The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-16
BIG FIGHT
KILLED FOR
FRISCO
Gov. Gillett Orders Attorney
General to Stop the Bout;
Mayor Mccarthy "Says
Hands Off the City,; May
Scrap in Reno.
THIS is WHAT
THEY ALL SAY

THIS IS WHAT
THEY ALL SAY
Gov. GilDett says, The fight will not
come on IL can prevent It, 1t Is a
direct violation of our state laws.
Attorney General Webb says. The
governors orders are that the fight
must be stopped. L will see that they
are carried out.
Mayor Pat Mccarthy sayss 1 am rum
ming San Francisco. 1 am taking NO
orders from GilIett or his attorney
general. You can bet your last dol
lar the fight will be pulled or Just
Advertised.
Tex Richard Says II Gov. GiIIett says
it's all on, that goes. We won't buck
against him, but we will hold the
fight somewhere, perhaps in Reno,
New.
lett has issued such nm order. am
going to keep on training and I'm
sure the fight Will come on
| Jack JOHNSON SAYS 1 don't care where
the fight comes on. / am going to
| keep on training and I'll fight any
where Richard and Gleason say.
Jim Corbett sayss 1 can't believe 1T.
This order is most unjust and 1 hope
1T will be reconsidered.
RENO, NEW, sayss Come down
| here, boys, and fight your heads on
Wen erect an arena, pay your Ii
cense, and guarantee a crowd
BY HEX
San Francisco, Cal, June 16.-The
governor has said No! Jeffries and
Johnson will not fight in California.
Tex Rickard and Cheerful Jack Glea-
son say they will move their show to
Reno and pull 1t off on the date set but
this while the town Ia still shuddering
from the force Of the gubernatoriall
cataclysm which came yesterday
sounds like giant joke and only serves
| to start fresh tears.
} To show that his order is ION the
square Gov Gillett had ordered At
} torney General Webb to stop the Lang
} ford-Kaufman fight, scheduled to take
place here next Saturday
, The blow came as suddenly as the
earthquake did and the town. or that
portion of 1t with which the visitor.
are brought In contact, is utterly
crushed. The million dollar" propo
!, sftion," which had started in to popu.
late. the gaudy cafes, and skyscrapel
l hotels. has tumbled like a house O
> cards. The wreck is complete. TIL,
salvage will be only a trace and tn.
insurance nothing.
Richard stops Arena Work
Gov. Gilletts message to Attorne,
| General Webb is sweeping and admit
Of only one Interpretation. and that 4
the Interpretation that the attorne,
: general has put upon 1t. The case ha
J 49,
, friendly local authorities who had fos
, tered the enterprise through motive
, not wholly unselhsh. and the wises
, among them are as much fabbergaste
I by the sudden move OF his excellence
: and his attorney general as the simples
stranger
Richard was about the first to realiz
= that the stuff was orr so far as Cali
4 fornia was concerned, and the frs
newspaper extra was not issued befor
= he had ordered work stopped on tn
colossal arena on Eighth and Marke
:. streets, upon which $4,000 already ha
Z been spent. and got into communica
\ ton with Salt Lake City and Reno.
Salt Lake was his first choice an
= he thought the fight would be sal
there. But when his attention wa
= called to the fact that 1t was on accour
= | OF GOV. Spry punt refusal OF n
y sanction in the first place that the fgf
was brought hither he said "Ren
would be the place
Reno Not a Good Place.
III Reno is indulgent and expectant, az
| cording to Geographic assurances. bl
| 1t is no place for a fight of this magn
tude. 1t could not be hoped to collet
! and accommodate enough people to pa
| the purse, not to mention the inciden
al expenses. and after having had
| fortune dangled before their gaze *
| several months it Is not reasonable
suppose that the fighters Will be viii
ing to accept cut.
III It has taken lot of pressure and
/ promise of a big price to get JEFF
the mood to assume the white man
responsibilities, and this pressure HI
| had to be continually exerted to ke'
! him in that mood. 1t Is known tn
he has no heart for Nevada. after h
experience there and he has be,
quoted frequently In poisonous teri
| with reference to that state. In I
| light of all this 1t would not be a
| founding II JEFF broke training a.
tossed up the match for good, If he h
not already done so.
Portland, Ore, June 16.-Archie Hal
at one time one of the greatest at