Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-16
,.s,i.,. johnson Bout viii Not be
'" Pulled OIL in Salt
Lake.
GOVERNOR spRr EMPHATIC
..it,ratss statement to Inc
''' ssws Last December but
Lyon Is Doubtful.
Attorney says II Is Too f"r's
To Express an opinio"
on Question

..,.s.Johnson fight will not be
Tne ~ salt Lake City although
~ n,orpoters are looking tor a p'a-s
%. nm g N the dispatches SAT- LaSe
" "1'- r. mentioned and the SITUATION
-, ~. /. being looked up The ana'r IN nus
w. h.yond prearranged prize hs""
s'1s - =, adventure in frenzied finance
49, millions and a frantic enoft
'h'V 's.,a. IN take the mill where :
,sv But the hopelessness OF lne
W. In Salt Lake Was aPpaIen.
fiiu' ,anrnlng when Gov Nllllaih SpiS
,ns Tresched BY telephone re M"3
VS. mare emphatic than peiore anu
s closed Incident with MN
a,sn the talk and grandstand pay
..sde last December to counpel sNn
1880 10 bid up for the hgnt, 10y;
~ ala as quoted in me N.w5
~ ~ 1909. as follows: MY a'.lluas
IN reference to the proposed hsn.
,ren am bound to uphold the Jaw
VA s,ll do 50. think that "Oou'
'avsrs The situation, don't you -,
In an interview this morning nc sai',
~ ar as | am concerned the lhClue,s
1, s,osed see no reason why l snou,u
,..nye nv mind. There Is nothlnE !"
NE me change my previous express
sons on the subject
JOB LYON sIDEsTEPs.
county Attorney Job +. Lyon side
ssposd when he was interviewed this
msrnine When Gov. spry refused ~
Non consider the proposition lase De
,smber Of having The fight pulled on
n ssl, LAKE, Mir. Lyon stood shouiuo.
I, shorIder With him. Lyon sara AT
mai time In an interview nc
jenres johnson light is not dinerehI
from sny other light, SO far as inc Jaw
/. concerned The law Is plun on inc
subject ana | shall 90 everything IN
mn power TO enforce IT, ana shdii
IA every thing IN my power TO prevent
he hght' IL 1t comes here
Mr. Lyon this morning WAS askcu
ifhe dll intended TO enforce the law
and DO everything that he could TO
prevent the fight II it comes here.
ana he replicl. 1T Is too carly for
ne to express an opinion Further
tssn that Mr.. Lyon mad nothing to say.
Just where Nj. Lyon stands It -
hard to say Last night he allowed
prize fight at saltair. where a negro
with a broken hand was allowed TO
b. chopped down helpless and stagger-
ing to amuse a crowd Of fight fans
Who wanted 10 see a bloody prize fight.
Whether this prize fight is the same
q any other prize fight, or the Jehrles-
Johnson prize fight MIR Lyon could
not say From all that can be OBJ
iainei from Mr., Lyon, he did not do
very much 10 enforce the law" or
10 prevent the fight" at Saltair last
hight
sALTAlR AGREEMENT
When Tex Richard was here he en-
tired into an agreement with Manager
J Z. Langford ~ the Saltair Beach
company 70 arrange the fight at the
Coliseum The agreement was signed
tHd has never been cancelled. Mr..
langtord said that he had not re-
tclved any word from the promoters
tSslng to have the fight pulled on here
upon the contract Mr. LangfOrd saio
that he was disguised with the affair
ana did not care to discuss IT, Since
Ne agreement Mr. Langford said that
. had not discussed the proposition
WIN Mr. Nelson. president OF the
company, and said that the proposition
Would not be taken up.
IN Nevada the promoters are looking
20 place. Reno ana Ely have both
b'n mentioned and there seems to be
20 statute prohibiting the fight taking
pace there