becan he D can do for Hester ho says lays is me to permit permit per per- ermit er- er mit mit- him to hold boM his contest on the day after atter the heavy weight match h. h Heater Hester declares there thoro is little chance of st sf- sf I curing any other arena and that th if Richard Rickard docs does not relent nt before night he will return to San Francisco |