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Show return from Reno. It was not a battle bat-tle for the supremacy of the white race, nor was It for glory, but It was for the almighty dollar, und In that respect It was tho most successful fight ever held In this or any other couutry. TUe fighters and promoters became independently rich from this bout, and can now give tho public the laugh. In a story published In this paper today Tex Rlckard make3 a statement about how the men wero signed up. He admits that he promised each ) man $10,000 to sign articles and when they accepted hi3 offer, the opening of the bids in New York was simply a farce, and intended to feel tho public, pub-lic, as all the subsequent proceedings were. The fight game la now In bad condition, and as the true facts conic to light, It will be placed In an even worse light, and It will be a long time before It regains the position It held before this glgantls swindle was perpetrated on the public. Personally I havs no regrets for making the trip to Reno, Tho fight itself was a great disappointment, but the pleasure of making the trip In company with a lot of good fellows, meeting many sporting celebrities In Reno, watching the events leading up to the fight and the sight in the aiena and around Reno after the battle bat-tle will never be rorgotten. They were worth the price and the scene will hardly be duplicated during the life of those who were at Reno on that eventful day. It will he talked about and written over for the next fifty years, and will never be forgotten, forgot-ten, when pugilistic events are spoken of. One little lncldont which occurred Immediately after the light, which looks rather suspicious, is still very fiesh In my mind. After the battlo I had dinner with my brother, Jim Corbett and Mrs. Corbett. As we were going up to our roras in the elevator, Corbett askea his wife for tome money. Sho opened her handbag, hand-bag, took threo twenty dollar gold pieces from her puree and giving one tu Corbett, remarked, "This is nigger money; I just won it on Johnson" If Mrs. Corbett ,won on Johnson, on whose advice did she bet, and what way did Jim Corbett place his mon- FLOTO SAYS EIGHT WAS AFRAHE-UP (By Wrn. F. Kioto.) Xdw that the Jeffries Johnson fight " In a week old, much has been said and written about the contest, and the more thought that is given the big battle, the more certain It appears that it was a gigantic frame-up. as stated In these columns several daya ago. MaDy of the best sport writers of tho country are now giving out that statement and they simply sustain sus-tain the contention I made on' my |