The evening world. Newspaper, January 1, 1907, Page 1

“Circulation Books Open to All.”” NEW YORH, PRICE ‘ONE CENT. CROWD OF 5,000 SAW MEN BATTLE | FOR THE TITLE wins ain the-eighth ipped vight ‘and terrific right to Blizzard and Zero Weather Did Not \ Chill the Enthusiasm of Specta- : tors at Tonopah’s Cham. E pioship Fight. VUNG) Herman tO jaw a fightto r (Special to The Evening World.) __*_+_ TONOPAH, Nev., Jan. 1.—Joe Gans, of Baltimore, and Kid Her- man, of Chicago, fought here to-day for the lightweight championship of the world. A crowd of about. 5,000,- composed chiefly of mining-|- camp _men and not a few women, saw the battle. Jack Welsh, of San!i —\ © Francisco, was referee. ae The fight was -well.contested while it lasted and satisfied the crowd | thoroughly.--Gans's superior ting -knowledge and experience-was Plainly evident-early in the battle, but Herman was not discouraged. He plugged along hard to the very end. Zero.Weather for Fight. (New Year's-Dny at Tonopah was ushered in with zero weather. Dilzzard subsided, bit wns succeeded by*h cold wind from the north tha! bent pedestrians sciiayMg i asta Mucors. Occasionally the sun broke; through a rift in the clouds, but these visitations were few und far bee tween, At 9 oc! lock the streets, wich wera covered with several ini OF siow, were practically deaerted, At the Casino Leadqigrters, however, i where tho eale of fikht seats was in progress, thero was quite a_conges- | tion of humanity, and the management reported a hrisk early morning sale. ye Game anit: Herman were ap: early; but didino-work-of-any kind=to-day- {“rhey remained: at_thelr-headuarters-unuil i-o'clock, when-they welghed | In at the Office-of SI. M. Riley, the ‘promoter. At 2.30 o'clock they | * proceeded to the arena, and fifteen minutes later entered the ring. were {n exccllent spirits during the morning and supreme ronfideuce | marked their every move, Gans, -In particular, was in an amiable frame} of mind before the fight and spent the time greeting newly arrived friends} and assuring them that there waS not the slightest doubt as to the out- “eons of the: firht. Gans Advised Friends to Back Him. “Get in and bet a wad on me, and don't let the odds stop you," he sald. i to a.party of Goldfield miners whose acquaintance he formed during ibis | atay there Inst Septemb is i “There is not-the remotest chance of ‘me losing the contest, and it! =“means a whole lot for me in the future. I will be hot on the heals of | —— ++ tBattiing't Nelson_ Failing to get a match with him, I might agree to take | + on Britt if he will agree to my term: ‘ ¥ : Herman, like Gans, filtted. about among his acqualifances and told them that he expected to win by aggressive work and. body play. “I have youth on my side," sald Herman, “and belleve that by con-| tantly attacking the ohampfon’s body I will wear | pis eh and th go} @ considerable extent. The sua broke through the clouds and It looked f 1 RAGE D 4a and win. [ae fe clear day would result. —It remained “very—colt, however, with tHe /} F SS ae Nate Lewis;-the Chicago-lad's. manager, sald before the fight: thermometer around weto. All hope that James J. Jeffries would ‘be @ spec: | lV Hb ISN k [- tator at the ringside was dispelled when Manager Riley recetved a telegram “The fight will result in one of the biggest. pugilistic skirmishes in : sth { ___—_yegra._There_never_was_a fighter that stepped into the ring—who-{s-as+ | to-dey ‘from-Los-Angolen stating that the tranaportation which the club had | 1 strong as Harman at the welxit. Althowzh Gans made -the weight, | uNished was recelved by the champlou too laté for lilm to make con- |” he certainly will not-beas strong as the kid. Herman ts clover, can punch | 2¢ct!ons. 5 _ swung hard left to head id J--Herman started with 2 lett swing, but Gar taliated with a-brace of rights and lefts te-sfomach, “He » hody “Then GRAW IN PRELIMIN (ARY, - pwith either hand, Is an excellent ring general, ahd ja_game asa. pebbles} + The fight did not come up to the NeYeon-Gans battle {n point of attend ‘His confidence is supreme, as has been: shown during “his entire course of |.22C¢ Sithough there was a good advance salo of tickets. While a number of | training. I have wagered. $3,500,-some at odds wf10 to and some at? to :man from the coast arrived:for the fight, the number-d!d not begin td reach 1, that the hd will win.” that at the Goldfleld fight. There was a big crowd here from the outsides} camps, and the number was swelled by’a special train from Goldfeld this | | . Not Much Betting at Tonopah. morning. The number did not come close to filling the arena, ‘There were (Special to The Evening World.) NEW ORLEANS RESULTS. Roe | }. There. was not much betting in Tonopah. -Many of the blue-shirted| soveral reasons for this. 2 NATIONAL ATHLETIC. CLUD, . Ay S| prospectors were expected to nibble at the short end, but there w. few In the first. place, the fact that Herman hss” ever performed in San | PHILADELPHIA, Jan. L—At the Na- ~ irr © |) who cared to rtak the monoy on Gans_at the prevalling odds, which range] Francisco caused a Inck of interest In the match In the coast town, and it | Uonal Athtettc’Ctub this afternoon five FIRST RACE—Woodeaw (12 to 1 trom 2% to 1.to 3 to 1, The mutuals, howover, picked Gans to win in| mwas trom San Franciaro that the blegeat outside crowd was expected, In | £904 douta were pulled off. tn the} and 6 to1) 1, Lady Henrletta (2 to 1 } from ten to Afteen rounds. It was expected that the odds would veer in| nddition, local conditions worked against (he attendance. The strike at |QPCUuNs Ont Joe Thee, of this ely. 102 piace) 2, Pity 3. * Herman's {ayor before ring time, Otherwise, predictions were that there! Goldfeld has thrown a’ great number of men out of employnient. Many eelenorent ie Bean eatery ty — nossed | seleot crowd at an uptowne | would: be no betting to speak of, these men went to work In the new camps in the uorthern part of the State Haile Chambers and Kid Gleason SECOND RACE—Tpboggan (7 to ‘Amone Ye boxe ho appeared was “, All the stores and gambling resorts of Torfopah were closed this|nnd others were curefully guarding thelr money to lve on in care The | foushtia draw atiercalx; rounds of hard! and 6 to 8) 1, Alencon (6 to 1 for He sparred with a neqro. T. Lewis, the f+ 6 bouts were ‘@fternoon during the progress. of the fight: Mnnager— Rule: ed. Many bitst ’ 7 and fast work m the second attraction, ‘ 1 *. Moe the club, stated: that, with {cw exceptions, the miners of the t Y,|atrike 1s prolonged: “Many bursiuess mon of the'town tonk advantage of tho|"mne third bout, between Indian Joe | Place) 2, Meadow Breeze 3. 55 Tai Willie Bruns and—W humachse KT es cae rf _ © town would | dulness caused bythe strike and have gone away to spend the noildays, | Oreme and Greek Jimmy Ryan, the ret- - aasiale 4 ¥ J bs atth y chs attend the Aght in a: body, Many of them, he sald, would bring their| All thia had Its effect on the attendance froni Goldfleld. ‘The biggest | eres stopped In the Cia round to save THIRD_RACE—Whisk Broom (6 unds. Schiimacher h better of 5 SEED PY ‘ 1( bested Bert L Iles along, Bunaetcrmnia sah is a ‘crowd from the outside came ‘from Manhattan, where-great-tnterest hag | 8% to 5 and 1 to 2) 1, Gremse (2 to 1 _ Gaus welglied Iu on tho club scales shortly after 10 o'clock in tull|meen shown all along. ‘The news ul tho strike"at thi cooks znd waiters | aU trate lat tout einen Jnck| for place)-2, Hazel M. 3, a ttreet costuine, including shoer,-rubters and a heavy sweater. He tipped heroin Tonopah and the closing of the reataurants went atroad,-<and many | Blackburn, Blackburn had all the beat Irfounds witht yas disc {the beam at 1391-4 pounds. Gans went over to the arena to ascertuin the t Q 1 the Inst a, kiniock= | temperature of tho butidingn. ; uatlatla aks Hee pat re eat posit abla Ret anything to eal, jf the Aad wat the nat Found. Kook) PORTH RACE —Eltall (18: to i : he tals condition by establiah-| ¢ourth, In the «lant round Cole eame|and S'to 1) 1, Glld (out for place) 2, i 8 dropped. with a right-hander of the ring: Ht “Unlesn there {5 suMelent warmth,” sald the champion, * See cc carer Tenant eet EA. ca thore, will be | ing a big-restearant 1n the Casino hall. Every one who was x Tonopah |up strong ahd forced the fighting until| Pompadour 3. pes! slat Upou felt 5 8 far as | am concerned. I| to-day waa well cared for, but the report of conditions on ihe outside had | the ong, having by far, the best of {t, i eelet vpon fghtlig within ove miures wttor Ihave entered-the ting.t1tw- effect. —In-spite of all these adverse conditions’ the Castano Club gamely | Unk Ttussellicatarted hia whirlwind } ae ee wee tesa bees ames homaveri hav the hullding would | earvied out all arrangoments for the fight. ‘The club lost money, but-ay+ Laat ine Incr held’ hie oft with] BuReay World Wante Work : } vena_various r tant if 4 oe J i stributed in. the-butlding were| Manager Riley expressed it, “we rn into a faesh of hard condittons, but | eT A ee ae Ae | ieee kept coe aay going. At 11 o'clogk the weather conditions Improved | we are dn the game to stay and will look for better luck next time." Beh ere Sentall paeoniee ecee ————_ e SS a