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Show " (M WHITE AS REFEREE Arouses Much Com-ment--Spectators to Be Searched Reno, Nev , June 30. Announcement Announce-ment last night of the appointment of Charlie White of New York, Jeffries' , choice, to fill the position of alterna- tive referee of the Jeffries-Johnson A. fight. ha9 stirred up a vast amount of Interest. Wherever Oght fans congre-i congre-i i gate the matter sems to be the main I topic of conversation today and so I marked Is the attention gjen to j "While's selection that a rumor Is being be-ing bruited about that the naming of . the New Yorker holds much more j. significance than Is apparent on Its I face. j! It Is recalled that White was dc-j dc-j clnred to be the dark horse among ! the candidate's for the position of j third man jn the ring at the time ; )t that the two flght principals had their ; candidates and a hopele63 deadlock f seemed to exist over the question ; j The names of almost every available man In the west had been mentioned and promptly relegated to the limbo of things not to be because of nl , Jectlons raised by the opposing fao- ! tlons. Wbllo tho dispute was wuglng ' j hotly and the chance !" an agreement 1 teemed very remote, thp name of White was casually brouRht forward and the Impression from that time foi- ! ! wad gained ground thai lhe eastern-' eastern-' er; probably would be chosen as a I compromise candidate. Then came the naming of Tex Rick- j nrd and the strong endorsement of the promoter by both Jeffries and John- : son. But even the official declaration ' V reerdlng Rickard did not convince all n of the San Fraucjsco fans that the ' 'I question had been finally disposed of D and many professed to believe that . ' h the announced choice was nl) a rus? : I to give the Interested parties further time in which to thresh over the prob ( lern and come together on an exper-' . I lenced referee who would be satl6fac- j j I lory to all concerned. ( The White talk persisted, but as j t.me wore ou and the bitterness of ,' the controversy was tempered by ; lack of further .agitation. It gradually . became to be accepted as a fixed faci that Rickard would officiate as the arbiter of the great buttle. And with j !hVy "L 11 U bellevp.1 by some lhat ho ,vlll roach Reno before the end of thp week. Retting ou the light has been excep-Monally excep-Monally light thus far. and the- principal prin-cipal reason ascribed l this apathv nmong the gambling element Is the uncertainty said to exist among that class regarding Rickard'h designation as referee. As y.t no gTeat amount of Johnson money has come forward, even at the tempting odds of 10 to C and 10 to . and. for that matter, there is not a great amount of Jeffries coin In i-vi-dence. Just why the price nhould stand at the present quotations no one soems to bo able to explain Much grumbling Is heard in the white man's camp over this condition, as all of Jeffries' trainers and companions say they are eager to lay heavy wagers wag-ers on him. In this connection, an Interesting report has crept out that Jeffries himself cann.-t flguie that ho Is properly the heavyweight favorite. The big fellow is said that to hao engaged In a discussion of the matter mat-ter and to have made the statement lhat there was no apparent reason why his chances for wlnn.ng should be placed above those of Jnhnson. lie argued that "the dope" was no more in his iavor than in his opponent's, considering his long absence from the ring and the general uncertainty over' his ability to "come back," despite the excellent condition his training has placed him in and the glowing1 , praise accorded him by the new-spa ; pens. 1 Jeffries is expected to visit the arena this afternoon to test the boxing : platform. He Is anxious to have the flooring so firmly placed that there can 1 no possibility of any "give'' . or In9ecurltj of fooling, j According to a statement by the I supervising contractor this morning: ; the arena in pracllcully finished and If I necessary could be turned over to I the promoters by tonight As it now j , standi, seats for ten thousand spec- j tators nave been placed and nothing , remains to be doue except to fix tho J planks for the remain. ng benches. Jack Johnson's training quarters j was tho mecca of the picture men I i this morning. The champion vvas.ask- ed to go through the same stunts of rope skipping, shadow boxing, bag punching, span-lug, etc., that formed Jeffries' program yesterday afternoon. A large crowd assembled ut the camp to see lhe exhibition. Every man that enters the big aiena next Mondaj' will be searched for weapons by the deputies appointed by Sheriff Ferrell t. guard and protect the big battle. The sheriff made that statement today und added that there would be no half-way searching done. His men will not be satisfied with fdanping hip pockets, but will make sure thai no gun Is packed by the fans. The only armed men In the building will be the deputies. . . . , Itne gtartnng announcement irom oov-1 ernor Glllett that the fight would not ' I .be permltted In California and. all the. I,' stressful developments that quickly, followed, the referee matter waa lost i light of almost o.ntirely and until last j night, when the new came of Mnlte'a ' selection as the second referee, it had figured only sporadically in the gen- eial comment on the "battle of the i' century." Rickard, however, is giving net the slightest heed to all the excited de-i de-i j Late over WTitte's appointment. When ' : sought out by the correspondents and asked to shed light on tho reason for all the turmoil, he smiled the same Inscrutable smile that always wreathes his lips when the newspaper men bo-siege bo-siege him for what the ring fraternity frater-nity terms "low down" information. "You don't really believe everything you hear'" he parried, as If amused. ' Why, there'B absolutely nothing in the appointment of White except what lt meanB. I am tho referee and will certainly officiate In that capacity on . the afternoon of July 4th unless I break my nock or lose my voice trying to answer all the questions that are fired at me a thousand timos a day. Naturally, wo must take precautions against any accident to myself thai would prevent me from serving and so we have appointed White as an alternate. alter-nate. He will be right at the ring-side, ring-side, of course, but he wont hnve anything at all to do with the fight unless it happens that I'm unable to . fill the Job, nnd thero'fl mighty little chance that I won't be Johnny on the? spot. Don't pay any attention to what . t you hear unless It comes straight and the only straight talk on this referee proposition Is what I'm handing you " And there the whole thing reBls. Charlie White is a sporting celebrity celeb-rity whose promlnenoe in the east has generally mado his name more or less familiar In this section of tho country. He is looked upon by the light crowd here aB one of the most ' experienced ring men of the period They refer to hitn as an "old-timer," but all seem inclined to respect his eminence In tho referee cult and hla appointment ns a substitute official for the approaching flght is com- mended on all sides J A peculiar coincidence concerning Vhls connection with this contest Is that It was In Nevada that White , first made himself known In the west. . At the time of tho Corbctt Fltzslm-mou Fltzslm-mou fight in Carson City, White acted act-ed as the personal representative of. ' William Brady, the manager of Corbctt. Cor-bctt. And U was that fight that , brought Jim Jeffries sharply to the attention at-tention of the fistic fraternity. Jof-frles Jof-frles wag then one of Corbett's spar- r 1 yin luri n ..-a - I man Jim's" corner when the pompa- J - floured champion went down In de-, feat before tho shifty punchos of j I "Lanky Bob." It Is said that White 1 and Jeffries struck up quite a frlend-V frlend-V ship then, a friondshlp that has rip-1 V cued with the years that have fol-j f lowed. And it was at Jeffries' sug-J gostlon, made through Sam Berger. i '.' his manager, that White was named, i as the second referee for this flght, kV and any possibility of picking tho , K Johnson candidate. "Judge" Francis ;, Xeleon of Canada, who was proposed ; ' by Manager Flanagan, went glimmer- Intr with the receipt of a telogrnm from Nelson stating lhat he could not b here on the fourth. ' efforts were made to gt in touch with White ' la;l falght. 'but- no re-' re-' -piles were 'received ' lo; the niany-urg- ent roeiirfHtfe snt' from' Reno- askfntr .If be woWd'racci?pt 'the'-appointment. ..J Moai of ' tho wliw were directed ","'1 .to Nw York, but word later was pass-- pass-- ed around that White already had ,i 'Wt that city for the west aid was1 :' thought to have reached Chicago on i |