Show f i FIGHT DAY DAWNS DAWNSON ON ROPED ARENA 4 f tI Strange Sights Are Arc Seen on f Streets of Reno When Rest Restless Restless less les Life Lila Began Bogan to Stir P itt THE BETTING BEnING LIVENS UP UPi i Arose rose Karly Irl anil Tools Toi I bh it rt Spins Oil flout fo to foUp Up UpI I I Ilono nott l Nov ov av July 4 When the th aun un r that today lifted ct itt Its It II brim above th sagebrush hills Tn In this green 1 ind ordinarily peaceful valley ide eL river over overt r rf f the tho t Sierras there thre will Ilao bavo pawed onto into comparative oblivion one of ot two mighty men Int J J 1 Jef JeC Jeffried rl 1 trIes fried or John Johll Arthur Johnson I ta tint rays raya shot Into whore men nien ot o horn hom and nd family wore 01 sleeping In row roa ro upon rt we It through Into strung 1 where men were wre sleeping two und three In a I bed bi J rid on the th floors 1100 It Jt t rent curtains ot of smoke art and fUd fUdI andI I 1 men mell grouix grouped d lU at green J tables table and standing around spinning I houll And on earn CAh of at there the a it amet itt t tt t met mel Its ItH rival the gold cold Old of M the th rU In J heaps It saw a a l great bare buie bill of ot pine board with ft ii 1 ring 1 In the tho lie center waiting It II aw saw tile the I tn stirring with re thu Ufa und automobiles already whirling along the Ih ti country roads Out nut of ot the southeast crane came a II cool wind and the clear doar sky iky gave save promise of ot otI ofa n a I perfect day lay for tOl what promises to be bethe bethe b the greet great prino ring rill battlo of ot In the United Here fero between tile the th fire Ore of t eastern re reformers formers and the leap deep s a at of politic 1 the Iho t arc aro gatli pl at their ln t stand Never before 4 In tn the th history of at the prize ring have hlo so r many celebrities and spurting character lt net met In one ono narrow street i It If Announcer Hilly Jordan tins hn hll to In tn all thee tholo e men thin this afternoon h ho hA will lose bee his hl voice volee long lone before Jef Jeffries fries rieM and tid make their bows bosY to tho public Th Tho h morning of nt tho the light fight brings no I chango In tiny any of nt the tho details detail that thoL will willjo jo to mako m u up the setting of ot the Iho stage I To V down tin Ih rumor that ho would not act net BB fUI e referee of ot tim tho light Tex rex Richard offered thy this th morning to 10 bet hot 1000 that I ho he would woul l officiate Tho The night nl ht sod peacefully nt at both hoth Amps this morning tho tito trainers and and managers were bullY bUBy In tn completing j their arrangements to appear at It the ringside promptly to get out nut or orf ort town tomorrow f t 1 START TAHT I WILT SILL UK ll LATE t Tho men are arc scheduled to start to tol l tight lit uL 1 30 Pacific count Out time I but what with Introductions and tho tl fuss fue of or tho the moving picture game It ItI I probably will to bo lb n a liter later bo ho fore time lime Is le called The prospect ure ore that tho arena will bo ho comfortably ariy this thin I n i long line hue of ot pun natters lined up tip lit lt t tho the ticket Them Thero has han been boen bt n tOi I 1 difficulty no so far for over the tho seating coating ar arrangements and IK no lion bite on openly i The Tho main limb this thia morning was nan nanto I I to t g get t Ml to eat before going to toI I Ir Ih Iho he arena arona Tho Cho restaurants hut hust night r almost gave Kno up UI tho the Job of ot trying to fetid feed the tho multitude Many lany places place l wore oro old out or of every scrap of or be ho before fore foro morning The doors of ot the tho main were nere guarded by husky husk w waiters who let A ii I few low hungry I patrons rift Itt In at lit Interval Once On co Inside It IL was Wall wasa Walla a waiter who told lold the tho guests what tha could get set to eat ell Menu cards were mero ornaments Hundreds of ot men loon who camo In on tho late lato last lust walked until they thoy were weary a 0 l lIce to tl eat and sleep Homo Somo gac elO It II up Ul a WI as a bad Job and remained UI up all oil night AT NT A ARENA And No o It H was s as a it 1 weird throng that started on lt its 1111 way WA to tho the arena urena OH ne tho morning sped toward noon In the were the pugilists above 1110 the tho sports who follow rollow the Iho lilt Ilits and and an 1 hot but t on nil I them tho tim men who write of or the th donKa ot of the lighters more writers than ever eer reported a lIght women and ami boys thieves thle ant anil 01 gamblers gambler b and detective del and andall all cli the th casual that follow tollow the tho bin big 1 sporting I Went vents Thoy Tho were burn burned d by b one desire ped by h one fever I n made one on by b a common desire Luring During the tho morning many parties pied Hl d the time by h out outto outto to 10 the two Iwo camps on 00 the edge of 01 tho city cit elt seeking once 1005 more mo to Ret get a tip from the wise vio one onee Tho The wore note busy taking bets bet During trio the rh hours hour the odds remained the tame lame lamen as n on 00 the thIl night the th at itt odds of nr 10 to o They The wele down to 6 nt Itt R tOile on time by tv ri Allet bet of oC on III Jeffrie made mad by II It II IL Free of or Chicago who will manage round the world tour If Gorg Con l ln of ot New oel York bet bH on Jeffries tt lit odds oddA of ot 10 O to 6 and oo that he hart had more at nt the tho seine nune Ine price lArger betting I Is IA looked honked for tor nt at n t tire tile ringside with a ri possible change of ot odds odd oddIn In favor of ot Johnson K B 1 B It of ot Now New York wild Id that he h would bet bd on nn later Ill The latest news newa from the camps N Iv that beth men tOen will walt until the tits l lad t minute be before for motoring to tho the ring ringsIde sIde elde They will III dress at 11 their camp camps m even oen to putting ruttIng tire the bandages on their hans hands Doth men arole e ul and went vent out for short spins pin on Oil the road mad to tn limber up Johnson hat hail not made rondo his hie plans but Jeffries decided to have nil all hI hl trainer trainers except Red lIed Cornell end and Hums Euro precede him to 10 his quarters at tIle the arena nm lI end and hums will wilt remain at the tile camp to 10 him s a final rub On the WAY wey y to the arena Jeries J will w 11 take his bl wife w Ite to a II newspaper office where here she ehe will welt wait until un III th tim the fate of or her h he been decided getting th UI the round by b round Mrs 11 Jo J fri lisle hate price tight She Is II I sum aurb however that her Jim will win When the th tight right starts Marts It will III b be more moe bun a hattie battle between the two Iwo prin principals Jeffries chief chist will tie be J J orbett II who was vas until whipped by Jeffries Johnsons chief second cond and adviser durns durn d the tight ht will be Billy Bill Pel ncy Dc D lan lanet iane y trained d and fathered both bolh Our Cur bett and Jeffries when they the thA were young m with only Il Its Is la i Jeffrie enemy nem now how and Johnson de Ile depends Ilef f upon him to tell him of ot the w week weak k point t nt In his hla opponents methods method ant arul an anto antto to advice him just mit when to sail Nil In anil win To tight light experts his him hi situation on one of ot thit tI mot most dramatic touch louche that could be hr imagined It II will b be a l Mt of ot the It hex IHK generalship that this a ail age ha lice Ir He n l In Johnsons corner r will be tie h Hut Al A Dec Doo Furry Fure f Hums BurnA and Stanley Htanley champion of at th Ih the who will act st as RI ft timekeeper for Johnson Johnon It Jt l is 18 to trl think of or the nurn num number ber her of or will wI be h written about this tight liGht another Not Noton only on every move movi hut bitt almost every ery thought nf or time the men nun In the ring will Jw bt b In the th cold J ld figurea of ot th Ih the e Of 01 t telegraph company word words of press pre matter will go fO out ov over r tho Wires If it Johnson John on wins win If rt Jeffries wins It will be much less Ices they thoy estimate around word worde Added Ad le l to what has hea been n written during the last year eur and anI tho the history ot of tho the two men who will lace face other thu afternoon would nil flU as JI many man volumes volume as all that of or Pt any king kins or that over ever lived OP A force of at expert telegraph opera operator tor torI lies has been Iwen gathered in III Ihl tilts Little ULlI desert city They rhe ha IIII been brought from a as far tISsI AI as IU ehl A cur car curion loan ion J of ot modern equipment us sent on Ott from th the tha eu lust t and l Ml set t up Ul Tourist p pan an era were parked for tor the accommodation of ef e m n precautions pr huv been taken along the line to safeguard time till wires und 1111 1 the Iho company hits has In Ind Inert Increased ert creased Q d Its Ite it roster In lit tilt all I of ot ottIc tIc und rind stations ata const COllet to 10 coast Un One ins wire offIcial I said saul that ot of th the It flap iR disaster dl a lH of ot 1 I POll 0 no 84 volume nt of mutter muller hue bus been handled for fur a stogie event cent In UK tl Iris hlf tory of 01 telegraphy And nd y yet t tho thu half halt has bait not ben told Th There r are uro n ii i thousand go 10 to 0 make malte up UI the teat real life lite of a gath guth gathering tiring onus of ut this thin sort that thai no mm e ct an ace see and end no pen p can llIn tell taU tallOn On th the eve v of ot the th biggest thing la to hrs his h life lit Jack Johnson sat mit with uh party of ot friends friend yesterday and talked Jokingly ot Ut his hili career he said I 1 am am thinking ui iii I the hard road that thai I have ha Ino I 1 left leU home when I 1 asic WK IS li I tira u old nil I ran rail us R a 1 kill hid and stowaway on a cotton otton Macleer r and landed In New York Vork 1 I have a II nickel As AK the ship hip docked I 1 went vent up iii I on oil dk derk slId nd 11 1 stunning ing In III tio hEl center ot of a u crowd of ut pus pas passengers with my toy longest fie talo and my lily saddest t oy I tyce I 1 that a worthless colored boy b without friends family or money was list about to Jump o t I rd I 1 walked to the time rail end and told lold every He body borly bod to kc kl kop p away from Cram me tie My lily old iap III I 1 hud had allowed to fall tall on the tho dock dockA As A I turned around about to 10 try to tr mi my III bluff blurt at nt the fatal plunge a 1 woman threw a dollar Into my toy cap A show shower er or of ot money followed anti and my III first Ial meal mool In tho Iho big city was etta thicken HInce that time during luring the tire 20 years I have he traveled over Or moat most of ot the thEl world arid and have havo had bed my m up ups I downs down But Hut my toy ambition lies has III been beon realized I havo hava taken laken my old lid mother out of ot that shanty where I was raised ral ell from corn a II baby Ive Ie put her In tho the beet best house I could find In iti Chicago Shell hes got ot everything she ehe wants und and Im hapS happy GOOD LUCK O Tho The women of ot Jeffries h have been finding clovers and the tho men beon been bringing In old horse shoes but hut to tl tho the fighters mind the best hut Indication of at good luck that hUll hua hiti como come to him wan wall wa In tho the shape shapo of ot ofa ofa a 1 yellow w dog lOs While the members of nl tire tho family were at Rl tho the dining table lable last evening waiting for tor Jeffrie imd tind Frank l lotch to 10 come cattle tn l n n vagabond dog dOlt wandered In and crawled under vacant chair Attempts to drive tire tho visitor out were useless tireless returned nt lit dark durk A large steak shah had halt boon hoon prepared for him As ho entered the room ho saw tho the dog Ho lie laughed anil said Id Idell Well ell oli heros a 1 yellow dog with good gool goodluck luck to me 1110 Just Juat make milk him the themA mA cot lies Hes welcome to 10 stay And cutting the tho steak In two Jeffries loused half halt of ot It to hue his new friend |