The San Francisco call., 1910-01-17
"UP TO FIGHTERS"
DECLARES GLEASON
Local Promoter Declares They
nHSt Decide Upon Battle
Ground for Big Mill
BY WILLIAM ]. sLATTERY

BY WILLIAM ]. SLATTERY
Sits mp 10 Jeffrics and Johnson
uoH Riczard and have declared
ourselves. He has been telling every
body lhat the big 6ght will 90 to Salt
AXE. say san Francisco and I will
stick To my assertions. Ny $1,000 Is
sul mp and il anybody believes that
Salc Lake viii gct the tight, let him
come forward and make d little bet
1.i.n me.
This is the way Jack Gleason talks
about The big night situation. 1t IS the
r-I real declaration thar the local
promoter has made Up TO last night
lc only lam ghcd All the many speeches
which Klckard has been delivering,
i.lt s.cn he read in The Call yesterday
7aornlas that ttickard had scorned San
j lrancisco the local promoter climbed
1p on his high horse.
flis Sait Lake talk has gone about
1sr enough. went ON Gleason 1t 5
s.HoHt time thst somebody starts a boost
1Hr SAN Francisco. have kept quiet
these weeks in the hope that Rick
:rd would not 20 TOO far. bat apparent
l-he aas 0Nerstepped has bounds I
ave not heard frem him, SO conse-
,acntly must start for The purpose OF
-l .roteetng myself.
am at "A loss to know why Rickard
s-auid a-Ne been talking in the way he
sa~ IT'S al Greek TO me. When we
parted t was distinctly understood
rat ve should boIh name battle
H-oDrd ard that In tire event Of our
tiiure le reach an aSreement the mat
t.r should De- passed right up TO the
fighters. irs up to them now. Let them
C-riaf- themselves.
Apparently Gleason has all the best
SD. - ID every way Even III salt Lake
capitalists guarantee the entire purse
the liE HgIr san Francisco still
tHe ur- -Ii-Se of falling back on
fuo big men. JOanson mas gone on
-sari time and gain 30 declaring him
SELF Tor this city. While Je1ries has
nost intimsted lhst he would prefer
ID io battle here.
1l is Stl the belief ri most Of the
~uIel-s 81 the game that Rickard has
gr3t finished his talk for effect and that
1e w shortly fold his Jent like the
arab ~ r-e desert and make quiet
7rlp to san Francisco. Evidently, he
1as made promises galore to his friends
5H the Mormon City and ae intends to
ralk Coz their benefit while he is in
l-tah.
Jeeries is expected i'm Los Angeles
7-tniu th1 neAt 10 days and the chances
s.re tlat le is holding out his declars
1ioa tfi that tme. As for Johnson,
Die BIAS already selected training quar-
Iars San Mateo county He is the
1T tse principals to declare posi-
r.Eefg tHat the dght is coming to san
franchises Now. If Gleason can win
-ffries over RickarG viii not stand q
.aace de viii be All alone in the
wilderness.
D. is generally understood that Glea-
fsan win AXE over Louis Blot's March
l,.rmir and then switch with one OF
fae other promoters so that the July
Garc wI fan 10 him. Now that Glea-
son has apparently overcome the permit
@ dlcglt1- the worst Of his troubles are
about over.
Iim Griffin, the Broadway club pro-
rHoter. made another match for his
card last evening by signing mp Antoine
1a Grave. THE pride OF ButchertoWn,
and Frankie smith. the Wen known
7acaF lightweight. These boys viii
travel 10 rounds in the ring warming
event OF Grifius show. which is to be
staged I'll Dreamland rink on the even
in2 of January p
Griffin is also angling for Johnny
D-Kaefe. the Denver middle weight. and
-Ioutana Gene sullivan for a IS round
special event There is some hitch over
t1e weight, but it is expected that the
sFch VIII be made today.
cyclone Thompson is on his way 70
this city and Is due 10 arrive tomorrow
evening" He probably viii train at the
ocean beach.
r. II. smith the biggest Elk in the
northwest is at the ST. Francis Smith
Is won every prize for bulk in the
convention parades foT the last 10
years His place la Spokane is known
smiths Dope. for there is nothing
rat the big fellow doesn't know He
the walking encyclopedia OF Spokane
e1orrsmanship- Already he has organ
fzod a special train for 200 Of his
friends to attend the Jenries-Johns
f-Ht and no inland empire excursion is
&. success without him