The sun., 1910-06-19
OUSTQUES OF FIGHT CANE
No LANGFORD-kAUFMlN BOCT
ar san FRANCISCO.
Formal announcement Made IN the Arena
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SAN FRANCIsCo. June ~. The struggle
Of the fight promoters against Gov .Gillett
collapsed like hurst balloon to-day and
only the odOr Oi had language fingers
over the field Although Louis Blot,
who promoted the Kaufman-langford
hattie. boasted last night that he would
have his men in the ring on time to-day
he suffered q change of heart to-day
and At the appointed time only the Obse-
quies Of the priEeAght game were pre-
sided over by the famous announcer, old
Billy Jordan. Only newspaper men and a
few favored sports were admitted To
Blot's arena.
The proceedings were a. quiet ~ Sun
day school picnic. Only one fighter
appeared and he did 80 merely to guard
his forfeit Adit Gen. lauck. who repre-
sonted the Governor, wore his ordinary
citizens dress and broad smile. hut the
OthsFa looked as though they were chief
mOurners at a funeral. Chief OF Police
Martin was on hand early with thirty-iive
patrolmen TO preserve order. which didn't
need any preservation. He looked like
a gAmecOck on which the hose had been
turned before Il had a chance 20 fight.
Promoter Blot looked like an undertaken
buTying a charity patient and wanting
the job oompleted In a hurry.
Az the time called for the opening OF
the fight old Billy Jordan. who has pre-
sided az all the prominent ring contests
here for more than twenty years. entered
the arena and lifted his hand for quiet
In tho accustomed manner. Instead OF
facing q great sea of excited faces a.
usual he looked down on tiers Of empty
benches. He announced that no hght
would take place. and hia tone and manner
added TO the sadness Of the occasion.
No one was busy except the camera
people. who took snapshots Of all the
nOtAbles present. including Billy Jordan
delivering the last words over the corpse.
Soon after Hot. Lauck and Chief Martin
left the arena Al Kaufman In street dress
entered. LAnEfOrd and his manager,
Joe Woodman. we're absent. sam an
nounced last night that he wasn't on 70
the curves Of a bayonet game, Then AL
fed out Of the big arena. A placard posted
on the outer gate announced that the eight
had been postponed to June IS Pro-
mOter Blot in a formal announcement
said he would test in the courts the legality
Of the Governors action in stopping the
fight.
Four companies ot militia were under |
arms az the aFmOry three blocks from |
Blot's arena, but their services weren't ]
required The Governors big stick had /
done the work
Gov. Gillett made a formal announce |
ment to-day correcting some errors In |
regard 70 his position and sharply criti- 4
cising District Attorney Fickert. upon I
whose shoulders he laid all the blame for |
calling out the militia and for the losses /
OF the SAn Francisco hotelkeepaTs and 1
Others In their preparations for the fight |
Tex Richard was In consultation with '
lawyers all day. lie said late this after ]
poon that he would make no decision
about the Jedries-Johnson fight until !
late tonight When advised that the 4
Langford- kaufman match had been post 1
poned Richard expressed no surprise. /
but he took this fling a. Gov. Gillett:
i dislike to aoCtlss the Governor Of I
utteTing an untruth but he has said some
queer things understand the reason
hs gave for taxing action against tho
ilanRf0rd- Kaufman fight was that he had
inteFv ieWed principals who he says con
feaEed 10 him that thew intended 20 par
ticipate In a prizefght That's the Gov
ernor's story From the principals have
heard they made no such statement 70
the Governor. They say they have seen
nobody from the Governor
District Attorney Fickert commented
on the fact that a fight was held at Los
Angeles last night and was not interGered
with by the Governor He said they dis
cussed the matter az their conference
Yesterday afternoon and Gov Gillett
said he was going 10 stop the Los Angeles
fight FickeTt said.
see this morning that the Governor
saws he did not know ANYTHING about the
night az los Angeles
There seems TO be little doubt that
tho Jcfries-lohnson fight will BE- shifted
10 Reno. New. although 6oldheld NAV
secure q by a big money Oier. Gold
1eld has about dozen milliOnaires Who
are all round sports and who wouldn't
leel the cost Of putting up the ti20. .0n0
offered 70 Richard A. any rate the choice
lies between these tWo places
Rickard will leave for Nevada tO-mor-
row on a special train and will take news
1aper correspondents with him who " ish
10 secure quarters IN Reno.
RENO. New. June ~ This town IL
preparing for the big fight II believes
hat u will be- held here. Reservations
'or rooms have been piling IN upon the
eading hotels. The red and black boxes
n the roulette wheels are being painted.
The faro tables are heing repaired and
Keno lAyouts installed IN saloons and
gambling hOilses ~ fast a. the carpen-
ars can handle them. Jefries. through
M manager sam Berger. has reserved
ifteen rooms AZ MoanA Springs. three
niles from town. for the training quArtsrS
md he ~ expected Tomorrow.
johnson is scheduled 10 train az Laugh
on springs. sir miles from town, Kstchei :
Till train with johnson. and sam lang
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