El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-21
WILL NOT STOP
FIGHT IN HIS
STATE
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! Dickerson and the fight will come off
I in Nevada. We expect to hear from
: Richard tonight and Immediately will
begin to move. Johnson and his part
ners Will go on Thursday night While
1 think 1 will leave Saturday or Sun
day.
There have been hundreds of in
! quiries received both by the promoters
and the Metropolis Trust and Savings
! bank as to the disposition of the tickets
which have been purchased so far by
! intended spectators at the battle
These tickets have been purchased
under guarantee of the local bank, with
| the understanding that in case the fight
! is not held here, the money Is to be
refunded. Statements were issued to-
/ day follows:
People who have purchased tickets
will receive their money back in case
/ they do not care to go TO Nevada. There
IS DO question abut that We have the
| tpdst fund amounting to more than
| $4,000. We will naturally hold the
money until there is absolutely no
chance of the fight being held here AS
| soon as the promoters officially give
I up. We Will return the money. That,
| however, may not be until July s."
| Jack Gleason said:
There is no disposition to make
/
| the understanding that the fight would
be held in California. Those who desire
can have the same seats in the Nevada
arena The others will be requested to
end in their cancellations at once that
We may know where We stand"
JohnsOn's SquabbIe.
The squabble between Johnson and
his former manager, George Little con-
tinues. Monday Little said that he would
hiring sniff aOaiDSf bo ba today
for $4,000, while Johnson declared that
he would swear TO a complaint tomor-
row charging his former manager with
grand larceny.
Johnson did no training Monday ex-
cept a nine mile hike in the morning.
Later he left for town in his racing ;
machine, stopping at the hospital to
inquire as to his wifes condition. He
was Informed she was progressing nice |
" and would be able to go to Reno |
Thursday.
The champion jumped on the scales |
and found that he weighed 212 pounds. |
Johnson announced that he would go /
on the road again to day and probably |
would box six rounds with his sparring
partners.
Still Knocking the Fight.
Columbus. o.. June 21.-George L.
Rockwell, chairman of the stop that
hight post card movement which claim
ed share of the responsibility for pre-
venting the Jeffries- Johnson fight in
California, last night announced that
tomorrow Similar movement of protest
10 governor Dickerson would be start
ed against the holding of the contest in
Nevada Ten thousand petitions direct
ed 10 the governor will be sent by prom
lnent people throughout the country
and the recipients will be asked to get
IRON 20 TO 800 signers each. Attorneys !
Tor the stop that fight league MAIN
tain there Is no authorization in Nevada |
laws Tor contest as proposed They |
say the law passed for the benefit Of
the observation-disclosures contest in
1892 provided only for glove contests
Can Governor Interfere.
carson City, New, June 21-Hundreds
OF letters and many kilograms pleading
that some steps be taken to prevent
the holding Of the Jeffries-Johnson !
fight In Nevada are pouring into the
office Of governor Dickinson All man
ner OF information is being brought to
bear upon the officials here in an eff
fort to defeat the fight promoters in
what is conceded to be their last stand
Governor Dickerson is in Oregon. but |
IS expected home in a few DAYS. Private
secretary Finch states that it will he
impossible to answer the communica-
lions that have been received and said !
that no action would be taken regard
ing them until word had been received
from the governor.
Supreme justices. the attorney gem
eraI OF Nevada and court jurists have
given 1t as their private opinions that
there Is nothing in Nevada's law that
would empower the governor TO inter-
fere said Mr.. Finch. 'sThe law is plain
and clean cut and makes this sort of
contest legal 1 cannot say what will be
done.'