FIGHT NOW CERTAIN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 850, 23 June 1910, Page 7

FIGHT NOW CERTAIN.

JOHNSON WILL MEET JEFFRIES.

WAY CLEAR IN NEVADA. RIOT LIKELY IF NEGRO WINS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Seattle, Juno 21. San Francisco reports are to tho effect, that Jeffries and Johnson will fight on the afternoon of July 4, at Reno, Nevada. This is absolutely certain.

1 An arena, capable of seating 25,000 spectators, is to be built immediately.

Jeffries broko camp on Tuesday, and came to San Francisco. He departs for Reno on Wednesday next. Johnson leaves on Thursday. Both men aro in perfect condition.

Fruitless pressure was brought to boar on Governor Dickerson, of Nevada, to stop tho fight. Mr Dickerson' says the battlo is lawful and honest. Rickard, ono of tho fight promoters, is his personal friend.

Reno is on tho principal railroad, and distant ten hours from San Francisco. Cheap excursions have been planned, and enormous crowds aro expected. The receipts aro not likely to bo decreased because of the removal of tho scene of battle.

Both fighters intend to mako changes in their training methods. There will bo moro boxing and less running, as Reno is in a dusty desert, and is unfavourable for running exercises. Thero is a general feeling of relief among sportsmen now that uncertainty is at an end. The Langford-Ketchell fight will take placo at Reno on the morning of July 4. Bloodshed is feared if Johnson wins tho fight, the prejudice against a negro victory being considerable. Feeling is Etrong in Reno, where there are 15,000 Inhabitants. ' , Thirty thousand visitors are expected, and there will ho no possibility of controlling the mob if rioting begins. . BETTING FAVOURS JEFFRIES. London, June 21. Tho journal "Sporting Life" says the betting in Chicago is in favour of Jeffries.