Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-03
RICHARDS GETS BIG FIGHT
Bid Of SOL, 900 and Share of Picture
Receipts Accepted.
SAN FRANCISCO MAY BE LOCATION
Date OF Contest Jeffries and
johnson Probably Will BE July
4, 1910, Says the Sue
cessfuI dde

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The worlds cham
plonship fight between James ]. Jeffries
and Jack Johnson will be held in San
Francisco before a club organized by
Tex" Richard Of Ely, New, and Jack
Gleason. the fight to take place probably
on July 4, 1910. The bid made by Richard
and Gleason Of a purse Of S1O1 900 and the
contestants to take 662s per cent Of the
moving picture receipts, was accepted by
representatives of Johnson and Jeffries
this afternoon.
Tex" Richard said today that If the
fight we're awarded to him ana Gleason
it probably would be held in San Fran
cisco.
My bid is for Utah, Nevada or Califor-
MA" he said, but in Utah 1t is not at all
certain that we can hold the fight. In Ne
vada, where the laws will permit, we can
not get a crowd large enough to pay the
guaranteed purse, so that leaves San Fran
cisco with practically a clear field.
The successful bid provides that the fight
shall take place in California, Utah or
Nevada on a date to be set later, but it
was stated that without doubt the con-
test would take place in San Francisco.
In view of the fact that James Coffroth,
manager of the Mission Athletic club al
Colma, Cal, controls certain patents on
moving pictures, it was thought Richard
and Gleason would likely enter into some
arrangement with him whereby they could
have the fight take place in the Colma
arena.
T. ]. McCarey Of Los Angeles and Eddie
Graney Of San Francisco made a vigorous
protest against the acceptance of Richards
bid, declaring their bids were higher and
should nave been accepted. They asserted
that Richards bid had been accepted in
advance and that other bidders stood no
chance.
The final articles for the fight will be
drawn up by lawyers and signed in Ho-
boken, N. j., tomorrow.
Frisco May Change ~dinan
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 2.-The news
from New York that the Jeffries-Johnson
worlds championship fight would be held
In San Francisco, although not unexpected,
has caused keen satisfaction among ring
followers in this city. Already speculation
is rife as to the location Of the battle
ground.
The laws Of California permit finish
fights, but contests within the city are so
regulated by the municipal authorities that
only tWenty-round exhibitions can De gwen
There is a belief, however, that owing to
the tremendous importance of the cham
pionshlp battle pressure may be brought to
bear on the incoming administration to
waive all restrictions and grant permission
to the proomters to hold an unlimited con-
test in the city of San Francisco. In such
an event it is generally understood the
base ball park of the Pacific Coast league,
on Valencia street, near Fourteenth, will
be the scene of the battle.
On the other hand, there is an undercur-
rent of opinion that an arrangement has
been effected with Coffroth, in which case
it is almost certain that the fight will be
taken to Coffroth's Mission Street arena.
Here unlimited contests are permitted
without molestation, but the arena would
nave to be enlarged.