The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-18
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP
REASONS ron BETTING THlF
BIG FIGHT NAV NOT TAKE PLACE
LOeal Rmg FOllSNeF Places na.O0o
Against als.OoO mat sen and John-
Bon WA Fan 10 Meet On July A-Tex
nlelfard. n n Referee. A Nat Rrllshed

@0AsF@ - NeaeFers - Npt NftAntas
Three months ago a prominent sporting
man In this city wagcrci 81 100 AGAINST
$4,000 with another follower Of pueili-m
that tho Jefrisa-JohnsOn hght would not
take place on July g. On Monday night At
hotel near Forty-secOnd street these
men doubled the WAGER and after the
money had hsen posted Ia the hands Of a
stakeholder a long discussion Of the pro-
posed battle on the Coast snsued. The
man who will take down ei2,OOO " there
IL no fight on July 4 said he was banning
on several obstacles that might be thrown
10 the way.
In the irst place he explained. ~
may rain cats. dogs and pitehforks on the
day fixed for the mill A pOstponement
would be necessary. perhaps. because OF
The unfavorable conditions for the taking
Of moving nictures. which mean probably
half a million dollars for the promoters
and fighters
In the second place the refOrmers may
get 20 busy that tho promoters at the last
minute may have 10 take the lEht out Of
California 10 Nevada and the building Of
an arena at GOldheld or Reno would require
a week OF ten days. Then again there
may be a falling out over the referee ques-
ton and either Jehries or JohnsOn may
declare everything or li's also possible
thai one Of the fighters may be taken seri-
ously III or die. An earthquake too may
upset the plans. I've got all these chances
20 win my bet. which seems like a good
Investment wi hen can get toll
Meanwhile the aalactinn ~ Tor Rickard
a. referee. even n only temporary. Ia caus-
iRz renewed criticism. A. long range
many sporting men say they do not relish
Z be idea of the leading promoter acting ~
the third man In the ring and vii not feel
positive that syery!hing z above board
named n II u true that Rickard viii
finally appoint Eddie GTaney 70 referee
local sporting men believe there will be no
Tight inasmHch % Jedries j. unaltergbly
With johnson ever since the nGht vas first
discussed would seem 10 indicate that IN
e greeinE upon him a. the referee the negro !
pOs0ibiy Knows something under the sur
are. N richards oier had not been az I
,eptabls 70 JeHrtes Il is q we'll kngWn fsct !
hat johnson would not have signed Articles I
n agreement. iedries \ well aware Of this 2
,act N that BcFger's willingness 20 acCepl .
Rickard a. Judge Of the bout has provided I
lever refereed a hig fight and y a novlce .
IA 20 ring rules. Tic u regarded generally 1
u -squaTe sport, but that doesn't guar
lntea q level headed enforcement Of the n
lueeusherry code Il Is argued.
II Is = noteworthy fact that during the
yTanRle over the referee question on Mon II
lay the rival factions did not include
harley White of this city In the list Of
ligiblea and for that reason Il b Thought
hat White. indorsed BY Stakeholder T y.
'ullivan and q large majority Of Eastern
porting men. may h. appointed a. the last
u u thought that Richard may
ave been asresd upon :. preliminary I 20
b. aGht In order 10 Quell the clamor on the
cast in favor OF the nrlection Of native
ga. Hut u b. the general belief that
onhience In the honesty of the miii would
y douhly Increased " White should b.
Iamed openly without further delay. No
eayyueight championship hattie In the
history u the ring has oCoasiuned - much
.nneoessaTy wraanEiing a. this !gnries-
lue % q desire IN secure unlimited free
divert sing Or not l. something that cannot
y answered here. bot the assert Ion cannot
y denied that u the promoters and nEhters
.ad been dispgssd 70 at sguarely every
letail Of the fight could have been satsfac-
oTily arranged when articles Of agreement
we're signed In Hoboken last DeCember.
Local boHiuE enthusiasts will have
b. cod Of this week A. the Madison a. G..
n Harlem. tomorrow night Matty baldwin
4 B0ston will mest Fraknie smith. the
aliiornia light weight. ~ a ten round bout
-hilc on Friday ,nighi AZ the National
porting Club IN West forty-fouTth street.
he Aftell and Tommy Murphy Wili clash
another ten round affair Attell and
lurphy boxed a draw 81 the Empire 4. e.
nCently. hut they are anxious 10 settle the
s' .SSo q 'sPre sSs, ~. ms ooS @ ,ss
aTlsm lightweight. which N the opinion
the American icatherwetght champion.
not hardship.
The Withers Stakes. for three-year-old
q mile continues n attract 80 much atten-
on that there u probably h. a big turn
" AZ Belmont Paris on saturday II
ems hardly probable nov that James
keeneis sweep will b. able 10 60 to the
~. while Il u also possible that =. &.
iid roth Dalmailan viii have 10 remain
his stall. sweep has been = sirk colt
nee aaiurday. while DalInatian. accord
x % the rallbirds. has been coughing
ii Mr.. Keene's Graamere viii start. and
n Eing from his impressive victory In tho
~ ROchelle Handicap he win he an i'm
'rtant factor tlose students of form
'rous opponents VII b. the Silver Brook
i'm HenO colt The Turk and the Mood
wen stable Prince Imperial. while u. r
ilson " = tandleberrv showed 10 such
o may have look In The mighty Waldo.
med BY 4. J.. Harrison b. another doubt
starter. ~ h. has failed to recover rap
" from the lameness that forced his
hdragal from the Kentucky Derby
Ike Of Ormonde. kiug Olympian and
arhotile are expected TO round out tho
thers field
collins Of The BOSTON Nationals. Zacher
the 81 louis Cardinals ana spencer OF
; tochssters. all turned loose by McGraN,
" develop into star players. r
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