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Show OANS SSYS SURE, HE WILL WIN Mb BETTORS TSKE THE SBfJE VIEW TOXOPAH, Xev., Jan. 1. New Year's day at Tonopah waa ushered in with zero weather. The bl lizard subsided, but was succeeded by a cold wind from the north that sent psdes-tnans psdes-tnans acnTTjigg iailfy1pTt.TB: eaaionaJIy the sua broke through a rift in. the elonds, but these visitations were few and far between. At fc o'clock the streets which were covered with snow, were prsetically deserted. de-serted. At the Cssino hesdquarters, however, howev-er, where the sale of fight seata is progressing, pro-gressing, there was quite a congestion of humanity, and the management reported re-ported a brisk early morning sale. Gans and Herman were up early, but did no work of any kind today. The fighters will remain at their auarters until 1 o'clock, when thev will weigh in at the office of M. M. Riley, the fight promoter. At 2:30 they will proceed pro-ceed to the arena snd fifteen minutes later will enter the ring. Both are in excellent spirits this morning and supreme confidence marks their every movement. Gana, in- particular, was in sn smi-able smi-able frame of mind and spent the time greeting newly-srrived friends and as-suring as-suring them that 1 there was not ' the slightest doubt ss to the outcome of the "Get in snd bat on me snd doa't let the odds stop you." he said to a party of Goldfield miners whose as-emaintsnce as-emaintsnce he formed during his. star there tsst'rrbeA" Tbefs -v Uat tar 'remotest c Bases ef nr Jotu'ngtks contest, and it mesas a whole lot for me in the future. I will be hot oh' toe heejs of Battling Nelson. Failing to get a match -with him. I might agree to take on Britt if he will agree to my terms, " Herman, like Gans, flittered about among his acquaintances and told them that ne expected to win by aggressive work 'and body play. - . ".I have youth on my side," he said; "and believe that by eonsistenly st-tscking st-tscking the ebsmpion's body I will wear Sim down and then go in and win. " Nate Lewis, the ("hicsgo lad's manager, man-ager, said this morning: "The fight will result in one of the biggest pugilistic surprises in recent years. There was never a fighter that stepped into the ring who is as strong as Herman at the weight. Although Gans will make the weight, he certainly cer-tainly will not be as strong as the kid. "Herman is ele-vw, can punch with either hand, ia an excellent ring general, gen-eral, and is ss game ss a pebble. His confidence is supreme, as has been shown during his entire course of training. "I have wagered $3500, some at odds of 10 to 4 and some at 2 to 1, that the kid will win." There was not much betting in Tonopah Ton-opah this morning. Many of the blue-shifted blue-shifted prospectors are anxious to nibble nib-ble at the short end, but there are few who care to risk their money on Gans at the prevailing odds, which range from to 1 to 3 to 1. The mutuals. however, are well patronlxed, Gana to win in from eleven to. fifteen rounds being the most populsr selection. Gans weighed in. on -the club scales shortlv after 10 o'clock in full street costume, including shoes, rubbers and a heavv sweater. He tipped the beam at 139 U pounds. All hope that James J. Jeffries would be a spectator at the ringside was dispelled when Manager Riley received re-ceived a telegram this morning from Los Angeles, stating that' the transportation transpor-tation which the club had forwarded was received too late bv the champion to make connections. The big fellow expressed his regrets at . the turn of events snd wished the club every success. |