Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02
IWENTY.FOUR FOOT
BATTLE FIELD READY
=, Middle Of slopinG Arena inc
spotlight Of Thousands OF
staring Eyes.

Ney.. July with the last
H'"' ,l,ce. the canvas covering Of
pL'"" - stretched until 1t cannot slip
.,rple beneath the feet OF the
Is,ers tine arena ln WlnSh Jnll'7 a.
s.,sl.s and John Arthur Johnson WIZ
1tlil's, ~. .,.orld'e heavyweight chiul-
eitt w. ~, Monday e. ready for the
plons.n- tbousands who Will see the
ilr,ns..'ore, ak INK battle fought out. AND
hr'vis '.yIa are coming they are
To- u w, mo this little city by every
louiiilusHt means Of conveyance. some
a.atHSN r1n. from the other side OF
V 'n.t.,ti, ocean Some have NoFhged
ne AN ibe Paeldc. travelling nearly 10000
aeloss ,"s-,.itress tho SIGHT, ana probably
III ,5,uid have been many more from
tnels 5,stances mad II not been for
sIta l,,ans opposition 20 the match ana
w .idrsprsad agitation to prevent IL
s,.s snaliv resulted 10 the transfer 70
wv sss iesg accessible Reno.
Tbc widespread opposition 70 lhe
Az, in California which hnl1ly re-
Ifs,,sd In Gov Gllletts drastic a'tloh,
ssrrng the event from the st.,", .ilu
~ Seeing Of the scene to Reno,
Ns 'bssded by the churches OF the
a,,,y and found place In the reso-
y.qIles adopted by several Of the an
WV ch,irrh conferences and convcn-
ua Tbc FovornoR the mayor and
w the president were appealed To.
~ ,bo story OF the governors mai
,a,erference IN now history.
M, eret prohlcm encountered u the
..-,o,ers after the men had signed ar
r. was that of selecting q site.
hazard declared himself In ia
20. of salt Lake city utah'
|ssa Il looked for time as though
H. match would be staged
|Isrs Jack Gleason, Rickard's assoc
4ste is a san Franciscan, however
AN he was equally determined that the
srSt should be held in his homo city
he difference between llckard ana
gleason continued until the governor
n I'tah plainly intimated that his
sand would he against the fight. and
RleSard yielded the point
Wbsn Richard and Gleason finally
1890 uron holding tho fight on the
oast the question Of the exact place
sss SIN In doubt for several weeks.
n vas found that the board OF super
~sors Of san Francisco, under the new
DEMONSTRATION which took office at tho
6eg,nninp Of the year. was willing 70
e-snt a i5-round permit, breaking tho
around limit, but stlll there was fric-
s,n Al some points. and finally Il was
decided 10 take the fight across the
bay
Emeryville Is the site OF the New
california Jocky club race track. II
"a convenient 20 ali railroads, street cars
ana fprryboats. and when the sporting
World heard that President Williams Of
ne Jockey club had consented 10 the
,,sp OF the grounds for the fight arena
they breathed a sigh OF relief. II looked
AZ though the way was cleared at last,
Tia men were IN training. plans for the
arena were drawn, the agreed Portions
Of the gigantic purse were deposited.
and everything looked smooth.
Right IN the midst OF this, however,
the church opposition came. The peo-
DE o. the east bay shore where Emery
Vile Is located, brought great pressure
10 bear upon the county officials. IL
was announced that the fight would oe
stopped at the first indication that il
was anything moro than the sparring
contest Il purported to be. This state
ment created alarm. and when IL was
followed by a request from Williams
that the promoters II possible. find
some other place, sportdofn suffered a
decided blue spell Williams said that
he would keep his bargain with Rick
nd, but It was evident that he did not
ieslre 70 do 50.
PROTESTS ARE HEARD.
The promoters then began to gather
DER forces In San Francisco again. A |
''om OF objection and protest was
sised by the Church Federations and |
Ike organizations. but the police COM
niiiee Of the supervisors recommended !
ma the i5-round permit be granted. |
attorneys We're employed by the |
hurchmen 10 fight the matter before |
he supervisors, Everyone expected a
Sbal battle at least. and when the |
came up for action, |
ne board room was crowded
II is not everyone, however, who Is |
imlliar with the routine of board |
Feelings Very quietly the committees
'"mmendation was advanced on the
" program OF business, called up,
pa me permit granted without a word /
lylng been said against It. The op-
'sition did not realize what was going
'otest.