The San Francisco call., 1910-05-19

frame OF mind There is nothing
against the fight going 45 rounds.
though il viii be the first fight Of
long duration held here in years.
Rickard has had a conference with
Promoter Jim Griffin, who holds the
July permit. and the latter has agreed
70 allow Rickard TO have his permit
for that date. X is known that Grif-
IN wanted $4,000 for the date when
Rickard was negotiating with him be-
fore, and il was considered to be
fair price to all concerned. 1t has not
been made known what Grifin's terms
are now The North beach promoter
had gone TO considerable expense in
trying to land Ketchel and Langford
for july. and he had about landed
them when Rickard opened negotia-
tions for the second time.
CHURCH PEOPLE PROTEST
District Attorney Fickert was asked
last night if he believed that he could
prevent the fight being held in this
cifv. He said that he was not in
position TO answer the question, as he
would have to look into the statutes
and ascertain the points Of law on this
subject.
Il have not been apprised that the
contest is 10 be held in this city and
I have not considered the matter he
said. THE board of supervisors has
NOT AldMLtQ AliC HLOAnDNNAo - BN--4AAN
Vet. There is a law allowing boxing
matches and cannot see the difference
between Jemries and Johnson fighting
and other professional fighters who
have been boxing here in the past.
However. I VIII look up the law and
abide strictly by the statutes"
A committee from the Church Fed
GRAFTON has an appointment today with
the district attorney to protest against
the Jefries-Johnson fight being al
lowed to be held in san Francisco. The
meeting viii be held this morning.
The promoters have not consulted the
district attorney as they maintain that
the law is plain
SITE PROBLEM NOW
Rickard hopes to be able to close
the deal for 4 suitable site here with
out further loss Of time He has al
ready inspected several of them, in
cluding the old Central park property
al Eighth and Market streets and the
Ocean Shore grounds at Eleventh and
Mission streets. But he has not come
10 terms with the owners yet and this
viii be a big job in itself.
Owners of various other sites not so
centrally situated but at the same time
very well adapted to the purpose have
made overtures TO the promoters. 1t
looks like d question of location and
dollars and cents with them now. How
ever they probably viii get right down
TO business just as soon as their per
nit officially is stamped next Monday
afternoon.
EMERYNILLE WANTS 1T
one Of the early morning visitors AT
the Offices Of the promoters yesterday
was Mayor Christie of EmeryYille. The
mayor is sorry, very sorry, that the
promoters have even thought Of va
OF the jockey club has any objections
10 the fight being fought within his in
closure the mayor viii gladly secure
another location in the town
He made this very generous offer to
Rickard and Gleason and he did all in
his power to convince them that they
should not even think of leaving En-
eryvilIe Christie says that the bust
nessmen over there want the big at
traction and he feels very confident
that the promoters viii not be molested
by the district attorney or any other
county official
And in the meantime Richmond was
hot after the big attraction. Pat Dean,
the man who managed to coax the
Nelson Wolgast battle over to the oil
town was working tooth and nail TO
land this, the real heavy fish of the pu-
gilistic pond. Dean represents a number
Of the prominent businessmen across
the bay and they said that they would
stand ready and willing TO erect the
arena II Rickard and Gleason cared to
talk business with them.
The present upset IN the plans Of the
promoters has not upset Jack John
sons plans in the least. The big black
champion is still going on with his
preliminary training and as yesterday
was boxing day at the Seal Rock house
big Jack was very much in his ele-
ment
He was up with the birds and out
on the great highway when most Of
the fans were still wrapped up in their
blankets. Twelve miles of fast sprint
ing put the big fellow on edge for a
good afternoons work AS everybody
knows, Johnson is a bear on the road.
He's one OF the greatest runners and
walkers Of the whole crowd and when
he does road work he does it with all
his heart and all his mind. He makes
a good job Of IL.
HAMMERS sPARRING PARTNERS
In the afternoon Jack mauled three
Of his sparring partners around for
nine rounds. They were the regulation
three minute rounds. too; full of action.
Several hundred fans were on the lob
and, Of course, a good percentage Of
them were women, and the larger part
OF them white women.
"p-iiAsDA SAoi tco IN VIII Ma COTTON,
the dusky Chicago heavy weight. The
kid was about as aggressive as he ap-
peareo Sunday afternoon, but he did
not seem to have that snap and vim
10 his work He tore after johnson
fast enough, but he failed to make
much Of an impression. At the end of
the third round Johnson had the kid
bleeding very freely from the nose and
mouth. 1t was good workout and it
started the sweat on the black cham
pion.
Marty Cutler, the Ketchel-like spar
ring partner. was the next to step up
he gave Johnson a splendid workout
for the reason that he tore right in and
took all that the big fellow shot at
him and then came back for more
~sck stepped around fast in order to
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