Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-11
GEORGE S|LER'S
TALK OF THE RING
Noted Referee Tells Why Much
Talked of Bout viii Not
Take Place.
MARVIN HART AND JOHNSON.
Formers Manager Tried to Beat the
Papers aud the Result Was lie
Got the Worst Of It

lin Jeffries' prospective victim, Marvin
tJart will not be prepared for slaughter
,his month, as his match with Jack John-
- has been declared on, and as there
=, nothing else in sight for him In the
heavyweight line tho mauling he was set
ding himself to receive ut the hands OF the
champion was therefore postponed, says
George Siler, the noted sporting writer
and referee. A week ago Hart and John
son were as good as matched on a 30 and
Al per cent basis, tho conditions being
that Johnson, TO wln had 20 score
knockout before tho expiration OF the
twentieth round.
II seems however. that lIarts supposed
manager. william A. Pierce Of Boston, ar
ranged the financial and other conditions
OF tho match without consulting Hart
Furthermore he demanded % per cent ot
Marvln's money which, tho kentucldan
figured, was bit TOO strong and he
therefore rcpudiatcd tho conditions NAM
ed by Pierce. a new match was then ar
ranged on the basis OF @ per cent to the
winner and S5 por cent to the loser, but
without tho knockout or win conditions.
This was not to Pierco's liking, and find
mg he was not wanted by Hart he left
Tor Boston.
satisfaction Of all concerned and the men
had gone into training when Alock Greg
gains manager Of the san Francisco
Athletic club, under whose auspices the
men signed 20 fight WAS informed by tho
Frisco sporting writer's that they would
not mention the match In the columns
of their respective papers because Pierce
had been roasting" the Frisco fights
IN tho columns of the paper with which
10 is connected. with all the papers IN
town against him, ana therefore no ud-
vance notices, Greggains concluded TO call
oh the match, as under the conditions 1t
surely would be loser by dtnt Of hard
hutsling Gregg,ans thought hc had SCI
cured much better match In the light
weights. Jimmy Gardner and Joe Cans.
The match was announced as being made,
hut on Friday Gardner notified AlecN
that no had fight on his hands at Den.
YER ON Jan q, and therefore could not
meet Cans.
Greggans was dumbfounded when he
received word from Gardner, as IL loft
him with n permit on his hands and no
match. lie had already sent transpOrta-
zion To Cans, and the lattor, at last ac-
counts, was en- route to the coast. lilo
wanted To put Hart on with somebody
lUt the sporting writer's would not stand
flr him From tho heavywoights to tho
lghtwcights was quite drop, but from
loavleS 10 bautams was fan that
Knocked the wind out OF Aleck Time was
flying TIC date set Tor o battle Jan, g.
was drawing near an dit bchooved Greg
gains 60 bc up and doing
fortunately for him, frankie Neil, who
shcNod himself after losing his bantam
weight tito 90 Jem BOwker, appeared on
the scene and reminded the discouraged
manager that he was In the market and
Cha ne thought Tommy Murphy OF
Buoklyu, would give his patrons good
run for their money II was like a
drowning man graspmg at a straw with
Alcck and before the reports that tho
Gardner-Gans match was on had been
wired throughout the country the Nell
Murphy match was ciinched, At least
$40 san Francisco.
The match while a good one for boys Of
their weight, carries no Importance with
10 as since Bowker holds tho seat OF
honor IN their class thcy,nust be classed
rs second-raters, Nevertheless they are
above tho average In their division and
should put up a cracking good fight. Muir
ply, II viii be remembered, is tho
Nomgstcr that gave Neil such a hot six
round argument at PHILADELPHIA after
test, reports said Murphy showed super
louly over the Californian I'm the last
half Of tho battle, and that I'm fight
over tho long route he would come out ON
Top, Murphy and Hughcy McGovern ara
considered tho best bantams In the east.
but Judging from the accounts Of their
lights, they are sluggers pure and simple
Their style OF milling, while pleasing and
exciting TO look at. will hardly do against
Nell IL may win but AZ Frankie can de-
liver the harder blow bis chances of
scoring a victory by the knockout route
appears tho hest, 10 may be I'm Murphy
70 do the trick, and New Workers. will
back him TO a man,