The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-04
Bidder Shows Jeffries and
Johnson kilograms from
Salt Lake Business Men,
Urging This City's Desire.
THINKS UTAH GOVERNOR
WILL NOT INTERFERE
San Francisco Sporting Men
Are Determined to Get Great
Battle for the Coast Despite
Richards Attitude,
TALK ABOUT THE REFEREE


= New York, Dec. "A constable :
= levied an attachment for 81 $50 on =
:: the stakes of the Jeffries-JOhnson :
= fight tonight, to make sure that =
= TEX" Richard pays q judgment =
= for that amount issued against him =
:. last September in Nevada. The =
= plaintiff is q physician, who al =
= leges that professional services =
:. rendered Richard S family, when :
= they lived i'm New York in 1907, =
= never were paid for. It is expect :
= ed that the matter Will be adjusted :
= soon. =
Especial to The Herald-Repubhcan,)
New York, Dec. Sit has been
practically decided by Tex Richard
and his associates that the great
fight between jim Jeffries and Jack
Johnson for the heavyweight cham
piOnship Of the world will be held at
Salt Lake during either June or July
Of next summer.
Just before Jeffries and Johnson
met in HobOken today to complete
arrangements for the match, Tex
Riekard openly declared himself in
.faper Is foc Utah city as a plaee far
holding the fight
He says the business men there are
greatly interested in the matter, and
have promised him assistance, finan-
oially and otherwise.
Richard looks upon Frisco as a second
airy location for the fight The men in
the great smelling works around Salt
Lake" said Rlckard. receive big pay,
and they are all greatly interested in
prize fights. The owners of the great
shelters say that if the fight is not held
on the Fourth of July, they Will shut
down their works anyway and let all the
men attend the fight That will mean
thousands of dollars and viii relieve US
of the necessity of holding the fight on
July 4 or some other legal holiday.
Utah Governors Attitude.
The report that the governor Of Utah
had said that he would refuse to allow
the fight held i'm his state was men
toned. Il don't think there is a word of
truth I'm that" said Richard Il know
that tile governor said that he would look
up the law on prize fighting in that state,
but he did not say that ne would prevent
it. and L don't believe he will
Final articles for a fOrty-five-rOund
contest were signed by the principals to-
day in a hotel at Hoboken4 Neither Of
the contestants according to the articles,
is to engage in any boxing events before
the bic fight. This effectively eliminates
the possibility of Johnson meeting Lang
ford or of Jeffries fighting Kaufman be
tween now and then.
Both, 1T is further stipulated, must en-
ter active training at least ninety DAYS
before the fight. Five-ounce gloves. are
60 be used, and the contest shall be gov
erned by straight Marquis of Queensbury
rules. The referee is to be selected at
least sixty days before the contest.
Selection of Referee.
IT JeffTies. johnson and Tex RickaTd
and John j. Gleason the last two the
successful bidders. cannot agree on
referee Jeffries and Johnson are each To
select two men and from these four Rick
ard and Gleason are to make any seleC-
ton they desire. The referee is to be paid
81 900. the contestants paying him two
thirds the promoters the balance.
Jeffries and Johnson have each deposit
ed $4,000 as q forfeit to the promoters if
they fail 10 appear, willie Rickard and
Continued on page seven.