Show SEETHING MASS OF HUMANITY AT RENO Town Filled Up With Sports Sport of High and Low Degree With Trains Still Rolling In RENO REN B ENO Nov Nor July 1 With tho the appointment today of the timekeeper and the announcer the circle of ringside officials for the Fourth of or July battle battlo between Jeffries and Johnson upon which rests the undisputed d heavyweight championship hip of tho the world was completed The officials are arc I Tex ef of Nna referee Charles Charle White of New York alter alternate nat mate referee George O K 1 Harting of oC S Sen Francisco t inic keeper Hilly Billy Jordan of or San Suit Francisco an announcer S STint Tint Tim Sullivan of oC New MeW York take stake h outer i outerS Tom Corbett of oC San Francisco eo bet Mt betI ing lin I S loner espite I the persistence of oC rumors tl that at nickard Rickard does d Rot nOt intend to actually referee the tbt contest ne flU tan Kiil RIt ground for tor the report could be Rickard himself lf denied deal that he had bad any D Intention IR lit It f t down own at th the last hurt t minute Lt u lav favor or of oC the New Yorker I 1 am the referee refer he reiterated reiterate a 1 am m going to do the refereeing ler nickard reached Into lato his hi pocket and nl produced a II roll roU of bills billa Here jut i bet et that SOO for me that I 1 ref ret refer refe I 1 feet feel about bout er ere e the th right fight how bow It of the fight tight officials official named Mined above bove bovea o all a 11 hut Jordan Jordn are re on the th ground Crano Hurting and nd Sullivan arrived taa tody I 1 have hare of f the pnra I and nel MM Sold ad hands handL now In m my the th rest I jr wilt will III be amid over ever to me to tomorrow tomorroW 1 morrow was wa at the tbs pot to meet SullIvan After a MM conference the tb pair climbed Into as an automobIle b and d dt set t out for or Jeffries camp Five mom mem member me m I ber bees of oC C Sullivan party part accompanied them When Vh the machine drew up In front of or Jeffries otta the fighter came cam I forward forant Heio Tim h b he said Id extending hta h hhand hi hand Hello Jeff Jett replied Sullivan 1 I wish wi you Ou all kinds kind of luck JS boY After a few moments of or talk Wit with the big man and whirled over t the duet roe read W to JobS 4 quartets n after F 8 and ud lUte Jo was cordial an Dd antI mi l e r e remarks mark the thet t two officials beck to the city elt Humor humors Tt neno fleno nn S was WaP wa much I a h perturbed p rt today tody toy by b r rumors mo Th They were flying everywhere about Jeffrie rumors bout about S Johnson rumors about K f and J d the referee job rumors rumor about eveH every eyer everything thing and everybody dim directly orIn or In air connected with the LIht Taking the Jeff Jeffries rie rumor In chron chronological citron olo order he first broke his b fore forearm to forearm blood Woo at noon he ruptured a vessel VeRe arm in his hla elbow and d at I 2 o oelo clock k kIn in UM tile afternoon he be II underwent an Sn n operation for Cor appendiCitis PJ In n spite spit of oCl all this thin bard luck ref Jei sufficiently recovered KM at t 6 b tries fries was to leok leek up p from a game of 01 cards caro and drawl dral Iv a as I lUll ant aU all right on we Veli n tIO O long much Monday Mo daY afternoon It dont cut figure what happens happen to me now doss dOM dOMItr The only oab real na affliction to come coe up upon upon upon Jeffrie during durins rt the day was 0 one on l which threatened his pocketbook A AulL Asuit suit ut for tor or Si M ff t foss was flied filed against him In the district court by bythe bythe the hV local lawyers who drew up P tb the contract conveying th the fighters haN chars haNIn In the moving pictures to an ea eastern tera syndicate r Tn lawyers wyen alleged that tha thane because e of the term of the contract with Ith the syndicates representative the they were entitled to at leaSt leut oeo The They ar argued ne ed that tt since nee by b the theand contract and nd his hill Partner In the h deal In good goodhard Tex Tea ex Richard would get pt hard hanl money as soon a an the first fint song gong tapped on Monday Monda a and ad d that tbt even eveh 1 It tp that tha truck track in the fight no bloW bio w wm waa beI to Tex and nd Jim able and Dd the they could throw threw It at t the hi It If My they tile liked MM i did not look very big after all aiL Richard said later In the day cia that tha thai the th matter had bad been adjusted The lawyers Rid ail tt that It had not MOt The They admitted however hower that tt It was wms i liable lIble to be settled at any ny moment There numerous conferences c At t the were ere lawyers awe offices during the day dav and 1 Rickard dW not appear pp ar worried In IR the least let so 50 It Is IB supposed u It was WM all sot t tied to his h or would be any anT moment Jeff leU mill Another of the Hock flock of oC rumors that electrified Into life Ufe the corps of news newspaper ne newspaper paper men nien and nd sportS port porta that dotted the shady side Ide of oC Center street treet was wa one to the effect that Stint Sam un Langford LanSford would box with Jim Jeffries JUrls before belore daylight 1 y fht lIht faded That particular remark kept the war wr correspondents hopping around in circles They went out to Moana Moans then they the came back As soon lIoon as a they got pt Continued on nn II Se Seen en |