Training notes at camp pull for Johnson bouts and guards
The scene centers on boxers and training with Jef drawing a swing and swift jabs to ribs and jaw. Johnson’s relaxed pace and steady miles contrast with sparring losses to Kaufman Monahan and Mills. Photos planned of Johnson in action at Rick's resort aim to capture the bout rhythm and stamina shifts.
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Jef
Mr. Berger
Sammy
Samuel
Bertie
Ricks
Johnson
Kaufman
Monahan
Mills
Guv Dickerson
Jack
Dave
Governor Dickerson on Jeffries and Johnson comparison
Renn Nev June This is how Gov Dickerson compares Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson after workouts. He says Johnson is faster and cleverer with harder defense, Jeffries has more power behind his blows. He would not venture a definite outcome as he knows little of the contests.
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Renn
Nev
Gov. Dickerson
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Johnson
Deftrea
Jon Gans
Jimmy Kitt
San Francisco
Gleason Off for Reno in Johnson Corbett Fight Run
San Francisco reports Jack Gleason and Tom Corbett depart for Reno, closing and planned reopening of the general ticket office. Corbett aims to set up a poolroom per Tee Rickard and is named a meral betting commissioner. Odds lengthen to 5 to 3 with Johnson bets seen. likely under twenty rounds.
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San Francisco
Reno
Jack Gleason
Tom Corbett
Jeffries-Johnson
Gleason
Corbett
Tee Rickard
Johnson
Picture men form merger in Jeffries Johnson fight
In San Francisco on June 28 representatives of two rival interests merged to form a single company for the fight pictures. An Eastern outfit, the Moving Picture Trust, claimed half the footage via Jeffries and Tex Rickard shares while a local firm held Johnson and Gleason stakes. The new entity will operate from New York with a mingle set of pictures. Jeffries remains a 10 to 7 favorite with Johnson backed by many backers and money placed on the outcome.
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San Francisco
Jeffries
Fight Picture Corporation
New York
Jim Jeffries
Johnson
Housman bets ten thousand on Johnson fight odds
Chicago June 29 former sporting writer L Housman announced he has $10,000 to be placed at 1 to 30 that Johnson will not answer the call of time at the seventh round of the big Reno fight. He will bet for friends $10,000 to 3100.00 or any part thereof at that odds. Betting on the fight is brisk with wagers in the thousands and odds 8 to 5 for Jeffries.
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Chicago
Louis Housman
Johnson
Reno
Housman
Jeffries
Wolgast
Nelson
Tex Rickard
Fohnson
White Referee Appointed for Johnson Jeffries Fight
Reno June 29 Charles White of New York was named second referee for the Johnson Jeffries match by agreement of Johnson manager Tom Flanagan promoter Tex Rickard. Nelson could not serve. White would step in if Rickard is unable to continue. Rickard and Flanagan emphasized safety and the need for a standby official, with physicians inside the arena and a protective shade for Jeffries. Johnson and Jeffries agreed to a 22 foot square ring and unresolved padding details.
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Richard
White
Sam Berger
Jeffries
Rickard
Tex
Johnson
Tex Rickard
Nevada
Afroat Hare
Tom Jones
Ad Wolgast
Fight train fails to go in Cleveland promoter mystery
Twenty fight fans paid 150 each for rail fare board lodging and arena admittance to a Reno bound fight special. The train did not depart promoter Pasen did not appear constables seized supplies and a warrant was issued for Pasen who vanished. The group received 84.50 rebates and the rest of funds remain unaccounted for as James McGlade’s earlier support ended.
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Cleveland
Washington Post
Ohio
Reno
Clyamic Jeffries-Johson
Joseph Posen
Justice Courts
Justice Murphy
Pasen
Chicago and
Worth Western
James McGlade
Cleveland Sporting Man
Will Take Son To Fight In Reno Trip
Mrs. John P. Henderson of Passaic New Jersey arrives in Chicago with Eddie Henderson aged 16 planning to attend the Jeffries Johnson fight in Reno. She holds three $50 ringside tickets and says she does not believe in rearing mollycaddies, aiming to expose her son to the fight. Her Denver sister Mrs Henry Bort will join to accompany the boy.
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Chicago
John P. Henderson
Passaic
N. J
Fitzsimmons Picks Jeffries to Beat Johnson in Long Bout
Victoria, June 2. Bob Fitzsimmons, passing through en route to Reno, predicts Jeffries will defeat Johnson in a fight that could last beyond twenty rounds. He says Johnson is the cleverer fighter but lacks a knockout punch and that Jeffries will force a grueling, close contest leading to the upset.
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Victoria
B. C
Bob Fitzsimmons
Reno
Jeffries
Johnson
Burns Predicts Jeffries Win In Twenty Rounds
Special to The Washington Post from San Francisco dated June 2 reports Tommy Burns Bill Lang and Hugh McIntosh, all recent arrivals from Australia, split on the outcome of the upcoming title bout. Burns backs Jeffries to prevail in twenty rounds, even if he is only half as good as in the past, while Lang and McIntosh foresee Johnson winning, with the fight ending sooner than twenty rounds. Lang argues Johnson will repeatedly strike to Jeffries' stomach to wear him down.
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Bill” Lang
Hugh McIntosh
Johnson
Washington Post
San Francisco
Tommy" Burns
Bii Lang
Australia
Burns
Jeffries
Dreamland
Lang
Johnson money floods Chicago betting for Reno fight
New York bettors pushed odds against Johnson and made Jeffries the favorite for the July 4 Reno bout. Eastern layers flooded Chicago poolrooms, with Johnson money driving up the price and even money on the fight not exceeding twenty rounds.
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Chicago
New York
Johnson
Jeffries
Reno
Broadway
Wee
Rickard Accused of Stalling Over Fight Referee
Eddie Smith, prominent in early referee talks, charges Tex Rickard with stalling on the substitute referee issue. Smith says Rickard aims to avoid refereeing, predicts Charley White may end up as the referee as a last minute cue.
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Reno
Nev
Eddie Smith
Rickard
Smith
Tex Rickard
Iing
Charley White
Orphans Enjoy Auto Ride With City Car Club Guests
About 300 children from St Vincent's, Washington Asylum, and the Church Orphanage rode in more than 40 cars for a five hour city tour ending at Glen Echo. They paraded down Fourteenth Street to Seventeenth, enjoyed rides and tea at the park, then returned home tired but happy. Numerous car firms and individuals supplied vehicles for the outing and contributed to the feast and entertainment.
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Washington Asylum
Church Orphanage
Franklin Park
Fourteenth Street
Seventeenth
River Front
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Matheron
Silent
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Franklin
Harry Wardman
Packard
Studebaker Company
Studebaker
J. A. Muthersen
James Orme
Apperson
Carter Motor Car
Chalmers-Detroit
P. Lynch
E-M-F
Lester Moore
Reo
Clifford Bangs
Cadillac
W. B. Murray
Stanley Steamer
J. Maury
Maryland
E. H. Newmeyer
Columbia
E. L. Brice
Dr. Flint
Stevens Duryea
Elt Motor Car Company
Weather Update From Washington on Wednesday
General warm weather prevailed across the middle Atlantic States and Ohio River valley with near normal temperatures in the South Atlantic and east gulf regions. Light to moderate winds varied by coast while showers appeared in the Rockies and North Dakota and most areas remained fair overnight.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Jura
Middle Atlantic States
Ohio
Upper Mississippi
Plains States
Upper Lake Region
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Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Gulf States
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Virginia
Tenneases
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New England
Mississippi
Plains
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Brewmera
European
Grand Banks
Noise and Night Prayers Disturb District Neighbors
Residents near the Bureau of Chemistry and Mount Pleasant in Washington complain of all night disturbances from dogs on the science building roof and from a growing group of traveling religious negro worshipers. Complaints say police have no jurisdiction, while Dr. Wiley promises to quiet the kennel and the prayers.
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Bureau of Chemistry
Mount Pleasant Way
Friends of Science
Mount Pleasant
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Dr. Wiley’s Bureau
Wiley
Champlain Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Mount Pleasant Chapel
Aysteria
Eleventh Street
Q Street
Fire damages Mortis Goldsmith furniture store
A fire at Mortis Goldsmiths furniture store at 712 XC Street Northwest started by a lighted cigarette or cigar inside a pile of excelsior. The blaze caused about 450 in damage shortly before noon yesterday.
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Mortis Goldsmith
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