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Show BUILDING THE ARENA. Reno, Nev , Juno 22. Reno's sporting sport-ing fraternity prepared this morning morn-ing to give Jim .TetTrles a royal welcome. wel-come. Jeffries has a host of friends in tills city and the big fellow's supporters sup-porters were anxious to extend him hearty greetings ou his arrival from Ca'llornla. Preparations were made at Moana Springs yesterday for the retired ! hamplon'8 advent to his new train- J ing camp. Excellent quarters have : bren provided nnd it is thought that ' Jeflries will have no complaints to make. It Is hardly likely that Jeffries will i do any training work today other than light exercise to rid himself of stlff-ocFs stlff-ocFs he may have contracted as a result re-sult of tbe trfn from the coast Work on the arena for tho big fight hegan with a rush this morning. The structure Is planned to accommodate upwards of l.'i.OOO spectators and- Us c-oEt is estimated at about Jl'.OuO. The arena and the $1,000 fight license nro Reno's contributions to Promoter Rltkard for bringing the battle to this tity. Promoter Hester said late last night that he is still "up In the air" eon-it eon-it rning the Ketchel-Langford fight. Rickr.rd holds out no hopen to hlnj of allcwing that contest to be staged as .i morning preliminary to the Jeffrles-lohiihon Jeffrles-lohiihon fight Corbett and Sullivan. Reno, Nev., June 22. James Cor-belt Cor-belt and John L. Sullivan arrived on 'he train with Jeffries and were wildly wild-ly cheered before a crowd of several iboiitand people. Only Boxing Contest. tos Angeles, June 22, ixmis Blot's t'.legram from San Francisco to Abe |