The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-17
Rickard Announces That Offer
Will Be Accepted.
SULLIVAN THE BIDDER
Promoter Says That He Is
Dependable.
California Is Abandoned as the
battle-ground.

San Francisco, Cal, June 17.-Tex
Rlckard announced to the Associated
Press this morning on receipt of tel
egram from Morris Sullivan of Cold
field, New, that the Jeffries- johnson
night will be held there July 4. Sullivan
guaranteed $12O.OOO to the promoters.
Sullivan is an old friend of mine
and absolutely dependable." said Rick
ard. Il have no details but 1 know
the man. You can announce that the
fight we'll so to Goldfield unless a much
better offer should come if from some some
other Nevada city. I think it is hardly
possible that any other city will raise
Goldfields bid"
Regarded as Settled.
Goldfield, Nevada, will be the bat-
tie ground for the Jeffries- Johnson
championship fight on July 4, if the
business men of that place are sincere
in the offer of $4,000 guarantee
telegraphed today to Tex Rickard by
Morris Sullivan, a merchant of tho
mining camp. Rickard arose today
fully determined to take the match to
Nevada and when in the first telegram
ne opened he read the Goldfield Offer
the promoter Immediately announced
to the Associated Press that unless
some other Nevada town makes a bet
ter offer, the big fight would take
place in the mining camp. where he
conducted the famous Gans-Nelson
championship match.
sullivan and Rickard are old friends
and the latter said that he was salts
fed that the offer was made in good
faith and that the men backing the
project are fully able to raise the
guaranteed sum.
The attorney generals Office was
pusy today preparing depositions
which will be filed later in the day to
support motion for temporary or
der restraining the promoters and
principals of the Kaufman-Langford
match from proceeding with the 20
round fight scheduled for tomorrow
afternoon in this city. Governor Gill
lett left here today to return to Sacra-
Ifiento. He stated before his depar-
ture that the matter is now in the
hands of the attorney general and that
| he will take no further action until
that official has exercised all possible
court procedure.
Ihat Webb will take no Immediate a
| action rcgs riding the Jeffries-JoIlnsdlt
| contest was made certain today when
Assistant Attorney General BENJAMIN
ANNOUNCED that nothing would be done
| III III the direction until the Langford-
Kaufman Injunction motion is 0isposed
OF by the superior court
InlS statement is believed to have
! peen the final straw leading to Rick
| ards decision to take the fight to Me-
Va sautL as ne had previously declared that
| ne would not wait longer than Friday
| Tor clearer cut decision 80
he had already expressed himself
as not being satisfied with using the
Langford-Kaufman match as a test
case ~
Inc conference was attended by Gov
| eTnor Glllett Adjutant General Lauck.
| Col Pippy of the governors staff and
one officer of the regular army Plans
1 were made to call out the state n,iIit;,
| TO stop the Langford- Kaufman fight
| tomorrow. The conference was held i'm
/ the office of Attorney General Webb
| and although they would not talk the
conterees would not deny that action
| had been taken