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Show , V on, of the most -jl, 0llHv! nmbllng halls ar.d ' , . , tills c-r the estaba bt - r,' -i's signs telllr ' ' l(; tansact buslnfjiH,, r; -. ,,, , TisJdes those n y jiv ',o iHIcate' thaf lo CP.j ..t'd Uested in pug iTi i j iacr httle. Cotbrti f, h. o'--, BrO to by AC arylr.f, o--r ofwger -H t. h,u.,rts dc Of lJ-H-LV, It. Vilj- '; ' , ! f p'c; t! id tour nat Q ta - n . tcr,-(v...v. ' Beta on rlyh?, ''"- lndrpeadent rorcorj, cKsa to ' - filial commfiwlvi.r'r headquar however, Johnson seemed to change lila mind and he did not go out to the canvas-floored ring to work under un-der the vigilant gaze of the camera until late in the afternoon. The middle of the day wj devoted de-voted to securing typical scenes about the camp. The champion took great interest in this work. lie helped to pose his trainers and to arrange the scenes the machine was to record. After luncheon he devoted mr.- time to .the camp proper and H vj nearly 4 o'clock before he slipped . through the ropes of the ring an'.' began mpdlcine ball tossing, '. bivr punching and other preparatory lab ir while the machine clicked steadily away. 1 promi riLL ilLiiUr. 101 THE BIG FIGHT RENO, Nov.. June 30. "I am ready. My training is finished. With the exception of a sprint now and then to keep myself la shape I will do no more work." This was the declaration made by James J. Jcqries late today. Vhea he made It ho was seated at a card table, where he had been all afternoon. after-noon. He was playing hearts against Jim Corbett, Sam Berger and Dick Adams. A big heap of eilfir was I piled beforo him, gleaned from the I pockets of the three other men, and the man who hopes to wret the i heavyweight championship from Jack I Johnson next Monday afternoon was j laughlDg like a boy over his luck. I Jeff Through Training. '. "There will be no more boxing," said Jeffries, and his lone plainly indicated in-dicated that he meant what he said. From now on until he steps Into the ring to face Johnson he will amuse himself as the spirit moves him. ; His year and a half of hard, honest effort to put himself in shape to fight this one great fight of his life Is over and, looking back over what he has done, and forward to. the work that he feels is yet for him to do, Jeffries says: "I am ready." Johnson Working Hard. While Jeffries lolled away the hours with trout rod or cards, John Arthur Johnson worked faithfully and the story of his labors will be told without wordH. Under the eye of the moving picture camera he tolled through a day of gymnasium stunts, boxing and poaing. For the day the spotlight of public attention was his and ho basked in its rays with apparent ap-parent enjoyment. The only event of the day to mar his happiness was the clash with Joe Woodman. Johnson's conduct In that matter was dubbed "Chesterfleldlan" by those who saw It, and by his restrained re-strained manner and courteous demeanor de-meanor toward the man whom he deemed his enemy the champion won new frlend3. Does Moving Picture Work. It had been the intention of the champion to do his moving picture work In the morning. A crowd of the curious gathered before 11 o'clock to watch the bout Ihit after his road Jaunt In the morning, Johnson encountered en-countered Woodman on his return and asked Langford's manager to leave the camp grounds. It was all quietly done on both sides, without any display of temper or exchange of words. When Woodman had left, .1, U showing a trie, -j.re actl , Two big bets Uced I -.'tibers of tho Johc rar.ip toda Oi as $1,600 ti rv, ;M that Johi t :i would win, the other $50Vat evr ; iA-jf that Jeffries would nocput tn! . upon the chaiaplon In 1 cnads. A San Francisco bushier -an is reported to have made a b? t'.b.e same place of $1,000 to $CC Jeffries. . , s he walked toward his dresstt, ror n, Johnson was asked what wor , k- :ontemplated for tomorrow. '"'m through," he said. 'Th ' (lo: es my work." ' ; ' .fimea J. Jeffries and John Artht Johnson are ready to fight. Both m . lompleted their long training wq today and will merol do light ex ; j tlslng through the three days th: i'lll elapse before they face e. ither In a 24-foot ring to fight out ti heavyweight championship, j J No Children Allowed, i J -No child under ten yeara of ag will be allowed to enter the arena t he Jeffries-Johnson flgh And t cjiild between 10 and. 15 will be pf tnltted to witness next Monday's gi battle unless he or she is aco-v ' panied through the turnstiles . b.' Chaperon of mature age and dis tion. I These two orders were promulgate by Promoter Tex Rickard today, appears that ho has been besleg. ilth inquiries regarding tho rlpht plinors to be present, and in orri"-piake orri"-piake the matter clear ho studied the matter for Bomo time and drafted the regulation set forth a , J May Be the Last Big Fight 1 No state or municipal law res) tng, minors from witnessing fights or boxing exhibitions c Jiere. according to the promoters , ftlckard explained In making hi ' ders public that he is stronglj posed to children of tender year tending tho championship match. ' (bought, though, that a yonng p between ten and fifteen was no lo (t- child, and should be given, ifj : fhaperoned, ' ' l't ' John L. Watches Jack. John L. Sullivan, cap and blar and gray checked suit, black bratt 1 trousers and all, was on hand watch tho fun. He wa3 persuad hammer away at tho bag for a minutes and the wallops ho dell,., were of sledge hammer force. T. ' old-time champion Is not In traltl .i; , these days, however, and he pul-i i j and blew after a moment's work In j, a way that made him quickly desl.-Johnson desl.-Johnson went at the bag again Almost Al-most his first blow drove It from moorlng3 and away It went, siKI-ig toward the crowd, setting many '.u.-fus , to ducking. i "Come on." called Jack, reaching out his hands for th boxing gloves. Kaufman Trys a Knockout. ; Al Kaufman responded and in a ' moment the pair were at It, Al boring bor-ing In as though he was trying to knock the champion out First one way, then another, he tried. Jack stopped everything that came. They j kept it up for four rounds and It Is doubtful that the films will show that Al landed oven once. Johnson's defense de-fense seemed to be everywhere. His elbows, 6houlders and every part of his body Joined in the barricade. Nothing that came seemed fast enough to bother him. He stopped some of the blows In midair, apparently appar-ently without exertion. When Kaufman Kauf-man retired, big "Kid" Cotton plunged In. Jack went back at Cotton with some snap. They wrestled around the ring, the champion dlaplajlng his great strength more than once by hurling Cotton away as though ho was nothing. In the second round the blood sprang from Cotton's lips when Jack's left landed. A little later Cotton missed a swing, the champion ducking clear under the b'ow and the sparring partner . sprawled on the floor, overbalanced j by his own exertion. They went four rounds, then Johnson signaled the ' end of the show and the crowd be-cran be-cran to hustle out to grab seats In .carriages and motor cars for the trip m town. Governor D'ckinson Visits Jack. , Governor Dickinson was again a 'visitor at the Johnson camp. He teemed fascinated by the cleverness of the giant negro and watched every move with admlrattlon shining In his 'yes. "It depends on what Jack feels like li.ing." he said. Out at camp Jeffries the day passed ia Idleness. Jeffries went fishing v.'ith Jack Wooley In the morning and on his return, about noon, he found Ed Moody of Santa Cruz, Cal., tho man who taught him deep sea fishing in Monterey bay, waiting to greet him. They clasped hands like brothers broth-ers and Moody stayed about tho camp all the rest of the day. The card game was Jeffries' only form of occupation after lunch. He Is fc-nd of the game and winning makes him mighty happy. Ho won J today, much to the sorrow of Corbett j and the others and he was overllow-j' ing with good humor in consequenco.ii Jeffries Not Sure of Work. ( Jeffries thought it possible that ha would do a little sprinting some time in the evening. He was not sure i he said. It depended on how he fell J about it later. If he felt like- goinJ he would. If not he would stay iu camp. Jeffries had planned to Inspect thi I arena personally today. It is one of J the things he always looks after JubI before a fight. His great welgh j jarring around the ring makep staunch supports an absolute nece- slty and he likes to have some one ' whom he has confidence In look at i the construction beforo he fights. i Today ho directed that Sam Berger, Ber-ger, his manager, make a trip to the arena tomorrow and examine it. Sajii i will also endeavor to arrange wlfi , Tom Flanagan for a coin tossing contest con-test with himself on Sunday. On the calling of the coin will hang tie choice of corners. This is considered consid-ered quite Important, as tho eyes of the fighter who Is seated with ijla back to Old Sol will not be subjected to the glare. ' Influx of Visitors. The influx of the visitors assumed ouch proportions today that It began j to look like an invasion. During the j evening hours the nerve center of die i tight talk. Tex Rlckard's hotel, waa the busiOKt place In town. It wW more than1 that. It was the busiest scene Reno , has witnessed in many years. I J Reno Is eagerly welcoming tho tis-' itors and the clubs and other civic organizations' or-ganizations' are outdoing each otjer in hospitality. For Saturday nlfht the Nevada, Editorial association hns planned a' reception to the host (of newspaper writers which bids fair to be a thing unique in the history of such affairs. About every memier ! of the newspaper fraternity now present who has achieved distinction in one part of the country or another with an entertainment "stunt" s flated to appear. The audience vlll be composed" almost entirely of uen whoso fame as sporting writers oi as descrlbers oj any great event Is widely wide-ly known, 'it is probable that 'rver before was such an assemblage of newspaper talent assembled as Is how here and all, are looking forward to the "jinks" Tlth a purposp to rfai;e it an enjoyable affair. Although' the fight Is, but three days off, locali betting bet-ting continue) very light Tomlcor-bett, Tomlcor-bett, official jetting commissioner for the promoters, la now on the grdand and although he has secured quarters I |