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Show JEfEig He Is Going Back to His Farm feno Being Deserted Reno Nov. July 5. Jack Johnson, with his bass viol, his trainers and his camp equipment. Is speeding toward to-ward Chicago In his special car Re-dondo Re-dondo on a Southern paci.ic train iki left Reno soon after midnight and will reach Chicago Thursday morning. He is under contract to nil a vaudeville engagement for a time, and says he will be glad to get another light soon but so far as tan be learned no man in the world is really eager to get In the ring with him. Jim Jeffries, the wealthy farmer, will leave for his home in southern California tonight on his special car (Jraym-mt, at 7: Ho. As a rcsmt of tho light, he Is probably 5100.C00 richer, and the damage to his body and the humiliation of his spirit will bo healed by time. Every train both east and west. Is still crowded to Its full capacity with peopl? eager to rcuch their homes. Most of the- prize ring celebrities hav departed, and Reno, but yesterday the capital of the world, has shrunk to lta normal si:e. The talk among the sporting authorities au-thorities who still remain here deals with the nia;.ing superiority of Johnson John-son in thp battle. It is Agreed that Johnson eo':ld have had his man out much sooner and it Is said that he wished to give the picture uien films of proper length. Stories arc told of attaches of the Jeffries camp who hedgtd at the last moment, being dlsspt'.srW with their mf.n's condition and temper and placed lets on Johnson, The negro population of Reno Is not nearly so happy today as might be expected, for many risked mney on Jeffries. Johnson John-son Is not a hero among most of his race who have met him "If we can make arrangements for a special car on a westbound train. Jeffries will leavo for San Francisco tonight," said Sum I'.erper, manager of the defeated champion today. Jeffries is, of course, bitterly disappointed. disap-pointed. Ile'fccis as he said aftfr the fight, that the ,w eight of public opinion drove him back into the ring, and that, although his failure may not be viewed leniently he knows he did bis best. "Jeffries is in good soirits. considering consid-ering his disappointment. He is going go-ing back to his quiet home life. We expect to spend a day or two In San Francisco and then go south. If we don't make connections with the railroad rail-road tonight, we will go down tomor-i tomor-i row." I T.erger was seated in a jestaurant 1 at the resort figuring over a pile of hecks for meaU consumed by the camp's retainers. He said that all of the loser's share- and the picture mon-, mon-, ey had been turned over to -Jeff lies, j and that the work before him was bis I last as manager--settling the bills. Jeffries went to the baths this I morning as usual. He kept away from the few, visitor who traveled out to the spring, and did not care to make anv additional statement He has talked little of the fght since he was bro-'ghl back to the cottage, a beaten, bruised, breeding fighter. As he walked from the baths to the houso ; this morning his stride seenu'd no-I no-I ticeably unsteady, and his head hung ' down on his breast. I The swelling around his tight eye ' was verv evident, and there were numerous nu-merous slight bruises und eon:usions 1 around his nore and mouth, but his ' face showed little dlsroloratioa the work of the rubbers and trainers having hav-ing gone far toward re-moving the xlgiiK ef defeat. I Bsatrn and Dlshsartened. i Returning to the cottage Jeffries ' went out on the lawn and sat down, bis big head hanging down and his eves fixed on tho ground. -His e very-move very-move stamped him as a beaten and disheartened man. He took 110 part in the ta'k about hlni. and his cem-. panlons fell In with his mood. ' The little group sat in tilence. Mrs. Jeffrlei was nut to be seen. It was said about the camp that sho had completely recovered from the , chock caused by her husband's de-I de-I feat, but she still feel the strain. I Both. Made Money, i Jack Johnson was JU'i.tJuO richer : when Jim Jeffries went down for the last tlrue in jesterday's tight. Ho took Cu per cent of the $101,000 purse, which amounted to J60.C00, a bonus 01 $10,000 and he sold his picture iu-, iu-, re-rests for $50,000. 1 Jeff iles took a fortune out of the ' defeat at Johnson's hands. He got 10 per cent of the purse, amounting to $H.1iMi; the bonus of $10,000 and he sold his picture Interest for $00-, $00-, GCC. making his total $ 117.0mm. The owners cf the picture films are ; calculating ou u million-dollar profit. |