The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-04
Controversy Goes Back to Defeat
OF Tommy Burns by Jack
Johnson.
OBSTACLES ARE OVERCOME
Hard for Fight Fans to Realize
That Date Is Really Here
at Last.

December 30 i9nS--Jscls johnson de-
Tents Tommy Burns In sydney. AHstrn
liza, thereby winning the world chant
pionship.
Jnnnnry IL, 1a01---Ienrics comes out
of his retirement and nppears In Il
vaudeville turn IN san Francisco.
April 10, 1DO0---,Jefrr;es announces
from the stage In New York that he
Will fight Jncis johnson for the henvy.
weight championship of the world.
july II, 1y0o--Je;lries ends his the
atricni senson ut minneapolis and lenrcs
Immediately with his manager. san,
berger, for New York tn post S5,OOt
forfeit to fight johnson.
July rs, 19o8---Icnrics posts his $4,000
in New York to isht johnson.
August. 2. 1800--Iohnson posts S5.0On
forfeit IN Chicaso to fight Jenries.
August =, J9O9---JeHries snils for Ger
nnny viii, his wife.
August IL. l909---First articles OF
agreement to fight nre signed by Snm
nerccr, representing Jefries. and jack
johnson. in Chicago.
October ~, 1g09---Jefirics returns to
inericn from Germany. aud announces
his readiness to sign articles.
October 20, 19o9-.JeffrIes and John
meet nj the Hotel Albany, New
York, where they sign fpnI articles Of
agreement and cnch post $4,000 nddi-
tlonnl.
December L, 180D--Promoters aud
principals meet ut Meyers Hotel. Hobo
lien, n. j., where bids were submitted
for the fight amounting TO hundreds of
Thousands of dollars.
December 3, I9O0---Jack Clemson md
Tex Richard IRE awarded the fight,
their bid providing for u purse of s1D1,-
900 and wo-tbirds of the moving ptc-
ture receipts TO the ruEiiiats. Prin-
cipnis sign articles to box forty-iive
rounds or more on July 4, 1910. the
purse to he divided on n basis of as
and % per cent. Big Tim sullivan, of
New York, was chosen as stakeholder,
January 90, 1910-Ricknrd announces
TINT the big fight will be held In Salt
LIKE City.
February S, 19IO-Definitely decided
that fight would be held in California
fnstead of Utah.
February 10, 1a10--LeGrtes ends his
theatrical tour at Duluth, Mimi, and
leaves for coast.
March 19-Emcryyille race track Sc
4 leceted MS site for contest.
april s, 191O-Jeffries opens his
training camp at Rownrdennan md
begins hi. work of getting In shape
for the big fight.
Mny 3, I910-Thirty thousand dollnr-,
second instnlment of the purse. turned
TO Tim sullivan, the stakeholder.
May 4, 1ni0-Promoters and mana.
gers meet to select referee, but fail
To reach nm agreement.
May o, I910--Johnson begins actuni
training at ocean Beach,
May 10. I9IG-Manasers and promot-
FRS nGnin meet to select n referee, and
hHaiiy compromise by naming Pros
REFER TEX" Rickard. Promoters an
Touncc that the fight will be held in
san Francisco instead of Emer,yIlle.
June Is, 1910-Governor GilIett, of
California, takes steps to stop the big
Eight.
June 20. 1D10-Rickard announces he
VIII take fight to Neynda.
June II, 19I0--Reno selected as the
place for the big fight.
June %, 10IO--Jeirries arrives IN
Reno and goes 10 his training quar-
ters mt Norma Springs.
June II, 101O-Johnson arrives at
Reno.
July f. the date that promises to ses
the climax OF the Jefries- Johnson con-
troversy, has at last arrived and
long expectant public will finally be
given The opportunity of witnessing
what II is supposed will be the great
est fight in the history or the prize
ring. The size OF the purse and the
prominence OF the principals in the
pugilistic world would alone suffice to
arouse woriG wide, interest: but added
to these .sre..tbe 'fong list of exciting
Incidents which led up TO the contest.
For eighteen months the sporting
pages of every paper in the country
nave given to an eager public the lat.
est development in the great contest
Statements made one day would be
denied the next until the readers be-
came so confused and skeptical that a
number are no doubt almost unable to
realize that the day of the big fight is
at had, and are pinching themselves
to find out If they are really awake
First. the question as to whether
Jefrries really would meet the big ne.
gro had To be settled. This took sey.
eral months. TheS after considerable
wrangling. during which several more
months stepped by. articles were final.
ly signed, and the announcement made
that the principals were ready to re.
ceiye bids.
Date Decided On.
Out Of a mass of Wall Street figures