The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-03
MEN
ARE PLEASED
growth Of the city, and. as Mr.. Richard
says.
It's up TO Salt Lake
Three Million Dollars.
Continued from page 1, part / /.

IF the contest is held here IL means THAT
! S,OD,OOO Will be spent in Salt Lake dur
ing the first week in July. on the other
hand, II Salt Lake does not want the con-
test. it means that the S3,0OO.000 viii be
spent in Ely OF San Francisco. That
S5,0v0,000 sounds like a lot OF money. but
the lowest estimate Of the attendance Is
$1,000, and IL may 20 10000 better and
an estimate Of 500 each would not be a
bit more than would be spent by the
average visitor during his stay in Salt
Lake. Some city IS going to get this
money, and We might as well have il as TO
pass it on to Ely or San Francisco.
THE actual money spent in Salt Lake
by the visitors attracted by the contest
would be Of little consequence as COM
pared with the advertisement that viii
come 10 the city if the contest is held
here, for Salt Lake will be the talk Of
the world, and our place on the map viii
be prominently and favorably marked
wherever newspapers are published.
With me in the effort 10 get the con-
test for Salt Lake are the most promi-
nent business men and investors IN the
city, who believe in the advertisement of
Salt Lake by every legitimate and beue-
f1clal means. Some or US may not care
enough about boxing contests to see the
bout if it does come here, but We are
interested in the city enough to put up
our money and influence Ill that diTec-
ton, and our opinion that the bout would
be good thing for Salt Lake is backed
10y fAFJBDNt llA EDOu AlILENs II TIE DEO-
pie of Salt Lake don't want it, we viii
pass it on to san Francisco and Ely and
try to forget it.
zone feature Of the tentative plans
that must be changed If the bout takes
place in Salt Lake is that IL must not
be on the Fourth Of July. On that day
there VIII be the usual program of Cele-
bratton and there Will be special attTac-
tons at all the resorts that should not
Oe lnterfered with, and the fight viii
nave to be just before or just after the
holiday"
Salt Lake Has Chance.
Mr.. Wey received a telegram from Tex
Richard yesterday morning which said
Myself and Gleason got the fight for
Salt Lake, San Francisco OF Ely
To this Mr.. Wey replied, asking for an
explanation as to whether Salt Lake
was first choice, telling Richard TO send
his definite answer to The Herald-Re-
publican. The reply, as shown ia these
columns, says that Salt Lake has first
call on the prize Tor which a dozen big
cities of the United States, Europe,
Australia and New Zealand have been
striving. and it adds that it is ''up TO
Salt Lake"
Joseph Z. Ray Of Fillmore. a prominent
mining man and, in his younger days,
an enthusiastic athlete. said last night
that if the bout is held in Salt Lake it
viii be the best advertisement that the
city has had i'm its history. THAT match
viii not hurt Salt Lake OF Utah i'm any
way" he said. I'VE have 100000 to
gain and nothing to lose by allowing the
Jeffries-JOhnsOn contest TO be pulled off
here. Tt is simply a case Of two men who
are probably the best specimens of ply
steal manhood on earth meeting to set
tie the question of their physical strength
and endurance, and bringing with them
10000 or 5000 men who viii spend a few
days and a few hundred thousand dollars
while they are here"
Speculation as to where the fight would
take place, should it come to Salt Lake
was the chief topic Of conversation among
the interested ones last night salt Pal
ace, Saltair and Walkers field have been
considered by the fans, but those who
win be in charge Of the affair have made
arena