Show WRANGLE OVER PLANS FOR FOB LANGFORD RENO REO Nen ev June Juno 23 Tom Tom Flannagan's Flanna- Flanna gans gnus big biff blue blua eyes 3 grew round with sur- sur iso pr-iso when the Associated Press Informed him early this morning of or tho the reported reconciliation between n Jack Johnson and nd his bin deposed manager George Georg Little Now INow you OU are chaffing me me h he be s uh ll laughed d. d It was an au uneasy laugh al although although nl- nl though he lie soon oon became serious For n. n few minutes Flanagan was waa completelY completely com corn nonplussed Then Thea ho he straightened his broad shoulders and smiled You may Sa SRi say for me that I am gl giad to hear bear that Johnson and Little aro are friends once again H Ho spoke slowly lowly as aa asIf asIt If It weighing words I 1 am arm for Johnson first last and for all time I 1 want vant him to win this fight and whether I am ama his manager or not does doe not figure In the tho matter Johnson will wilt find mo me working working- hero here for him when whon he arrive In Rono Rano Ill I'll stay with him hith as Ion long as as' as ho needs me me lie He was a. a asked ked If ho hI had a contract with Johnson YOI Yes Tos here Is my contract Flanagan replied and ho produced a. a slip of paper containing containing- tho the slimed sinned statement Johnson f recently gave to th the tho pre press s at San Francisco announcing that Flanagan had hl been appointed to assist him in lookIng after hi his business Interests You see sec see ho hc went ent on this Is la more a bond of or friendship than anything else That was all aJl I Uk asked d for Aside from the tho hectic local Interest In Inthe Inthe Inthe the comings and goings Ings of ot big Jim Jeffries Jef Jet fries the particular anglo angle of the fight situation that engages eng Renos Reno's attention today Is tho the controversy waging over or the proposed La Langford rord contest Tex Tax Rickard and the local committee In charge of or tho the building of tho tIm arena for tor forthe forthe the tho main battle battlo are openly opposing Promoter Promoter Pro Pro- moter motor nes Theaters Hester's rA project They Thoy assort assert that tho the middle weight match If staged on o or before July 4 4 is JA likely to draw patronage patron patron- age from tho the big ble fight or at least to cut down tho the sale salo of ot the higher priced tickets Its tho the Johnson Jeffries-Johnson fight that will bring tho the visitors to Reno Rickard said eald last nl night ht and Its It's not right for anybody to try to cut In inon on us with a 11 arival arival rival affair They can enn have our arena for their ft fight ht tho the minute Jeffries and anit Johnson get el through h with It It I think they ought to bo be satisfied with that of- of for ter On tho the other hand Hester and hl hia fellow promoter Billy say their plan Is thoroughly legitimate Wo We dont don't want to hurt tho the big fight Hester certainly asserted today tOOny but wo we are arc going to pull off ort our scrap If Its It's possible pos pea Os- Os sible to do so on tho the morning of tho the Fourth According to Hester a site lito has hns been beon selected and arrangements aro are being made to begin work at nt once on an arena If lt the tho Langford I go JO proves a success he declared wo we plan to bring tho the Tommy Langford Burns match hero on Labor day Rickard and Hester had an nn argument last lal night over a long distance telephone message go Rickard claimed to have havo re received re- re from Ban Sm Francisco from Jots JOEl Woodman Langfords Langford's manager AccordIng According According Accord Accord- ing to Rickard Woodman told him that there was no chanco chance of meeting meeting meet meet- ing In In Reno on the tho morning of or orthe the time big bl fight as os he Woodman had no intention of ot cutting In on the Jeffries- Jeffries Johnson fight When Hester e ter learned that RickArd lUckard had bad mafia mafte the above statement ho lie called up Woodman and claimed to havo have received a denial from him of any Intention of or calling off ort tho the match There was talk at nt midnight that Hesters Hester's contest might be held at nt on the Saturday preceding preceding pre pro ceding July 4 Hester however said that there was nothing In iii tho the rumor |