The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-17
FIGHTERS AGREE
ON TEX R|CKARD
General Impression Goes Out
That Nevada Man Will
Never 0fficiate.
CHAMPION INVITES BERGER
TO BOX THREE ROUNDS
Gleason's Partner Is Chosen to
Referee the JefrieS-JOhn-
son Contest.

SAN FRANCISCO. May l6.-TeN RICK
ard who is associated with Jack Gleason
lYn tho promotion OF the Jeffries- s-JohnsoH
contest and who came into prominence
four wears ago when he engineered lhe
Cans Nelson fight al Godneld. NeN;, Was
today selected TO referee tne oa'"o
tween tho TWO heaYyweiShts ,,o
In accapting the place, hoWeNs1, IlS Il
Nevada promoter made IL clear ma ny
would step aside II Jeffries and Johhs0h
agreed upon another man.
This settlement OF the difficulty came a, !,
q Stage in the meeting wnen !. lUpN, Si
as II IT would end in another oeaoio.S; oc,',,G
and after bitter words had Deeu P"In
befveen Johnson and Sam Berger, Jeh-
johnson iirst suggested Rick9Td. but
Eerger refused a, ,,,r r'sl tl,a3 70 he Would not
accept him on account Of has ineNpeI'oii.e ~,
as a referee The colored champion ue
rlared that he would stand pat on ,ue
fI'ros r,en he had rneutioncd-Jack Welsh.
Eddie Graney and Rickard-and betEee
replied Indignantly that ne "ou'a lea'e
the meeting
Further Clash.
Then there came 4 further clash De
tween Berger and Johnson. In Wnich uGy
,vo,ds u,nrc usad by Berger and threats
made by Johnson. - ,,no,
Berger stood up as II TO leave 'ne '"ee'
ing place CO., wan. gicsnrd, do you?" he
auerIrd OF Johnson.
yes" came the answer ,,-,-
We'll. all right. rephcd JenIS l,,.S brola
re-s rnpresentatiVe and the cro"u pFpNs
into 2 cheer as il finally realized 'hat on
o! the difficult points haG nesn seu,svI ,,,,Ic
Following the agreement ElCNu-" '">'N
The following statement ,.- erotr
,.t, order 10 stra tighten out this ahslr
I am willing TO set, providing lnas ny
name is agreeable TO all concernTo. -
Govt want 10 act and hope that before
The fight takes place Jeffnes and JohnI
son Viii agree upon another man. III
they can come 10 terms l am perr p,., y
willing 10 step down and oul. ~, .,,,
they can reach no othcr ae'eS'"'i'" W."
rot bpck down. 49, {.
In spite Of ,he agreement. thsre is q
feeling OF distrust among inoss "ng a.
,anded the session that the last Woto mas
roi boen said and that sooner or lIter
tLe refcree question must again be takch
mn for considera ton. il has neen wis
i,,nression that everything Is in working
order RIckard has been named nnnl me
contestants have further time 10 'oos t!l t!le
Geld over This feeling, IN fact hes ocen
rfraurtl1pned by the statement maze DE
Berger Loses Head.
II vas Berger. during the negotiations
who lost his head completely ana mlsseu
insnv chance to score te,iens e,e o,,nr pU1sr
From the start he showed MS teinper,
and toward the close II looked loi 4 u'le
3 II there would he free -for-ail ailsll; lita;
lust before the compromise was reaCnSn No.
>,
GO over and hit that big black iello"'
al the sa me time applying an epithet.
This was carried TO Johnson, VINO SUD,
pressed his anger as best ne could, put
warned Berger never 10 call MIN tnat
RerreT denied that he had said any
thing of che kind, but Johnson's followers
Insisted that IL was true. and muttered
among themselves that IL Berger repeat
.! what he had said he would never
leave the room. -,
you're lust an educa ted dog" said
yobnson 10 Berger. Now come out and
Nght II you want 10. I'll give thou-
sand dollars II you will come nSnt out
with me and box just three rounds.
They were finally quieted down ana Inc
session resumed,
Al The start OF the meeting Berger
again named the five men he wanted-
Eddje smith. Billy Roche. Charlie Eyton,
I Phil Wand and johnny Herget.
Johnson renamed Welsh and Graney
and said he would stick TO them. He
intimatcd further that he would allow no
ono, rot sven the promoters. to do the
selecting for hinh.
All sorts of compromises were suggest
ed Berger said he would be willing TO
: have the sporting editors OF the I'VE san
francisco papers name the referee or al
low these same sporting editors 10 act In
! conjunction with toe two promoters:
There was a world OF horse play all the
vav through the session. with Johnson,
as usual playing 10 the galleries.