Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-03
DETAILS OF BIDS
FOR THE BIG FIGHT
$4,000 With TWo-Thirds OF
Picture Receipts Wins
Jeffries and Johnson.

NEW YORK December SIN an ell
counter which supplied all the necessities
of a peppery preliminary to the battle it.
self. Tex" Richard of Goldfield. New,
and Ely of the same state, coupled with
John j. Gleason of San Francisco, won
the privilege of promoting the champion
ship fight between Jack" Johnson and
James J. Jeffries for purse of S1Ol,oO.
The picture privileges will be in charge
of the fighters, but under the conditions
OF the bid one-third of the profits in the
displays of them must be turned over TO
the promoters. This was decided at the
meeting at NaegeH's Hotel in HOboken
yesterday.
On the basis Of 30 per cent to the win
neg and % per cent to the loser both
lighters are assured fortunes. There is
d side bet of $1,000 each, in addition to
the purse. and from the moving pictures
1t is estimated that $2O0,0o0 will be real
lied. Yesterdays bid was the highest
ever made for a. fight. Bob F1tzsim-
mons and Jim" Hall fought for what
was advertised as "a $4,000 purse, in New
Orleans. in 1898. Since that time there
have been many $4,000 purses, with side
bets, but until Tex" Richard offered
S40,vuO for Cans and Nelson at Goldfeld
The purses were meager. compared to the
one now offered The Gans-Nelson fight
drew the largest gate ever recorded,
large again for the bout planned for yes
terday.
San Francisco Favored.
That the fight will be decided at Glea-
sons base ball park in San Francisco
July 4 is the opinion of many interested.
Salt Lake City citizens have been i'm COM
munication with Richard. and if a guar
antee is put up by the business men of
q cham
pionship battle there Utah has a chance,
but otherwise the state will be passed by.
Ely. New, in which city Ricka. has an
option on real estate which would pro-
vide a suitabl location for an arena, has
a better chance than Salt Lake City. The
only objection to San Francisco arises
from the fact that it is a long distance
from Broadway.
Berger was called upon first to express
a preference. After long deliberation
Jeffries has decided that Richards offer
is the best" announced the manager of
the fighter who is seeking to regain
title he once held. when George Little.
manager of Johnson, was called upon, he
announced: There has been much fig
uring on this battle. but johnson feels
that the Richard and Gleason offer leads
all the others
With his head. swaying in perfect
rhythm with the gritting of his teeth,
Tom McCarey of the Pacific A. G.. of
Los Angeles, Cal, heard the verdict of
the managers.
I4eaping to his feet. McCarey asked:
viii you read Richard and Gleason's
bid?
The stakeholder, to whom the question
had been addressed thought enough had
been said about bids. but Richard, cool
and gracious, said that he believed Nc
Carey's request should be granted Nc
Carey, after reading aloud the PROPOSE
ton rendered by the middle and far west
promoters, objected to the wording of it,
claiming that each bid was supposed to be
a. separate and distinct one, and alleging
that by inserting a clause regarding pic
lures the successful promoters had vio-
lated the articles of agreement.
Promoters in Wrangle.
Gleason bounded from his seat and
with considerable heat declared: Il have
submitted fight bids before and / pro-
pared this one. / made it as plain as
possible without too frequent use of
and. ! was in the fight business before
you were, McCarey.
FIourishing two 800 bills and one $50
bill from a bulky wad, McCarey re-
torted: I'm bet you this that you were
not
Before the war of words and exchange
of cash could be effected the rival pro-
moters were coaxed apart. Murphy, as
chairman. asked Gleason whether he was
addressing his remarks to the chair or to
McCarey, and promptly called a halt.
These fighters understood the bid and
accepted it, said Gleason.
II think they did understand 1T. long
while ago." responded McCarey. II
thought my bid was the best of the lot,
but in all sincerity I must confess that
Graney's offer of a $4,000 guaranteed
purse. or so per cent of the gross
ceipts. and the entire picture privileges
was the best bid made if the fighters
want to gamble. and that seems to be the
only objection they have to my bona fide
bid. The public ought to be considered.
[ went to- considerable expense in coming
here, believing that everything was on
the up and up | can get a syndicate
together within one wook that will give
32OO,000 for the picture privileges That
means that Graney's bid represents
$2TJ,O00 for the fighters
Some Verbal Knockouts.
After spirited exchange of verbal
thrusts, Gleason offered to dispose of the
winning promoters interest in the pic
lures for $66666.6. No syndicate