AT RENO.
ON THE EVE OF THE STRUGGLE. EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION. JEFFRIES STILL FAVOURITE. ' ' i I!y Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. Reno, July 3. Tho totting is still in favour of Jeffries. The Reno correspondent of the "New York World" announces that Jo'finson has promised to deposit a forfeit in New York for a fight with Burns in Australia, America, or Londou. The light promoters announco that 2000 women are. buying scats. Children under ten years of ago will not be admitted; these between ten and fifteen will only bo admitted if accompanied by their guardians. Jeffries's masseur states that Jeffries spends two hours and a. half daily on tho massage table. He is the first pugilist to (Tain to loosen instead of to harden tho muscles. The result of the fight is being awaited with interest by twelve million negroes. Tho Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, has notified the theatres that if bulletins regarding tho fight are to bo read, whites and blacks must not bo admitted to tho same theatre. Jeffries had a lengthy conference with Abe Attell, who seconded Jack O'Brien against Johnson. Attell suggested methods for defeating Johnson. A one hundred and one thousand dollar purso has been handed to Tim Sul livan, tho stakeholder.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 860, 5 July 1910, Page 5
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204AT RENO. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 860, 5 July 1910, Page 5
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