Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-06-21
RENO TO BE SELECTED
both Fighters are Expected to Move
Headquarters With.n the Next Forty
eight Hours.

eight Hours.
Reno, New, June 21.-Tex Rickard
announced early today that if Reno
could pay the 81 900 fight license and
guarantee to build an arena, 1t could
have the Jeffries- johnson fight.
New York, June 21.-Some INSIDE
history of the politics that has sur
rounded the Jeffries-Jolnson fight and
driven it from San Francisco was told
today by a prominent 81 orting author
ity who has returned from the coast.
TEX Richard and Jack Gleason have
been double-crossed and whip-sawed to
a fragile, The said. There were a lot OF
native sons promoters who were Wild
when Gleason and Richard coupled up
and secured the fight Jimmy Coffroth
and Tommy McCarey had both put IN
bids and been beaten. So when Rlckard
first visited San Francisco, he saw what
he was up against. He was boldly told
he could not get a fight license. Rather
than be held up, he made a deal with
Tom Williams, who owns the Emery
vile race track, to hold the fight there.
But these Frisco politicians got busy
with the ministers and Williams baked.
Then Richard had to make the best
possible terms in Frisco, but the poltl-
clans there got an awful big cut.
Prize fighting is dead in California
while Governor Gillett occupies the
Chief Executives chair. By direction
of the governor, Attorney-General
Webb last night issued orders stopping
all prize fights and boxing exhibitions
scheduled to take place in this State
Among the fights thus stopped will be
the Moran ttell affair at Los Angeles
and the fights scheduled at Bakersfield
and Redding.
Mayor Mccarthy, Of San Francisco,
today issued lengthy statement con-
corning his secret interview with Cover
nor GilIett at Sacramento, on Sunday.
Mccarthy says he understood the vel
fare of Frisco had been injured by the
fiasco and that he wished to famlllarlze
himself with the situation. lie admit
ted appealing to Governor Glllett to re-
verse his orders regarding the fight,
but declared the governors answer was
that he intended to enforce the law at
all costs.
Mccarthy said that the reason Chlei
of Police Martin had agree to stop the
fight was that the Frisco authorities
felt able to uphold the law and did not,
need state assistance.
Il believe" said the mayor, that
it will be a good thing if We hold a
fight, so as to test Governor Gillett 5
action. ! was ANXIOUS to have the
Jeffries~Johnson fight held in San
Francisco and promised Governor Gil
leue that it would be strictly within
the law. But the men backing the
fight did not come to myaid in making
the test case, and Governor Gillette
was firm in refusing to allow the big
fight to 60 on. So there was nothing to
do but to call it off y
There will be a monster mass meeting
of San Francisco business men tonight
to protest against Governor Gille'ts
action.
1T is rumored on mighty good
authority in the west that the moving
picture people have agreed to pay the
purse Of S1Ol 900 in addition to the
$3.50, 900 they haye paid for the picture
rights. The moving picture people 90
not care whether anybody sees the night
The fewer people who see the fight, the
more to see the pictures later. 30 all
Richard will have to do to break even
will be to take in SAC, 900 at the gate IN
Reno, if the fight is held there, to REM
burse himself for the money he spent
in arranging for the battle. lie will do
that and break even, but IDS dollars to
dough-nuts. Richard is through with
the fighting game. He has been
double crossed once too often.
Johnson's training quarters, Seal
Rock House, San Francisco, June y.
Jack Johnson is undecided when he
will 90 to Nevada, being anxious to
know exactly what city draws the fight
before he pulls up stakes here. 1t is
probable he will leave here either We'd
nesday night or Thursday, though
there is a possibility he will leave to-
night if Richard notifies him early
enough Of his determination. He said
today, though, he did not think he
would get away until Thursday.
Johnson today declared Governor
GilIett's action in calling off the fight at
this late day had cost him 81, 600
which he would have taken in from
people who desired to see him tram.
Before leaving here yesterday, Sid
H ster, who will pull off the Sam
Langford Stanley Ketchel fight, de
clared that Richard had given him
permission to stage that fight in the
Jeffries-JohnsOn arena, where ever
that NAV be, on the morning Of July 4.
Reno, New, June To-day will tell
the tale the sporting world is listening
to hear. This afternoon Tex Rickard
will open his mouth to speak and when
he is through the sports will know
whether to buy tickets for this little
mining town, or to prepare to meander
on towards Goldfeld.
Advance indications point to Reno as
being almost certain to land the Jeffries-
Johnson fight, and July 4 as the day
on which it will be fought. 1t is be-
lieved Richard will this afternoon listen
attentively to the pleas OF the Reno,
Gold6eld and Ely people, and then Sc
lect Reno as the site Of the scrap.
Richard, with a number OF sport
ing men and newspaper correspondents,
reached here late last night. All along
the route, Richards train was met by
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